Disk JockeysIn today's modern world the DJ has become a musician; the turntable, his instrument. It took fifteen years for this extraordinary resolution. DJs have been around for years; mixing and scratching, however, did not appear until the late 1970s or early 1980s (“Disc Jockey 1”). Lots of people were doing it. But the main man on the front lines was and still is Granmasterflash. Granmasterflash, one of the founding fathers of hip-hop and creator of the Quick Mix. He was the first to change song arrangements by using duplicate copies of records and manually editing/repeating the climactic part by rubbing the record back and forth ("Grandmaster Flash"). But now the DJ has changed. The types of DJs are different, the equipment is different and the scratching is different. A DJ (disc jockey) takes many forms. The three most common forms are Mobile DJ, Radio DJ and Club DJ. Mobile DJs generally work for parties and special events (for example: weddings, birthdays, etc.) on location (“DJ.net Homepage”). This type of work usually involves entertaining a wide variety of tastes and age groups, as well as a bit of MCing. Radio DJs are the least common. Their job is to make sure there is never any downtime by filling it with their words or music. Again, there is a certain charm that needs to be worked on and being a Mr. Personality is important. The third type, club DJs, can be found, but are not as prominent among mobile DJs. They have a very specific age range and are always expected to play with the latest and greatest. This type of DJ often requires the most technical know-how in mixing as style and uniqueness are key to establishing a name for themselves and the club itself. DJs can earn anywhere from 0 to $50,000 per night. It all depends on how good the DJ is. In the club scene, when it starts, you find that the DJ will probably only get work if he works for free. As he improves, he could start earning around $50 a night. Once the DJ is reasonably established in your city, things can go up to around $400 a night, then as he gets bigger and better, the sky's the limit on how much you can demand ("Get Rich as a DJ "). three share the common goal of providing entertainment to a wide variety of people through various mediums, primarily through music. A DJ's job is to bring everything together...the center of the paper...the forearm and wrist and then "stab" back and forth. The other way to do this is to simply use your fingers to move the record back and forth across the needle. It's basically the same; all it's trying to do is improve the speed at which the DJ can scratch. Obviously, by doing so, he would like to minimize the amount of vinyl that passes under the needle. Then he simply finds the beat or samples he is scratching and keeps trying not to spill too much before or after the sample ("Scratching"). The tear requires a little more skill than the scratches covered so far. Essentially the movement is the same as a baby's scratch, but is now divided into three. The forward stroke remains the same, but the backward stroke is divided into two; the first half is fast and the second half is half pace. Try practicing only the backward stroke first, so that he can get used to changing the tempo ("Scratching"). DJing requires a lot of practice. But once the future DJ understands the basics. He can mature and become a professional DJ. But it will take a lot of time, money, energy and patience. If the DJ continues like this, he could become the next great professional DJ. The sky is the limit.