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What does "DJ" mean on the radio?
The full name of p>DJ Disco jockey can be understood as the emcee or record knight of DISCO ballroom. If you want to talk about what a DJ is, you must start with the development of DISCO.

DISCO existed long before World War I, but at that time it was not as crazy and HIGH as it is now. At best, it was just some music with a stronger rhythm. At that time, DJ was just a behind-the-scenes program host, just like the host of radio now.

in p>1972, a song by "Cherry Lips" called "Playthe Funky Muisc" can be regarded as the real origin of DISCO. This kind of music style was immediately favored by young friends at that time, and was later named "Funky", which is still deeply loved by people until now. While "DJ" changed from behind-the-scenes to semi-behind-the-scenes, and participated in some pre-scene work such as singing, music production and concert hosting, so it can't be called a professional "DJ".

In 1981, an era that everyone is very familiar with appeared-the era of break dancing. The style of break dancing has continued to this day and has become a well-known style. They also come from black street music and have the same characteristics-that is, "RAP", which was all the rage in 1997. In 1981, "DJ" officially went behind the scenes to the front desk, responsible for selecting the right music from all kinds of music for the guests to listen to. At that time, there were no CDs or LD, and the DJ was just playing something called "Record", which is what we call bakelite discs or records (our specialty is called big discs).

At this point, I must talk about the development of a DJ-turntable. Don't think that it doesn't matter. Without turntable, there would be no DJ. "Technics" company is still the leader in the record player manufacturing industry. No DJ is unaware of the tape record player developed and manufactured by this company and the Shi Ying record player until now, but little known is that "Technics" produced the first professional record player as early as 1979, which laid the foundation for this special industry of DJ.

in the early 198s, DJs didn't give full play to the advantages of record players, but only operated mechanically. By the end of 198s, I don't know who invented a kind of scratching records (I don't know how to explain it to you, so I have to call it "Disking" in our jargon. It is now that you see the DJ rubbing a turntable constantly, making a creaking sound with the beat. ), pushing DISCO to its first climax. After that, DISCO was depressed for several years under the strong collision of karaoke, and in 1995 and 1996, it swept the world again with lightning speed, and it came back.

Now, I think it is the heyday of DISCO and DJ, and all kinds of new styles of music emerge one after another, and the way of rubbing discs is more and more incredible. The word DJ has already represented the latest, strongest, most poisonous and highest Muisc.