The Evolution Of A Disc Jockey

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No
longer were people putting quarters into the jukebox, or dancing to the American
Bandstand, but enjoying parties that offered live entertainment. In the late
seventies, the disc jockey changed and evolved different musical cultures into
segments. Along came the culture of hip-hop. Hip-Hop lent their open ear
allowed the disc jockey to let the creativity flow. The role of the disc jockey in the hip-hop society evolved into much more than just playing music. The early revolutionaries and their musical ventures contributed to the hip-hop society. The ventures of various musicians helped maintain the role of the
turntables integrity to become more than just a music player. This was exemplified by one man, Pierre Schaeffer, who is now believed to be a visionary
in the turntable arts. " By using multiple turntables, Schaeffer would cue desired sounds from existing recordings...his only means for altering the sounds of the discs were through changing the speeds of the turntables, ...

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its parent, disco, soon began to recognise the
favourable offspring. "The spark that ignited the musical multicultural flame in
hip-hop was when Jamaican expatriate Kool Herc and his Herculordian sound
system unleashed continuous breakbeats upon the Bronx and the world"
(Daredevil 74). Every record has a break, especially early disco. It's the part of a song after the chorus where the song changes at the interlude" (Kurt). The
breakbeat is directly related to this as it is the part that moves the dance crowd the most. "The Great Grandmaster Flash then installed a "single pole-double throw" switch, to advance cuing and mixing beyond all predecessors.
Grandmaster Flash redefined what ...

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