One Very Good Way of Defining a Professional DJ

Alright guys, in the background we have a track entitled Music Power from Heavyweight People, courtesy of Enzyme Black Recordings. A very good friend of mine, Mr Danny J Lewis. If you like this track and you'd like it for free, then check out the link in the description that will take you to another video where you could potentially get this track free gratis and for nothing. Okay, so... What makes a good DJ? What defines a good DJ? I had a conversation with a very good friend of mine, Mark, earlier on today and he made me think. You know, here we go. Yeah, I do on the odd occasion think. Let's imagine a situation like this. You turn up to an event and you have a wide variety of music. You don't know what you're playing.

And all of a sudden the client asks you to play house music. You play house music for an hour and then all of a sudden the client who is paying you says we want you to play 70s now. Now in my eyes, a bad DJ would not be able to do that. They'd go I can't play 70s, I can only play house or hip hop. A good DJ on the other hand should be able to at the drop of a hat play practically any style. If, let's say you think you're a good DJ and you can play house music and you are the best house DJ in the world. You may be good at playing house therefore you are a very good house DJ but the idea behind this video is to define what an overall good DJ is and in my eyes it is someone who is able to not only communicate with the crowd but is able to play any style

Any genre at the drop of a hat. Now if you look at the top superstar DJs, maybe a lot of them are only very good at their style, but some of the old school top world famous DJs can pretty much do a kid's birthday party. They could do a 70s night, an 80s night, a disco night, a funk night, a house, hip hop, reggae, drum and bass, techno, trance. They can play what the crowd wants. Now in my eyes and hopefully in yours, that is what defines a good professional DJ. Someone who can play anything at the drop of a hat. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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