Disk JockeysIn today's modern world, the DJ has become a musician; the turntable, his instrument. It took fifteen years to reach this astonishing resolution. DJs have been around for years; However, mixing and scratching did not appear until the late 1970s or early 1980s ("Disc Jockey 1"). A lot of people did that. But the main front man was and still is Granmasterflash. Granmasterflash, one of the founding fathers of hip-hop and the creator of Quick Mix. He was the first person to change song arrangements by using copies of the records and manually editing/repeating the climatic 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 DJs, radio DJs and club DJs. Mobile DJs typically host parties and special events (e.g.: weddings, birthdays, etc.) on-site (“DJ.net Homepage”). This type of work usually involves entertaining a wide variety of tastes and age groups, as well as a bit of MC'ing. Radio DJs are the least common. Their task is to ensure that there is never any dead airtime by filling it with either their words or their music. Again, there is a certain appeal that needs to be worked on and being a Mr. Personality is important. The third type, club DJs, can be found, but they are not as prominent among mobile DJs. They have a very specific age group and are expected to play the latest and greatest at all times. This type of DJing often requires the most technical mixing know-how, as style and uniqueness are essential to making a name for yourself and the club itself. DJs can earn anywhere from $0 to $50,000 per night. It all depends on the quality of the DJ. In the club scene, when starting out, note that the DJ will probably only find 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 own town, prices can rise to around $400 a night, then as he grows and improves, the sky is the limit for what you can charge ( “Get rich as a DJ”). Three shares the common goal of providing entertainment to a wide variety of people through various means, but primarily through music. A DJ's job is to combine the entire middle of the paper...the forearm and wrist, then "stab" back and forth. The other way to do this is to simply use your fingers to move the disc back and forth through the needle. It's basically the same thing; all it's trying to do is improve the speed at which the DJ can scratch. Obviously, in doing so, he would like to minimize the amount of vinyl passing under the needle. Then just find the beat or samples he's scratching, and stick with it, trying not to spill it too much before or after the sample ("Scratching"). Ripping involves a bit more skill than the scratching covered so far. Essentially, the motion is the same as a baby scratch, but now it's split into three. The forward stroke remains the same, but the backward stroke is split in two; the first half being fast and the second being half the pace. Try practicing only the backward movement first, so he can get used to the change in tempo (“Scratching”). DJing takes a lot of practice. But once.