| We all know that for the majority of us, music is an | | | | decks and cd players for bedroom djs was going to |
| expression of how we feel or experience that might | | | | happen. In effect the bedroom dj has never had so |
| have arisen in the past. | | | | good with cost and space being reduced to minimum. |
| In Great Britain with street crime at an all time high, | | | | With the growth of sites such as Myspace the |
| troubled youths and kids roaming around most street | | | | bedroom dj now has an outlet for promoting the music |
| corners and squares, home never feels safer. | | | | being produced and is even capable created a weblog |
| Studies show that the majority of these male or even | | | | to document their development. Podcasting has been |
| female youths when put in a room with some decks, | | | | another innovation with the dj able to create his or her |
| mixers and pumping pa equipment find it is a way of | | | | own radio station to be uploaded and shared with an |
| letting their built up anger, frustration and plain boredom | | | | online community. |
| out in a form of weird and wonderful mixes or noise | | | | Advances in technology have ensured you can watch |
| for some. | | | | and learn about the equipment from your own home, |
| These days you can easily get equipment at much | | | | this means expensive tuition is no longer needed and |
| affordable prices and with the boom in computer | | | | for those looking for a real career in music there are |
| software that allows for creative mixing without the | | | | many different opportunities available and whats more |
| need for hardware such as record decks, cdplayers | | | | these are developed from your own bedroom. |
| or mixers. | | | | Also there have been huge reductions in the cost of |
| With this software the djis in full control of all | | | | equipment ever the past five yours with most of the |
| parameters of equalization and is able to load mp3 | | | | DJ products now being manufactured in China instead |
| files from the computer where most people will have a | | | | of Japan, again this ensures that it is not just within the |
| large archive of songs. | | | | grasp of the well off homes but now any child can |
| Does this mean the end of vinyl mixing? Since the | | | | shape their destiny. |
| development of dj cd players that can simulate vinyl | | | | The new age means that computer interaction is very |
| mixing and allow for the much cheaper format of the | | | | much a part of school life and the new kit interacts |
| cd to be used rather than bulky and expensive vinyl it | | | | completely with the home computer. USB devices are |
| appears that while there are a few purists out there | | | | plug and play and almost anything musical or for that |
| the majority of djs have changed to cd mixing. | | | | matter visual can now be controlled and enhanced |
| Now available on the market are usb controllers to | | | | from your desktop or laptop. |
| manipulate software available which widens the gap | | | | Over the next few years the world of music will have |
| even further by keeping the cost of dj equipment | | | | a new breed of expertise, the dj, the lighting technician |
| down since everything is software controlled. With the | | | | and the mixing technician will be people who started |
| software you can scratch, loop, effect, reverse and | | | | off in their bedroom. Places such as Ibiza and |
| even change the tempo without changing pitch.... | | | | nightclubs around the world will be the destinations for |
| This is far more than can be achieved with traditional | | | | these kids, even radio and television and of course the |
| equipment and also with less space being taken up. It's | | | | world is truly their oyster. |
| not surprising then that a shift in the purchase of vinyl | | | | |