What is a DJ Turntable?

Series Summary

DJs, or disc jockeys, play prerecorded music for an audience at a party, club or on the radio. There are different types of DJs including turntable DJs and radio DJs. Turntable specialists use actual records or discs, while radio DJs use music files, CDs or jingles. Turntable disc jockeys use different techniques to often manipulate the sound of the record including mixing, phrasing, cutting, scratching and beat-matching. Radio DJs are known for their personalities and often host radio programs that feature the music they play on the radio. The first DJ to play music on the radio was Reginald Fessenden who played Christmas music over the radio from Brant Rock, Massachusetts.

Are you an aspiring disc jockey? Do you need tips on mixing and turntables? Watch these informative videos and learn how to DJ from an expert! Learn tips about using slipmats, needles, and mixers; learn techniques such as the forward scratch, fades, transformer, flare, crab scratch, two click flare, drags, military march, chirps, and scribbles. Watch DJ Corey Black as he demonstrates and teaches each scratch and how to use the necessary equipment.

Video Transcript

" What's up! What's up! Up in the studio right now. How you leaving this is Corey Black aka the Turn Tables on behalf of Expert Village. Right now we are going to do chapter one introduction to equipment. What we have right here is the mixer no pretty much the standard mixer, good action on the cross fader, everything like that, you know high, miss, trends and all that stuff. We got the turn table right here. Pretty much a 1200 you know the one that you need to scratch with. We have the slip mat you know you want a nice slip mat. You have the slippery mat so those turn tables and the record and everything works really good. Move on to the needle right here make sure you got a good needle. We are going to move onto the record. You want to make sure when you scratching on records that you have some of the lightest records that you could use cause it is better you know to back cue and every thing like that. So on behalf of Expert Village this is Corey Black thank you."