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And God Spoke: History That Every DJ Should Know

April 21, 2019

Music to Fit Your Audience – Programming: Part 3

August 9, 2012

By Dave Austin, “Music Professor” This month brings us to Part 3, the concluding installment of this series on music programming. In Part 1 I...

Music to Fit Your Audience – Programming: Part 2

July 10, 2012

By Dave Austin, “Music Professor Last month, in Part 1 of this series, I began a discussion of programming with an eye on selecting music...

Music to Fit Your Audience – Programming: Part 1

June 13, 2012

By Dave Austin, “Music Professor” A couple of weeks ago, our Publisher & Chief Scribe, Stacy Zemon, suggested I explore the topic of programming music...

Jazz – The Roots of Our Musical Tree

May 16, 2012

By Dave Austin, “Music Professor” In an interview, trombonist J.J. Johnson observed, “Jazz is restless. It won’t stay put and it never will.” Jazz, in...

Folk Music

April 18, 2012

by Dave Austin, “Music Professor” When I decided to write this article about folk music, I was thinking only of the folk music that came...

That Great Philly Sound!

January 11, 2012

by Dave Austin – “Music Professor” Ask someone what first comes to mind at the mention of Philadelphia and you may hear about the Declaration...

Get in Step with Dubstep

December 9, 2011

by Dave Austin I overheard a veteran DJ ask for a definition of dubstep, and like many of us who are predominately wedding DJs, he’s...

Are You “Classified?”

November 11, 2011

by Dave Austin When it comes to weddings, nothing establishes an elegant and sophisticated mood quite like classical music. It can be restrained and...

The Sound & Soul of New Orleans

October 12, 2011

by Dave Austin Ask someone to name some music from New Orleans, and you’ll likely get “When the Saints Go Marching In.” However, the...

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