cue burn n.— «Back when radio stations spun vinyl, popular records were physically “played out.” To find the beginning of a song, DJs pulled the vinyl backwards and forwards under the needle, scrubbing the sound right off the track. The first few...
dirt-hustle v.— «He used to press up his own CDs and hand them out for free, just to get a buzz going. The practice of “dirt-hustlin,” as it’s called, is a time-honored tradition in the Bay Area music industry. With no major-label infrastructure to...
she-jay n.— «With the help of postings on MySpace, word of mouth and Portland DJ Sew What (Fran Siriphan), a DJ and club booker who came on board about a month ago, Barry’s weekly gig has been able to showcase different female DJs each week (often...
cipher n.— «The “Emcee Cypher,” also spelled cipher, is a chance for DJs/producers to showcase their skills while simultaneously enticing a group to create a verbal collage. In hip-hop parlance, cipher refers to something like a jam session...
sticking the landing v. phr.— «“We don’t got no bands no more,” the doorman answers, pulling off a triple negative and sticking the landing. “Just DJs.”» —“Northgate’s movie-to-music transformation works” by Tom Scanlon Seattle Times Nov. 15, 2002...
wanr v.— «A busload of French media of all kinds were flown in along with the 13 DJs and bands, and were busy photographing, videoing, recording and interviewing the more outgoing of the local revellers as they danced, screamed, disrobed (shirts...