Spotify made an interesting announcement yesterday (February 22). It introduced DJ, an AI-powered feature in partnership by OpenAI, a pretty buzzy company these days. I quote from the press release: “This feature, first
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Once you get into radio, it’s in your blood forever. Take the case of Uncle Ray—real name Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro—a radio DJ who was on the air for more than 70 years. He
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In between maintaining The Big Lie, trying to stay out of jail, and demanding that his followers take to the street to defend him, Donald Trump has decided to become a DJ. Trump,
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Back in the day growing up in Manitoba, I’d often tune into 89 WLS/Chicago to hear how big-city radio was done. This video corresponds to those days when John “Records” Landecker was one
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Props to the moderator of the SOWNY Radio-TV Forum for finding this gem on YouTube. Released in 1963, this do-it-yourself radio broadcasting school record entitled You Be a Disc Jockey came with all
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Louis Vuitton is best known for its fashion items–leather goods, clothes, jewelry, and so on–but they’re now getting into the world of DJing. Behold the Louis Vuitton and Devialet DJ Trunk. Here’s the
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DJ Human Kebab, one half of USS, is going to start a new Saturday night radio show on 102.1 the Edge/Toronto this coming Saturday. From the press release: A weekly hour-long remix show
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‘Stems’ are what DJs call the bits of other songs they use to make their remixes. Most of the time, DJs have to use non-legal sources for ‘stems’ in order to produce the
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AI–artificial intelligence–is grabbing a lot of headlines these days. Automated newsrooms with robots writing stories. Smart speakers like Google Home (I have one and I really like it). Medical applications. Not everyone is
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What are your biggest issues with playlists? Do they take too long to make? Are they too static and unchanging? Do you have a hard time striking a balance, or finding the perfect
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When Don Barker was born in 1936. all music came on 10-inch 78 RPM discs and were often still played on gramophones that you had to wind up. The music they contained was
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