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Spotify is going all AI with a new feature called DJ. Human DJs: Watch your back. The robots are coming for us next.

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, DJ, Spotify

Spotify made an interesting announcement yesterday (February 22). It introduced DJ, an AI-powered feature in partnership by OpenAI, a pretty

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The world’s most durable DJ

February 7, 2023February 6, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments DJ, Radio, Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro, Uncle Ray

Once you get into radio, it’s in your blood forever. Take the case of Uncle Ray—real name Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro—a

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WTF? 

Donald Trump’s new gig: DJ. No, I’m not kidding.

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022 Alan Cross 6 Comments DJ, Donald Trump, Mar-A-Largo

In between maintaining The Big Lie, trying to stay out of jail, and demanding that his followers take to the

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AM radio DJ
Radio 

Fun: What it was like to be a old-school AM radio DJ

May 10, 2021May 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments AM Radio, Announcer, DJ, John Landecker, WLS

Back in the day growing up in Manitoba, I’d often tune into 89 WLS/Chicago to hear how big-city radio was

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Radio 

Here’s how you could pretend to be a radio DJ in 1963

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments DJ, Radio

Props to the moderator of the SOWNY Radio-TV Forum for finding this gem on YouTube. Released in 1963, this do-it-yourself

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Music News 

Luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton now makes a luxury DJ case

May 24, 2018May 23, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments DJ, Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton is best known for its fashion items–leather goods, clothes, jewelry, and so on–but they’re now getting into the

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Music News 

Human Kebab of USS Gets a Radio DJ Gig

November 2, 2017 Alan Cross 4 Comments 102.1 the Edge, DJ, Human Kebab, USS

DJ Human Kebab, one half of USS, is going to start a new Saturday night radio show on 102.1 the

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Music Industry 

Sony Music Is Making DJs Very Happy

September 29, 2017September 27, 2017 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments DJ, Samples, Sony, stems

‘Stems’ are what DJs call the bits of other songs they use to make their remixes. Most of the time,

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Gadgets 

Muru: The AI DJ – The Robots are Coming for the DJ

July 18, 2017July 17, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Artificial Intelligence, DJ, Muru

AI–artificial intelligence–is grabbing a lot of headlines these days. Automated newsrooms with robots writing stories. Smart speakers like Google Home

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Tech 

Today’s Neat Music App: An A.I. DJ Brain That Builds Playlists On The Fly

June 2, 2017June 1, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 1 Comment A.I., Algorithm, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Australia, DJ, Muru, Playlists, Streaming

What are your biggest issues with playlists? Do they take too long to make? Are they too static and unchanging?

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Music News 

At 80, Britain’s Oldest DJ Just Can’t Stop Spinning

February 8, 2017February 7, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments DJ, Don Barker, Oldest

When Don Barker was born in 1936. all music came on 10-inch 78 RPM discs and were often still played

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