Disc jockey
"Deejay" redirects here. For a person who verbalizes with music in the Jamaican style, see Deejay (Jamaican). "DJ" and "DJs" redirect here. For other uses, see DJ (disambiguation) and DJs (disambiguation). A DJ performing at an event using record turntables and a DJ mixer, a small mixer used to transition between songs. A disc jockey , often abbreviated as DJ , is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience. Most common types of DJs include radio DJ, club DJ who performs at a nightclub or music festival and turntablist who uses record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records. Originally, the disc in disc jockey referred to gramophone records, but now DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to describe someone who mixes recorded music from any source, including cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ or laptop. The title DJ is commonly used by DJs in front of their real names or adopted pse...