A Wide Open Arena
There was a time when being a DJ required a super steady hand, a precise knowledge of music, and an impeccable ear. This is because disk jockeys had to actually cut tapes that contained live recordings and paste them to another tape in order to mix the two. Today, it is still necessary to learn about music and have a good sense of timing in order to dj mix. However, the actual mixing is done by electronic equipment, so you don’t have to be quite as perfect. This means that the field has become a wide open arena that almost anyone can enter.
