Curated category
DJing
- DiscoIn the late 1960s, a new sound emerged from the urban nightlife of New York City and Philadelphia. This music grew from African-American, Latino…
- Disc jockeyThe phrase disc jockey first appeared in print within the pages of Variety magazine during 1941. Radio gossip columnist Walter Winchell coined the term back…
- Sampling (music)In the 1940s, French composer Pierre Schaeffer developed musique concrète. He recorded sounds from human bodies, locomotives, and kitchen utensils onto tape.