t order. A great DJ should be able to move a crowd on the most primitive equipment. More than anything else, it’s how sensitively a DJ can interact with a crowd. A good DJ isn’t just stringing records together, he’s controlling the relationship between some music and hundreds of people. A good DJ is always looking at the crowd, seeing what they like, seeing whether it’s working or not; communicating with them, smiling at them. And a bad DJ is always looking down at the decks and just doing whatever they practiced in their bedroom”( Brewster pg 9). As you can see it’s not as easy as it might first appear a lot of time and dedication to gain the knowledge. To get a more personal insight on the topic of what a good DJ is and many other things I interviewed a well known DJ of New Mexico and Texas DJ Tim House.When I went to Tim’s house of course before we started the interview we took turns DJing for about 2 hours. Once we sat down I got a great insight on the DJ world through his eyes. First he stated that the term “DJ” he thinks is a very broad term he said there are DJ’s that are just up there playing records and then there are DJ’s like myself who like to think of ourselves as entertainers and musicians. “ You have to communicate with everybody through your music instead of with words”. When asked what his definition of a good DJ was he smiled and replied, “ When a DJ can entertain any audience given to them. When they can take a group of people that is totally different and unite all of them with music....It is a very beautiful thing”. One of the most important questions that I asked Tim was if he himself considered being a DJ as a serious profession. He replied, “ Oh, most definitely! Of course it depends what he is doing with it and how hard he works but ya it pays my bills”. And one last question I asked was why do you think that so...
