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SUMMARY:IAP 2020: DJ History and Technology
DESCRIPTION:Independent Activities Period 2020 \nDJ: disk jockey\nSelector\, crate digger\, musical host\, turntablist \nThis series looks at the evolution of music\, technologies\, and practices of the modern dancefloor DJ. Join us every Friday afternoon for discotheque history and classic grooves! \nSchedule \nJan 10: Analog mixers / Hip-Hop breaks \nJan 17: Vinyl records / Soul & Reggae \nJan 24: Sound systems / Disco & Hi-NRG \nJan 31: Digital audio / House & Techno \n\nEach session will start with an talk on developments in the DJ’s tools and craft over five decades of dance music. Then join us for an hour of listening to a music genre that fueled those changes\, inspired creativity\, and reimagined the dance floor. While listening\, we will demonstrate techniques that DJs invented to weave different songs into a night of entertainment. \nYou are welcome to join us for any part of the series. (Dancing is recommended but not required!) Tracklists are available on Spotify and will be updated at the end of IAP. \n \n  \nAbout the speaker: Philip Tan is a research scientist in CMS/W who started the MIT Dance Mix Coalition in 1998. He organizes Local Beats\, a quarterly all-ages inclusive community party\, and brings a balearic blend of garage house\, disco\, electro\, trance\, and dub to parties around Cambridge and Somerville. \ndiscotech poster 2020 \n
URL:http://gamelab.mit.edu/event/iap-2020-dj-history-and-technology/2020-01-10/
LOCATION:E15-335\, 20 Ames St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
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CATEGORIES:IAP Class,Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Philip%20Tan":MAILTO:philip@mit.edu
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