Half the DJ's you know are below average

I like telling people anything is possible. I taught myself to be a DJ. Which means… it's possible. The proof is in the pudding. I've never actually seen pudding with proof in it. But I imagine it's in a little envelope...floating near the surface.

I DJ the old way. I rock the house old school. Depending on your generation, that could mean the 1980s. Or the 1880s. Back then they didn't have turntables. They just spun the house.

You can't just play one song. You have to play several. That's the tricky part—figuring out the order. Someone has to be there to change the song at the exact moment the last one ends. That's called a transition. I flip the song, people keep dancing...and nobody notices.

That's when I know I've done my job...or that the audience is on a two-song delay.

Sometimes I'll play the same song twice just to see if anyone notices. No one ever does. I think some people have been dancing since the first track I ever played.

I only DJ weddings for couples who aren't married yet. It's just easier that way.

When the party's over, I unplug the turntable. Not because the music's done...but because I’m afraid it will keep spinning without me.

-Josh

my expertise

• - tune selecting
• - muting
• - volume fading
• - counting
• - a sense of timing
• - chord shapes