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Fall 2013
Apr 16,2024 |
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| MUSI 345 - DJ CULTURE |
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The DJ has emerged as a cultural power broker and a new type of musician. This course will explore the history of various types of DJs and their roles in commercial and pirate radio, disco, hip-hop, house and techno. The DJ's relationships to other cultural icons, and the emergence of turntablism will also be examined. Materials for this course will include the range of recent critical literature, video documentaries, audio recordings and eyewitness accounts compiled by members of the class. Students will also learn the basics of DJ technique and will perform their own DJ sets using software based DJ systems.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Music Department Course Attributes: MJ-Africana Studies, MJ-AMER-African-Amer Stds., CA-School Core-300 Level |
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