The DJ is a crucial part of must culture- the great DJ’s have broken barriers and been prime movers in their scenes- just look at Mike pickering at the hacienda in Manchester- not only the most important DJ at that club but one of the key players in the Manchester music culture at the time. Great DJing is a skill- effortlessly blending music or pushing the boundaries like the great Andrew Weatherall but sometimes we have to ask ourselves are superstar DJ’s overpaid and out of touch?
Some of them like, Skrillex are currently key figures in music culture- part of a breaking wave in the USA and shapeshifting music to new places and spaces but some of the others must have great managers and agents. The list below shows how much money can be earned in DJIng and makes some of the big names look like lumbering well paid dinosaurs pushing the truly talented aside with their bulging wallets…what do you think?
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