VOA标准英语2012--Beat Refinery Teaches DJ Hopefuls Hip Moves
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Beat Refinery 1 Teaches DJ Hopefuls Hip 2 Moves
"What I am doing is called beat juggling 3. Essentially 4 you are taking one record and putting it on both turntables, so while this one plays I am getting this one ready to start back of the beginning of the loop," said Sean Johnson, who is in an advanced mixing class, his final course at the Beat Refinery. He's been taking evening classes at the DJ school outside Washington for about two years. By day, he works as an audio engineer.
"I don't do that full-time 5 anymore. I am slowly working on my way to be a full-time DJ. It is really just kind of making a dream come to life," Johnson said.
Twelve-year-old Ethan Feinberg has been taking classes here for a year and a half.
"I want to be a DJ when I am older, and I really like music. And it is fun," Feinberg said.
"We have 10 year olds all the way up to 50 year olds. Women, men all nationalities, sometimes we have had students that can't speak English but there is the music that brings them together," said long time DJ Chris Stiles, who co-founded the Beat Refinery in 2010. It is the only DJ school in the Washington area.
"We felt that there was a need to have the school because today's world you see a lot of different places where people use DJs whether it is at weddings or at bars, clubs, or clothing stores, the profession of DJ has become a very sought after job," Stiles said.
The school offers classes for those wanting to become professionals as well as those who just want to mix party music for friends. The two year program leads to certification and helps with job placement.
"We have had about six hundred students in the last two and a half years," Stiles said.
Kim Venetz is one of the graduates. She was an office worker before she began spinning turntables full-time under the stage name, DJ Alkimist.
"When I discovered deejaying at the very first class that I took from the Beat Refinery, I was immediately hooked 6 and I knew there was like no stopping me. I love just all about music," Venetz said.
As electronic dance music continuously spun 7 by DJs has become the primary sound in clubs and parties, Stiles says some DJs have become superstars, opening the industry for others.
"There are a lot of DJs that make, especially at the world stage, at the big, big stage DJs can make a few million dollars a year on that top side. And then a DJ that works very hard locally can make six figures for sure,” Stiles said.
Sean Johnson is confident his future is bright. "There is no question about that at all. There are a lot of more opportunities now. Now the DJ is the featured performer. And because of that now is the perfect time to be a DJ," Johnson said.
Kim Venetz agrees: "I am feeling more comfortable than when I was working in my office job for sure."
Most of all, Venetz says, she is happy that she makes a living doing what she loves: playing music and helping 8 people have a good time.
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- The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
- The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
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