Dj hoppa interview12/31/2023 ![]() We needed it to be set up this way as a one stop and it would also aid in cutting expenses for booking events for gigs. I wanted it to be a place where everyone or any in the industry could call to hire entertainment acts. I wanted to be a one stop shop for all the professionals in my genre of music. I don’t have the time to invest in it the way I’d like to. I no longer manage because it requires a lot time to develop an artist and I have so many other ventures in motion. Me personally, I use it exclusively for booking and management and networking.ĭJ CHILL WILL: I’m a DJ, Producer, Booking Agent, and I was a Manager at one point. * laughing* But that’s the language of the people right now. People strive for likes now ’cause that could take you to a whole ‘nother level. Now, you can just interact online all you got do is like someone’s status, like something, anything, like a picture. Back in the day, we just had to be at physical places. Another 15 years it could be something different. Extreme visibility wouldn’t be my first means of creating a buzz, but you know, just get on everything where you can share your music and perform for live venues too. As long as you don’t go over the top to be visible, you’re good. But you also have to get out there in the real world. You have to be on every social media platform to be visible. Social media, like really, how social is that? Everybody is kind of faceless.ĭJ CHILL WILL: You really have to stay on top of social media now, especially when you’re new as an artist or DJ anything. Now a days, everyone uses text messages and emails. There was a time when a good day for a DJ was spent in the crates, looking for records, meeting new people, trading sounds and vinyl, networking and meeting other producers. Record stores don’t exist in abundance like that anymore. I used to spend hours upon hours in a record store, just looking for the perfect records to scratch. Man, I had to carry crates of records, I had to sweat back then. Back the day you had to work and sweat to DJ. ![]() So, in that regard, it has become easier. There’s no such thing as rare finds on records now, you can just Google it and you find the songs you need. If you need a song, you just download it. Back in the day, when you had to carry around crates of records, no one wanted to do that. A lot more people do it because the music is more accessible. Everything changes.ĭJ CHILL WILL: The technique is almost the same, and yes, it’s a lot easier now. For some, it’s been very hard to accept this change but I understand that it had to change. It’s crazy how much its changed but, I think change had to happen in order for Hip Hop to survive. People can get shot for what they say on record now. Hip Hop used to be a lot more lighthearted. ![]() It’s a whole different conversation with Hip Hop. It’s geared to a different demographic of people now. Even if those same artists were still leading the Hip Hop scene, when those artists opt to change their style, people don’t follow that change, you know? And, if those artists remain the same in styling, their fans get bored. How long can you listen to the Doug E Fresh, and the Big Daddy Kane’s or the KRS One’s doing the same thing? Hip Hop had to change. But it had to change into something in order for it to survive. Like now, Hip Hop isn’t made for me, so it isn’t for me to get everything. We weren’t Sam Cooke or the Commodores, so, our parents bugged out then. It was like that with us back in the day though. DJ Chill Will took the liberty of carving time out from his demanding schedule to allow me to interview him for Music-Existence.ĭJ CHILL WILL: I appreciate hip hop today because it changed. Recently, the radio show has been picked up for national syndication. As a Radio Personality and DJ on WBLS, New York with Doug E Fresh, Dj Chill Will hosts a on-air show, Saturday 9pm to 11pm. Presently, DJ Chill Will has concentrated his focus on entrepreneurial endeavors and in broadcast media through radio. ![]() Songs such as “ Oh My God!” (1986), “ The World’s Greatest Entertainer” (1988), “ Doin’ What I Gotta Do” (1992) “ Bustin Out !” (1992), “ Superstition” (1994) and full production work on the popular single, “ Where I Wanna Be Boy ” by Miss Jones. If you are not familiar with his impressive resume, you may recall a few of the many songs DJ Chill Will has co-produced in the late 80’s and into the golden era of Hip Hop, the 90’s’. Specializing in one of the major elements of Hip Hop, “ DEE-JAYING”, DJ Chill Will has maintained a successful career in the field and has been fortunate and skilled enough to never have to work outside of his passion: music and entertainment.
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