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| 01 Introduction VJs have become an essential part of the clubbing experience. They provide the projected visuals within the club environment that accompany the DJ, mixing and scratching video in a similar way to how DJs cut up records. Almost all major clubs now have someone on hand to provide visuals to go with the music.
If you fancy becoming a VJ, you probably already have a love of technology and a passion for all things visual. Successful VJs need to be technicians and artists rolled into one. Beyond that there are no hard and fast rules.
Many VJs don't even use the term VJ, preferring to describe themselves as visual mix artists, audiovisualisers, pixel jockeys, visual performers, visual jockeys, pro DJs, video jammers or even viewsicians. This might be because they don't want to be confused with 'video jockeys' - TV presenters that link videos on music channels.
VJs see themselves and what they do as highly individual. Just like musicians, they don't want to be categorised and bundled together as all the same.
"VJing is the next step in music and media-related art. It teaches you to cut and manipulate images, similar to techniques used in film-making. And you get to perform without having to be behind the decks yourself." Jamie Corteen, VJ 2BitTV
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