By Devon Jefferson • October 29, 2019

The art form of DJing has a long-standing history rooted in innovation and creativity. The act of DJing has time and time again undergone revolutionary leaps forward, starting with late radio DJ Jimmy Savile, who is labeled the host of the first dance party in 1943.

With advances from pioneers like Grand Wizzard Theodore, inventor of the scratching technique, to Grandmaster Flash, a forefather in the Hip Hop DJing aspects of cutting, mixing and scratching, to today’s open-format DJs— DJing has consistently mutated. And with new technologies emerging, the DJ landscape is bound to change, for the better, once again.

Now, through the strategic working partnership of veteran electronic music online store Beatport and record pool DJcity, comes yet another innovation in the form of an open-format DJ streaming platform dubbed Beatsource.

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