question: If DJs have to wear earplugs why is the music so loud?
comment: Exposure to loud sounds can damage hearing, but it makes a difference how loud and for how long. Some severely loud sounds can cause immediate hearing damage after one exposure, while other sounds cause lesser or no damage immediately, but cause damage when a person is exposed for an extended period of time. The DJ spends hours over several days a week exposed to that decibel volume, and will likely develop a hearing loss from exposure. While an audience member might experience a temporary threshold shift (where hearing is worse for a short period but not permanently damaged, often you know because your ears are ringing), the one night exposure is less likely to damage their hearing permanently. Also, there are worker's protection laws that mandate hearing protection for employees working with sounds above a safe dB level. These laws don't always apply to the consumer, afaik
passages: This increased role in event planning has been facilitated by the emergence of sweet sixteens, popularized by the MTV reality show, "My Super Sweet 16". Today's mobile DJs are tasked with putting together major productions for these events, which require customization in every element of “her big night”. As huge as the demand for qualified teen-event DJs is, the equipment list to bring a full production on the road for a successful event is more than most can afford. With large-screen video, fog, light up dance floors, glow lights, lasers, high end dance lighting, and booming sound, today's Sweet Sixteens are setting the bar high for future generations.
   Kobi Toledano was born on December 1, 1976, in Haifa, Israel. Since his youth he was interested in electronic devices, taking them apart and putting them back together. Kobi worked for years in a recording studio managing and producing young artists. He discovered trance music and Psychedelic music while attending rave parties in the early 90's in the forests of Northern Israel. Kobi graduated from a leading sound school in the Galilee, northern Israel, and was the producer of a few psychedelic groups.
  
  Section::::Music career.
   Section::::History.:Terntable Jediz.
   Many mobile DJs also promote themselves as event planners, organizers, and Master of ceremonies (MC). They work closely with their customers, guests, and the event's other vendors (e.g. venue staff and photographers/videographers) to provide quality entertainment that fits the event in terms of style and performance.
   Chris and his brother Tom are known inside the music industry for crafting their mix with an abundant use of dynamic compression for molding mixes that play well on small speakers and FM radio, thus somewhat contributing to the loudness war.
   Section::::History.:The Optimen.
   Closed-back headphones are highly recommended for DJs to block outside noise as the environment of DJ usually tend to be very noisy. Standard headphones have 3.5mm jack but DJ equipment usually requires ¼ inch jack. Most of specialized DJ Headphones have an adapter to switch between 3.5mm jack and ¼ inch jack. Detachable coiled cables are perfect for DJ Headphones.
  
  Section::::Equipment.:Software.
   Section::::Equipment.:Headphones.
  
  DJs generally use higher quality headphones than those designed for music consumers. DJ headphones have other properties useful for DJs, such as designs that acoustically isolate the sounds of the headphones from the outside environment (hard shell headphones), flexible headbands and pivot joints to allow DJs to listen to one side of the headphones, while turning the other headphone away (so he/she can monitor the mix in the club), and replaceable cables. Replaceable cables enables DJs to buy new cables if a cable becomes frayed, worn, or damaged, or if a cable is accidentally cut.
   Section::::DJ equipment.
   According to the singer Neil Tennant, the song concerned the insincerity of how President George H. W. Bush's speeches at the time of the First Gulf War utilised Winston Churchill's wartime rhetoric, in a manner similar to how artists sample music from other artists. The video clip alternately features Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe as a pair of doctors, a pair of soldiers in , a judge presiding over Oscar Wilde (the line "And I my lord, may I say nothing?" is a close paraphrase of Wilde's comment after being sentenced to hard labour for homosexual practices) and a football referee and fan.
   BULLET::::- Saturday : Mostly either "Wicked", a drum'n'bass, ragga and jungle event, "Crazy Special", again techno and minimal, or "Future Beatz", which consists mainly of drum'n'bass and drumstep.
  
  Section::::Flex Soundsystem.
  
  Because the system is very loud, Flex provides ear plugs free of charge for those who find it necessary to dampen the loud bursts of bass and sound. 
   In 1994, the Glastonbury Festival linked its on-site radio station to the video screen sited next to the Main Stage, allowing festival goers to watch late night World Cup football and music videos on the giant screen after the sound curfew by using their own portable radios. The idea was the brainchild of the project manager from Proquip, who supplied the giant screen, and engineers from Moles Recording Studio in Bath, Somerset, who were working with Radio Avalon.
   As tablet computers and smartphones became widespread, DJ software was written to run on these devices in addition to laptops.
   At the start of the new century, the introduction of advances in technology made it possible for new sounds to be developed. The introduction of the Pioneer SVM-1000 Audio and Video Mixer and other high tech digital sound mixers made a whole new culture of disco DJ integration. The proliferation of Internet technologies have also created a culture of disc jockey enthusiast groups. DJ battles imitating the events on the game gave the DJ industry a more competitive phase. The DJ industry has become increasingly about the atmosphere that goes along with a performance. Now not only does the DJ show deal with music and mixing but also lights and effect go along with it.
   Section::::Television.
   Section::::Critical reception and accolades.
   In 2001, Pioneer DJ began producing the CDJ-1000 CD player, making the use of digital music recordings with traditional DJ techniques practical for the first time. As the 2000s progressed, laptop computers became more powerful and affordable. DJ software, specialized DJ sound cards, and DJ controllers were developed for DJs to use laptops as a source of music rather than turntables or CDJs. In the 2010s, like laptops before them, tablet computers and smartphones became more powerful & affordable. DJ software was written to run on these more portable devices instead of laptops, although laptops remain the more common type of computer for DJing.
   "The name Towering Inferno seems appropriate given the way the group blew up when they first entered the local hip-hop scene. "Fire is a symbol of hip-hop, if you can't cut it you get burnt" Damage the group's DJ."
  
  Tony Mitchell, in his 1998 "Glocal subculture" paper commented on this quote saying,
  
  ". . . although US rap was the inspiration, the local scene caught fire on the fuel that was already there."
  
  Section::::History.:Big Rigs.
   Section::::Radio career.
   DJ controllers are slowly becoming as powerful as professional media players and mixers, including effects, LCD screens, and touch-sensitive performance pads. Modern DJ controllers also usually include drum pads, fader tempo control, and sometimes can even include motorized platters. With the exception of the classic look, feel, and operation of a vinyl turntable and mixer setup, DJ controllers are starting to be just as versatile and efficient for professional club DJs
  
  Section::::History.
   wrote about him with references to watch and to listen to, giving him warmly complimentary reviews. Turn your TV on, and there's Tactics at the "Battle for Respect" show – the crazy-ratings hip-hop TV show that even Vladimir Putin appeared on in the last season.
   Section::::Reception.
  
  Section::::Reception.:Reviews.
   A number of books have been written about the business, and by furthering their education at trade shows and seminars, mobile DJs have gained a positive public perception. In the 1970s Mobile DJs were averaging $350–500 per four-hour event; now a wedding reception can cost between $800–2,500 per event, with the national average being around $1,038.
   Section::::Female DJs.
   Playing loud music that can be heard from outside of the property from where it is being played (such as a house, apartment, hotel room, or motor vehicle) is considered to be rude by many people and societies. Among those opposed to the practice, it may result in the loss of respect and possible legal action. But in certain contained settings, such as clubs or concerts, music is often played very loudly, but is viewed as acceptable.
  
  Section::::Consequences.
  
  Section::::Consequences.:Criminal.
  