

Blackman bought his first set of turntables in the early 80s, when he was still in junior high. “I always took pride in getting the newest records.” - DJ Stacey Blackman (DJ) Voodoo, I learned crowd management,” says Stacey Blackman, himself a staple in the local community known for his proclivity for House music as well as his longstanding lunchtime mixes on 105.3.

Over the past four decades, Charlotte has given rise to a diverse pool of local DJ talent known for sustaining a following. While the Internet has changed the ways people acquire, share and enjoy music, DJs are still in the unique position to be tastemakers by breaking new tracks to their audiences and curating distinctive real time playlists that bear their own stylistic hallmarks. Charlotte’s musical tastemakers offer all that and more. As it turns out, there is room for everyone - from the musical maestro charged with getting the party going to the sonic sommelier focused on serving up musical Easter eggs that only a music head would appreciate. This doesn’t mean, however, that old-school DJs are now obsolete.

With advances in technology, many newcomers have been emboldened to enter the professional DJ space.
