How to become a disc jockey

Official title: Disc jockey

Also called: Live mixer, Live music mixer, Music selector

Disc jockey mixes music from various sources using turntables or a mixing console and plays music at events in front of a live audience. He/she creates mixes for later distribution and playback. He/she may select the music played on radio or live event and broadcast the music according to schedule.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Will AI change the work of a disc jockey?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026