VJ
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- For an artist and performer who creates and mixes live visuals, see VJ (Video performance artist). For other uses, see VJ (disambiguation).
A video jockey (abbreviated form VJ or veejay) can mean two things: One describes an announcer who introduces and plays videos on commercial music television such as MTV or VH1 and the other, often meaning a visual jockey, is a live performer of visuals in, say, clubs, music festivals and arts events - mixing visuals in much the same way the DJ mixes music.
The term "video jockey" is a derivative of the term "disc jockey", "DJ" (deejay) as used in radio. The term was popularized by the Music Television Network (MTV) in the 1980s meaning a veejay was someone who introduced music videos on television, much like a radio DJ would play records or CDs. Downtown Julie Brown was a popular Veejay on MTV.
Other terms used are VDJ for "Video DJ" or MVJ for "Mobile VJ."
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