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Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
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- Web Developer at The Miami Herald
- Owner at EJ Enterprises Worldwide
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Justin Kent’s Summary
“The future of dance music” -Discovery Channel
“Blasting the market into 2099” -Remix Magazine
Even more than an inventor, entrepreneur, international speaker and performer, Justin Kent is a visionary.
Born in Orlando, Florida, Justin - a self-proclaimed TV junkie - was brought up on a hyperactive diet of MTV and the Internet. A modern-day wiz kid, he was creating Web sites for NASA in high school before relocating to Boston where he earned
degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in computer science and art and design, as well as a minor in music.
As a budding DJ in college, Justin quickly mastered the art of mixing records, but he missed the visual impact of television. One day it occurred to him, “What if you could scratch TV?” Armed with a desire to revolutionize the art of DJing, Justin
was determined to enhance the musical experience by using his skills to incorporate interactive video into his sets. So Justin invented his own system, the results of which became the world’s first MIDI turntable: a patented optical hardware / software system that allows the DJ to synchronize and control sound, video and lights. With the arrival of this avant-garde system, Justin Kent the DJ subsequently evolved into Justin Kent the EJ, or Experience Jockey, so-named for his ability to create one complete interactive club experience. Justin now performs under the code name EJ K.
Justin’s first DVD, As Seen On TV, features innovative techniques found nowhere else and was named a finalist in Future Music’s “Next Big Thing” contest.
Additionally,
• The Blueman Group used Justin’s EJ MIDI Turntable™ as inspiration for their music video, “The Current”;
• Justin was literally struck by a bolt of lightning just after his 25th birthday;
As the first person to truly “scratch” video and the outspoken poster-child of Generation E, you must see this rising video star in action to believe.
Justin Kent’s Specialties:
speaking, performance, technology, music videos, DJ / VJ equipment & installation, hardware / software development
Justin Kent’s Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Double Major + Minor, Computer Science, Art and Design, Music, 1996 — 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- MIT Student Cable Group, Zeta Psi fraternity, Dance Mix Coalition, MIT Media Lab, Arts and Technology at Tech, MITHC, Warehouse 23, Senior House, East Campus, Bexley, IAP
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Justin Kent’s Honors:
US & international patents awarded: System for converting turntable motion to MIDI data, Finalist: FutureMusic.com's Next Big Thing contest, featured on the Discovery Channel as "the future of dance music", featured in Remix Magazine as "blasting the market into 2099", awarded Most Outstanding Zete, President MIT Student Cable Group, President Zeta Psi Fraternity - PA Chapter, MIT Art Scholar, Florida Merit Scholar, National Thespian Society
