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Learning how to dj can be very confusing. Dj Lessons that can help you learn how to DJ are expensive & other forms of DJ training aren't considered cool. And this is why so many new DJs get stuck dj mixing in their bedroom and end up giving up before they discover how to be a DJ.
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Looking for DJ classes? Stop! Hold on a second. Before you go and give your hard earned money to some dj instructor to give you DJ classes (or one DJ class) there are some important things you need to know.
See, a lot of new DJs run out and spend their life savings – or even worse, their credit card – on DJ classes that don’t end up helping them learn how to DJ. They come out after their last DJ class not being able to DJ that well and completely out of money.
You need to check a few things with the DJ classes before you sign up and throw your money down. To help you, in this post I’m going to lay out the common pitfalls and how you can avoid them below.
Don’t listen to the DJ haters when they say “DJing is dead. Robots can do the same as DJs now”. While these tech nerds are right, electronic music systems can perform a lot of the same functions as DJs, people still keep piling in to see DJs play.
Take the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) for example. This year they passed 100,000 attendees> Ever wondered what its like to play to a dancefloor that big a DJ? This video takes you backstage before, during and after the gig with Kaskade.
DJ Tips are a dime a dozen. There are literally thousands of DJ tip websites scattered online. To add to this there are hundreds of DJ books showing you how to DJ via DJ tips. In the end a lot of the DJ tips aren’t even that great. A lot are out dated.
Don’t listen to what they say on the DJ message forums! The DJ tip “teach yourself how to DJ” is one of the oldest in the book and it couldn’t be more wrong! Crusty old vinyl DJs that never got anywhere back in the day will tell you to teach yourself because thats how they learned. And the thing about humans is that most of us can’t admit that we’re wrong. So we give advice like “teach yourself how to DJ”.
DJ Tip # is to go find someone to mentor you. Go out and get DJ lessons or get some DJ training videos online. You’ll be DJing 10x faster and will have way more fun in the process!
Back before DJ Forums, when I was getting started, I remember there were only a few ways you could connect with other DJs. You could be that awkward new DJ that hung out beside the DJ booth all night trying to make friends with the DJ, or you could go to an expensive DJ school. To be honest, I wasn’t thrilled about either option.
But now there are DJ forums. DJ message forums are a great, easy way to connect with other DJs in your city and around the world to share advice and information. As a new DJ its essential to keep on top of whats hot in the world of DJing and DJ forums & DJ message boards (also called DJ discussion forums) are the best way to do that. Now you can log onto one of he top DJ message forums and within a few hours be talking to other new DJs in your city. How incredible is that?
But the truth is that this isn’t always the case. There are a number of DJ message forums that have dwindling attendance and a less-than-successful (to put it lightly) message forum user base. You’ll find a lot of failed Djs turned keyboard jockeys (people that love to give advice online despite never finding success themselves) giving bad DJ advice on certain DJ forums. And as a new DJ its vitally important that you’re taking advice from successful DJs that actually know what they’re doing.
So you’re interested in going to a DJ school. Thousands of DJs all around the world attend DJ schools to learn how to DJ like a pro. Most DJ schools you’ll find are found on the wrong side of the tracks in a dark, cramped basement. Walking down and hearing the music and seeing all of the gear cluttering the room will get you excited but this isn’t the only kind of DJ school around.
There are lots of DJ Schools online and now even the biggest universities offer courses on music production, nightlife and DJing. Take the example of Yale – one of the world’s top Ivy League schools (Ivy League being snobbery lingo for top school). To go to Yale you may have to take out a mortgage on your parents house or sell your kidney (the latter probably being easier). But even the rich kids want to know how to party. Thats why Yale unleashed a course called “Nightlife Culture”.
The class actually goes out to different nightclubs (The Boom Boom Room in New York City is shown above), partakes and then discusses topics like “how to be a dj” and “how to get past the lineup of a nightclub”. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’ve spent anytime over the last decade around DJs then you probably know that Pioneer has become the industry standard for CDJ players. With the release of the Pioneer CDJ 2000, Pioneer is hoping their flagship CDJ player will solidify their place at the top. The Pioneer CDJ 2000 is a multi-format player that can accommodate just about any type of audio file.
Curious if the new CDJ 2000 from Pioneer is for you? Is it worth the cost? Keep reading for a complete Pioneer CDJ 2000 review. Read the rest of this entry »
So you’re looking for DJ names? Finding a cool DJ name is essential to your success with DJing. Choose a good DJ name and it will help grow your following. Your DJ name will be easy to remember and catchy so it will be passed along from person to person. Select a bad dj name and people won’t remember it and no mater how good of a DJ you are, people won’t think you’re cool.
Don’t worry. If you’re looking for good dj names you’ve come to the right place! I’m going to walk you through – step by step – how to filter through the thousands of potential Dj name to find the dj name thats right for you! Read the rest of this entry »
If you haven’t heard yet, Google just launched its new music platform called Google Music which is a Android specific music download service. The main purpose of the Google Music Store is to compete with Apple iTunes and to steal market share away from the iphone over to the Android.
So how is this relevant or important to DJs? Google music offers a mix of downloads, streaming audio and social media. The service also syncs a user’s music library across their devices. More importantly, Google Music has launched over 13 million songs from a number of top industry labels. On top of this they secured a number of exclusive songs and mixes from artists like DJ Tiesto that can’t be found anywhere else.
When you’re ready to start making money as a DJ you’ll need one piece of essential equipment; a turntable. Unfortunately if you’ve never purchased a turntable set then chances are good you don’t know what to look for. Finding a quality system that will give you high quality performance will take some time especially if you don’t know what you’re needs are yet.
The much anticipated Numark NS7 has finally hit the market which means times time for our Numark NS7 review. Want to know if you should buy the Numark NS7? Keep reading for a full review. Read the rest of this entry »
So you’re into DJ music. Remember the 8-track? I don’t. Do you remember those little plastic tapes? How about the mini-tapes? Nope and nope. You should remember what vinyl is like and how it all of a sudden became harder and harder to find. Now CDs are heading down the same path.
Last week, major record labels announced that the future is digital – which we all knew – and that they will be transitioning to all digital music by 2012. This makes CDs extinct like the vinyl, tapes and 8-tracks before it.
Theres a number of ways these changes will affect the DJ music industry and its fascinating to look at how digital DJing will affect the DJ music industry in the future.
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