Ironically the best DJ booth to play in the world doesn’t exist except for 7 days of the year somewhere in the Black Rock Desered in the South of Nevada. And the funny thing is that it isn’t just one DJ booth, there are like 30 amazing DJ booths with packed dancefloors for 7 days straight!

This paradise is known as Burning Man and its one of the craziest parties in the world. 50,000 people drive, walk and even skydive into the middle of one of the dryest deserts in the world to camp for 7 days over September long week. Its a music, art and expression festival where anything and EVERYthing goes.

And the best part is that its such an amazing party, with 50,000 partiers all going off together that some of the world’s top DJs come to Burning Man to play for free. Thats right Free. Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Bassnectar, Tiesto and other top names have all made appearances at Burning Man just to be a party of the energy.

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Learning how to DJ and play great DJ gigs requires a lot of steps. And to make it even more challenging, most new DJs tend to overlook some simple points that will help them perform better while playing their DJ gigs.

To help you out, my friend DJ Matt Challands wanted to share these 5 DJ tips that will help you get the balance right before a set.

Mastering your gear, learning how to mix like a club DJ, knowing your music inside out and the desire to spread the music you love are just some of the qualities and skills you’ll need.

But you’ll need more than skill. You’ll need to prepare long before your set. When you’ve prepared, this is when you’ll feel relaxed playing your tunes and you feel like your gear has become an extension of your body.

That being said, things can still go wrong!

What can go wrong in an otherwise perfect DJ set?

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When I was learning how to dj there was nothing that got me more excited than watching a huge DJ rock it out to a huge dance floor of screaming fans. Standing beside, behind or in the DJ booth while a huge crowd freaked out over the DJ’s every move really inspired to become a DJ.

Even now, after I’ve been DJing for 10 year and have played tons of huge DJ gigs to thousands of people screaming their heads off, watching videos of the top DJs playing to huge crowds sends chills down my spine. Theres something about 1 man creating such a frenzy with a big crowd just by playing the music he loves that makes my heart sing!

I’m sure you are similar so I wanted to track down the best youtube videos taken from the DJ booths at some of the craziest and biggest parties in the world. You’ll see everything from a 100,000 person party in Buenos Aires, Argentina to an intimate party high up on a ski hill in the Swiss Alps Mountains.

So I set out to track down the top DJ booth videos online. If you have found a dj booth video that gets you fired up then please share it in the comments below! It would incredible if this page became a page that people passed around because it has all of the best, crazy DJ booth videos.

Here are the top 10 Dj booth videos:

# 10. Casual Ski Party In The Alps

This video is pretty chill. You aren’t going to see 50,000 DJ fans freaking out on the dancefloor. But what you will see is three of the best tech house DJs in the world (Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano and Loco Dice) mixing for a smaller crowd at the very top of a ski hill at the very top of the Alps (Crans-Montana Switzerland at 2300m). Read the rest of this entry »

I love seeing David Guetta rock the dancefloor like this!

Sometimes I sit back and get blown away by how far DJing has come in my time.

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I just got forwarded this video of DJ Tiesto In Concert. It blew me away how many people come out to see DJs now!

When I started out the DJ was just the nerdy kid in the dark corner of the room that loved the music. We did it because we loved DJing and making music. Now DJs are packing stadiums that even the biggest rock bands in the world can’t fill.

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If watching this video doesn’t make you want to learn to dj and run out to get dj lessons, I don’t know what will! If you are just starting out, sign up for free DJ Lesson Videos by clicking HERE right now!

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably heard about the Island of Ibiza off the coast of Spain. For those of you that don’t know about it, it is the clubbing hot spot and DJing mecca of the world. Nighclubs and bars stay open 24 hours a day and all summer party goers fly in from every area of the world. I’ve been there and it is EVERYTHING DJs make it out to be.

The DJ booths that are loaded with the best DJ gear imaginable (8 dj turntables, 5 CDJs, rotary mixers etc) and look out over dance floors of thousands of beautiful clubbers. People go specifically to see the DJs so its a full on party! Half of the dance floor knows knows how to DJ mix and are crazy about the music!

In this video, DJ Erick Morillo rocks Pacha Ibiza. There are some crazy shots from the DJ Booth. Shots like this inspire me to help DJs like you get to DJ booths in places like Ibiza!
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A lot of you know me for my one line of advice that I always give when it comes to DJ Gear: Buy cheaper gear to start out with and spend the remaining money on building a music collection and educating yourself.

As with most things in life, there is one exception to the rule. This one piece of gear is essential to your DJing from day one. The piece of Dj equipment I am referring to is Dj Headphones. It doesn’t matter if you’re just learning to dj taking dj lessons or you’re already playing gigs, get a good pair of headphones. If you are just learning how to DJ, sign up for free DJ Lesson Videos by clicking HERE right now!

A good pair of DJ Headphones is essential for a number of reasons:
- You are going to spend hundreds of hours with them on your head in the studio and the dj booth. They have to be comfortable.
- You are going to beat the headphones up. They will be dropped, kicked, spilled on, stretched and pulled. They need to be sturdy to take this everyday DJ wear and tear.
- Some headphones put out a higher frequency. This high frequency damages your ears a lot more than a low end frequency. Buying a cheap pear of Iphone headphones and using them to DJ will leave your hearing spotty as you get older.
- Dj booths, studios and parties are loud environments where the DJ needs to hear what is in his headphone and not whats going on around him or her. You want to block out the noise around you at all costs so you can concentrate on a song or mix. Quality sound-blocking is a must for any DJ.
- They have to be flashy and look cool. You want people to know you’re the Dj right?!?!

The good news is that high quality DJ headphones aren’t that expensive (compared to most dj equipment) so they’re worth splurging for.

Here are the top three headphones recommended for comfort, durability, frequency, sound blocking and cool factor:

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Lets be honest, nobody likes to see a DJ with his head stuck in a laptop up in the DJ booth. He might as well be checking his email or writing up his grocery list for after the gig!

You have to give programs like Ableton Live and Traktor DJ Studio credit. They are kickass pieces of DJ software that can do some pretty incredible stuff. Even just the ability to get the Dj Software to beatmatch for you opens up so many doors for your DJing. If you want to learn more about digital DJing, sign up for free DJ Lesson Videos by clicking HERE right now!

But the obvious downside was that all of this computer based software did not do well with the performance aspect of DJing…. until now.

Over the past few days I have seem some really cool pieces of software that really get the DJ involved. Take the video above for example.

A dj from Uruguay, Gustavo Bravetti, does an awesome job of demonstrating how creative you can get. He shows how you can use ableton live and Nintendo Wii controllers for your DJing.
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So you guys probably read my DJ Steve Angello vs Paris Hilton post from a few days ago. Steve was DJing at a popular nightclub in Miami at the Winter Music Conference when Paris Hilton came up and asked him to play Hip Hop.

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This was Steve Angello’s party and on top of that, this was the Winter Music Conference where 500,000 dance music fanatics flock to Miami to hear the newest and best in dance, techno, trance and house music. Steve was in no position to play Hip Hop even if he wanted to. Paris didn’t like this and it resulted in her boyfriend fighting the club doormen outside.

While DJing this past weekend I was faced with a similar situation when a group of drunk girls came into the packed club on a “stagette”. One wanted me to play the new Britney Spears track… I was polite and said that I couldn’t play it. She got angry and said “If you’re not going to play it then I WILL”. She grabbed my headphones and lunged at the CD Decks.

She went for the one dj cd player that was playing out loud so when she put her hand on it to ‘scratch’ the song stopped dead in the club. Silence. Then she hit the next song button and a different song started to play.

Part of becoming a good DJ is that you have to Learn To Dj while getting bad song requests. To avoid horror stories like this I have come up with 10 excuses to avoid DJ requests. Some are hilarious, but all are effective. I’ve tried every one:

1) What was that? What was that? What was that?

Just keep shouting “what… I can’t hear you” and after a few minuets they will walk away. It might take a half an hour…but in the end you’ll win!

2) “Sure, I’ll play that in a minuet.” / “Coming Right Up!!!”

This is my favorite excuse and the favorite excuse of many top DJs.

When agreeing to the requester you give them with a sense of power and satisfaction. They strut away feeling like they run the club, and might even buy you a drink (bonus!).

They’ll go back to their table or to their friends happy and content, and most likely they’ll forget they ever asked you for it. But on the rare occasion they realize you haven’t actually played what they asked for yet, you can just respond, “it’s coming up next” and then keep going as you are. Some Djs prefer the more direct “Coming right up!” line.

Another, perhaps safer option, is to have a girlfriend, friend of retarded monkey take the requests enthusiastically for you thereby rendering you all but innocent!

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Sam From Copyright shows you around the Ministry Of Sound Nightclub in London, one of the world’s best clubs!

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It was Defected’s 10th Birthday Party and Sam leads you around the club showing you everything from backstage, to the VIP room to the epic DJ booth in the main room! For those of you that don’t know…. Defected is the biggest dance music record label in the world along side Ministry of Sound.

Along the way Sam bumps into all of the Defected artists that are getting ready to DJ and play their instruments that night.
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