You obviously want to know how to DJ or else you wouldn’t be here. Learning how to DJ can be an extremely easy, quick and fun process. Or learning how to DJ mix can be a terribly frustrating and boring process. And the not so great news is that its really up to you.
If you want to discover how to DJ you’ve come to the right page. I’m going to break down the key steps you’ll need to take when you learn how to DJ. I’ll also highlight some key points that hold people back from figuring out how to DJ so you can avoid the same fate of failure and frustration! Read the rest of this entry »
After a lot of videos like this one started floating around a lot of DJs started defending DJ Steve Angello saying that he can mix without headphones. I’ve seen a great video showing Steve Angello mixing without headphones (I couldn’t find it). Now its clear that what DJ Steve Angello was playing was part of a pre-recorded set to sync with the fireworks. But when he does mix without his headphones, that raises the question, how can you DJ without headphones?
Its an old DJing party trick to know how to DJ without headphones. Its not as difficult as it looks. Here’s how:
I get flack for teaching this all of the time. New DJs that are setting out learning how to DJ don’t like to hear it and a lot of DJ schools will tell you the opposite. Here it is: if you’re just getting started learning how to DJ don’t… i repeat… DON’T spend all of your money on expensive, fancy DJ gear.
Lets be honest here, we all want the top of the line Allen & Heath mixer and the top level Pioneer CDJs. They are incredibly attractive, even sexy, when they are all sitting on a table together with their lights all lit up. You see all the top pro DJs tweaking knobs and playing with all of the different features. They have tons of effects and other bells and whistles to play with.
It all looks so cool and we all assume that the better DJ equipment that we buy the better of a DJ we’ll become. The reality is that this belief couldn’t be father from the truth. The truth is that buying top of the line, fancy DJ equipment like this when you’re learning how to DJ will end up making you a worse DJ.
This past week I was down in Puerto Vallarta. There is a pretty strong DJing scene here in Mexico. Its inspiring to see soo many beinnger DJs learning how to DJ and moving on to play in some of the SICK nightclubs and parties they have down here.
One aspect of DJing that I never really considered until this weekend was that if you learn how to DJ you instantly have a job to pay the bills anywhere in the world. I don’t care if we’re talking Jordan, South Africa, Morocco, Mexico, Hong Kong or New Zealand. If there is a city you can bet that they have parties and nightclubs that need new DJs.
How cool is it that you can do something fun like learning how to dj and be guaranteeing yourself work all around the globe. Its like become an accountant or a doctor without the 8 years of lame school! Sure you make less money but we are all aware of the other benefits of DJing that people like accountants wish they had (girls, lifestyle, VIP celebrity DJ treatment etc).
In fact the DJing scene in a lot of other countries is BETTER than in places like North America and even the UK. Why? Read the rest of this entry »
Want to learn to dj? This is a picture from the club last Friday Night (taken on my iPhone) that might inspire you. If this picture doesn’t make you want to learn to DJ than I don’t know what will!
The nightclub was packed and people came ready to hit the dancefloor. This is how to learn to dj! I got paid very well and the dj equipment in the dj booth was awesome and tweaked for perfection. The room was filled with beautiful people and it was definitely a house music friendly crowd! It was a great night to be a DJ! I reflected back on my time when I started to learn to dj and was struggling to learn to mix and I remember that back then I couldn’t imagine DJing at nightclubs like this! All I wanted was to learn to dj online. Now I was the man controlling the party! Read the rest of this entry »
So you want to know How To DJ! At the very least you are interested in DJing….
You have probably already asked yourself a lot of questions. When I started out I was asking similar questions:
Do I want to learn how to dj mix so I can be a party dj for my friends or do I want learn how to dj electronic music at clubs, raves and parties? Do I want to know how to dj electronic music or hip hop? Do I want to learn how to dj vinyl or learn how to dj on cds? How do I dj remixed tracks? How do I beatmatch? What gear should I choose? How do I get gigs?
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The first frustration that DJs usually find is choosing and learning how to use dj equipment, dj software and mixing software like Ableton Live. The next challenge is learning Read the rest of this entry »
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