In this video, you get to go on tour with Richie Hawtin in Valencia Spain. He talks about how crazy people that play vinyl are, how music is being produced differently these days and about touring as a superstar DJ. If you want to tour as a superstar Dj, your first step is to sign up for your FREE DJ Lesson videos by clicking Here right NOW!
Great news. I just tracked down a wicked series of videos for you! These were filmed for DJ Download and Pioneer CDJ customers only in a special promotion but I found them to show them to you! Get your FREE video DJ Lessons on DJ Gear, Mixing and Playing gigs by clicking Here right now!
Legendary girl DJ Sarah Main is a resident at the famous and massive Pacha Ibiza (seen below)!
She invites you into her beautiful villa for a series of videos showing the basics of how to get into the scene and how to start mixing for anyone that wants to learn to dj .
She shows you how to mix using Pioneer CDJ400s (dj cd players) and the Pioneer DJM400 mixer. Great gear to start off on (but a little on the expensive side).
There is a series of 5 videos all of which build off the one before it. The videos that I will be sending out the the newsletter will go above and beyond these tips but this is a great start to your dj training!
All I can say is that he is one intense DJ. I want to Learn To Dj like him!
—– Richie Hawtin’s DJ setup
Richie Hawtin is known for his love of new technology and currently employs a rather complicated setup to DJ with.
Anyone who has recently stood beside Richie in the DJ booth will no doubt have been scratching their heads because alongside an Allen & Heath Xone:92 mixer.
He also has two Allen & Heath Xone 92 mixer:1D controllers and two laptops running.
“You know I’m one of Richie’s closest friends and I’ve known him for years, but even I have absolutely no clue what he’s doing in the DJ booth,” says Jon Gaiser, one of Minus’ biggest artists.
If you have a friend thats a doctor, you might introduce him as Doctor so and so.
If you have a friend that is a lawyer, you might introduce him as so and so the lawyer.
People like to know what each other does for work.
This is usually great! A lot of times people want to know more. Others say that they have heard of me or seen me play before. There is a third group of people that don’t care, which I respect….
There is also a group of people that seem to always want to pull me into an argument about weather or not DJing requires any musical talent. I have learned over time to deflect these sorts of questions but the argument from my new “friend” usually is that DJing on turntables and a mixer takes way less musical skill than playing the guitar, the bass guitar or whatever ‘skill full’ instrument tickles their fancy… Read the rest of this entry »
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