Getting Started

It's that time of year when everyone's doing sales and I just thought I'd do an article answering any questions you may have about the course and discuss wether you think it's a good fit for you.

So many people when they first learn to DJ make it unnecessarily hard for themselves and as a result they get frustrated, lose interest or simply give up.

n the exciting world of electronic music, being a skilled DJ is one aspect of this industry, and it only scratches the surface of just how far you can take this as a career.

Ready to get started on your DJ setup? Love being at a club event, rave, concert, or festival and want to create that atmosphere for others?

The process of researching and building up your music collection is an essential job for all DJs and one which can be overwhelming with more and more options becoming available.

10 Beginner DJ Tips - Advice for Beginners. Got your equipment? Ready to start mixing? Here are 10 tips to help you get started!

Have you ever gone for a bass swap and when you do the exiting track drops out dramatically making your transition sound a little empty?

I am receiving so many questions from people getting club shows or wanting to get club shows and they are really nervous about making the jump from controller to club gear and some are even expressing concerns about what genres to play...

A tonne of students have reached out to me in recent weeks letting me know they have scored sets at venues and some of the venues have requested that the DJs play all night...

Let's face it there really are so many different ways you can practise and from teaching literally thousands of people I feel the majority only do 1 or 2 ways at most.

The concept of double dropping is you play both chorus's together at the same time. Now I'll be honest this is risky as quite often the chorus is the most intense part of the track so putting big bit on big bit can often sound messy...

The advantages of sync are difficult to overlook: firstly it can take the pressure off new DJs big time, as beat matching by ear gives you more to do and remember and if you don't have to worry about beat matching by ear...

I know for a fact, as far as entry level controllers go, a tonne of people are choosing the DDJ400 and why not, it has the same basic operations as the club gear, it reads Rekordbox...

Many people have asked me to do a video on what goes into DJ set preparation, so in this video I will talk through my process with the goal that you can put together some really pumping sets that people will respond well to.

Learning how to mix solely with your DJ headphones is a really good skill to have and whenever you see DJs wearing in ear monitors that's exactly what they're doing.

Categorising music. I recently did a video on how to get out of sticky situations and the long and short of it is, the more prepared you are the less likely you'll even find yourself in a sticky situation...

DJM Beat FX vs colour FX. In this article / video I will talk about the effects you will find on club mixers.

DJ Volume faders vs EQ. People often remark on how I use my volume faders and EQ so today I'll explain why I often use the whole EQ to mix in my new tracks as opposed to volume faders.