I implement it by foot tapping, hip shaking, head nodding...whatever equates to the student's version of bodily movement to the music. I teach people to DJ, not to be formulaic jukeboxes who bring every single mix in and out the same way, ad infinitum. And yes, the learning curve is relatively steep when taught this way, but at least my students don't end up getting sucked into buying crap like digital BPM counters.
Registered: Sep 2010
Location: Will the real Pierino please stand up.
who said i do any of this?
do you print little certificates when they pass the "shake head" segment of a class? No offense but schools like yours are a ripoff.
Sep-16-2010 16:17
IL Duce
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Registered: Sep 2010
Location: Will the real Pierino please stand up.
seriosuly though, i won't go as far as saying your school is a ripoff...it just amazes me that people pay you and you don't even teach them basic fundamentals.
how much do you charge if you don't mind my asking.
Sep-16-2010 16:30
PivotTechno
senseless
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Citizen, World
So you're telling me there's something wrong with the way I teach, just because I don't teach the way you'd expect to be taught? Huh?
Basic fundamentals to me implies that good DJing comes from the body, not from the head, so that's how I teach. If you want to count beats in your head, go right on with it, but you won't be doing it on my setup.
I'm in my 3rd decade of DJing and aside from someone who decided he couldn't finish his sessions and wanted his money back (I don't do refunds), I have yet to hear one complaint from the 50+ students who've come through my door in the past year and a half. In fact, one of my first students threw down a solid inaugural set on his first big rig at a charity fundraiser we held earlier this summer.
And what does what I charge have to do with anything, when you've obviously set your mind to the fact that you don't like the way I teach (without even having tried it)?
people don't need to pay for classes to learn how to be an unemployed dj.
"those who can't do, teach."
Sep-16-2010 17:38
PivotTechno
senseless
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Citizen, World
And to wit, I've had people come to me who've signed up for lessons at established, "fully registered" DJ schools, only to find themselves vying for instructors' attention along with a half-dozen other students during a $45 (even my highest fee is lower than this, and with the exception of special seminars, all of my sessions are one-on-one), one-hour session. This alone pretty much blows out of the water the notion that "you get what you pay for" - price certainly isn't everything.
This thread has bored me (no offense to OP) from the start so would have stopped this earlier had i been reading it but there really is no reason to be arguing.
If Pivot can make money teaching kids how to dj. So be it.
I don't care if he teaches them to scratch with their member or how best to strike the jesus pose. Everyone's trying to make a little extra here and there on the side.
Whether or not you think it's a rip off is up to you. But criticising his technique.. Ugh, who cares. There's not one set way to learn. Everyone knows that.
Any help at the beginning is better than no help.
Now stop bitching girls. Back OT please.
Sep-17-2010 01:49
orTofønChiLd
Everything is illuminated
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Miami
quote:
Originally posted by PivotTechno
And those who have nothing of any real value to contribute, troll.
