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| pyrobrad |
| I have heard that the Royal Conservitory of Music in Toronto has DJ lessons. I think they are about 300$ for 10 weeks. I have also heard that you shouldent be taught but i think that its all skills. i just want to know if anyone has taken these or knows someone who has. |
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| benoitfan |
Over here there are lots of stores with those type of programs, it's more or less $500 for the same amount of time (not so many people interested over here hehe).
Anyways I know a guy who did it and I must say that the only advantage you can possibly get is that you get to know people who are probably influential in the clubbing world of your area. He spins for the money IMO, he has no style whatsoever, well he has one, his tracks are based on what the record stores state as "massive" or "guaranteed hit" or something. He spins tribal house of course, which is what Lisbon is all about as of late :whip:
Anyways technically I must say I wasn't amazed, but well he's still green afterall, one thing he already has is one residency, won loads of money, just because he plays with and knows the right people. That's also part of the game anyways
But the most of "us" started by ourselves I guess, I think it's better to spend that money on records or on hardware and learn it by yourself, that way you'll develop your style, learn the do's and don'ts and most important of all IMO is to know that whatever you achieve is thanks to you and not who you paid.
Cheers! |
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| vhx1 |
| Well they can only teach you the basics and its up to you to practice practice and practice some more. I along with many others on here taught themselves. As for trackselection and style, those skills cannot be taught |
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| DJ Kibon |
| quote: | Originally posted by pyrobrad
I have heard that the Royal Conservitory of Music in Toronto has DJ lessons. I think they are about 300$ for 10 weeks. I have also heard that you shouldent be taught but i think that its all skills. i just want to know if anyone has taken these or knows someone who has. |
That's actually really interesting, I'm somewhat suprised that they are the ones offering the lessons.
My impression of RCM was always that it was focused on traditional instruments. For example, I took a few years of piano lessons when I was younger, and they did semi-annual visits to the area to conduct official examinations for graduating to higher skill levels (not that it was entirely necessary...).
As for the lessons idea, that's not a terribly bad amount of money to spend. The reason I might suggest it would be that it would give you a chance to try things out, without first having to invest substantially larger sums of money. |
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| TwoPlow |
I think DJ courses are fairly useless. Between this forum, djforums.com, and a book I picked up called, "How To DJ Right, the art and science of playing records" I've probably been learning faster and having much more fun than I would in a class. Plus, you have the satisfaction of having taught yourself.
I highly recommend that book, it's really good. A few other people can back me up on that one. I also recommend "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" by the same authors, which is a book on the history of DJing, and a pretty cool read. |
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| benoitfan |
| quote: | Originally posted by TwoPlow
I think DJ courses are fairly useless. Between this forum, djforums.com, and a book I picked up called, "How To DJ Right, the art and science of playing records" I've probably been learning faster and having much more fun than I would in a class. Plus, you have the satisfaction of having taught yourself.
I highly recommend that book, it's really good. A few other people can back me up on that one. I also recommend "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" by the same authors, which is a book on the history of DJing, and a pretty cool read. |
yep those are great ;) |
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