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Anyone in SF area willing to teach DJing
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| kidkotch |
| I was wondering if anyone in the area would be willing to teach a fledgling DJ that loves trance/hardtrance/hardstyle? I've been teaching myself but think I would progress so much quicker if I had someone to learn a bit of tricks from. |
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| Faj27 |
| Hey man, just stick with it! There's nothing wrong with getting pointers from other dj's more experienced than you...but if you know the basics of what to do (find the beat, cue, pitch, etc..) it's just practice after that. Even if you spend $100 on a DVD, you'll still need to practice...some people learn quicker than others, and some of the best djs (not turntablists) in the world are pretty much self taught. |
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| cyberjoe |
it's like the whole world is yours. just be yourself. Try to get your ears training be able to tell when it's off and on beat matching. but lemme give you these tips.
1/ learn the beat match
2/ "After" completing the beat match stage, you move on how to use the EQs to adjusting the sound volume balance.
3/ Try to remember the song sound (i.e. hard, mellow, dark and bpm). If you know the music scale then it would help you a lot. You can arrange your songs in the same scale. And when u play them, it will sound much smoother.
4/ YOur own games. |
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| Dj Blurr |
Very True. I agree with what Faj27 says.. I actually learned from watching other Djs locally here in the clubs and at Raves.
I paid special attention when big names came in like PVD, Armin Tiesto and Ferry..
I then went home and tried to duplicate what I saw.
Practice makes perfect yo. |
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| fury |
These websites have some helpful videos if you just wanna learn the basics like beatmatching, riding the pitch, basic EQing:
www.recess.co.uk
www.djtutor.com
Also look in the DJ Booth forum here on TA. There is probably already a lengthy topic on anything you can imagine if you search. |
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| nchs09 |
| its a slow process, just keept at it, some poeple get it in a month, some poeple it takes a year, just keep at it :) |
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| nerdgrl416 |
| quote: | Originally posted by fury
These websites have some helpful videos if you just wanna learn the basics like beatmatching, riding the pitch, basic EQing:
www.recess.co.uk
www.djtutor.com
Also look in the DJ Booth forum here on TA. There is probably already a lengthy topic on anything you can imagine if you search. |
Amen to that!!
Practice until your ears are tired, don't use bpm counters (they'll only make the process worse). Oh and know your muthafukin songs.
If you're going to buy some books buy Djing for Dummies and How to Dj right. Both very easy to understand and use as a good reference even for the intermediate dj.
Everything else is a waste of time and money. |
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| bucke |
| quote: | Originally posted by kidkotch
I was wondering if anyone in the area would be willing to teach a fledgling DJ that loves trance/hardtrance/hardstyle? I've been teaching myself but think I would progress so much quicker if I had someone to learn a bit of tricks from. |
you are your own best teacher. djing takes practice and experience and you can't get one without the other. so keep at it and soon you'll pick up new tricks of the trade....just get creative and find out what works and what doesn't. also listen to a lot of mixes and examine how other dj's mix. the basic rules are 1)beatmatching 2)phrase matching 3) playing songs in the same key so they make sense musically 4) TRACK SELECTION!!!!! |
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