Developing DJ needs skills

If you haven’t already, I suggest checking out the “Digital DJing Fast” course. It will give you a leg up, especially on the EQ and other technical points of DJing.

As to where to get current generation music – assuming you wish to do so on the cheap, I recommend checking out Soundcloud. There is a CRAZY amount of really good music posted there for free download (not all of it is freely downloadable, so there is some “crate” sorting involved). There’s even more NOT good music posted there, but… sorting through music is really what our jobs are all about. I get almost all of my music from Soundcloud (and its siblings like HearThis.at)… I’d say 95% of my music collection is free (legally), and I paid for the other 5%. I’m a bit of a cheapskate.

Alternatively, iTunes is a popular way to get the mainstream top 40 stuff… Beatport, Juno, Traxsource are all popular spots for getting dance tracks.

If this is something that you expect you might be doing fairly often, you could consider a DJ pool – there are several to pick from (I don’t use them, so can’t recommend any one in particular)… and you should be able to find one that will give you current new dance tracks.

Yes, making our lives easier. All that is left is to say is welcome to the forums.

Since it comes with a “100% no-risk guarantee” … I can’t see how you would go wrong.

There is no course you can take that will make you a great DJ overnight (not even the Masterclass course). Simply because DJ-ing isn’t about techniques and gear, it’s about knowing what must come next. And that skill can only be learned by playing out (frequently if possible).

However, you do need to learn the technique for when that gig suddenly hits your doorstep.

What the course gives you is a comprehensive overview of the techniques you should focus on in the early stages of your development. It takes the “trial and error” out of things and you will learn what to practice and how to practice it correctly to learn the time-proven best practices. In that sense it is a shortcut, in that from day one you will be focussing on the right things in the right way and making the most of your practice time.

Cause, believe me, you WILL be practicing!