DJ Lessons

Hello Mills 🙂
Paul Oakenfold was Offering a DJ Course Online in 2010 for 35,000 English Pounds :eek:;
But; to answer your Question More Respectfully; Unfortunately ‘Nobody’ will Tell You Everything ‘They Know’ through Fear of you ‘Taking Their Job’ in the Future;
I also think it would be a Wonderful thing to have a Person Teach You ‘What They Know’ (or are Willing To Share); and I Believe there are probably people out there who ‘Believe’ They Have The Skills and Will Happily Charge you;
But the Truth is; when I bought my CDDJ Decks I didn’t even know ‘How To Operate’ them; but I knew from listening to DJ’s on the Radio that these ‘Hero’s’ of mine got from One CD to another CD ‘Some How’; and I had to do the Same (Some How); and it Literally was ‘Trial and Error’
At that time; if there was YouTube I didn’t know anything about it; so had no Reference Point Visually to Follow;
The Main thing I Learned from the Radio was the 1:2:3:4 of the Kick Drums had to Line Up (Somehow :));

But; I am Happy to Teach Anyone Anything (apart from ‘The Secrets’) about DJ’ing; but of course as I mentioned earlier; I can Only Teach ‘What I Know’; and another person would Teach You ‘What They Know’;

On my YouTube Channel I have built up Playlists containing Hundreds of Videos about DJ’ing; and I am Always Adding to these Playlists (they are Public Playlists); however; we can Never Know Enough; and I only Learned the Potential of an Auto Filter Two Weeks Ago; and I have been DJ’ing for 10 Years;

The Whole Point of this Rambling Reply that isn’t really going Anywhere;
Is that ‘The Most Important’ thing is for you to get from One Track to Another Track; and Once you have done that; you Practice with a Different Track; But; Always (in the Beginning) use Tracks with the Same BPM; and if Possible; within the Same Genre; and then; Once You have Built Some Confidence in Yourself and Your Abilities; you start Twiddling With Knobs to see not only ‘What They Do; but ‘If’ the Knobs can Improve Your Performance :);
One Major thing with DJ’ing that I have Learned is that ‘Our Personal Learning Curve Cannot Be ‘Rushed’ 😎
Whatever Software or Hardware you Choose to Use; I can Guarantee to you that DJ’ing is the Same :);

I started DJing through a service. Before that, the only interaction I’d had with people were randoms at our house parties and they were all truthfully nerds. My boss had me and my roommate come along to a couple frat parties to see how they go before we started on our own. I spent much of that time asking not only “What song is this?” but “Would this also work?” There was a co-worker who basically took me under his wing because we clicked on liking weird, inappropriate music. Thing is, I didn’t really learn how to talk on a mic (aside from last call or occasional drink specials/announcements) until I started doing karaoke shows a couple years later. That same guy let me shadow him on a weekly show for about 6 months. It was a whole different scenario and a lot more improvisational talking than I’d ever done. People heckling. Bob’s too drunk to sing, let’s find Replacement Bob. And now I’ve worked hybrid music/karaoke shows for years, but I still get self-conscious about talking.

Nobody showed me how to beatmatch in person, but I’d already spent years listening to DJ mixes online so some things like phrasing and tempo escalation sort of stick out once you start playing around with the music yourself. Listening to the widest possible range of music is one of the easiest ways for you to become a better DJ. I rotate the music on my iphone, when I had my beat-up old Crown Vic I’d drive around to CDs and I pay attention to what other people are listening to in passing.

Paul Oakenfold was Offering a DJ Course Online in 2010 for 35,000 English Pounds

Forget about DJing now, the question is how to make 35,000 EP ?? thanx Emma :p

Everyone has a different take on how to do something weather its beatmatching, transitions, dropping, even using the cross or volume faders- there aint no wrong or right, just what works and dont
All you can do is listen and take note from everyone who is willing to offer tips and form and apply your own method

$35,000? Are you sure it’s that many 0’s? I have Dj friends and they haven’t offered much help at all. I think it’s a very competitive field where you have to prove yourself. I learned everything from YouTube videos and just trying things.

I learned from my brother in Law, on CDJs. even though we have different taste in music and style, he was still a great mentor