What is the main role/task of a club DJ?

Make people dance.

So basically your saying coz you and your colleague are so good, people stayed to listen and have fun.

Partly, yes. More to emphasise the importance of doing the job so people will stay and the employer will keep hiring you.
The job of a DJ is so much more than say merely loading songs into an ipod and pressing play and hoping for the best ORmerely mixing one track into another. How do you add beats? You mean extra beats? Use samples. Use more than 2 decks and add pieces of another track or more, EQ(bass mid high), phrase, phase, effects….It’s about creating an atmosphere, a vibe, readiing the crowd, appealing to them, letting them guide you as much as you guide them, knowing they and you are part of living and creative work of art that lives while everyone is there and dies when lights come up and last drinks are called. EXCEPT for the memories, they live on and everyone wants to come back and experience it all again.

Hey,

check out this tutorial, and the following parts by the same guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eploFvfZJ_0
He’s using the Numark mixtrack pro, but the basic skills are transferrable to any gear.

Also, there’s a guy on youtube called ellaskins, who’s done tons of DJing tutorial vids. Check those out as well. He’s also got a website, http://www.djtutor.com/ so make sure to visit there as well.

Best of luck!

From “technical”, I’m assuming you are asking about “technique” and not the “overall role of the DJ” in terms of her/his relationship to the crowd and venue.

But it sounds like you have a handle on it. I personally don’t mix rap/hip-hop/pop etc…not because I don’t like it, but because my love sits with EDM. My fiancee’s brother is a hip-hop and pop DJ at several bars in Florida. Although both him and I do not spin the same music, the general techniques remain the same. Understanding the nature of your music and understanding how to transition between songs effectively.

Tutorials are fantastic. However, it’s very easy to use them as crutches. Experiment a little as well. You don’t always have to go for a flawless blend mixed harmonically. You could try slamming Song B’s climax after Song A’s build-up or something. From what I understand about your chosen style of music, blends are a little more complex because you often don’t have those super convenient measures upon measures of instrumental breaks or whatever else. You may have to know your music more intimately than new EDM DJs (like myself) who use those convenient sections of music for blends and understand how to move back and forth between your songs.

I wish you the best, pal. I don’t know much about DJing or techniques for that matter, since I’m still pretty green around the horns myself. However, I love popping into the forum and helping everyone and — more importantly — learning from everyone. Skills that all of us use despite our chosen style of music is often transferrable between genres and that’s what makes this profession so appealing. You are always learning from others. Good luck!

Slightly-off topic, but can I just say that I am really excited for those videos to be released?