This 9-part video series is a beginner's guide for learning how to become a DJ. It's based on the original written article, and can be used as a video companion. Since its original form in 2013, this guide has helped thousands of beginner DJs to get their start.
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A DJ, or disc jockey, is a person who hosts recorded music for an audience. But there are many different kinds of DJs, and many reasons for them to exist. We cover several types in the video:
• Club DJs
• Mobile DJs
• Radio DJs
• Turntablists
• DJ/Producers
We also discuss the difference between DJing and music production. While DJing is hosting pre-recorded music to an audience, producing is the original creation or recording of music. (e.g. someone produces a techno song, and then a techno DJ plays that song at a festival.)
It may seem confusing, because many performances are hybrids of these two concepts. When the creator and performer of a song is the same person, you might refer to them as a DJ/Producer.
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"When you’re learning to DJ, you’re learning to match your own musical expressions with the desires of an audience. It isn’t just matching beats, or scratching over songs. It’s about being observant, empathic, and reactive.
Contrary to popular belief, learning to DJ is not an easy route to overnight success. This takes work, and hustle, and time. It’s not difficult to start. But it is difficult to stand out, and to be exceptional."
Episode 235: Bringing Da Funk w/DJ B Funk
Episode 234: 2022 Year In Review
Episode 233: Breaking The Code: When DJ Hardware Gets “Leaked”?
Episode 232: DJ Chris Lutz
Episode 231: Back At It...Again
Episode 230: Low Ball Blues
Episode 229: Back to School (?)
Episode 228: Generational Perspective w/Mitch James
Episode 227: (Return Of) Trip’s Throwbacks
Episode 226: Exploring The (Not So) Silent Disco
Episode 225: Crossroads (The Future of Passionate DJ)
Episode 224: The Great DJ Hardware Shortage (& What To Do About It)
Episode 223: Breaking In The Warehouse w/Entel
Episode 222: Making Melodies and Memories
Episode 221: A Love Affair With Drum N Bass w/MISTER SHIFTER
Episode 220: Exploring New Paths wZAANDR
Episode 219: Beyond The Grid (w/Cryztal Grid)
Episode 218: Light at the End of the Tunnel (Crew Show!)
Episode 217: DJing and Gender Diversity w/Kilma
Episode 216: Spare Change (Competition Turntablist)
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