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.
📖 Full Guide: https://passionatedj.com/howtodj
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 155: Wherefore Art Thou Traktor?
Episode 154: Community Wishing Well
Episode 153: Golden Nuggets (Industry Insight From DJs Over 50)
Episode 152: The Dos and Don'ts of Mobile DJing
Episode 151: A Very Scratchy 80s
Episode 150: Trouble in EDM Paradise
Episode 149: 20 Small Wins for DJs
Episode 148: Community Struggles
Episode 147: Summer Hardware & Industry
Episode 146: The Free Bonus Episode
Episode 145: Ten Years Ago (2008)
Episode 144: The Belleville Three
Episode 143: How to Get More DJ Gigs
Episode 142: Pick 3 (Back in the Day)
Episode 141: Cryztal Grid
Episode 140: Hot Stories
Episode 139: AMA (Ask Us Anything) Three (Part 2)
Episode 138: AMA Three (Ask Us Anything) (Part 1)
Episode 137: Adventures in Networking
Episode 136: Making Longtime Fans
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