HOW TO BECOME A BETTER DJ [Written by DJ. Zekie]

DJ coaching by Isaiah Yancy – DJ Zekie

This is a comprehensive guide to help those of you wanting to master their craft in DJing from the mind of a veteran DJ who has been doing this for at least a decade and counting.

What you will learn here is going to help direct and change your thoughts about disc jockey.

INTRODUCTORY LECTURE

This lecture will teach you how to be a great DJ. 

Whether you want to land a dream gig in your favorite nightclub, play at that cool bar in your area, set up as a mobile DJ, or just provide the music at parties for friends and family, everything you need to know is included in this class. 

You wouldn’t be alone in wanting to learn this. In an age where DJs are just as important as rock stars, it’s not surprising that more people than ever are getting interested in the art and science of spinning tunes. 

As with so many things, DJing has been utterly transformed by the arrival of the digital age. 

Record shops largely no longer exist, having been replaced by online download stores and streaming music websites. For minimal outlay, you can buy DJ gear small enough to fit in your desk drawer that does so much more than the old-fashioned turntables and mixers of only a generation ago, and at a fraction of the cost. This has radically altered how today’s DJs learn the craft and given them a much wider choice of venues to play in – beach bars, cafes, and other smaller establishments, which could never fit traditional gear into their premises, happily welcome the new breed of ‘digital DJs’. 

The ways DJs share their work, gather a fan base, and promote themselves have also completely changed in just a few short years. Yet as the barriers to entry have lowered, making it sometimes feel like everyone is (or says they are) a DJ, paradoxically, the path to becoming a great DJ has become less clear. 

While learning the technical skills of DJing on old-fashioned equipment could be tricky, at least the route was clear. Nowadays, there is a hugely confusing choice of equipment, software, music file formats, and features that, at the same time as making digital DJing hugely exciting, has made it at best, puzzling, and at worse, a potentially expensive minefield for inexperienced DJs. 

That’s why I started this coaching class. As a DJ myself for over fifteen years, with a career that’s taken me to bars and clubs in and out of my hometown, I’ve learned a thing or two about what it takes to achieve DJing success. As a self-proclaimed geek, too, I was one of the first to adopt digital DJing, back in 2005.

I immediately saw the potential of new devices (controllers and laptops) to revolutionize the world of DJing, which over the next five years they duly did, just as I’d predicted. Taking my skills from learning to DJ ‘the old way’ and applying them to the problems I see our generation of DJs having with this type of equipment and software; I hope that this coaching session will help fix some of the issues.

The lesson is divided into five core steps:

It takes you logically, clearly, and practically through the minefield, helping you to find the best tunes, master your equipment, practice effectively, smash it when you play your first gig, and then do all the things you need to do to keep the bookings rolling in.

Whether you’re a complete beginner, a bedroom DJ, a semi-pro, an experienced DJ returning to the game and curious about all this new technology, or even a musician or music producer wanting to add DJing to your skills and further your career, this session has been designed for you. Whatever your type of music and wherever in the world you are, the truth is that, as a modern DJ, your skills need to be universal and transferrable. A mobile DJ might get the chance to play a club gig, and have to change their music radically. In these modern times, the best DJs can not only play on any type of gear but can put their minds to playing any type of DJ set too. 

Yet so much remains the same. Every night, in every big town and city in the world, countless DJs are stepping up to fill dance floors and help people dance the night away. All have the chance to find great new music and be the first to play it to their audiences. When you reduce it to its core, DJing is still about playing the right music for the people in front of you, right now.

This coaching will help you to become the type of DJ who’s fit and able to do that in these exciting times.

Our Next Topic is DJ GEAR  choosing the right DJ equipment to maximize your skills.

Let us know in the comment section your thoughts about this coaching.

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