Find Out How To Dj

By day I'm employed in a search engine promotion firm. At night I am a celebrity dj…tutor. Yes that is right i teach in local community center vocational school. I prepare the naive for life as a master deck expert. If you want to discover how to dj here are some tips for you.

There are always software programmes that will mix music in time, but keep clear of these as they will mess up your natural rhythm and they will make you unable to grasp the full nature of how hard and rewarding it is to mix 2 or even more records together by hand.

To begin with it’s best to start out using turntables, or cd’s. The internationally renowned Technics are famous in the djing world. They are excellent and so easy to operate. You can use Pioneer CD Decks if you like to use cd’s. You operate these just like records. You can pull them forwards and backwards and they respond like a record. Then for the more technologically inclined you need to use a software mixing program like Tracktor with a hardware mixer. That means you may have a library of thousands of songs on your personal computer. Easier to carry than a suitcase full of cd’s or record box.

Next you want to select 2 tracks. Select 2 from the same musical genre for simpleness. Select tracks possessing a clear punchy kick drum in a 4/4 beat. This'll help you get accustomed to the rhythm and find out how to beat match in time.

On the decks or mixer interface if you are using a computer program you will see + and – buttons for speeding up and slowing the tracks. The art of beat mixing involves catching the beat on time and dropping the following record in at the same speed (bpm – BPM) and mixing the 2 tracks together or chopping bits in back and forth. Mose house, trance and techno music is in the range of 130-160 bpm.

First up you want to play one song. Then you want to hear the other in your earphones, keeping one ear free to hear the record playing over the speakers. You need to start with rolling the beat forwards and backwards on the record you want to mix in. Then you drop it in hopefully on the same beat at the beginning of a bar of the track that's playing over the speakers. You then adjust the velocity of the record in your phones so it roughly is the same speed. You'll need to reset the record and consistently stick it back to the start prior to getting it right.

After you finally get this bit right you can use the crossfader on the mixer to mix or chop in the new record. It might take months or years to polish even a basic mix. After you can work on playing with the EQ and utilizing trick. Practise makes perfect!

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