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 15: Making SoundCloud Work For You w/Budi Voogt
Episode 14: All About Sound Quality
Episode 13: New Year's "Resolutions" For DJs
Episode 12: Is Being Nice Effective?
Episode 11: Local Labor of Love w/3DMentional Entertainment
Episode 10: Becoming a "Deejaypreneur" w/Casie Lane
Episode 9: Struggles in Small Town Promotion w/John Chapel
Episode 8: Storytelling And Adding Value To DJ Mixes w/Joe Pardo
Episode 7: Finding Your Sound (And Where To Look)
Episode 6: Turntablism and Competition Strategy w/Vekked
Episode 5: The State of Modern Trance w/Airwave
Episode 4: Small Time Promoter Tips w/Fortune (pt. 2)
Episode 3: Small Time Promoter Tips w/Fortune (pt. 1)
Episode 2: How To Build Buzz Instead of Hype, and Why
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