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 115: Pick Three (Halloween 2017)
Episode 114: Real Talk
Episode 113: Ten Years Ago
Episode 112: Digging For Bedrock
Episode 111: 13 Things All New DJs Should Know
Episode 110: On the Road Again
Episode 109: Trip's Throwbacks!
Episode 108: Choosing a New DJ Controller (Fall 2017)
Episode 107: DJ and Selector (Mo Visits Jamaica)
Episode 106: Chatting With DJ Craze
Episode 105: Thinking Harmonically (Our Chat with Mixed in Key)
Episode 104 - Summer 2017 Hardware Updates
Episode 103: Will Robots Take Our Jobs?
Episode 102: Pick 3 – Crate Invasion (Mo Version)
Episode 101: Soundcloud... and Other Headlines
Episode 100 Live!
Episode 99: Five Mixes That DJs Should Hear
Episode 98: American Made
Episode 97: Disaster Preparedness
Episode 96: Pet Peeves
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