Monday, July 30, 2012

Learning How to DJ

By Andrew Berlin


Contemplating being a DJ but not guaranteed a method to become a DJ? If you are hoping to learn to DJ, you certainly have gone to clubs or concerts and become familiar with the DJs in action and possibly you have listened to a digital DJ pro. Depending on what your justifications for learning this industry, knowing the fundamentals and theory of mixing and sound is important. Keep in mind that you do not have to go to school to understand this, and in fact, you can learn it all on your own if you stay with it. However, this is often not the most successful way to learn the field easily.

Easily the best way to commence as a DJ is learning from pros that are laboring in the field today. Most certainly, this means that you really must get out to some of the night spots and meet some area DJs that you are ok with. If the DJ likes you and thinks you are solid, he or she will not have a trouble with your watching on and even eventually showing you a few tricks of the trade. Others may not be so motivated to show you what is what, so you have to keep this in mind. If you're turned down by a DJ, take off to some other club as there are many of others that love nothing else than to help a rookie get their feet wet. Learning from the superior is a smart the way for you to avoid goofs along the way.

At some point if you are serious about getting into the business, you will need to have your personal mixer. Here's where you must be cautious because a good deal of newcomers are sure they are going to be the best DJ ever and rush out to purchase very best and most costly equipment. Later they may figure out it isn't for them after they have wasted their money and have to sell the mixer. It is best to start off by learning and getting some hands-on before shopping for anything. Once you are sure what you want, go find it on the used market to start out. As I mentioned, plenty of peeps figure out that trying to be a DJ isn't for them after putting their money heavily in the best equipment.

There is an surge of new technology that is allowing anyone try different approaches with how to dj. At one time when this was a progressive art form adopting simply vinyl records and two decks. As it increased and flooded into the night clubs and was spun on the radio, the clients grew and the art form matured. At its peak, club dj's had access to all the top equipment that made a characteristic sound that was extremely hard to copy anywhere else. Those with access could produce, while everybody else tried to find ways to get by. There was a lot of shopping for the correct record with the best beat.

Now however it is straight forward to duplicate the noises and effects of the old days with a variety of electronic hardware. Computers have made it very easy to take any song as an electronic file and use video game graphics to replicate the effects of mixing. Many of the controls are totally automatic which eliminates the heart and soul of what made learning how to dj such an process. While the old form of preparing cutting edge music out of old records may have lost its wonder to personal computers, this is opening up new doors to a completely new form of rendition.

As you can see, learning how to become a DJ can take a ton different paths, but in the long run the most triumphant Dj's have learned the basics and started slowly while gaining the skills and recognition in the field.




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