This course is for you if you:

• Love music and/or going out and want to get a better understanding of what you're listening to
• Want to learn to DJ as a hobby to play at friend’s parties
• Are a yoga teacher, sound healer, personal trainer, singer etc. and would like to make your own mixtapes
• Wish to learn to DJ professionally

By the end of the course you will have:

• Structured your music library
• Learned the tools to DJ live
• Have created a great-sounding mixtape to share with your friends or potential bookers (optional)

  Requirements (if your goal is to create a mixtape:)

• Laptop/computer with Rekordbox (free to download here)
• Tracks in mp3, wav or AIFF formats
• High speed USB stick (I suggest having at least 2 as you always want to carry back-ups)
• Access to any kind of DJ equipment/controller if you don’t own it yourself

Week 1:

• Understanding what the musical elements are in a track such as for ex. the kick, bassline, high hats etc and why this is relevant for DJ-ing (an experienced DJ will laugh here but I've had conversations with many beginner DJs at parties who don't know what the bassline is)
• Understanding track structure and how we apply that in mixing (phrase mixing)
• Where to find and buy your music
• Mixing in matching keys
• How to sort and analyze your music for easy live mixing
• What to consider when picking out songs for your mixtape
• How to create cue points and loops

Week 2: 

Now that we have learned to understand your music library we will go in to the more technical aspects of DJ-ing and applying what we learned in Week 1.

• Beat-matching
• Understanding low, mid and high frequencies plus how we use our faders for this
• Using effects
• Use of acapellas
• Reading a crowd and adapting your music on the go

Week 3: 

By now have reached the stage where you need to practice, practice, practice. We will go through any questions/difficulties that have come up during Week 1 and 2.

• Q&A
• Analyzing first draft of your mixtape and understanding how to improve it
• How to get your music heard
• Tips and tricks to get unreleased music (that other people won't be able to Shazam!)

Start Date: April 27, 2021