Autumn Term 2025: 25th September – 4th December 2025, Half term 27th – 30th October 2025
Basic DJing Techniques
This is a fast track course aimed at beginners/intermediate-level students who would like to learn the basic principal and techniques of how to DJ on 3 main DJ Set ups: Turntables, (Vinyl), CDJs (CD’s and USB), and Controllers (Serato/Rekord box). This course will give both the theory to DJing as well as covering various formats of equipment and understanding the set up and configurations.
Autumn Term will cover:
- Introduction to the equipment. How the functions work.
- The basic principles of DJing.
- Exploring different mediums of music
- How to cue a track
- How to beat match / mix 2 songs.
- Knowing your music
- Storing your music /playlists
- EQ and filtering
- How to record mixes/appropriate hardware/software
- DJ / Music History
- Troubleshooting
Students will aim to have a basic knowledge and ability to mix and be able to teach themselves through practice to competently mix.
