3 x 10 Week courses – Thursdays 6.30pm – 9pm
Across the three terms students will have a 360º practical and knowledge-based experience of various DJ formats.
Autumn Term 2024: 26th Sept – 7th Dec 2024 (half term 28th – 31st Oct)
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.
Areas this course 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 – what if when DJing?
Students will aim to have a basic knowledge and ability to mix and be able to teach themselves through practice to competently mix.