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Learn How To DJ - Beginner DJ Lessons
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Learn How To DJ - Beginner DJ Lessons

How to DJ with your ears? Hight quality content - 27 years worldwide experience, proven copyrighted curriculum
Created bySam Skilz
Last updated 1/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn How To DJ for Beginners
  • DJ Courses for Beginners. Learn the fundamental skills to dj with your ears.
  • Get ready to start your first gig with no pre-recorded dj set.
  • Track Management and Playlist Organization

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Course content

3 sections • 13 lectures • 2h 42m total length

  • Introduction15:54

    After a short presentation of myself, I will show you the 3 basic steps to get started with deejaying.

  • BPM & Tempo Basics9:09

    Lets say, we have a track with a tempo of 120 BPM, this means that it contains 120 beats per minute.

    Within almost any type of dance music, a bar contains 4 beats, meaning that every 4 beats of music a new bar will begin. In fact all DJ software playlist creation programs (such as Rekordbox and Engine) don’t only display grid lines for the beats, they also give an indication for where new bars begin.

    I will show you all these details in this video DJ Lesson.

  • How To Setup Cue Point On CDJ Player8:46

    The most prominent and most used controls on the CDJs are naturally the play/pause and cue buttons at the bottom left of the players. Play/Pause is straightforward but it’s worth learning how the cueing system works on CDJs.

    Once you place your cue and start to play, if for any reason you hit “cue” again, the song will jump back to where that cue was placed. For example: if the cue was placed at the beginning of the song, and you play 8 or 16 bars and hit the cue button again, it will jump back to the beginning – and pause the track.

    Many DJs use this function to test out a new track as they’re bringing it in, tapping on the cue button in time with the downbeat to see if the songs are aligned and everything sounds good.

  • Creating Playlists with Rekordbox16:27

    Learn How to create playlist using Free software Rekordbox

    Lesson including:

    1- How to download & install the App

    2- Creating Playlists

    3- Testing & Reading Tracks IDs

    4- Updating Ids

    5- Related Tracks

    6- Setup Cue Points

    7- Creating Folder (Multiple playlists)

    8- Exporting playlists to USB Stick

  • How To Beatmatch - Part 111:04

    Beatmatching technic is a big self achievement. 3-step program that will help you learn to beatmatch by ear quickly and effortlessly.

    The course consists of 3 videos easy-to-digest modules that explain the details in a live demo. At the end of each module, you get specific practice items that you need to master before advancing to the next step.

    By the end of the course, you will be able to play your first DJ set beatmatched solely by ear – without looking at the decks' BPM counters or the track waveforms!

  • How To Beatmatch - Part 211:36
  • How To Beatmatch - Part 316:44

Requirements

  • You should own or have access to Pioneer DJ Equipment, XDJ-RX, CDJ1000/DJM800 or better. NO laptop needed, USB only!
  • Recommended software: Rekordbox (free)

Description

This masterclass course is dedicated to anyone wanting to learn how to DJ with NO LAPTOP, USB ONLY. Be ready to DJing in the club, or just pick up a new hobby, I will teach you in class the fundamentals of beatmatching, mixing, and blending etc... No matter your music tastes or background, I will give you the skills you need to start DJing today!

My name is Sam Skilz, and I'm going to show you how to DJ at the highest level starting from scratch.

I spent over 27 years building my DJ technique, starting from vinyl turntables and moving all the way up through CDJs & DJ Denon Prime. I've been passionate about dance music since I was 15 years old, and a professional DJ since I was 19!

International Producer, DJ & GaGa record label owner. Sam Skilz is from the generation of artists who breathe, eat and think house music. His unique blend of straight house, mixed with tech, driving bass lines and anthemic vocals, shape his trademark sound. Sam hit the spot #42 in TOP 100 House Artists Of The Year 2014 By TRAXSOUCE.

Sam productions have been signed with major labels like Sony Music, Virgin Records, Wagram and Warner Music.

2014 was an exceptional year for Sam with his major project of Skilz DJ Academy based in Luxembourg. The School teaches the creative process of making music at the highest level, with expert instructors and state-of-the-art facilities. The Academy becomes so quickly recognized internationally and attracts students from all over Europe.

Section one cover all the basics how to dj. Step by step...

- 3 Easy Steps to get started.

- BPM & Tempo Basics

- How To create your playlist

- How To Setup Cue Point On CDJ Player

- 3 lessons about the beatmatching with NO Laptop.

Section II:

- Time Signature and Phrasing part I & II.

- Mixing in Key & Harmonic Mixing

More to come...

Who this course is for:

  • First time experience with dj equipment
  • Introduction first steps for deejaying.
  • Beginners DJs

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