Learn How To DJ - Beginner DJ Lessons
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
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
Instructor
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 142 Reviews
- 702 Students
- 1 Course
Sam once dreamed of running his own dj School and first began with his international career and has been reaching the Top Charts of House music regularly in collaboration with super star artists such Roland Clark, Michelle Weeks, the Grammy winners Loreen and Tanvi Shah to name a few... His Music has been released by major record labels as Sony Music and Warner Music and top independent Label such Ministry Of Sound, HedKandi, Urbana, Hi-Bias, Buddha Bar to name few.
Sam Skilz has been touring the world with his gigs in the best clubs over more than 28 countries, from Dubai to Miami and from Ibiza to Moscow.
Over 27 years of deejaying and 15 years of Music production, Sam is running his own labels GaGa Records. Thanks to his creative abilities. It was not long before his natural affinity with amazing music drove him to create his labels as a platform for promoting house talent.
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.