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Learn to DJ in South Florida by Mirko Ceselkoski
Being a DJ famous all over the world is something every teenager dreams about at a certain point in their life. A few years ago, there were only a small number of people who knew how to play music for a live audience. Nowadays, with all the technical development, becoming a DJ is easier and easier. First of all you need to be really determined to succeed in the business. It is a business, indeed, and quite a big one. There are certain DJs out here who mix for pleasure, but most of them they do it for money. In the beginning you will not make that much money, so being a DJ is more like a hobby. But with patience and, most important, practice, the times to make a living out of it and even a bright career are not too far. In an area like South Florida, where you can find a large number of nightclubs, there are so many chances for you to prove your skills.
Let’s start with the basics. Being a DJ requires a few skills: to have an impressive musical knowledge, to be able to entertain and “read” a live audience and to know to use the equipment needed.
For the beginning, you need to get familiarized with the equipment. The basic tools you’ll need are: a mixer, turntables or professional CD players, professional headphones (will not distort the sound at high volume) and amplified speakers. Later on, as you become more advanced in mixing you can acquire more equipment.
To make things a little simpler, lately more and more DJs are using the laptop and designated software to do the mixes. For the laptop you need to choose a good brand, to make sure it will not crash in the middle of a gig and if it’s possible to have an USB sound card. You can find dedicated software, but usually you find the demo version and after that you will need to buy the program in order to use all the features. Most common used programs are Virtual DJ and Traktor, but you can also find and use other dedicated software.
Before you invest any money in the equipment, is useful if you can arrange to mix on somebody else tools. When you will go out to buy your own stuff you’ll know exactly what you need. It is extremely important to know how to do beatmatching, meaning to match the bass beats between the song playing and the next one in a seamless transition. It takes a lot of practice, but once you know how you may try more advanced things like scratching or backspinning.
If you use the laptop everything becomes easier, the programs will show you the BPM of every track, so beatmatching will be piece of cake.
In order to learn as much as possible keep in touch with the DJ world by watching other DJs at work and understanding how they use the equipment, checking the forums and being constantly updated with what is happening around. In South Florida there is always something going on, so that is really easy to do. Also you may spend some time online and watch the tutorials about DJing and different techniques, tips and tricks.
A new trend in the market is called DVJing, correctly DJ VJ (Disc Jockey, Video Jockey), but when Pioneer launched the DVJ 1000, the device which allows you to play music and video effects in the same time, they also gave the right name to it. It’s highly requested in the market, so if you learn how to do it, you will have a better chance in getting more gigs.
Maybe the most important thing, beside your strong will, is the time you offer for practice, the more the better. The results will show up, we are absolutely confident about it.
About the Author
Mirko Ceselkoski is passionate about cars and yachting industry. He has experience in writing on numerous subjects and topics, including Learn to DJ in South Florida. Enjoy this well-thought article dedicated to help you finding job in a less painful way.
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