Jun 10, 2019 | DJ Advice, Free DJ Lessons, Tutorials
Introducing the DJ Discussion. A brand new series hosted by DJ Lawrence James, a DJ who has forged a career spanning bars, nightclubs, guest sets and festivals. Taking the experiences and knowledge built up over the last ten years, LJ is here to discuss the issues you...
Apr 24, 2019 | Beginner, Free DJ Lessons, Tutorials
DJ’s who played on turntables will remember the old trick of turning off the motor switch to create a slowing brake effect. In the modern era of DJ’ing the motor switch is quite a rare sight so we lose the ability to recreate this trick. However there is a...
Apr 15, 2019 | Free DJ Lessons, Rekordbox, Tutorials
The effects unit on the DJM series of Pioneer mixers is a common sight and most DJ’s will be familiar with how it works. You select the channel you want to effect, then select the effect you want to apply, check the BPM has auto-detected correctly and away you...
Apr 8, 2019 | Beginner, Free DJ Lessons, Rekordbox, Tutorials
Pioneer users that have used CDJ’s with visual wave forms will be used to the traditional blue tinted waveforms. From 10 years ago with the original CDJ2000 and the 900 nexus, the blue waveform has become a staple of the Pioneer line up. However Rekordbox...
Apr 1, 2019 | Beginner, Free DJ Lessons, Tutorials
Different timings with baby scratch! The baby scratch is the first step on your way to learning more complex patterns and combo’s. Once you’ve mastered the baby scratch it’s time to learn how to apply it with different timings, to create more varied...