How did you learn how to DJ?

[Jaytee]

Just wondering.

Did you actually have proper lessons / tutorials?

Did you learn from observing other DJ's?

Did you learn from mucking around with the equipment etc.

Did you learn from reading books / watching video tutorials?

Of course you'll learn from most of those ways, but which one did you mostly learn from?

So far I've been going through video tutorials and observing techniques in video mixes and learning a bit here and there on this forum

Wazza might show me a few techniques sometime... I hope.

[CBG]

I started properly mixing end of 06, on Virtual DJ, then moved onto analogue mixing on CD players end of 08 and completed a 12 week course mid way through this year to get a solid base of knowledge I hadnt allready learnt myself and to get info from pro DJs.

Never really took in a lot of info from videos. Allthough ellaskins is allright on youtube.

I just learnt through experience. Took a long time to get to where I am today.

[ChevChelios]

Pretty much everything cept proper lessons and books. Watchin other djs, video mixes and such is awesome, helped me heaps.

[dapimp]

spent weeks locked up in my room learning to beatmatch not to mention the mrs nagging as well.

other than that mostly youtube.

[Cupe]

I started in production, then could finally afford decks etc. and just taught myself

[ChevChelios]

I started in production, then could finally afford decks etc. and just taught myself

Really???? You used to produce Cupe? What happened to that

[Cupe]

haven't stopped

[ChevChelios]

Were they at yo?

[Cupe]

lost a bit in a hdd crash

am retrieving some from disc atm

[CBG]

*Cupe stalls us with a HDD crash excuse, while he quickly gathers samples and learns how to use fruity loops* :)

[ChevChelios]

*Cupe stalls us with a HDD crash excuse, while he quickly gathers samples and learns how to use fruity loops* :)

lololololol

[Cupe]

disc is a bit fucked

i'll do it another day

stay tuned

[Tomy]

self taught.

but at the time i practised at least 2-3 hours min a day. starting to get back into practise again 1 hr a day min.

[wazza]

Wazza might show me a few techniques sometime... I hope.

will do....when-ever you get some time we will hook up for a mix

[Genetic]

practical side was self taught, the concepts and thoery of it was learn't from reading

[Andrez]

No lessons.

We were putting on IF? gigs in Melbourne and Sydney in the '90s where we had lots of live electronic acts (Voiteck, Zen Paradox, Frontside, Honeysmack, Son Of Zev, etc) playing, and someone had to fill in the silent gaps between their sets. That was me since I didn't have to pay myself. Best break I ever gave... myself.

[DjDennis]

I started back in 1977

using Belt driven turntables and cassette decks

also reel to reel

then moved up from that ever since

you never stop learning

when training for say weddings/parties it was with someone I would be a trainee (no pay) and use to do it till they thought you can do it on your own

then you get paid

but most are self taught

all licences to be required or you can get into plenty of trouble (you get caught they take everything to do with copyright you have - including going to your house)

so you cant just learn it in one day it never stops and you learn all the time

[Shiraz200SX]

i bought a stanton spin cycle pack, and a shitload on vinyl, and skipped most of yr 12 to practise and muck around.

then got a loan and bought djm-800 + cdj-1000s

just practised everything over and over...

got lucky enough that someone gave me a run and showed me a few things about song selection

[defanutley]

I got chucked in the deep end in clubs in 1995,

gotta learn to swim real quick ,

[100grand]

I just joined ADJF today and read the instructions on how to use PCDJ-Red Mobile in one of the forums here. I then downloaded like some of the free DJ software from the katz cd place.

Portable Club DJ Pro

Portable Virtual DJ

Portable Mixmeister Fusion

PCDJ VJ

PCDJ Dex

and I even got a Portable version of Limewire so I can download some music. All done within an hour.

Now I'm a DJ

[Cupe]

You sound more like a bot.

[ChevChelios]

WTF!!!!!!! John Mayatt wannabe

[Tomy]

I just joined ADJF today and read the instructions on how to use PCDJ-Red Mobile in one of the forums here. I then downloaded like some of the free DJ software from the katz cd place.

Portable Club DJ Pro

Portable Virtual DJ

Portable Mixmeister Fusion

PCDJ VJ

PCDJ Dex

and I even got a Portable version of Limewire so I can download some music. All done within an hour.

by portable you mean laptop yeh?

[Cupe]

By 'hi' he means 'im banned'

[tubby]

i started readin lots from recess.co.uk. same guy went on to write the dj'ing for dummies book, was a great website to start from.

then just reading forums and practicing at home