DJ Key Essay

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1. Test the Waters. To start out you want to be able to test your desire to DJ. Before you spend a lot of money - on the controllers, software, music, and so on – you want to try some of the free programs on the digital DJ style. “Choose a software package and start playing around with it. There are plenty of tutorials which can be found on YouTube that can go over the basics of most DJ software.” (Michael)
2. Learn the Basic Skills. This goes along with step one, but it is after you become familiar with the program that you are experimenting with. This is where you learn “Beatmatching.” Beatmatching is where you match up the kick drum between the song that is playing live with the song that you will be mixing in. “Normally, when the song …show more content…

Practice. Practice always applies to every step, even after you are a professional DJ you still need to practice. If you have equipment or not, you still need to practice. I personally practiced a lot before I got my controller, and now that I have the controller I still practice as much as I did before. “This is also not a Wednesday afternoon hobby. If you want to develop any level of skill, you'll need to work at it.” (Wiki how: How to be a DJ)
4. Get The Equipment. Break out of the Box. Seriously, after this long and you still love DJing then it is time to start investing. This is where you decide if you want to be a Vinyl, CDj, or Digital DJ. If you are either Vinyl or CDj then you will need to start buying the music and the appropriate equipment-such as the “Pioneer XDJ-1000.” If you are Digital then you need to decide what mixing program you want to use and buy a controller to go with it, such as the “Numark Mixtrack Quad” as the controller with “Traktor Pro 2” as the software.
5. Get your name out there. If you still don’t have a DJ name, then get one, if you do then great! Once you have your name then it is essential to start spreading it. By releasing your music on Soundcloud or your mix’s on Mixcloud. Make a logo. When you have your logo and name, then you can start making business cards and hand them out to your favorite clubs’ managers and also your

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