Electronic Music DJ Class | Chicago
Electronic Music DJ Class – Learn the Decks. Own the Floor.
Let's Go
- →Equipment, set up, and ready to go
- →Mixer essentials
- →Beats and bars
- →Intro to beat matching
- →The structure of electronic music
Arrangement of Electronic Music
- →Pitch and identifying dissonance (known as clashing)
- →Where to mix in and mix out
- →Differences you need to know between Trap/Bass and 'Four-On-The-Floor'
Building a Set
- →Tips on track choice
- →Tempo
- →Set order
- →Mix points
- →Teaser mixes
FX
- →Introduction to common FX
- →EQ
- →All about filtering
- →FX in the mix dos and don'ts
Our Pro Hardware & Software
- →Traktor S4 and S8
- →CDJ Nexus
- →Rekordbox
- →Rane Serato Scratch
- →Technics SL-1210 vinyl turntables
- →Mixed In Key
Your Set
- →Fine tuning your set
- →Mixing acapellas
- →Reading a crowd and having a 'plan b'
Advanced Mixing & Digital Tricks
- →Sampling and triggering
- →All about delay and reverb in the mix
- →Looping and making your own mash-ups on the fly
- →Impact mixing with levels and FX
- →Body language behind the decks
Advanced Set Building & Ad-libbing
- →Out-of-the-box song choice
- →Tempo change tips
- →Music programming
Preparing for Your Show
- →Recording your set for submission
- →Marketing and promoting your gig
After Your Show at the Exchange
- →How to keep the momentum going and get more gigs
- →EPK tips
- →Developing your sound
Hear it from our students.
“I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for such an awesome experience. The classes Garnish offered and the final experience at Exchange LA was the push I needed to accelerate my new career and gave me confidence as a DJ.”
Matthew Naramore
Instructors
Frequently asked questions.
Not as a group class - DJing is learned hands-on at the decks, so our DJ classes are taught in person. Online, we teach DJing one-to-one: ask admissions about private instruction.
It's structured in two stages, building from the fundamentals up to performing your own DJ slot at a club night, assuming you make the grade - every student so far has.
No - it works for total beginners as well as bedroom DJs wanting to formalize their skills.
Capped at five students per group.
It's genre-specific to popular electronic music, unlike the broader Underground DJ course.
Pioneer Nexus decks with Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor with S8 controllers, and even Technics 1200 vinyl decks.
36 Hours | In-Person: $1,500 + $100 Registration fee
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