Underground DJ Course
Underground DJ Course – House and Techno, Done Properly.
- →Equipment, set up, & ready to go
- →Mixer essentials
- →Beats & bars
- →Intro to beat matching
- →Pitch and identifying dissonance (known as clashing)
- →All about tune structure and why you need to know about it
- →Where to mix in and out
- →Tips on track choice
- →Tempo
- →Set order
- →Mix points
- →Introduction to common FX
- →EQ
- →All about filtering
- →FX in the mix dos and don'ts
- →Pioneer CDJ Nexus
- →Rekordbox
- →Traktor S4 and S8
- →Rane Serato Scratch
- →Technics SL-1210 vinyl turntables
- →Mixed In Key
- →Fine tuning your set
- →Body language behind the decks
- →Mixing acapellas
- →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
- →Out-of-the-box song choice
- →Tempo change tips
- →Music programming, set times
- →Reading a crowd and having a 'plan b'
- →Preparing your set
- →Recording your set
- →Marketing and promoting your gig
- →Marketing tips
- →How to get more gigs
- →EPK tips
- →Developing your sound
Underground House and Techno DJ Course | Chicago
- →Mixer essentials
- →Beats & bars
- →Intro to beat matching
- →Equipment, set up, & ready to go
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.
Yes. The Underground DJ Course can be taught one-to-one, in person in Chicago or online, built around your own projects - ask admissions about private instruction.
Underground house and techno, taught to a professional standard by a DJ plugged into the city's underground scene.
The Underground DJ Course runs 36 hours. Tuition at Garnish Chicago: 36 Hours - In-Person: $1,500 + $100 Registration fee.
If you make the grade after assessment you are invited to play at our night, in a top venue in the city. Every student so far has made the grade.
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.
Never more than four.
36 Hours | In-Person: $1,500 + $100 Registration fee
Take the first step.
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Read →How to Set Up rekordbox and Take Your First Mix to the CDJs
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