What is a DJ and what skills might a partipant learn in a workshop?
DJ stands for “Disc Jockey”, and a DJ mixes audio in a live setting. Traditionally a DJ used records. Today a DJ could also use CD’s, MP3’s, iPods or laptops. The simplest way to make music is to play a record. Learning to DJ is the simplest and easiest way to learn about one piece of equipment integral to electronic music production, recording music or live music show production. Typically, in our off the shelf beginners DJ workshop we cover: plugging in a set of decks to a mixer and how to generate sounds, hands-on practise and knob-fiddling to find out what they all do, how to mix using a cross-fader, information about EQ and sound levels, the fundamentals of beat mixing some ideas about what kind of equipment you would need if you want to pursue DJing. The format of the lessons is simple enough that people who have never touched decks in their life and want to know what all the fuss is about will easily be able to pick it up. We demystify the whole DJ process and show that DJing is
