Thinking of doing DJ course

aaf

I'm thinking of doing one of these DJ courses. I've never done any DJ related stuff at all and never played with any programs (Reason, Logic etc). I'm just interested in it as a hobby for now. Passionate about all kinds of music but especially Indie/Dance. Now, I know some of you will say that I can just play around with any of those programs and pick it up. However, the courses obviously go into much more than just playing with software.

DJ/ Music Production Course @ Sound Training Centre

DJ Training School @ Dublin Media Centre

Anyone complete either of those courses? Any opinions or advice? I'm fairly handy with computers/technology/digital media etc.

brianc27

dj courses are scams

production courses are a different story

dubsbhoy

1000 quid is a bit steep for a "Sound Training Centre Certificate"

Ever heard of youtube ?

Save yourself a 1000 quid

Abelloid

Just get stuck in, courses are for horses.

daragh_k

aaf wrote: »

I'm thinking of doing one of these DJ courses. I've never done any DJ related stuff at all and never played with any programs (Reason, Logic etc). I'm just interested in it as a hobby for now. Passionate about all kinds of music but especially Indie/Dance. Now, I know some of you will say that I can just play around with any of those programs and pick it up. However, the courses obviously go into much more than just playing with software.

DJ/ Music Production Course @ Sound Training Centre

DJ Training School @ Dublin Media Centre

Anyone complete either of those courses? Any opinions or advice? I'm fairly handy with computers/technology/digital media etc.

The first course mentioned there covers mostly a basic introduction to djing. How to use Vinyl decks / cdjs and a mixer. How to beat match/mix etc. Its is an excellant course but for absoulute beginner DJs !!!

It also touches on an intro to production packages such as Reason and Ableton. However just be aware you will do very little production on this course.

BaZmO*

Save yourself a €1000 and buy some decent equipment and then fire up d aul t'internet, there's a great site called Youtube that you might have heard of. And instead of spending two hours travelling to and from your course, use that time constructively by practising at home. That coupled with sh1tloads more practice and you'll be able to run your own scam suckering noobies out of their hard earned cash in no time at all.

If you said you were thinking about getting guitar or piano lessons I'd say fire away, but don't waste your money on something that you could learn yourself just as easily but without having to pay through the nose for the pleasure of it.

electrogrimey

Have to agree with the other lads, I wouldn't bother. The reason people don't take lessons in DJing is that the technical aspect is a small part of it, most of which can be learnt by reading a manual. The important parts of DJing are musicality, knowing your tunes, having a good crate of tunes, and reading a crowd, none of which you can learn in a course.

SteveDon

Learning the technical aspects of djing shouldnt take much more than a helping hand from such sources as youtube and google. Theres not much need to take a course in djing.

Becoming a good dj takes a lot more work but its not something someone can teach you, it only comes with experience.

In short I wouldnt recommend dropping 1000 quid on a djing course.

Zascar

Yeah learning the basics of technicalities etc is not that difficult, its practice and talent/ability that really make you good. You'll learn more with a few days of getting some mates together and having a mixing session, than you would in a formal course. Definitely better off spending the money on gear, at least you have that to keep. It's also a lot more difficult to get good if you have sh1tty equipment.

It's been tried before and never really took off, but it might be worth throwing up a post and trying to get a few lads together for a practice type session. Maybe one of the more experienced lads here would volunteer to come along and give you a few tips. Worth a try at least!

aaf

So hands up who thinks I should sign up for the DJing course....(tumbelweed whistles by)....no one. Ok, message received loud and clear. I'm hit the interweb and dig up what I can. Just looking at my financials there yesterday and I'm stoney broke now so that's the course off the list for defo. Cheers guys.

Gian-Pa

i did a 80 eur couse for beginners to music production and i think i learned a lot
as i didn't know anything about it.
but yeah if you know the basics and your way around gear (software or hardware) then youtube it's very good

you can try also looking for DVD tutorials on amazon which give you the basics on how to start djing, producing, making beats, and so on

you can get also private lessons for djing from gumtree or adverts.ie

dubsbhoy

Gian-Pa wrote: »

i did a 80 eur couse for beginners to music production and i think i learned a lot
as i didn't know anything about it.
but yeah if you know the basics and your way around gear (software or hardware) then youtube it's very good

I've actually heard of one for 40 quid that does the basics of Reason but is suppose to be quite good if your a 100% newbie to it

aaf

dubsbhoy wrote: »

I've actually heard of one for 40 quid that does the basics of Reason but is suppose to be quite good if your a 100% newbie to it

In your bedroom is it?

seannash

Gian-Pa wrote: »

i did a 80 eur couse for beginners to music production and i think i learned a lot
as i didn't know anything about it.
but yeah if you know the basics and your way around gear (software or hardware) then youtube it's very good

you can try also looking for DVD tutorials on amazon which give you the basics on how to start djing, producing, making beats, and so on

you can get also private lessons for djing from gumtree or adverts.ie

im sure anyone who is totally new to production would learn alot from someone who has about 4 months of experience with producing.its all about how much previous experience you have.

if you had known ther basics then you would have been able to ask better questions and probed a bit deeper than just the basics

in the long run though youll look back and think that you only touched on the very basics of production.

head over the the dance music production forum and start asking questions.

dubsbhoy

aaf wrote: »

In your bedroom is it?

Anything that comes into my bedroom...............i end up paying for

Marino College Actually