Underground DJ Course
- →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 | Hong Kong
- →Mixer essentials
- →Beats & bars
- →Intro to beat matching
- →Equipment, set up, & ready to go
In our students' words.
“I wanted to thank you once again for the great night yesterday! Thank you for the unbelievable chance to play in such a good and big place as Exchange Club and for the chance to feel amazing emotions Djing! I hope you liked it and were glad about my set. I appreciate your help and support during the night! I had really good time! Your school and particularly Dj class are fantastic!”
Eugene Kirillov
Instructors
Before you enrol.
The Underground DJ Course runs 36 hours. Tuition at Garnish Hongkong: 36 Hours - In-Person: $23,400.
Yes. The Underground DJ Course can be taught one-to-one, in person in Hongkong 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.
Never more than four.
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.
36 Hours | In-Person: $23,400
Ready when you are.
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