Robby Luca

Andrew Lawrence, post: 40898, member: 2005 wrote: Thanks for the response, no it did actually help quite a bit, because yes, the tutorials were all free ones. I have actually found an online course for a reasonable price of £69

http://www.subbassdj.com/courses/online-music-production-courses

But yeah, I suppose paid online courses might not be so bad, will have to keep looking into it

I meant taking a class in person is obviously better than online tutorials. It will probably cost more though.

I checked the site and the tutorials are actually good, but taking only the introductory tutorial won’t be enough. It’s good to get to know the software, but you’ll be clueless when it comes to using the virtual instrument which is something you must understand. Depending which VST you use, you’ll have to learn about that too.

I’m sure you can find a torrent to download those tutorials for free.

to become a DJ/producer… are you talking about being like Alesso, Afrojack, David Guetta, Deadmau5, Axwell, Deniz Koyu, Dirty South, etc? These guys are massive producers, that’s why they’re so big. Not because of their DJ skills. You need to start making good music if you want to play at Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival, EDC, and those sorts of places. It’s never too late. ESPECIALLY NOT AT 22… get serious!

EDIT: Just DJing won’t get you to play at UMF and stuff. People that go there want to see producers… not DJs.

Maglia sounds better. Kacrin doesn’t sound as nice. If anything you can change it… If you don’t have a name it probably means you’re just getting started and don’t even have gigs yet or a fan base.

Sometimes I’ll use a loop towards the end of a track to get a smoother transition. Other than that, I’m not a fan of looping, but it also depends on what type of music you play. It’s not used much for progressive house DJs.

Good to know!

I guess you can use a software (traktor/serato/virtual dj). If you don’t look at the BPM and beat grid and don’t use the sync button, then it could work, I think. Download a demo version.

My answer will be vague and should help if you understand. If it’s not fun then why do you keep doing it?

First, if your vocals clash… LEARN your music! Don’t do a transition when you shouldn’t. It’s pretty obvious… If a song doesn’t sound good together then don’t mix it. If there’s vocals overlapping then don’t mix it while there’s vocals. Common sense.

Second, if you have a song at 130bpm and another at 70bpm, you can bring the song at 70bpm to 65bpm and it’ll beatmatch just fine. But there’s are mashups out there with songs (for example) that start at 110bpm and finish at 130bpm made on purpose so you can beatmatch your next song at 130bpm easier. (there’s a specific name for it, but I forgot what it’s called)

Third, start with learning how to master 1 effect. Then once you mastered that, learn how to use that effect with another effect until you master it. Don’t try to do more than you can handle. When you watch guys on youtube that are always doing stuff it’s because they know exactly what they’re doing. You need to learn bit by bit. Start by making proper transitions, that’s more important than looking busy.

Fourth, what kind of music do you play? It makes a difference. If you scratch or not or whatever.