Tuesday, October 27, 2009

DJ Course


This course intended for beginners, the course covers all of the basic skills in a small group. This introductory course is for students who want to focus exclusively on mixing with records and improve their vinyl beat mixing skills. Topics to be covered include beat mixing dance, electronica, and hip-hop music. Students will be involved with intense hands-on practice during class and will be able to receive real-time feedback on their mixing skills.


Basic Dj Course (Vinyl)


Contents:

Equipment & Set-up
  • Equipment & functions
  • Turntables, mixer, amplifier and cartridges
  • Leads and Connections
  • Setting the tone arm weight
Beats, Bars and Phrasing
  • Tempo and BPM (beats per minute)
  • How tracks are structured - beats, bars and phrases
  • Finding the first beat of the bar
  • Cueing a track using faders and pre fade (cue) controls
Drop Mixing
  • Use this technique to switch between styles and tempos
  • Matching levels
  • Cueing and crossfading
Know Your Music
  • Reading vinyl grooves
  • Spotting tunes that work together
  • Reading the crowd
Beat matching
  • Learn to adjust speed of the record using pitch controls.
  • Manually adjust the speed of the record
  • Pitch shifting
  • Crossfading smoothly
+ Recording Your Mix

FEE: RM100 (Registration)
RM350 (Monthly/5 Sessions)




Dj Scratching Course

Contents:

Basics
  • Scratching & technique
Equipment
  • Customising your setup
  • Drag
  • Weight Distribution
  • Reverse Weight
  • Scratch Needles
Records
  • Battle Records
  • Marking Records
  • Advantages of Marking
  • Scratch Technique & Combinations
+ Recording Your Scratch


FEE: RM100 (Registration)

RM400 (Monthly/5 Sessions)

Info : chutrapadi@gmail.com