As a famous DJ in the world is something that every teenager dreams of at some point in their lives. Some years ago there were only a small number of people who knew how to play the music for a live audience. Today, with all the technology, a DJ is simpler and easier. First, you must be really determined to succeed in business. This is a business, yes, and quite large. There are some DJ mix herePleasure, but most of them do it for money. At the beginning you will not have more money, as well as a DJ is more like a hobby. But with patience and, above all, the practice of a lifetime and it is also a brilliant career in the not too distant. In an area like South Florida where you can find a large number of nightclubs, there are many opportunities for you to prove your skills.
Let's start with the basics. As a DJ requires some knowledge: acan lead to impressive musicianship, to entertain and "read" to learn in a live audience and the need to make the necessary equipment.
For starters, you should be familiar with the equipment. The basic tools needed are: a mixer, turntables and CD players, professional, professional headphones (not distort the sound is loud), and powered speakers. Later, when they mix in additional equipment for advanced purchase.
To make things a bit 'easier, more recently,and the laptop dj, and are called on to do with the mix. For the laptop you need to choose a good brand to ensure that there is in the midst of a concert of a crash, and if you can get a USB sound card. You can find a dedicated software, but you can usually find the demo version and after that you need to buy the program to use all the features. applications are frequently used Virtual DJ and Traktor, but you can find and use other dedicatedSoftware.
Before investing money in the technique is useful if you can arrange for someone else to mix instruments. If you go to buy your stuff, you'll know exactly what you need. It 'very important to know how to beat matching, or match play between the bass beats for the song and the next in a seamless transition. It takes a lot of practice, but if you know how you can try the more advanced stuff, such as scratches or back spinning.
If thelaptop everything becomes easier, the programs will show you the BPM of every track, so beatmatching will be piece of cake.
In order to learn as much as possible keep in touch with the DJ world by watching other DJ's at work and understanding how they use the equipment, checking the forums and being constantly updated with what is happening around. In South Florida there is always something going on, so that is really easy to do. Also you may spend some time online and watch the tutorials about DJ'ing and different techniques, tips and tricks.
A new trend in the market is called DVJ'ing, correctly DJ VJ (Disc Jockey, Video Jockey), but when Pioneer launched the DVJ 1000, the device which allows you to play music and video effects in the same time, they also gave the right name to it. It's highly requested in the market, so if you learn how to do it, you will have a better chance in getting more gigs.
Maybe the most important thing, beside your strong will, is the time you offer for practice, the more the better. The results will show up, we are absolutely confident about it.
