Here we gooo! My first DJ tutorial in 14 years. It’s sorta mad that I haven’t delved into this at all on the Patreon before but now it’s finally time to get stuck in. This is part 1 of what will be a many-part series taking you through every step you need to take to become a quality-ass DJ.
As always feel free to shoot questions in the comments for me to get back to about anything!
Timestamps:
•00:00 – Intro
•01:21 – Sourcing music
•04:02 – Introduction to Rekordbox’s layout
•06:42 – My keyboard shortcuts setup
•10:41 – Difference between hot cues & memory cues + quantize explanation
•16:02 – Discussing tempo + adjusting the beat grid
•21:44 – Adjusting the beat grid for tracks the change tempo partway
•25:20 – Exporting to a USB + why having a good USB is important
•27:40 – What tracks will work well together? – Tempo
•29:16 – What tracks will work well together? – Tempo: Use of “Master Tempo”
•34:36 – What tracks will work well together? – Keys: The Harmonic Mixing Wheel
•39:24 – What tracks will work well together? – Keys: Brief analysis of key jumps in Tokyo set
•45:51 – How to determine the key of a track
•51:19 – Outro + what’s on the next tutorial
As mentioned in the key section of the video, I’ve attached a folder of those simple piano notes, indicators and spacers to help organise your playlists too.
