Want to be a Great DJ?
JDB Video Lounge - 5-7pm
Hour 1 - Basics
Knowing Your Audience
Assessing the floor
Social considerations
Age based considerations
Pushing music over bass over volume
Music
Trusted Sources
Good dance criteria
Editing
Managing your Music Library
Mix and Presentation
Playlists, Sets or On-Demand
Some Old some New
Freshen the mix
Keeping Up With The times
Ballroom Challenges
15+ dances
Handling floor traffic
Handling requests
Tempi for young and old
Getting Started
Popular Players
1. Hardware only solutions (iPod, iPad,
Android)
2. Computers & basic software (iTunes, WinAmp...)
3. Computers and integrated software (ddj-3g and
plug-ins)
Your first Playlist
1. Constructing
2. Testing
Hour 2 - 'Raising the Party Bar'
Sculpting Music
Tempo
Start / Stop times
EQ
Volume
Saving settings to ID3 tags
Honoring the Tempo (Tempi Charts)
Social young/old
Competitive - NDCA / WDF
Song time limits
Sculpting Playlists
sets
groupings
mixing
Inserting requests
Adding a Dance Marquee
Why?
How
Adding Images & Video
Why?
How
Adding Lighting
Why?
How
Live DJ Panel Discussion
Essential elements of a Great party experience
Q/A
