How To DJ

Music Genres

Music Genres

Acid Mixmag – The A-Z of Acid Northern Soul BBC Northern Soul: 40 years of the sound of Wigan Casino Old Skool Can mean different things to different people, but an official definition can be...

Planning Your Set

Planning Your Set

Good Guides Paul Velocity – 10 tips on how to plan a DJ set Digital DJ – 5 Tips For Playing A Great Warm-Up Set  

Mixing – General

Mixing – General

Songs are made up of beats, bars and phrases (and then verses) For dance music its generally all in 4's: A bar is usually 4 beats for dance music. A phrase is 4 bars,...

Mixing – Harmonic Mixing

Using The Camelot Easymix Wheel On the wheel musical keys can be seen as 'hours' on a clock. For example, 4 o'clock corresponds to 4B or 4A. The letter "B" represents Major keys.The letter "A" represents...

Becoming A Party DJ

Becoming A Party DJ

This is just a few musings on becoming a party DJ, not an attempt at any sort of definitive guide.  By party DJ I'm taking about mobile DJ's, mobile jocks, etc, where you bring...

DJ Games

DJ Games

I don't usually use games, but if you are the type of DJ who likes to be an entertainer as well as straight DJ, or if you are looking for ideas to get a...