Dj courses in Dublin

sian

Me again. Since I haven't managed to make time to actually learn how to dj/learn how to use my equipment, I'm thinking of paying someone to show me stuff and make me make time.

I have a numark director D2 and a cm200 usb mixer. I'm into r'n'b, hip hop, bit of garage, house, latin, afro beat you get the picture.

Can anyone recommend a good DJ course for a little lady like me?

Thanks a mill,

Sian

~Marky~

Ring the The Dublin Media Centre in Dun Laoighre (01) 2844 773 they have Dj courses and are very good. The course runs for 3 consecutive Saturdays between 11.00am and 6.00pm.

jonny68

dunno about any DJ courses but if you wanna learn the basics get in touch with us Smithfield Factory Crew,experienced DJ;s, no charge either, mostly dance music from old skool to house music.... send PM.:)

Run

Hi

Id be interested in dj classes too. When/where/how in smithfield? Sounds class. Love dance, house, hip hop, everything.

R

Disco2Disco

Temple Bar Music Center/Sound Training Center is the only place to consider really....I think places are nearly full or they were filling up last time I checked.

I know a few lads who have did the course in there and they can't speak higher of it!

Run

Thanks, just looking at that course, looks good, but its a 1000 euro and only in my wildest dreams can I afford that!

thanks anyway

R

seannash

Run wrote: »

Thanks, just looking at that course, looks good, but its a 1000 euro and only in my wildest dreams can I afford that!

thanks anyway

R

fuk sake,please tell me its not 1000 euros to teach someone how to dj.

seannash

im gonna get on my high horse now and say you should sell your decks now because you clearly dont have enough interest in djing if you wont even look at youtube and practice.

its all about practice.no course is going to catapult you to the top of the dj skills chart.

why dont you pm me with a list of songs youd like mixed and ill do it for 20 quid:)

Zascar

Wow I'd say there is actually a big market to make shed loads of money doing this... Anyone want to quit their job with me and do it?

seannash

Zascar wrote: »

Wow I'd say there is actually a big market to make shed loads of money doing this... Anyone want to quit their job with me and do it?

ive no job so im game

Zascar

We have to think of snappy titles. How about "Vice President".... no no no actually "Junior Vice President!

Run

oh thats any easy one, cos I dont have the internet at home, and I dont have my decks at work.

sheesh

ianuss

Run wrote: »

oh thats any easy one, cos I dont have the internet at home, and I dont have my decks at work.

sheesh

Do you live in a cave?

Who doesn't have internets at home these days? I mean, how do you function man?

Run

and seannash, as youve no job, you clearly have ample time for practice, and getting you to mix the tunes for me kind of defeats the whole purpose of me learning how to mix. actually, nothing youve said makes any sense.

Run

er cos i dont need it. im always out. and i have the net all day at work. How much net access does a man need?

Anyway Im since after discovering a series of tutorials on you tube by a guy called ellaskins, link: http://www.djtutor.com/ellaskins/index.php

So for the people who actually want practical help and want to learn, I recommend they download all his tutorials. To everyone else that thinks theyre deadly, muchas para nada.

R

seannash

Run wrote: »

and seannash, as youve no job, you clearly have ample time for practice, and getting you to mix the tunes for me kind of defeats the whole purpose of me learning how to mix. actually, nothing youve said makes any sense.

ive been djing for about 12 years.learned when i was working full time and continued to practice whilst i was employed.

if you put in dj tutorials on youtube ellaskin is the first thing to pop up(as you have done)

how you havent looked at the youtube option before you wanted to fork out cash for lessons is beyond me.

i just saved you some money there by "forcing" you to go to youtube.so what i have said does make sense and im the only one who gave you the youtube option in this thread right

now did you really think i expected you to get me to mix tunes for you.the point is if you dont have the drive to do it yourself and practice,the hobby of djing isnt for you.

seannash

Zascar wrote: »

We have to think of snappy titles. How about "Vice President".... no no no actually "Junior Vice President!

ill be in charge of "keeping it real" and you can demonstrate the "future" and the "possibilities"

i can see it now,we'll fake a little bit of contempt for each others way of djing to our pupils and they will inevitably pick sides/favourites.

secretly we'll be in the office counting our wonga and high fiving our way to unlimited earning potential

Run

yawn...

man you really are a special guy.

seannash

Run wrote: »

yawn...

man you really are a special guy.

tell the truth before you read what i said you never considered youtube.
now you have and your raving about the tutorials on it.

you can say thanks to me,noone will think any less of you.

i actually wish i had let you go out and spend money on lessons now:)

Run

nobodys listening to you man!!!

seannash

Run wrote: »

nobodys listening to you man!!!

eh,bit contradicting right

ianuss

It was a joke - lighten up buddy.

And yes, Ellaskins is very good. And there are lots and lots of instances of people on boards suggesting his videos - have a scan through this

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055534214

Any chance of making that thread a sticky MODS?

Run

ah thats super handy, cheers man.

R

seannash

ianuss wrote: »

It was a joke - lighten up buddy.

And yes, Ellaskins is very good. And there are lots and lots of instances of people on boards suggesting his videos - have a scan through this

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055534214

Any chance of making that thread a sticky MODS?

+1 sticky that for the love of god:)

jtsuited

seriously if you can't figure out how to dj, you should never be allowed dj in public. simples.

seannash

jtsuited wrote: »

seriously if you can't figure out how to dj, you should never be allowed dj in public. simples.

oh no you di int

mrblondecutsear

There's a really good djing course in the Bray Institute of further education. It also includes music production so if your only interested in the djing side of things it mightn't be for you. www.bife.ie

joker77

jtsuited wrote: »

seriously if you can't figure out how to dj, you should never be allowed dj in public. simples.

ha ha - so true

But I did get thinking about how I started out, and yea I figured it out for myself - but that was after growing up in a house with a 'record player'. Some of the people posting up here (late teens), may have grown up never having seen a turntable before - and perhaps it's just a little fear of the unknown?

I'm mean - I'm not that old (32), but my first music purchase (at around 7 I think) was a vinyl (not I'm NOT telling you what it was, far too embarrassing) - the only thing in our house to play music was the record player - music=vinyl in those days. There was no cassette deck in our house (my auntie had one though), this was even before walkmans had reached these shores! It's a completely different experience growing up now...

joker77

Ok reread the thread, if someone who's grown up in this era, is computer literate, has the software and a music collection and some kind of usb controlller/mixer, and is STILL asking how to DJ..... f*cking forget about it. They probably want the person to hold their hand and whisper sweet nothings in their ear while they're at it...

clarke1991

Run wrote: »

er cos i dont need it. im always out. and i have the net all day at work. How much net access does a man need?

Anyway Im since after discovering a series of tutorials on you tube by a guy called ellaskins, link: http://www.djtutor.com/ellaskins/index.php

So for the people who actually want practical help and want to learn, I recommend they download all his tutorials. To everyone else that thinks theyre deadly, muchas para nada.

R

yeah iv looked at a lot of his vids and found them really helpful, anyone should deffinetly check his vids out!

Back 2 Basics

Dunno if this is still relavant but I am a sound engineer/Dj of 17 years and i could do anyone a 12 week coarse in dj'ing taking them through the basics of music perception right up to advance mixing in my own personal home studio.the classes could be done in two's or one to one,it would involve some therory and small tests and hands on/on some of the best equipment available to djs. Also on differant media to,Vinyl,cd,mp3, I would also include a small section on Radio presentation with maybe a visit to one....the cost would be 360euros.the coarse would start in september or sooner if needed.

ksri

I was looking into this last year. Was originally going to go with the music factory but 1000 was too expensive. A friend recommended the Rap Ireland DJ School which was much cheaper and turned out to be great. Classes were small and they helped with the more technical stuff, scratching techniques etc (i already knew how to mix). You'll find them on Facebook or RapIreland.com. I've heard of a few others but not sure how good they are.

A good starting point anyway.. Once you know the basics it's all down to practice and dedication.

brianc27

i dunno, are dj courses not a bit of a cop out? why would someone want to be taught how to dj? the fun in it is teaching yourself, i dont know anyone who has ever been taught how to dj and some of the lads i know are brilliant dj's, teaching yourself to match 2 beats in time and progressing from there is great, it doesn't take that long to actually figure out how to match 2 beats, the rest of it is knowing your music and knowing whens good to mix in/out of a track and this is something imo that can't be taught to people.

the only thing i can think of that you could possibly learn from a dj course would be scratching techniques.

when i think of dj courses i think of some fella showing you how to large it up for the crowd, like they did on that channel 4 programme 'faking it' when they had some bird become a dj.

copeyhagen

yeh i agree, just put the effort into learning and you will learn it.

for the mixing aspect, a set of 1210s and a bunch of vinyl and if ur heart / interests are in the right place u will pick it up.

as for scratching? no idea, never been any good at it to be honest.

Zascar

Best advice I could give you get get a mate or 2 or 3 and all practice together, trying different things, discussing and teaching each other new stuff, and critiquing your mixes as well. Oh and get into the habit of recording as much as you can.

BaZmO*

I'd really love to attend one of these courses just so I could see how they pad out a 2 minute lesson (find the first beat on track A and find the first beat B, and match) into a 12 week or longer course?

Executive Steve

This looks legit!

Harveey

Man check out Bray Institute for Education !!
I went there last year and it was brilliant! unfortunatly i was forced to drop out for financial reasons but its a great course i learned so much from it! the over mixing beatmatching scratching advanced scratching the business side of bein a dj, doing up a bio, a start to producing your own music, sound engineering aswell as setting up nights for you to dj at throughout the year aswell as a trip abroad to play in a diff country, i got the chance to go to poland and dj over there.
The tutors are real helpful and there dj's themselves so they always want to see more people progressing with their skills. DJ Tu:Ki teahes ye about scratching and that and what a more perfect way to learn than a irish and world dmc champion. Sunil sharpe is another tutor and he was a great help for me he showed me how to beatmatch properly, prepare my sets that im gonna play. Barry Dempsey a big promoter and producer around dublin was helping me with setin up my own nights, label company, getting my music out there.
I really thinkou should check this course out, late applications are accepted until wednesday the 15th so you should look in to it

Benny Smiles

Secret School of Sound

I'm partial as I work there, but I know the DJ course is well thought out, it's taught by seriously talented DJ and producer Aaron Costello (aka Subsignal), classes are 2 people max, you get to learn on the sound system in the Twisted Pepper, and it's only €300 for 5 weeks.