Guys,  looking forward to have some suggestions regarding dj training.......any body got any idea?which one is better and how to start off?i m thinkin to take this training this summer

GET ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MUSIC. ITS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT U AND ALL DJ NEED TO HAVE.

thats wat i m tryin .......i was wondering if i need to get some kind of training or not.I m gonna buy turntable soon and practice with some homies.....wat do u think?

ha ha ha. This shits funny !! Buy turntables and practice with homies. Ha ha ha Ufff hasaayo petaii dukyoo.

Sounds like elusive cat is going to cook some Daal,Bhaat and Tarkaari on Turntables. Nah nah Maybe cook some Rotii too with your homies while you're at it. ha ha ha

buy a turntable, get training whole summer, practice wid ur "homies".. but at the end of the day when u do "DJ" in a party, all i hear is those bloddy HINDI songs.

    good knowledge of music, of course and good taste in selection of music too./

one suggestion

don't play your favorite tunes, all the nepali DJs (i've seen) think their favorite music is everyones favorite as well, which is very wrong and a hard lesson to learn being a DJ. Play what the crowd loves even if it means playing something ur not a big fan of

i'd suggest downloading free software, acid pro or frootiloops to get a feel for it b4 u spend money in equipment...

good luck!

I'm not an expert, here's what I know.

Hip Hop Genre:
You've 2 choice: Old School Vs New School
Old School : A good old turntable and lots and lots of vinyl. you'll have to spend time to hunt the vinyl at stores. Time and patience is the factor, of course you'll have to have some technical guidance from a friend.
Pros:You get the respect, more tactile feelings
Cons: Cost of vinyl adds up, bulky to carry the vinyl around, also the needle(cartridge, ????) can be a pain. Less options.
New School : One word---Digital. There's so many products out in the market. Different format from CD, mp3 and even iPod can be used to work around. Look at M-Audio Torqu, Serato Scratch, Pioneer and many many more if you want o begin with.
Pros: Saves money in the long run, more portable since no vinyl disk necessary, more options.
Cons: Old school who do not want to move with time thinks you're a pussy, fake, not real sort of blame games.

Trance, House, Techno Genre:
Don't even bother going the old school. It's just too expensive to collect old synth and equipments. Digital, all software based on your computer is the best. All you need a simple controller and a low latency interface. You're ready! Of course it comes with a learning curve depending on the soft synth or the program you use. Ableton Live, FL Studio,Reason are some all in one package.

With all that said, you've to be creative to please the crowd. The mantra for a good DJ aside being creative are BEAT, TEMPO, BARS, CROSSFADE and CUE.
I've seen fellow Nepali playing a CD just by hitting "Play" and calling themselves DJ during parties.

I'm pretty sure there are a lot of DJ here in Sajha. Please shed some light and help our aspiring Nepali artists.

Ok ok ok I wus just kidding earlier.

But BOTTOM LINE IF YOU CANNOT BEAT MATCH DUN TRY DJing. Cause you will only be making a fool of yourself. he he

hahahahah  Elusivecat, a DJ?  Go back to tilling the fields under your commie masters, damn commie supporting Maoist Hip-Hopper!  hahhahaha  The only music you'd come up with is when your ox humps your backside. 

Rewire summed it all in a nutshell. Try not to be scared to expirement and try to use each and every button that you have at your disposal and tweak it around. that way you will get a sense and a feeling about what everything does, this way you can incorporate your creative ideas using this skill called mixing.

Many people think mixing is simply beat-matching, it is not. Mixing is blending two tracks into one. sometimes a mix sounds better if the beat's are not matched, it all depends on practice and knowing your track, front to back. and back to front

Rewire Said --- "With all that said, you've to be creative to please the crowd. The mantra for a good DJ aside being creative are BEAT, TEMPO, BARS, CROSSFADE and CUE.
I've seen fellow Nepali playing a CD just by hitting "Play" and calling themselves DJ during parties."
--------Above statement doesn't look good at all.. that is why if you learn to manipulate everything fader and knobs in your position will give you an creative edge and people will appreciate your skills.. you have an advantage over Push and Play DJ's.

Practice practice and Practice.. forget your hommies.. you can't have any of em' around...
Bro djin' is an art, which can be mastered by practicing many hours a week..
you bring your hommies all you do is talk and play and you won't practice... and you will never be good.

GoodLuck

Gorkhali,"Many people think mixing is simply beat-matching, it is not. Mixing is blending two tracks into one. sometimes a mix sounds better if the beat's are not matched, it all depends on practice and knowing your track, front to back. and back to front."

he he Really I guess he's been djing too much at Nepali Parties. he he Smoothness and Beatmatching is the KEY. If you cannot beatmatch and skip the beat it will be like BOOM BOOM BOOM silence... OOOPS BOOM BOOM on the Danced floor. Now if you are playing for knuckleheads they won't know from one beat to another. And tracks are not cake to cut it straight up. Cueing is the key to beat matching. But it also depends upon what Genre and what type of Djing you want to do. Rules for Radio dj's are completely different from club djs. Then comes genre--> what is acceptable in what genre like what in acceptable in Reggae might not be acceptable in Hardcore and what is acceptablein Hip Hop is never acceptable in Techno or Trance. So KNOW YOUR MUSIC very very important to know when your BEAT DROPS otherwise you are headed for straight up TRAINWRECK.

The other thing is what instrument you are using to DJ. I say instrument because Turntables are considered a musical instrument these days. Now it does cost a lot of money to by Vinyls but is probably the best as far as sound is concerned. Besides if you are in a trainwreck its is probably the easiest mode to get your mix back into track by hydroplaning(using y0ur hand to controll the pitch). Whereas you cannot hydroplane very easily in cdjs or laptops.

Bathroom Coffee are you challanging me?????

 You talk too much.. you have so much to say for everything., You think you know everything, you butt into everyone's thread and you criticize everyone.... (if you are challanging me about my dj skills... lemme know when and where I will show up with my shit and you better have your game tight.. mr anon)

read properly.. try beat matching 2 hiphop tracks.. beatmatching to the brink only applies to techno, trance ect.   brother beat-matching doesn't mean matching BPM beat to beat..... as long as there is no erractic drumming sound coming out.. the tracks are considered matched and mixed....

That is why I was telling him to get his own style and not follow anyone... there are many many styles of dj'n and there are forms and ways to do it these days..

I don't know where you get it from... try just beatmaching song after song for 4 to 5 hrs.. your name says it all... they will ask you to take a bathroom break and never come back.....

DMC style dj's

 

Bathroom Coffee are you challanging me?????

 You talk too much.. you have so much to say for everything., You think you know everything, you butt into everyone's thread and you criticize everyone.... (if you are challanging me about my dj skills... lemme know when and where I will show up with my shit and you better have your game tight.. mr anon)

read properly.. try beat matching 2 hiphop tracks.. beatmatching to the brink only applies to techno, trance ect.   brother beat-matching doesn't mean matching BPM beat to beat..... as long as there is no erractic drumming sound coming out.. the tracks are considered matched and mixed....

That is why I was telling him to get his own style and not follow anyone... there are many many styles of dj'n and there are forms and ways to do it these days..

I don't know where you get it from... try just beatmaching song after song for 4 to 5 hrs.. your name says it all... they will ask you to take a bathroom break and never come back.....

DMC style dj's are more fun to watch than trance DJ's... you wanna know why????? cause all they do is beat-match.....

 

Great Samsara. You alway make me feel glad when you hit hard on the commies like MOFO elusive. Talks about commune and labor share backhome as a best foundation of the country and makes a plans of DJing for self. Bladdy parasite. Start a brothel and keep your mom and sistas You fugger and start hiting on the turntables " Gandhi naali ke kide"

what happened??? so many posting

Elusive cat.. you don't have to listen to me or anybody else... you can start by reading

"How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records"
By -  Frank Broughton, Bill Brewster

It is a must have it book for every dj or anybody who is thinking about dj'n.

OOOPs I touched a really sensitive nerve here. he he Challenge rey ? he he You you see a title Dj in front of my name ? hehe

Rewire,Gazabko manche,djgorkhali: Thanks for the information u guys shared.really appreciate that....m working on that focusing more on hip-hop and little bit of techno.....lets c how it goes..

djgorkhali:  don't feel bad about that.there are some bungholes in sajha who just criticize other....they can't do anything,spend their time writing stupid thread on sajha,cursing other people..............so forget those crackpots: they won't stop woofing...some of mah buddies r also practicing djing,i think they have better idea than me....so,thats the reason i wanna practice with them.anyway,wat kind of tracks do u concentrate on???

Samsara,Narayangargh:   why don't u just shut up ur 2 cents bloody mouth?if u guys can do that,show me.....other wise don't intrude on others fcking business.

Narayangarh:    I don't know u guys r runnin brothel exploiting ur mom and sis??hows the business?can't u earn enough dollars so that ur mom,sis r giving BJ,anal,oral,may be deep throat too  back home.....makes me feel sad about u.where is ur brothel in chitwan?i will send some folks to ur place ......they will spend good bucks,man give me the address.

 

IF YOU WANNA PRACTICE, PRACTICE WITH HOUSE MUSIC FIRST. I PROMISE ITS GONNA MAKE YOU BETTER. HIP HOP COMES LATER AFTER YOU GET WELL WITH HOUSE.

REMEMBER HOUSE MUSIC IS THE INITIAL WAY OF PRACTICING DJ.

djdev,

 thanks for the reply...but what do u mean by house music?