Underground DJ Course
- →Equipment, set up, & ready to go
- →Mixer essentials
- →Beats & bars
- →Intro to beat matching
- →Pitch and identifying dissonance (known as clashing)
- →All about tune structure and why you need to know about it
- →Where to mix in and out
- →Tips on track choice
- →Tempo
- →Set order
- →Mix points
- →Introduction to common FX
- →EQ
- →All about filtering
- →FX in the mix dos and don'ts
- →Pioneer CDJ Nexus
- →Rekordbox
- →Traktor S4 and S8
- →Rane Serato Scratch
- →Technics SL-1210 vinyl turntables
- →Mixed In Key
- →Fine tuning your set
- →Body language behind the decks
- →Mixing acapellas
- →Sampling and triggering
- →All about delay and reverb in the mix
- →Looping and making your own mash-ups on the fly
- →Impact mixing with levels and FX
- →Out-of-the-box song choice
- →Tempo change tips
- →Music programming, set times
- →Reading a crowd and having a 'plan b'
- →Preparing your set
- →Recording your set
- →Marketing and promoting your gig
- →Marketing tips
- →How to get more gigs
- →EPK tips
- →Developing your sound
Underground House and Techno DJ Course | Tokyo
- →Intro to beat matching
- →Equipment, set up, & ready to go
- →Mixer essentials
- →Beats & bars
What our students say.
“The Garnish DJ course gives you a full spectrum of experience from practicing your set, refining it, and then playing for an audience. The DJ course provided the knowledge and experience I needed to feel confident playing anywhere.”
Patrick Lewey
Who you'll learn from.
Questions we hear a lot.
The length is in the glance strip at the top of this page, and the tuition for this campus - with the registration fee and any early-booking rate - sits just above the call to action.
Yes. Sessions run in person at this campus and live online at the same time, so you join whichever suits you.
Never more than four.
Underground house and techno, taught to a professional standard by a DJ plugged into the city's underground scene.
If you make the grade after assessment you are invited to play at our night, in a top venue in the city. Every student so far has made the grade.
Yes - ask admissions about private instruction and we will pair you with a specialist in this subject.
36 Hours | In-Person: ¥450,000 | Online Remote Attendance also available
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