Always about helping you learn to become a DJ
This site has always, and will always be here to help you learn how to become a DJ. This 'home' page on this site contains news and info about the book, and the rest of the site contains info about DJ equipment, how to mix, and some video and audio clips to help you, and support the info in the book.
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(Check out the YouTube channel for the book too, where all the videos are handily kept together.)
It's been a really busy time since the book's release in 2007, so busy that there's so much still left to do to get this website bang up to date and fully supporting the book. I still need to add, edit or upload pages on here about Advanced Mixing Techniques, Scratching, Professional DJ Equipment, DJing Live, Getting Work as DJ - and a few more - but I think the black-spots on the site have now disappeared for the time being. If there's something missing on here though, PLEASE get in touch and I'll get something back to you immediately. Especially if you're looking for something I link to from DJing for Dummies - let me know, as I don't want to lead people into dead ends.
Updated - 22-05-2007
Get money off Slappa Cases!
Due to my promotion of the Slappa CD cases through this site, they've been nice enough to offer a 5% discount on their products when you click on the links from this site (Like this one) or enter "Recess" in the discount code section. How nice!
Mirror
Probably redundant, as this server is more reliable, but there's now a mirror of this entire site at www.dj4d.com. Hopefully you won't need it, but in case this host goes kaka, remember www.dj4d.com - just in case.
Removing beats/Vocals
Just been doing a little housekeeping on the site, but I've also made a page dedicated to the myth of being able to remove the vocal or beat from a tune. Check out the mixing tab in the menu, and the 'Removing Vocals/Beats' link to go see it.
17.04.07
Critical Updates
Most of the ads on here sucked, so the bad ones have gone. And I've fixed the layout problems on a lot of the pages. Let me know if I've missed anything.
Personal Tuition
I'm starting a personal DJ tuition venture for those who'd like a bit more help when it comes to learning how to become a DJ. Check out the tuition page for more info.
New Videos
I've added a couple more DJing Video Clips onto the Videos section. Just a couple of example mixes, with the camera on the mixer. Go to the Videos page to see more.
Sort yourself with Slappas!
Ok - a week ago, I bought myself some Slappa CD cases for all my CD's. My CD DJing is now SO much easier (and safer) as I can include an inlay of what's on the disc in with the CD - rather having to print directly to the CD (and not know what's on the disc when it's playing) or try to jam an inlay into the sleeve with the CD (and it gets all rumpled). So happy am I with these that they're now the main 'sponsor' of this site. Check em out using the banners at the top of each page - and if you're a CD DJ - buy some - they really will help. Look out for a special Promo Code, giving you money off - coming within the next couple of days (hopefully).
Happy Valentines Day!
14.02.2007
I love you all... I mean it. I've shown you my love by fixing a lot of link errors on here, and slightly re-formatting things. You'll now see an ad down the right hand side on most pages. Why? Because this site costs a lot to run, and I'm about to jack in my day job to spend more time helping people become better DJs. I'm going to need as much money as I can get!
Total re-design
To mark the worldwide release of the DJing for Dummies, I hope visitors who have been here before will notice that the site has been completely redesigned. I'd love to hear what you think of it (email me here)
Gone are the old, slow-loading, dodgy DHTML drop-downs, replaced with (what I hope is) some simpler ones. There's still a lot of text to go in, but I hope you'll appreciate the tider set up.
Lectures
29.01.2007
When trying to make more clips for the Videos page, I decided to make longer, deeper 'Lecture' videos instead. There's more to come (like videos on how to use Pioneer's CDJ1000 and DJM 600 DJ equipment), but so far people are positive about the first two.
Go see the lectures
The book is out in the US
25.01.2007
Looking at Amazon, it seems that the book has had an early release in the US. Check out the various links dotted (spread!) throughout this site for options on how to buy it (or use the links under 'the book')
Video Clips
10.12.2006
To back up a lot of the information in the book, I've uploaded some short video clips, covering beat structures, and the basic functions of mixers and turntables.
Go see the Video Clips
Buy the Book
MySpace etc
We all know it's dumb, but face it, we all have a MySpace page. Feel free to add me as a friend if you're involved with any of the following (clicking on the link takes you to my page):
MySpace
MyDJSpace
MyClubbingSpace
Chatroom
As an extension to the forum, the UserPlane chatroom allows us all to 'chat' - but more importantly, play music over the internet to each other.
Check out the forum for instructions on how to make this work, and to log-in to see if anyone's online.
