Monday, November 7, 2016

South Florida DJs: How To Become A Dj

By Gary Hall


Many people are passionate about music, but only a few have the skills to either make music or mix different types of music and songs and still produce a wonderful music. Such experts are known as South Florida DJs. However, before you can become a professional in the art, you need to undergo some form of training and acquire some skills.

To first obtain the necessary skills to start mixing you first need to purchase a mixer controller. If you are just beginning the profession, getting the beginner equipment is most suitable as it will help you learn. Although the mixer will limit your skills, produce low quality sound and has lower FX, it will be cheaper and help you in learning the basics about mixing.

After acquiring some skills in the art and mastering the beginner mixer, you can then purchase the pro level equipment. They are more complex thus are more expensive. They will also offer you with unlimited options for you to be creative in mixing the songs. Also, the equipment will always produce high sound quality and endless FX channels.

When you are sure that you can efficiently use the mixer, you can then decide on the specific genre of music that you intend to handle. It is more convenient if you choose a music genre that you love most. This will make it easier for you to learn the various info about the music that are important during mixing. For example the length of beats, intros, and outros.

The information is important as it helps carry out many of the activities during mixing example fading in and fading out of the songs. The main factors that are considered the most are the beats per minute of a song also known as BPM. To create a rhythm between the mixed songs, the BPM of the next and previous songs should be similar.

To market your skills, it is important that you start making videos of yourself as you mix. You can also upload audio only mixes however as most people like to see you as you work, it is best that you make videos of yourself as you mix. To achieve this ensure that you first purchase a good quality camera for recording and get a Youtube channel to present your skills.

To increase your number of followers thus increasing your audience you can also create an Instagram and sound cloud account. These accounts will allow you to inform your audience of upcoming mixes you want to release; it is also a way to market your music. This will help you broaden your skills and have a larger audience for your music.

To most people mixing songs begin as a hobby which is not an easy task. It will require you always to practice and be patient to keep on trying eve when you fail a lot of times. This will eventually help you become an expert in the field. To ensure you create up to date mixes, ensure that you are always aware of the current new music releases that you can use in your mixes.




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