How to DJ: Episode 1 - Entering the Scene With Sarah Main (Part 2 of 5)

We’re back with Pacha DJ Sarah Main at her villa in Ibiza for another instalment of How to DJ. Remember, this episode is all about helping those who are starting out and focuses on the fundamentals of DJing; things only get truly tricky in Episodes 2 & 3, when Phil K and James Zabiela show off more advanced tweakin’!

After covering such topics as music monitoring and beatmixing, here Sarah returns to fill us in on the best way to cue up tracks in the mix. This is done by learning to recognise the structure of music and by drawing upon the beat/bar/phrase counting techniques outlined in Part 1 (4 beats in a bar, 8 bars in a phrase etc).

Sarah also explains auto-cueing, the creation of cue points, and the ‘correct and adjust’ mixing technique. (DJSounds)

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How to DJ: Episode 1 - Entering the Scene With Sarah Main

DJsounds brings you exclusive access to a new series of video tutorials
produced by Ministry of Sound TV and DJdownload.com giving a comprehensive
guide to DJ’ing from the very basics through to advanced techniques.

This hot new series features international DJs Sarah Main at home in Ibiza
(Episode 1) followed by the Jedi DJs – Phil K (Episode 2) and James Zabiela
(Episode 3).

For Episode 1, Part 1, Sarah Main has the 400 series set up in her villa and talks us through the basic skills you need to get started as a DJ, step by step.

So hit play to find out more, from entering the scene to setting up your DJ kit, accessing different audio formats, and the basic principles of mixing (music monitoring using headphones, beatmixing through counting beats, bars and phrases, and so on).

Look out for parts 2-5 with Sarah Main, coming soon to DJsounds.

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