Beginner DJ Lessons
and Courses
Breaking down the core concepts of DJing to eliminate the confusion of starting out and help you build a solid foundation of skills.
ONLINE | WORLDWIDE
IN PERSON | LONDON
Overview
which option is right for you?
What You’ll learn
DJ Course Outline
Our course outline offers potential areas to work on each week for those looking for a structured approach. All sessions are flexible though and free to focus on any areas that align with your skill level and goals.
OPTIONAL FURTHER TRAINING
Once you’re confident with everything we’ve covered in the course, we can offer additional sessions to plan out a set together and record your first mix, with support to upload your mix to streaming platforms such as SoundCloud, Mixcloud or YouTube.
in person and online DJ lessons
Our DJ lessons can cover any of the above topics or revolve around any specific questions you have.
What’s Included?
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Resources
You’ll have lifetime access to any current or future resources such as eBooks and tutorial videos, as well as optional recordings of online sessions to listen back and consolidate your learning.
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Support
Receive personalised support between sessions and beyond to help you progress towards your goals. Feel free to reach out for guidance, content refreshers, or share mixes for feedback.
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Custom Lessons
Our DJ courses and lessons are tailored to your specific goals and skill level. Lessons are generally left quite open, allowing us to be flexible and take the session in any direction to meet your needs.
What You’ll Need
Student reviews
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes! No prior experience is required to get started. In fact, this is often the best way to start as complete beginners won’t have potentially learnt incorrect habits.
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I primarily work with beginner or intermediate DJs as these people stand to benefit the most from lessons and have a lot to learn when starting out. I feel as though a lot of your growth once you pass these levels will come from experience, experimentation, and developing your own sound and style of mixing. While you can receive some guidance for this, it is quite personal and not necessarily something that can be taught, but rather discovered by the individual.
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Having your own DJ equipment helps, but is not essential to get started. You can start learning the basic concepts of DJing with online lessons, or get hands-on with the club-standard equipment at Pirate Studios if you don’t have your own yet.
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I primarily work with Pioneer DJ controllers, or Pioneer CDJs and DJM mixers at Pirate Studios. However, if you have your own equipment at home, we can work with all the major brands, including Pioneer DJ, Denon DJ, Native Instruments, Numark and Hercules DJ.
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I primarily work with Rekordbox. However, we can also work with the other major brands, including Virtual DJ, Traktor and Serato if you’re using one of these.
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I specialise in mixing Drum & Bass and generally work with electronic music genres, including House, Techno, Trance, Garage and Dubstep.
While I can still teach the basic concepts of DJing for more commercial genres such as Hip-Hop and Pop, these aren’t genres I regularly work with or mix myself. Depending on your needs, you may wish to find someone else specialising in these genres if they are what you’d like to mix.
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* The pirate studios discounts and referral code are currently only available to new students who haven’t previously created an account and booked a session at pirate studios.
Use referral code ‘ALEC256563’ when creating an account at Pirate.com to receive up to £30 of free studio credit to use on a future booking. The credit will be applied to your account after your first session.
The 50% discount code can be used to get 50% off studio hire in your first 3 sessions at pirate studios. Students must create an account and book the sessions themselves to use the discount code. The cost of the studio hire will be reimbursed, or alternatively, get in touch prior to purchasing a lesson to arrange custom pricing, excluding the studio hire.
You can find a video on how to create an account and book a studio here.
