Underground DJ Course
Underground House and Techno DJ Course | Barcelona
Let's Go
- →Mixer essentials
- →Beats & bars
- →Intro to beat matching
- →Equipment, set up, & ready to go
Arrangement of Underground Electronic Music
- →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
Building a Set
- →Set order
- →Mix points
- →Tips on track choice
- →Tempo
FX
- →FX in the mix dos and don'ts
- →Introduction to common FX
- →EQ
- →All about filtering
Our Extensive Pro Hardware & Software
- →Rekordbox
- →Traktor S4 and S8
- →Rane Serato Scratch
- →Technics SL-1210 vinyl turntables
- →Mixed In Key
- →Pioneer CDJ Nexus
Your Set
- →Fine tuning your set
- →Body language behind the decks
- →Mixing acapellas
Advanced Mixing & Digital Tricks
- →All about delay and reverb in the mix
- →Looping and making your own mash-ups on the fly
- →Impact mixing with levels and FX
- →Sampling and triggering
Advanced Set Building & Ad-libbing
- →Music programming, set times
- →Reading a crowd and having a 'plan b'
- →Out-of-the-box song choice
- →Tempo change tips
Preparing For Your Show
- →Preparing your set
- →Recording your set
- →Marketing and promoting your gig
After Your Show at The Exchange
- →Developing your sound
- →Marketing tips
- →How to get more gigs
- →EPK tips
36 Hours | In-Person: €1,250
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In Barcelona the Underground DJ Course runs as a small in-person class at our studio, taught in English by producers active in the city's electronic music scene. Students join us from across Spain and the rest of Europe. DJing is learned hands-on at the decks, so our group DJ classes are in person only - online, we teach it one-to-one.
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Before you enrol.
Underground house and techno, taught to a professional standard by a DJ plugged into the city's underground scene.
Yes. The Underground DJ Course can be taught one-to-one, in person in Barcelona or online, built around your own projects - ask admissions about private instruction.
The Underground DJ Course runs 36 hours. Tuition at Garnish Barcelona: 36 Hours - In-Person: €1,250.
Not as a group class - DJing is learned hands-on at the decks, so our DJ classes are taught in person. Online, we teach DJing one-to-one: ask admissions about private instruction.
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.
Never more than four.
36 Hours | In-Person: €1,250
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