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: €999 | Online Remote Attendance: €599
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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, with the option to attend live online, using our specialist music collaboration software, Muse. Students join us from across Spain and the rest of Europe.
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In our students' words.
“Great hands-on training to get you feeling confident about performing”
Alyse Ferrar
Some Instructors
Before you enrol.
Underground house and techno, taught to a professional standard by a DJ plugged into the city's underground scene.
Yes - ask admissions about private instruction and we will pair you with a specialist in this subject.
The length is in the glance strip at the top of this page, and the tuition for this campus - with the registration fee and any early-booking rate - sits just above the call to action.
Yes. Sessions run in person at this campus and live online at the same time, so you join whichever suits you.
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: €999 | Online Remote Attendance: €599
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