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Do I Need CDJs to Get Club Gigs?

This is the question every aspiring club DJ eventually asks. Pioneer CDJs are in virtually every professional club…

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How Do I Transition Between Genres?

Genre transitions are one of the hardest skills to master in open-format DJing. Done poorly, they sound jarring…

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How Do I Mix Hip-Hop vs EDM?

Hip-hop and EDM are the two most popular DJ genres in the world — and they require completely…

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Wedding vs Club DJing: How to Master Both

The biggest mistake DJs make when moving between wedding and club gigs is treating them like the same…

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Serato vs Rekordbox vs Traktor: Which DJ Software Is Right for You?

Serato DJ Pro, rekordbox, and Traktor Pro are the three dominant DJ software platforms used by professionals worldwide.…

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How to Read a Crowd as a DJ

Reading a crowd is the skill that separates good DJs from great ones. You can have perfect beatmatching,…

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How to Avoid (and Recover From) DJ Trainwrecks

A trainwreck — two tracks badly out of sync, clashing beats tearing through the speakers while the crowd…

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Beginner Guide

How to Beatmatch: A Complete Guide

Beatmatching is the foundation of DJ technique. It’s the skill of getting two tracks to play in perfect…

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Beginner Guide

What Is a DJ Record Pool?

// Our Top Recommendation After independently testing every major record pool, mp3poolonline.com is our #1 pick — 500,000+…

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How to Create a DJ Edit Using Audacity

Not every track is perfect straight out of the download. Maybe the intro is too long. Maybe there’s…

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