Electronic Music DJ Course

Electronic Music DJ Course | Los Angeles

Our split-level Electronic Music DJ course includes your very own slot at our club night, which sees us in locations including the Gallery at The Exchange nightclub in Downtown LA, if you make the grade and choose to be thrown in the deep end. So far not one person has not made the grade! See footage from the video below. All profits from our club night go to the LA Works charity.

Our Electronic Music DJ course is suitable for complete beginners and bedroom DJs, who want to learn the right way from our superior roster of Electronic Music DJ instructors in groups of no more than four. Our generously equipped DJ lab has every piece of industry standard equipment you’d see in respectable venues, including Pioneer Nexus decks with Rekordbox, Native Instruments Traktor with S8 controllers, Serato, and there’s even Technics 1200 vinyl decks for you to get to grips with. If you wish to learn to play popular genres of electronic music, this Electronic Music DJ course is for you. Learning how to DJ should be FUN – not frustrating!

This course is fully comprehensive; the differences between this course and our Underground DJ course are the music you will have in common with your fellow learners, and your like-minded instructor will have experience in this popular electronic music scene. Before we were fortunate enough to have the demand to run genre-specific DJ courses, our generic courses often resulted in instructors who could never be suitable for all of the learners’ music tastes; you had to be lucky to get the right instructor. Now we are thrilled to be able to offer a fully comprehensive, Electronic Music DJ course, where everyone is on the same page.

Please note that our club night is not always scheduled straight after your course, so if you’re coming to LA from out of town, please bear this in mind. If you can’t make our club night but wish to be in the lineup on a future date, we can make that happen.

101

Let’s Go

Equipment, set up, and ready to go
Mixer essentials
Beats and bars
Intro to beat matching
The structure of electronic music

Arrangement of Electronic Music

Pitch and identifying dissonance (known as clashing)
Where to mix in and mix out
Differences you need to know between Trap/Bass and ‘Four-On-The-Floor’

Building a Set

Tips on track choice
Tempo
Set order
Mix points
Teaser mixes

Introduction to common FX
EQ
All about filtering
FX in the mix dos and don’ts

Our Pro Hardware & Software

Traktor S4 and S8
CDJ Nexus
Rekordbox
Rane Serato Scratch
Technics SL-1210 vinyl turntables
Mixed In Key

201

Your Set

Fine tuning your set
Mixing acapellas
Reading a crowd and having a ‘plan b’

Advanced Mixing & Digital Tricks

Sampling and triggering
All about delay and reverb in the mix
Looping and making your own mash-ups on the fly
Impact mixing with levels and FX
Body language behind the decks

Advanced Set Building & Ad-libbing

Out-of-the-box song choice
Tempo change tips
Music programming

Preparing for Your Show

Recording your set for submission
Marketing and promoting your gig

After Your Show at the Exchange

How to keep the momentum going and get more gigs
EPK tips
Developing your sound

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Testimonials

I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for such an awesome experience. The classes Garnish offered and the final experience at Exchange LA was the push I needed to accelerate my new career and gave me confidence as a DJ.

Matthew Naramore

This kind of material and skill needs to be well TAUGHT. The instructors were excellent teachers and mentors. They are very passionate about the craft - and are extremely knowledgeable as well as experienced. But they also are very good at articulating the lessons and passing along that wisdom so we can learn... The course was an excellent mix of discussion as well as hands-on training. The instructors also set an exceptional tone for our classroom and created an environment that was motivating and optimal for learning. Great job!

Eugene KirillovAlan Guno

The Garnish DJ course gives you a full spectrum of experience from practicing your set, refining it, and then playing for an audience. The DJ course provided the knowledge and experience I needed to feel confident playing anywhere.

Patrick Lewey

I wanted to thank you once again for the great night yesterday! Thank you for the unbelievable chance to play in such a good and big place as Exchange Club and for the chance to feel amazing emotions Djing! I hope you liked it and were glad about my set. I appreciate your help and support during the night! I had really good time! Your school and particularly Dj class are fantastic!

Eugene Kirillov

I learned more in 6 days than a year of trying to learn on my own. Explained everything in an easy to understand format. Covered tons of material.

Michelle Tsukamoto

Lots of one on one, great break down, wonderful teacher. Awesome staff..I cant wait to take a production course to advance what I have learned in this class. Very positive, super supportive. I'm so happy I decided to cont. with my education..201 made everything gel in my brain from the first class especially when I started playing out. It all made sense.

Bee Cregar

Everything went really well in Ibiza this time and I had so much fun! I am so glad you taught me, you're the best xoxo

Paris Hilton

The classes were a game-changer. In just a few weeks I was playing at gigs with confidence and getting booked for more. I would never be where I am now without Garnish

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