Underground DJ Course

Underground House and Techno DJ Course | Los Angeles

Learn how to DJ underground Techno and House to a professional standard on our Underground DJ course. If you’re over 21 and make the grade after assessment, you will be invited to play at our night.

If you’re serious about House and Techno, and want to learn in groups of no more than four from a DJ plugged in to LA’s underground music scene, this fully comprehensive Underground DJ course for you. 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. Learning how to DJ should be FUN – not frustrating!

Edit: Now the genre lines are blurred more than they were back in the mid 2010s, we have consolidated to just one Electronic DJ Course. Click here to see it.

101

Beats and Pieces

Equipment, set up, & ready to go
Mixer essentials
Beats & bars
Intro to beat matching

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

Tips on track choice
Tempo
Set order
Mix points

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

Our Extensive Pro Hardware & Software

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

201

Your Set

Fine tuning your set
Body language behind the decks
Mixing acapellas

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

Advanced Set Building & Ad-libbing

Out-of-the-box song choice
Tempo change tips
Music programming, set times
Reading a crowd and having a ‘plan b’

Preparing for Your Show

Recording your set for submission
Promoting our charity event

After Your Show

Keep the momentum going
Developing your sound and individuality

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Testimonials

The course was really great. The teachers were really helpful and knowledgable. Getting to practice within the class definitely helps, and the constructive feedback is so valuable. I really enjoyed this course and look forward to possibly taking a production course.

Cory Gomez

I had a small size class so I get a lot of hands-on experience. Also, my instructor is very experienced and knowledgable and he was able to teach us a lot of tips for getting into the industry.

Tian Qiu

The fact that you are grouped with people interested in the same kind of music is great. After taking this class I feel completely ready to go from being a bedroom DJ to playing out in front of large crowds.

Garrett Richardson

Great hands-on training to get you feeling confident about performing

Alyse Ferrar

Not only was the class very enjoyable but it also was very informative and comprehensive.

Andres Monsalve

Garnish is no nonsense and straight to the point. Top notch education!

Amvision

Josh is very good at making his students feel comfortable. He teaches in a way that is easy to understand and also makes his lessons very fun. My overall experience in this class was great. I feel very lucky to have gotten him as my mentor. I've learned so much more with him than I could have learned on my own, and I am extremely satisfied with the outcome of this one week course. Thank you!

Christine Lee

It's a great program, you get to learn a lot within the days. The instructor was very patient and made the whole process of learning very easy for us. Glad i signed up.

Zdenka Valentova

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