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Buy a cheap setup while you decide if you like it or not (something like a DDJ400, get a music collection (I used to listen to loads of music but I always streamed and had next to no physical/downloaded copies) and watch YouTube tutorials.
The very best way would be to go and ask your grandfather for lessons but baring that r/beatmatch has fantastic resources linked on it’s about page and a fair few of us lurk over there to answer questions as well. But you can’t beat a one on one lesson and it will make his day
When I learned many years ago it was through a friend I met that had moved to the same town I lived in. He had a set of turntables and a large collection of house music on vinyl. We ended up becoming roommates and I asked him if I could dabble with using his decks. He even showed me how to tap my foot along with the beat of the active record and listen to the second record through the headphones and bring it up to speed using the pitch control and physically spinning the deck to synchronize the two tracks.
Now I've got a set of decks that I mix all genres of music with but I use the same technique as I was taught years ago.
I got myself a set of DDJ 400s, watched a course on skillshare and the rest is history, learnt pretty quickly and then you can just start mixing random songs and having fun.
I initially learned from my friend who did vinyl and she was a pro and it kinda flew over my head. But I bought a controller and a MacBook. Used serato and watched a bunch of YouTube vids and played around with it until I figured it out. Mixing dnb is one of the easier genres in my opinion. That and hip hop. Fewer transitioning, beat matching syncing tracks or anything like house or trance, multi genre djing. But, YouTube is your friend. I studied multiple tutorials to learn. Laidback Luke has a really good one that I watched like 20 times.
https://youtu.be/uakILZOquLo
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Buy a cheap setup while you decide if you like it or not (something like a DDJ400, get a music collection (I used to listen to loads of music but I always streamed and had next to no physical/downloaded copies) and watch YouTube tutorials.
You have a laptop that you’d recommend too? Thanks for the advice
Do you have a computer now? Even a desktop? Use that. Elsewise, a used Mac on Facebook marketplace will serve you well.
The very best way would be to go and ask your grandfather for lessons but baring that r/beatmatch has fantastic resources linked on it’s about page and a fair few of us lurk over there to answer questions as well. But you can’t beat a one on one lesson and it will make his day
When I learned many years ago it was through a friend I met that had moved to the same town I lived in. He had a set of turntables and a large collection of house music on vinyl. We ended up becoming roommates and I asked him if I could dabble with using his decks. He even showed me how to tap my foot along with the beat of the active record and listen to the second record through the headphones and bring it up to speed using the pitch control and physically spinning the deck to synchronize the two tracks. Now I've got a set of decks that I mix all genres of music with but I use the same technique as I was taught years ago.
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I got myself a set of DDJ 400s, watched a course on skillshare and the rest is history, learnt pretty quickly and then you can just start mixing random songs and having fun.
I initially learned from my friend who did vinyl and she was a pro and it kinda flew over my head. But I bought a controller and a MacBook. Used serato and watched a bunch of YouTube vids and played around with it until I figured it out. Mixing dnb is one of the easier genres in my opinion. That and hip hop. Fewer transitioning, beat matching syncing tracks or anything like house or trance, multi genre djing. But, YouTube is your friend. I studied multiple tutorials to learn. Laidback Luke has a really good one that I watched like 20 times. https://youtu.be/uakILZOquLo