About the Mixing DJ
Hi, everyone! I am DJ Fooz and on this DJ tutorial blog I am known as the Mixing DJ. I created this blog in order to be a part of the DJ community and to help DJs of all skill levels with DJ tutorials, music mixing tips, tricks, and anything else DJ related. I have personal experience with music mixing and DJing at all kinds of events from private parties to downtown clubs.
Many of you readers may be complete beginners and many of you might be highly experienced DJs and music mixing professionals. I encourage you all to participate in the comments, add to anything I’ve missed in my posts, and have discussions with each other. All I ask is that you keep it friendly so that we can have a happy and constructive community here.
If you would like to make a guest post on the Mixing DJ blog, contact me and we will make it happen. You can write a DJ tutorial, some music mixing tips and tricks, or pretty much anything else related to DJing. This is a great way to promote yourself as a DJ while helping others in the DJ community.
And of course, feel free to contact me for any reason, even if you’re just saying hi! I’ll do my best to reply quickly.
-The Mixing DJ
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pls can you attach some dj toturials in my mail. im a new dj so would like to learn from you guys. videos and documents if possible.
kind regards
Some short videos would be awesome so we can see what you’re doing with some of the trickier stuff
@DJ Esco – I would be glad to help you out with learning how to DJ. Let me know what you’re interested in specifically and I’ll write up a tutorial and find some videos for you.
@Jake – Expect to see some videos here soon, I’m working on it.
hi dj. am new the djing world,so i would like to learn more about beat matching.can u help me please
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hi Dj fooz im an upcoming Dj and i stillm want to learn more from the best and i think u can help me out in this regard…………..u can attach the tutorial material to my email…………….
keep 2 the beat………….
hey dj fooz i was wondering if you could make a post about what equipment to get? i mean other than scratch live. like cd turntables or vinyl turntables? and preferably what turntables do you use with the serato set up? drop me a mail man. peace
fooz hey! I am waiting for your post. and provide interesting lessons for a beginner dj, like me!! okay. then do not forget to visit my blog at offzone.blogspot.com!! and I hope you will join me.
let’s the beat
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to leave a comment!
@ray – Good idea, that will be my next post. I’ll take a picture of some of my equipment too so that you could see my setup. As a quick answer to your question, I am currently using Pioneer CDJ-1000′s with my Serato setup, with a Pioneer DJM-500 mixer and an M-Audio external soundcard for recording my live mixes.
@damsky – Hey Damsky, thanks for the comment. I did check out your blog and I must say it’s looking pretty good! I like how you made your layout and the variety of information you have there. I’ll definitely be stopping by there more often.
i want to start up my own dj school type of thing, what sort of things did you look into and can you give me a couple of pointers? i am doing it for a unit at college
m a immature dj ….
n now m taking ma dj trainning frm jo azardo…
so can i gut sum tipis 2 b a gud dj….?
Hello, I’ve been djing now for about 3 years outside of the bedroom, probably 2 years before that inside. I’ve played the whole spectrum of tiny parties to my regular gig which averages about 1300 people a night. (for the cage fight and pro boxing world) My curiosity is with club DJs. I just spoke to one at the club this past Saturday and tried observing his gear, style etc. I have to say it looked like he wasn’t doing much. The songs all seemed to be customized for the club. He played popular and modern stuff but it didn’t look like he had to beatmatch much, worry about what song to play next, or adjust the pitch at all. Like it was all pre done. He was using Scratch live and a couple DVDj’s for the video part and he scratched some visuals, but he actually went to the bar twice in the 15 minutes I watched him. It’s something I’ve been noticing lately when I go out. Everything seems perfectly pitched and gained correctly and I feel like I’ve been giving these guys too much credit thinking they were amazing when half the time they weren’t even at the booth! So, I’m curious if that’s a known thing, that big club DJ’s have special tracks that are tailored so much, they simply just line up the beats and hit play near the end of their custom track. I’ve learned everything so far by reverse engineering and really listening to DJs and I know I’m doing a ton of adjustments to make it all flow. I’ve used everything from vinyl, to CDJ’s and now use a VCI-300 since it’s so easy to carry around and I have yet to see where you can walk away in between every song. I used to think these guys must have a 3rd deck from the complex instrumentals between two tracks but I think now it may mostly be prerecorded… Any insight from your experience about the world of a big club DJ is HIGHLY appreciated.
Thanks!
hi Dj Fooz .. am new in djing world…i would like to learn about scratching, mixing, and beatmatch…mail me
hi Dj Fooz…i am a dj but not getting the mixxing and beatmatching stuff so mail me plz
i just started out i’m collecting tracks but i have no clue on what it takes to learn s/w equipment so any information will be highly appreciated
Hi.I’m amateur Dj.I Like To Learn Advance Mixing House And AMbient Music.Can You Send Me My Mail Tutorial Like Video Or PDF?
TNX
Hi i just started learning so im openfor any tipe of information u could give me about the dj world, just have turntable set up but im planing to get the complet set up so any information about the equipmen tthat a beginer Dj should get would be also much appreciated
thanks
Hey ima begining dj 4mnths n da game jus got a feel for what type of tables I prefer and need a lil help on ma transitions can u help me
hello sir..can i get some specialll tricks and trips to mix,,,,i can mix but i dont have some good tricks