How to Become a Professional DJ

Series Summary

Using turntables, CD players or an MP3 player, a DJ selects and plays music in some type of a club setting. The setting may be a neighborhood party, a small club, a disco, a rave, or even a stadium. A professional DJ must love music and entertain people. The main focus of a DJ is on the music they play and how they mix beats and remix tracks in and out of each other or also just to add a bit of energy to a track. A DJ will build a set by choosing tracks to control the energy level of the crowd and use beatmixing techniques to create seamless transitions between tracks. In this free music career video series, a professional DJ will explain how to be a professional DJ. He will tell you what skills and equipment are needed, how to get a DJ name, how to mix music, how to make beats, how to set up a DJ booth and how DJ mixers work. If you are thinking about becoming a professional DJ, let a professional DJ get you started on the path to success. Maybe some day you will be the next DJ Immortal, K-Razor or DJ Hurricane!

Video Transcript

"Let's talk about how to get started as a Professional DJ. And, a Professional DJ is anyone who’s actually getting paid to DJ. And, there are a lot of different venues out there for DJ's nowadays. Everybody's looking for a DJ. From weddings, to Bar Mitzvah's, to Quence parties, to nightclubs to restaurants, to hotels, there's actually a lot of work out there for us. One of the ways to become a Professional DJ is actually create your demo, create a mix tape, and maybe seek an agent or a promoter, or someone who actually wants to promote you as their DJ. In many cases that's the way to start getting a lot of work. Another way is to get into the competition scene. There are competition DJ's who win a few battles and all of a sudden they're in big demand, and they're touring all around the country. And, like I said before, always getting in with the promoters and getting into the clubs and being there at the places that you want to spin is always first and foremost. So yea, be that guy standing in line, be there waiting and when that other DJ falls off, you'll be there to pick up where he left off."