#advanced dj learning

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Advanced DJing - EQ Mixing and Looping

As much as dropping on “the one” and learning how to merge two songs of varying speeds is the groundwork of DJing, these are also generic techniques that most capable DJs possess. You’re here, reading this because you’ve reached the point in your DJ journey where you’ve acquired the skill to do both and you’re ready for the inspiration to take your DJ knowledge from universal to unique. I’m here to help with that!

In my Advanced DJing — EQ Mixing and Looping tutorial, I’ll teach you how to camouflage transitions from one song to the next using a mixer’s equalizer. I also give tips on how setting loops in your Serato DJ app, facilitate various pathways for you to approach your transitions in other creative ways. Put simply, this is all critical stuff you need to learn because once you master the bedrock techniques of DJing, it’s important for you to do so without compromising your own individuality.

The act of learning should never result in compromising one’s own style!

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Advanced DJ Learning Pathway

This learning pathway will help Advanced DJs navigate our courses and find the best learning pathway to suit their needs.

We consider advanced DJs to be those with solid foundational skills in mixing, set building, fundamental scratching.

Where to start?

We recommend browsing over the Basic Scratching course to ensure that you do cover the scratching bases in terms of skills, technique and undoing any bad habits that self-taught DJs may have encountered.

We assume that an advanced DJ is set on mixing by ear, dropping on beat, set arrangement and hand alignment and mechanics.

What course should I begin with?

10 Root Moves of Beat Juggling

This is our most popular course for intermediate and advanced DJs. This course takes you through all 10 of the root moves in details. This is the most comprehensive beat juggling guide out there.

Rob explains how to manipulate drum beats, words, etc. on both left and right turntables simultaneously through the application of the 10 Root Movements of “Beat Juggling”. This course is our most popular course. As a pioneer of beat juggling and creator of the ‘Swing Pattern’ there is no one better to teach these techniques.

Here is a details breakdown of the course content.

Backspinning and Backspinning with eighth and quarter note fills

the Breakdown Pattern

the Snare Pattern

the Offset Backspin

the Rock the Bells Pattern

the Swing Pattern

the Chase/Strobe Pattern

8th Note Linear Single Fills

8th Note Linear Double Fills

8th Note Linear Triple Fills

See the course here.

Advanced Beat Juggling

This advanced beat juggling course will help you take your skills to the next level. Now you have learned the root moves, you will learn to create your own patterns, how to combine all of the root moves to become a unique and more creative beat juggler. The emphasis in this course is creativity and self-expression. Beat Juggling is not just being able to do somebody else’s pattern, but creating your own unique patterns and combinations too.

See the course here.

Training Camp with DJ Rob Swift

This mini-course is designed for DJs who understand the 9 cornerstone scratches, have the correct alignment, technique, etc. but want to perfect their skills. We have four training camp sessions:

Faderless Scratches (baby, tear, scribble)

Forward Scratches (forward stab, drag, and release)

Intermediate Scratches (chirp, transformer, reverse drag)

Total Training (all 9 cornerstone scratches combined and phrasing)

This course will help you improve your skills and hone in on your scratch technique.

More advanced DJ courses are coming soon!

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Brolic Army Online DJ School

Founded in March of 2016, I created the #brolicarmy as a means of providing aspiring DJs with the proper information to grow as DJs. Over the course of the last 5 years, I’ve successfully turned YouTube, facebook and Instagram into my virtual classrooms. Giving students of DJing from all over the world valuable information on not just DJing’s techniques but the rich history involved with an art form that still remains an enigma to most people.

After interacting with many of you on social media regarding my teachings, the most common question asked of me has been, “Rob, since I don’t live close enough to train with you in person, is there one place where I can go to access all of your concepts on DJing?”, and so it is with immense pride I present the #brolicarmydjschool.

Your experience with learning all that DJing has to offer will no longer bring with it any mysticism. From basic to technical, every aspect of the art form will be explained to you in a very specific, step by step way. My 6 courses in Basic DJing, Basic Scratching, Fundamentals of Beat Juggling, Advanced Beat Juggling, Training Camp and Workshop Archives will teach the necessary skill sets you need to become a well rounded DJ. What’s more, it is the BROLIC ARMY DJ SCHOOL mission statement to provide all of the above with clear guidance and accountability. To accomplish this I’ll be personally tracking the progress of those who enlist in the #brolicarmy via my #progresspatrol video series.

Brolic Army DJ School is here to serve you! Have fun browsing.

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Advanced Scratching DJ Course

DJ Rob Swift leads this Brolic Army DJ School course on Advanced Scratching techniques. Expect to learn scratches such as DJ Disk’s “Orbit Flare”, The Invisibl Skratch Piklz’ “Crab Scratch” and other techniques. Each Brolic Army course is updated regularly with new tutorials on a regular basis!

In line with DJ Rob Swift’s typical teaching style, he focuses his tutorials on both the history and the execution of these techniques. Rob Swift aims to empower the next wave of DJs in becoming active participants of the culture, passing down the knowledge for generations to come. Advanced Scratching is no exception.

Advanced Scratching is for students who have strong foundations in the techniques of DJing and scratching techniques. Check out our other courses such as Basic DJing, Basic Scratching, and Training Camp if you’re looking to develop your foundations before setting off on the advanced work.

Advanced Scratching Course Breakdown:

Lesson 1: The Orbit Flare

Lesson 2: The Crab Scratch

Lesson 3: The Boomerang Scratch

More lessons to come!

Want to show off your progress? Send us your videos at brolicarmydjschool.com for your chance to be featured in our weekly Progress Patrol!

Have a question? send us an email and one of our team members or Rob Swift himself will help you out!

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DJ Equipment Guide

If you are a newbie to the DJ world, then congratulations! You are here at the right track with us because we are going to introduce you some of the best basic and premium equipment when starting a DJ set-up.

This process is often overlooked by new DJs. But it can be considered the most important key point to bring your set up to stand out of the crowd. A great set up could help you in the long term.

Set Up Options for Beginners

Recommended

a pair of turntables

DJ Mixer

Cartridges and Needles

Slip Mats

Speakers

Headphones

Control Vinyl or Records

1. Turntables

Though turntables are at the premium end of the product market. Starting with turntables will allow you to develop key DJ instincts and skills that are best developed on turntables. We strongly recommend that you begin with this setup for our courses.

Recommended: Technic 1200s

2. DJ Mixer

Mixers are essential to any DJ setup. A DJ mixer allows you to control and manipulate multiple audio channels. Our favorite is the Rane 70 but we also love the Pioneer S9.

Recommended: Rane 70 or Pioneer S9.

3. Cartridges and Needles

We recommend starting with real DJ needles and cartridges. The tracking force of cartridges tells you how much pressure is recommended to be put on the record. … While it has a standard Spherical stylus (to avoid damaging records when rigorously scratching), the Scratch tracks heavier in the groove so the DJ doesn’t have to contend with the needle jumping out all the time! There is one range of cartridges that have become synonymous with Vinyl DJing — Ortofons ‘Concorde’ model.

Recommended: Ortofons Concorde Model

4. Slipmats

A slipmat is a circular piece of slippery cloth, typically made of polyester or synthetic materials that DJs use to enhance scratching techniques and cue records. Slipmats differ from rubber turntable mats and cork turntable mats.

Recommended: Serato 12″ Slipmats

5. Speakers

Monitors are an essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to DJ equipment as they help you mix and produce tracks. Whether you’re looking to produce tracks at home or just practice your mixing purchasing one or more monitor speakers is a must.

Recommended: JBL 305P MKII Super White 5″ Powered Studio Monitor

6. Headphones

By using headphones, you can hear the quality of the sound and then know when to change the music or mix it up. It also helps the DJs in hearing their cue points.

Our Favourite: AIAIAI TMA-2 Modular Headphones — DJ Preset

7. Control Records

Control records act like Vinyl but engage with a software such as Serato, to load digital MP3s into the blank control vinyl. These allow you to use all the functions of the mixer while accessing your digital library of music.

Recommended: Serato 12″ Control records

SOFTWARE

Last but not least, you will have to install DJ Software if you want to use digital MP3s with your setup. Different mixers are compatible with different softwares. We recommend Serato DJ Pro but be sure to check which softwares your products are compatible with.

Alternative Set Up: Controllers- Rane One

We understand that not everybody has access to the equipment above. Turntables and all the gear has a large set up cost. An alternative setup which we also recommend highly is the Rane One. While we do not endorse the use of controllers due to their limited range of functions. We highly recommend and endorse the new Rane One controller which is the world’s first controller with motorized platters. The Rane One is a revolutionary compact DJ Controller which is a close substitute for the classed turntable setup.

Note: When using a controller, you will still need the speakers, headphones, and DJ software.

Have a question? send us an email and one of our team members or Rob Swift himself will help you out!

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Online DJ School and Community

The Brolic Army Online DJ School and Community has launched!

Check out our Welcome Page for all the information you need about the school. Visit our shop to pre-order our first merch drop!

Browse our courses now!

We launched our first five courses which are available for purchase individually or through membership packages.

Visit the site for more information.

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Advanced DJ Learning Pathway

This learning pathway will help Advanced DJs navigate our courses and find the best learning pathway to suit their needs.

We consider advanced DJs to be those with solid foundational skills in mixing, set building, fundamental scratching.

Where to start?

We recommend browsing over the Basic Scratching course to ensure that you do cover the scratching bases in terms of skills, technique and undoing any bad habits that self-taught DJs may have encountered.

We assume that an advanced DJ is set on mixing by ear, dropping on beat, set arrangement and hand alignment and mechanics.

What course should I begin with?

10 Root Moves of Beat Juggling

This is our most popular course for intermediate and advanced DJs. This course takes you through all 10 of the root moves in details. This is the most comprehensive beat juggling guide out there.

Rob explains how to manipulate drum beats, words, etc. on both left and right turntables simultaneously through the application of the 10 Root Movements of “Beat Juggling”. This course is our most popular course. As a pioneer of beat juggling and creator of the ‘Swing Pattern’ there is no one better to teach these techniques.

Here is a details breakdown of the course content.

Backspinning and Backspinning with eighth and quarter note fills

the Breakdown Pattern

the Snare Pattern

the Offset Backspin

the Rock the Bells Pattern

the Swing Pattern

the Chase/Strobe Pattern

8th Note Linear Single Fills

8th Note Linear Double Fills

8th Note Linear Triple Fills

See the course here.

Advanced Beat Juggling

This advanced beat juggling course will help you take your skills to the next level. Now you have learned the root moves, you will learn to create your own patterns, how to combine all of the root moves to become a unique and more creative beat juggler. The emphasis in this course is creativity and self expression. Beat Juggling is not just being able to do somebody else’s pattern, but creating your own unique patterns and combinations too.

See the course here.

Training Camp with DJ Rob Swift

This mini course is designed for DJs who understand the 9 cornerstone scratches, have the correct alignment, technique etc. but want to perfect their skills. We have four training camp sessions:

Faderless Scratches (baby, tear, scribble)

Forward Scratches (forward stab, drag and release)

Intermediate Scratches (chirp, transformer, reverse drag)

Total Training (all 9 cornerstone scratches combined and phrasing)

This course will help you improve your skills and hone in on your scratch technique.

More advanced DJ courses are coming soon!