DJ Intermediate Learning Pathway
This learning pathway guide will help intermediate turntablists find out the best way of navigating our courses.
We classify intermediate an intermediate DJ as somebody who has experience with turntables, can mix by ear, has the correct turntable fundamentals down such as mechanics, hand alignment, and can drop on beat.
If you are experienced with CDJs and controllers but have no touched turntables before or are not used to using turntables, please see the beginners learning guide.
Where to start?
We advise that intermediate DJs do browse over the Basic DJing course, in order to ensure that they have strong and correct fundamental skills. See here.
Most DJs overlook these fundamentals but without having these turntable instincts perfected, it will be difficult to correctly engage with the next courses.
What course should I begin with?
We recommend that DJs who are confident in their basic skills start with:
Basic Scratching
An intermediate DJ may know how to execute some of the basic scratches, but its critical that you review all of this course material. Rob teaches that correct fundamentals of basic scratching, along with training camp videos that will give your skills longevity and full creative potential.
In this course we review the 9 cornerstone scratch techniques, the baby, scribble, tear, forward release, forward stab, forward drag, reverse drag, transformer and chirp scratches. As well as learning each technique, this course is designed to help you learn how to phrase scratches so that you can take your knowledge to the next level, creating scratch routines, improving social media content and more.
See the course here.
10 Root Moves of Beat Juggling
This is our most popular course for intermediate 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.
See the course here.
Advanced Beat Juggling
Now we start to move into advanced DJ territory.
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.
Once you reach the end of this learning pathway you will be well on your way to becoming a master of the DJ art.