Top 5 How To DJ Books
Are you still struggling to become a DJ? Are you still stuck in your room, mixing away for hours, living the simple life as a beginner DJ?
You may be asking how you can excel beyond the bedroom and begin playing some real gigs. The only problem is that you don’t really know how to and no one is going to tell you.
Well, besides blogs like this one (and a few others) there aren’t many resources for Beginner DJs. Luckily, there are many books available which teach you how to DJ.
Learning how to DJ with books seems counterintuitive at times but you wouldn’t believe the wealth of information contained in these books. Many of them are written by big name DJs, masters of their craft, passing the information to you so you can become successful too.
Out of all the DJ books available online, I want to share with you what I think are the Top 10 books that teach you how to DJ.
Let’s start this list.
5. How To Be A DJ by DJ Chuck Fresh
“You’ve seen them at weddings and in clubs. You’ve heard them on the radio. DJs who get paid for talking, playing music, and having fun. Now you can, too. “How to Be a DJ” shows you how. You’ll learn all about the three different types of Disc Jockey jobs—radio, nightclub and bar, and mobile.
“How to Be a DJ” gives you everything you’ll need to be successful in all three fields by showing you how to get started and how to get ahead. Learn the major advantages and disadvantages of each field. Covers group dynamics, contests and promotions, music, equipment, terminology, trade secrets, and so much more. Get ready to fulfill your DJ dreams!”
4. The Mobile DJ Handbook, Second Edition: How to Start & Run a Profitable Mobile Disc Jockey Service
“The Mobile DJ Handbook is full of expert advice, practical tips and creative strategies for achieving success as the owner-operator of a mobile disc jockey service. Written for both the newcomer and the experienced DJ, the book includes details on how to market and sell your services and a wealth of specific ideas that will help you develop and expand your business.”
“This book contains information on becoming a professional, securing bookings, buying equipment and music, and running party dances, contests, and games. Included within the text are sample contracts, an advertisement and brochure, as well as resource information. Comprehensive and current, The Mobile DJ Handbook is an essential reference guide which offers readers all the knowledge and inspiration needed to run a profitable enterprise.”
3. Digital DJ (DJ Styles) (Ultimate Beginner Series DJ Styles Series)
“Everything you need to know to use the new digital/CD DJ technology. The book includes 2 CDs designed to assist you in learning all the latest digital DJ techniques. Includes: Gear, Digital Basics, Music Theory, Beat-Math Mixing, Scratch Basics, DJ Advances and Advanced Scratches. All of these skill sare explained.”
2. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
“In Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, music journalists Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton have written the first comprehensive history of the mysterious and charismatic figure behind the turntables — part obsessive record collector, part mad scientist, part intuitive psychologist of the party groove.”
“From England’s rabid Northern Soul scene to the birth of disco in New York, from the sound systems of Jamaica to the scratch wars of early hip-hop in the Bronx, from Chicago house to Detroit techno to London rave, DJs are responsible for most of the significant changes in music over the past forty years.”
1. How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records
“Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton’s Last Night a DJ Saved My Life was the definitive history of the DJ. Now they gather their mastery of the artistic and technical aspects of being a DJ into a clear, accessible, and entertaining guide.”
“How to DJ is the perfect guide — from the most basic keys to establishing a music collection and a distinctive sound, to elementary record-spinning, to the complex skills of scratching, hot-mixing, and beat-juggling, as well as the inimitable art of creating an evening of sound that is perfectly timed, balanced, and unforgettable.”
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