Sep 28 2008, 02:58 PM
QUOTE(carsonoel @ Sep 28 2008, 12:40 PM)
Bukit Bintang there have a few places.
since I started a little cluelessly, I will share my experience and my personal views on getting started...
1st off, I don't think it's savvy to pay thousands of ringgits to a tutor when there is a huge resource on the internet on how to beat-match, scratch, read keys, etc. Just takes a little time to find those articles written by veteran DJs aimed at guiding beginners... I felt cheated when I realized all the material given to me by my tutor was just copied and pasted, then printed and renamed.
But bear in mind I'm not talking all tutors aren't worth the money, so far there is one that I think is worth your money ; as he covers traditional hardware fundamentals all the way to CDJ then digital softwares. But think about this also, by paying a tutor what are u aiming for ? You wanna get the basics down quickly with a guide right? Why not learn on your own 1st? I paid so much to understand that, we pay so that we have a a fixed schedule we have to follow in discipline as a step into this new passion/hobby, and also get access to higher standard equipments that we can't afford at that time.
sheet, type too much ; to illustrate me point, there are ppl who can DJ without even going under tutors ; but probably take longer when compared to those that went under tutors. I learned mixing from a tutor using his CDJ800 & DJM600 for some months, and as a beginner I felt clueless when so much access was given to me ; it's confusing, that's why I went ahead and saved some $ to get my own pair of traditional turntables. From there I then only understood what beauty both holds. But a proper tutor imho will teach u from the oldschool gears, so just find a good one ; or just don't bother.
Whether you wanna pay thousands of ringgits to a tutor and get the benefits of good hardware access, proper guidance into the fundamentals etc. Or you would just use that money invest in a set of nice gear, and get started. I can't emphasize enough how much you can get out from the internet nowadays, tutorials, articles, etc.
and like Choong said, Djing is ironically not a cheap hobby/subject... But anything that deals with music electronically is never cheap. Lastly, if I type too much or somehow offended anyone my apologies... since I don't usually type this much...
correct , thats pro's and con's of under tutor .... u can find this 2 kind of people here , except carsonoel and me , i think others is self learningsince I started a little cluelessly, I will share my experience and my personal views on getting started...
1st off, I don't think it's savvy to pay thousands of ringgits to a tutor when there is a huge resource on the internet on how to beat-match, scratch, read keys, etc. Just takes a little time to find those articles written by veteran DJs aimed at guiding beginners... I felt cheated when I realized all the material given to me by my tutor was just copied and pasted, then printed and renamed.
But bear in mind I'm not talking all tutors aren't worth the money, so far there is one that I think is worth your money ; as he covers traditional hardware fundamentals all the way to CDJ then digital softwares. But think about this also, by paying a tutor what are u aiming for ? You wanna get the basics down quickly with a guide right? Why not learn on your own 1st? I paid so much to understand that, we pay so that we have a a fixed schedule we have to follow in discipline as a step into this new passion/hobby, and also get access to higher standard equipments that we can't afford at that time.
sheet, type too much ; to illustrate me point, there are ppl who can DJ without even going under tutors ; but probably take longer when compared to those that went under tutors. I learned mixing from a tutor using his CDJ800 & DJM600 for some months, and as a beginner I felt clueless when so much access was given to me ; it's confusing, that's why I went ahead and saved some $ to get my own pair of traditional turntables. From there I then only understood what beauty both holds. But a proper tutor imho will teach u from the oldschool gears, so just find a good one ; or just don't bother.
Whether you wanna pay thousands of ringgits to a tutor and get the benefits of good hardware access, proper guidance into the fundamentals etc. Or you would just use that money invest in a set of nice gear, and get started. I can't emphasize enough how much you can get out from the internet nowadays, tutorials, articles, etc.
and like Choong said, Djing is ironically not a cheap hobby/subject... But anything that deals with music electronically is never cheap. Lastly, if I type too much or somehow offended anyone my apologies... since I don't usually type this much...
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gotta build my list edy and hopefully get good enough to spin some fresh gigs... if not I can never earn enough to get Rane/Pioneer mixers... 
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