No.1 Skill needed for Digital DJ’ing
Hey guys.
Been really getting into Digital DJ’ing and DJTT the last few months and its fuckin amazin haha i love it!!!
What do you all think is the most important skill you need when DJ’ing live? I know there are so many like track choice, track ordering, crowd interaction etc etc etc.
Be great to hear what everyone thinks as i am guessing everyone will have a different Numero Uno.
DJew
Being able to ignore the people that tell you you’re not a real DJ.
IMO #1 will always be track selection. If your track selection is garbage, everything else will be garbage as well.
You can’t make butter out of shit.
Style and flow.
Style to give the audience a unique experience, flow to get the dancefloor going.
You could rock a club even if you only use hiphop-slams if you have those two down IMO.
@photojojo…love that comment mate, so true, had so many dj’s here in manchester that i know saying “learn on some real hardware etc”…and these are the ones who barely get gigs!!
@Redlight…“You can’t make butter out of shit”…haha thats real talk!! True.
Yeah the #1 skills remains being able to give the crowd what it wants.
#1 Rock the place
#2 What Photojojo said
I’m really new to this aswell, but I’d definately say knowing your tracks back to front.
#1 for all DJs : Track Selection
#1 for digitalDJs : IMO is to get a good midi mappings and know your stuff well!
selflessness - acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
beat matching.
@DJdyve…yeah thats a good point dude…because we can literally assign anythin with our midi controllers…it makes everything we do so individual and unique…
@Virtual Unknown…ye man can imagine so many dj’s just wana pull out tunes they love that may not be known to everyone…but gota do a few crowd pleasing ones!
better yet, make good midi mappings
ye man…tailor made mapping!!
Although the DJTT ones are good!!
track selection.
Number 1 skill?
mmm…knowing where you are in your set at all times.
Which Mode you in etc…
Gotta keep your head above the water!
as an ableton user, surely you don’t really think that’s still a DJ’s key skill??
Jesus Pose imho!
It’s true that they are ignorant, to a certain extent. What they probably mean is to learn how to beatmatch and control music without having a guided waveform telling you where you are in your track.
Traktor gives you the possibility to DJ fresh tracks that you might have only heard once or twice because you can see alot of info from the waveform
#1 skill (for me), is to always be prepared for the worst (gear wise and mentally). always be able to act fast with a backup plan. Be it CDJs, Turntables, another laptop or a simple iPod. If your PC (Macs never crash 
) gets the infamous bluescreen midset, you dont wanna be the person standing in the DJ booth when the floor is packed, and no music is coming out of the speakers at peak time, 2:00 am.
PS: Your DJ name is a big lol! love it!
You can make butter out of sht but it will be sht flavouired butter, it’ll still spread but it won’t taste good.
I’ve tried. Chocolate spread it ain’t.