TIPS & TUTORIALS By Olivier Meijs (Founder of DJ School Amsterdam)One of our quickly developing talents, Dina van Diest, linked us to this Dutch video about the lack of female DJ's. Very aware of this sad status, we as DJ School are proud to show the percentages...

TIPS & TUTORIALS In deze video vertelt directeurtje Roeland Meijs je over 5 manieren om meer in je kracht te gaan staan in 2019. Zo wordt je leven namelijk leuker, dynamischer en kan je anderen laten genieten van jouw unieke kwaliteiten. Namens het hele team van...

TIPS & TUTORIALS Going to your DJ-gig with one single USB stick, from a popular brand and without anything attached to it, is recipe for disaster! Here are our tips to save your whole performance before, during and after getting on stage!DJ's used to polish their...

TIPS & TUTORIALS Find out about the six essential elements that make you become a succesful professional DJ. The good thing is that talent is not one of them, so that means with the right attitude and focus you can become a professional!

TIPS & TUTORIALS Many starting DJ’s struggle in finding a DJ name that fits them. One that sounds a bit cool, feels familiar and holds up between the famous names that you like to share the bill with, one day. We see that a lot of our students choose names that we...

TIPS & TUTORIALS Dit is hem dan, de ultieme lijst van kwaliteiten waarover een top-dj beschikt. De lijst is tot stand gekomen op basis van de door ons ontwikkelde BIG FOUR DJ. De Big Four beschrijft de vier kernkwaliteiten van een top dj gerangschikt op prioriteit...

TIPS & TUTORIALS New technology made it easier than ever to make two records run smoothly toghether. But usage of this software is a hot issue amongst dj's. At DJ School Amsterdam, we don't use 'Sync' during lessons. But there is no principle on that. We encourage...

TIPS & TUTORIALS Are you a crowdpleaser? Do you really play ANYTHING to make a crowd go wild? Or do you play for those five freaks who like your tracks, ignoring the annoyed ‘simple minds’ who go home early? That is the question that every starting dj has to ask...

TIPS & TUTORIALS Do you know what Future House is? Or where the word 'Moombahton' comes from? In other words: can you keep up in a chat about the origins of your genre? Here are the must-knows to organise your tracks by, and to sound like you've been in the biz...

TIPS & TUTORIALS Many DJ School Amsterdam students come prepared. They have a USB-stick stuffed with tracks and watched many online tutorials about the great art of 'Mixing'. Some of them glorify 'Mixing in key' and take pride in the fact that they memorise every...