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Ever seen a YouTube clip, a Boiler Room set on video, or of course a top DJ at a club night or festival, and thought to yourself: "How do they do that? WHAT did they just do? I wish I could do it..."

I'll let you into a secret: I don't EVER think that!

You see, in my time as a pro DJ and club promoter, I got to play alongside many of my heroes. International DJs at the top of their games.

What's more, I stood right next to them as they played their sets, watching their every move, soaking it all in, asking questions.

So when, many years later, our students here at Digital DJ Tips started sending us shaky clips from their phones, saying "Can you tell me what the DJ is doing here? It's awesome!", we saw an opportunity to help.

The result? Our unique series of "Mix Deconstructions".

In these concise "mini courses" (each is about 20 minutes long, with two or three videos and sometimes a "cheat sheet"), we help our students to understand complex DJ mixes done by the best DJs in the world - names like Jazzy Jeff, DJ Craze, Carl Cox, Todd Terry, Roger Sanchez, DJ Yamato, James Hype - and to do them themselves, on their gear.

They’re all part of Digital DJ Lab - find out how you can access 50+ of these for FREE here.

So here's how our Mix Deconstructions help you to "get inside the minds of the world's top DJs":

1. We identify the tracks being used - sometimes easier said than done! - and share links to buy from Beatport, iTunes etc (and if they're not available, we get or make substitutes for our students to use). This means you don't need to Shazam and go hunting for the tracks yourself. A lot of people give up right here...
2. We demonstrate the mix being done, by us - this is always in a controlled studio environment, on controllers and laptops. The idea is to show you that it IS possible to do it on YOUR gear
3. We break it down step by step - here we explain what is going on at each stage of the mix. We use annotations and multiple camera angles on the decks and mixer to make it all clear. This is when students typically get the "aha!" moment and realise that they CAN do it and actually, often they know a lot of it already!
4. We S-L-O-W it right down - a bit like a guitarist learning a guitar solo from a half-speed version, except this is done on video. The "slow-mos" and "follow along practice drills" help you to master the skills once you've understood them
5. We answer all our students' questions - guaranteed - Turns out that this is actually vital and it's a big reason why we have a team of nine full-timers here at Digital DJ Tips! If you're stuck, or you can't find a feature or function on your gear, we guarantee to coach you through it

OK so finally (and this bit is quite exciting), you get to submit YOUR ideas for Mix Deconstructions - there's nothing better than trying and failing, only to have us open it all out for you and show you exactly how to do it!

Want to see some for yourself? They are ONLY in our Digital DJ Lab training, but you can have a FREE TRIAL MEMBERSHIP for a full month right now!

We believe that one of the best ways to learn anything is to copy, and one of the best ways to realise you have the potential to DJ as well as your heroes is to, well, copy your heroes! That's what Mix Deconstructions are all about.

Because the truth is that once you realise you CAN do this stuff, you start seeing tricks and techniques with your own music that were previously hidden from you.

Copying others actually helps you to develop your OWN DJing style.

Now, I have to tell you that there is a drawback: Once they realise that they CAN do this, it becomes a bit uncomfortable for some of our students, because they start asking themselves, "Hey, if I can do this thing that I kept telling myself I couldn't, what other little lies am I telling myself that are holding me back in my DJing?"

But frankly, that's what learning feels like. It's a good position to get yourself into. You'd take it, right? Right now, there are 50+ Mix Deconstructions - remember, these are special mini-courses, each deconstructing a single DJ's transition or skill - inside our flagship Digital DJ Lab mix training, community and coaching programme.

Interested? Experience our Mix Deconstructions for yourself with a month's free trial subscription to Digital DJ Lab*.

It's time you realised you CAN mix like your heroes!

Phil

* This is actually only ONE PART of Digital DJ Lab - the full programme also has Action Plans to teach the general skills of DJing, a private community for support and encouragement, live coaching sessions with me, "Jumpstart Packs" to help you nail particular universal skills fast and exclusive money-saving offers from the biggest names in this industry - find out all the details here.

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