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So you want to set yourself up as the local DJ? Good on you. While the term DJ is not an instrument, DJ equipment is actually used as a musical instrument, because the turntables and DJ mixer are used to modify or influence sounds that are already recorded to generate new music by the turntablists or as they are also known as battle DJs. What you need to start saving for in the way of basic equipment would be a good set of headphones, a mixer, speakers, turntables/DJ controller, and accessories including USB pen drives or bigger external hard drives - this all relies upon the physical space you have in your practice area, how far you can stretch your budget and the format of music you want to indulge in because the music is what will influence the of DJ equipment that you will need in the end.

Typically you would need record turntables, compact cassettes, CDJs, or DJ software on a laptop. The unit that allows you to play music from multiple decks, at the same time giving you the ability to preview songs before playing them so allowing your audience to hear all at the same time - is called a mixer.. The term turntable entails a device that rotates that can hold a record of any vintage. Decks are what you play music on. Usually a mixer will have two or more connected to it.

A truly good setup cost will probably set you back many dollars - back in 2010 I had to help out a friend of mine to the tune of $4500, however, many years have passed since and unless I went and priced each individual item, I am quite certain that that number of dollars has increased heaps in the last twelve years. Good clean copies of the latest tunes also need to be paid for and as I say the price used to be between $3 and $6 - mark my words, I think nowadays that price will be far outdated. Of course to start out with you can look around for used equipment as there is always a DJ who has lost interest, no longer gets the gigs, wants to change careers or might I laughingly say - has got themselves attached to a life partner who no longer wants to know about that side of you. Some clubs carry their own equipment, which means you only have to turn up, however, not all clubs are so well equipped and may only provide a PA system with you bringing the rest. You would have to make enquiries about that before promoting yourself.

So What does Every DJ need?

Monitor speakers.
Mixer.
Turntables.
Vinyl records or a laptop computer.
DJ software
DJ Practice Journal.

As regards a DJ Practice Journal, you might think that you can learn the skills of being a DJ in under an hour. However, it takes more than that to make a good DJ. Learning to scratch takes many more hours I can assure you. As each year passes, it might seem to you that the rise in knowledge of technology should makes a DJ's job less difficult, however, the skill needed - the expertise expected to be inbred into you in order to know what your audience wants to hear and when truly a knack that is definitely hard to educate another person into. While there are no relevant qualification exams or tests that exist to become a disc jockey, usually, most radio disc jockeys get their experience along the way of life at radio stations that are run within the college campus, their local at home radio stations or in small markets. Some even wriggle into an in-house probation period during their school terms to learn the equipment used in the industry and to get a taste of the style of successful radio personalities. The median wage is substantial and would provide a career for you easily in financial terms.

Kindest regards
Debbie Nicholson
19 January 2022