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So, You Want To Learn To DJ?

• Sick of staring at a computer screen in an office, taking orders from an egotistical boss, AND want to earn some extra cash during the world-wide credit-crunch?
• Or you've been making compilation mixtapes'n'CDs for years, and want to pursue further your love of music?
• Perhaps you think you have a great music collection (and your friends say so, too) and want to share it with more people?
• Or maybe you're looking for a first toe-dip into the pool we call the music industry?

For any of the above, I would wholeheartedly say that if you answer YES, become a DJ!

I have been teaching Virtual DJ for over 3 years now, and using it (and its predecessor, Atomix) for more than 5 years. I've taught it to friends who are now DJs and remixers because of it, swapped tips with friends, family, and DJ veterans, run a course at worldwide top 100 institution the University of York, England...

There are literally hundreds and thousands of

• users across the world
• youtube videos of the software and mixes
• plugins, effects, skins

...the list goes on.

SO, I would go across to the Virtual DJ website (www.virtualdj.com) (no, I'm not paid by or affiliated with them) and download yourself a free trial copy, and start playing. It's free for the first 3 or 4 weeks of use.

My #1 Free Virtual DJ Tip

(No Need to Download anything yet)

(Pay attention here - this alone could save you hundreds of £££, $$$, or €€€!)

There are a few other great products in this ever expanding and increasingly competitve market of PC DJ products. However, you'll probably understand why it's probably the most popular right now.

• It's super versatile - from mixing MP3s, AAC files, WAVs, and support for more with plugs - along with VIDEO mixing!
• It has support for your iTunes library
• They are constantly adding cool features like automatic saving of new songs from the internet RIGHT TO YOUR HARD DRIVE to use in your DJ sets!

I started practising using Virtual DJ and got pretty good, however my computer only had a headphone output and mic input.

Virtual DJ has a cool little feature, however, that allows you to use the left side of your soundcard output for the speakers, and the right side for the headphones.

I couldn't work out how I could run my music into a loud soundsystem AND use my headphones to listen to the next track.

After a few weeks experimenting with unreliable cables and adapters from my local Radio Shack equivalent (I'm in the UK) I finally found one from maplin.co.uk that I'm still using now - THE VERY SAME CABLE - 2 years later. (I don't get paid for that plug, either).

Remember, it's a 3.5mm (1/8") stereo jack (male), to 2 x 3.5mm mono socket/plug (female).

You may also need 1x or 2x 3.5mm mono jack (male) to 3.5mm stereo socket/plug (female) adapters, depending on whether your soundsystem, headphones and/or mixers can run in mono or not.

My setup cost me £8! ($12)

Get yourself that same cable (or an equivalent), and perhaps pick a spare...this is PENNIES, compared to the expensive alternatives...or even going the whole hog for something like Serato Scratch Live, Traktor Scratch Duo, Torq, or something else (several hundred big of whatever your favourite currency is)

Once you have your equipment, you'll be up and running to international success in no time!

Want to hear more...?

Want to hear more of my money and time saving tips? Just enter your contact details below to gain access. Do it sooner rather than later as you only get a few weeks of free use of Virtual DJ in their trial...and you want to be up and making money ASAP so you can afford to buy a copy!

Inside I talk about:

• Exactly how to care for and store your "pennies" audio adapter so that you get the same use as a £300 soundcard, and more detailed breakdown of its use in Virtual DJ and live club setups...and which cheaper alternatives are guaranteed to FAIL and RUIN your DJ set at maximum volume, in front of hundreds of paying customers!
• More on why I use and teach Virtual DJ
• What I've learnt in over 10 years of working with music
• Dozens of DJing and mixing tips if you're a beginner, intermediate, or have been DJing for years
• How you can go beyond just DJing, and become a superstar

DJ AK

I've played at

• Studio Valbonne
• Embassy
• British Luxury Club
• 20
• Divo
• M1NT
• JuJu
• So.uk
• Anexo
• Verve
• Biagio
• G-Casino
• The Farm

...in London, along with bars and clubs in York

Praise for DJ AK:

• “Addicted to your beats” Orlando, London

• “You have a passion for music...and your beats are really intricate!” Kosmetiq

• “I love what you play” Leanne Page, Page management

• “Pleasure to have you play” Smitin, manager of M1NT, Mayfair, London

• “I love what you play, stay in touch” Manager of 20 Kensington High St, London

• “[For your mixing and Djing] You're a legend!” LDub - iDance choreographer

• “Great music!” staff at Biltmore, York, and G-Casino, Piccadilly, London

• "Can't believe you just mixed Dre's whole album, live, with no headphones!" Adam, London

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