The Art of Digital DJing

Thanks to recent advancements in the technology department, state of the art DJ gears and instruments are now available to most of us. The fact that you can actually play live sets at local venue using only your laptop and compatible DJ equipment is changing the entire DJ scene completely. A lot of new DJs are invading the market with their unique yet tasteful styles and new producers are producing tracks on a daily basis.

Digital DJing -- how most people call the trend -- is getting more and more popular thanks to available DJ sets and DnB sets as well. With more than enough inspirational boost downloadable at sites specializing in dance music, understanding different genres and finding the right materials or elements can be done swiftly and easily. All you need is enough storage space and an internet connection; sets and mixes can be downloaded to your laptop in no time.

Don't think that with so much tools to help you can actually create tunes and formulate sets easily; this is definitely not the case, especially if you are serious with a career as professional DJ and you care about quality more than anything. Studying proper theories and practices of old-school DJs can help you blend tracks and tunes in a better manner, producing generally more pleasant sets or mixes for your die-hard listeners.

Learn how to play with real DJ equipments as well should you want to play at live gigs. You need to be able to cope with track changing and elements adding to bring your set to life. The audience will never enjoy a monotone, often predefined, sets; you need to watch how your listeners react to different elements and fine tune your set accordingly throughout the play.

All in all, digital DJing can help you master different techniques faster although proper care and approach are still necessary. Make sure you appreciate the development as tools or ways to improve your skills -- not as means to reduce the amount of efforts you need to put into the study -- and you can be the future digital DJ real quick.

Beatplexity is an Internet database of thousands of DJ sets. With over 3000 DNB sets and many other genres including jungle, dubstep, house, ambient, funk, dance and more. The site has a community who are happy to upload mixes and allow them to be downloaded for free and most importantly love music.