Brolic Army DJ School by DJ Rob Swift

  Basic DJing with DJ Rob Swift Basic DJing with DJ Rob Swift is for beginner or self-taught DJs looking to set strong foundations in their DJ skills. Taking it right down to the core principles, Rob teaches how to mix by ear, how to match bpm, and basic mixing styles. This course will help you manually control the tools of the trade, creating a strong foundation for scratching, beat juggling and all the fun things to come! Basic DJing with DJ Rob Swift Breakdown: Hand mechanics: examining how to manually control the tools of the trade (turntables, mixer, needles, headphones etc.) Listening: analysing the importance of understanding bars, bar structure and quarter, eigth and sixteenth notes. Mixing: explaining how to merge two songs of varying speeds in a seamless way.Dropping on BeatStyles of Mixing Set arrangement: exploring how to apply fundamental DJ techniques in arranging a fluid DJ set.Genre and BPM: understanding how to organise various styles of music. Best suited to begin...

Fundamentals of Beat Juggling with DJ Rob Swift DJ Rob Swift explains in Fundamentals of Beat Juggling how to manipulate drum beats, words, etc. on both left and right turntables simultaneously through the application of the 10 Root Movements of “Beat Juggling”. This course is one of our most popular courses at the Brolic Army DJ School . As a pioneer of beat juggling and creator of the ‘Swing Pattern’ there is no one better to teach these techniques. 10 Root Moves Breakdown: Backspinning + Backspinning with 1/8th and 1/4 note fills Breakdown Pattern Snare Pattern Offset Backspin Rock the Bells Pattern Swing Pattern Chase/Strobe Pattern Single 8th Note Linear Fills Double 8th Note Linear Fills Triple 8th Note Linear Fills This course features over 10 hours of information packed training on basic to advanced beat juggling patterns and techniques. All patterns are applicable to all genres of music. Tutorials are complete with cultural and historical information making this the most compr...

  Basic DJing with DJ Rob Swift Basic DJing with DJ Rob Swift is for beginner or self-taught DJs looking to set strong foundations in their DJ skills. Taking it right down to the core principles, Rob teaches how to mix by ear, how to match bpm, and basic mixing styles. This course will help you manually control the tools of the trade, creating a strong foundation for scratching, beat juggling and all the fun things to come! Basic DJing with DJ Rob Swift Breakdown: Hand mechanics: examining how to manually control the tools of the trade (turntables, mixer, needles, headphones etc.) Listening: analysing the importance of understanding bars, bar structure and quarter, eigth and sixteenth notes. Mixing: explaining how to merge two songs of varying speeds in a seamless way.Dropping on BeatStyles of Mixing Set arrangement: exploring how to apply fundamental DJ techniques in arranging a fluid DJ set.Genre and BPM: understanding how to organise various styles of music. Best suited to begin...

  Most people think you need advanced DJ skills to learn how to recreate a classic beat juggle routine. But do you really? Before I knew about the Root Movements of Beat Juggling, I developed my skills by copying what I heard the DJs I admired do. You see, learning a juggle routine is challenging but not impossible, so long as you have the basics down! STUDENT OF THE WEEK, DJ Frank3000, proves that by following this 5-step process you can teach yourself how to juggle like Mista Sinista or any other master juggler! Step #1: Listen to the entire routine you want to learn. Listening allows you to mentally grasp how the routine sounds. Since our limbs follow the instructions of our brains, it’s important to mentally digest a juggle routine’s structure first. Once you can sound out all of the patterns in your head you’re pointed in the right direction. Step #2: Break the routine into workable chunks. Before you go all guns blazing, trying to perform the “Method Man” routine from beg...

  This learning pathway guide will help intermediate turntablists find out the best way of navigating our courses. We classify intermediate an intermediate DJ as somebody who has experience with turntables, can mix by ear, has the correct turntable fundamentals down such as mechanics, hand alignment, and can drop on beat. If you are experienced with CDJs and controllers but have no touched turntables before or are not used to using turntables, please see the beginners learning guide . Where to start? We advise that intermediate DJs do browse over the Basic DJing course, in order to ensure that they have strong and correct fundamental skills. See here: https://brolicarmydjschool.com/courses/basic-djing/ Most DJs overlook these fundamentals but without having these turntable instincts perfected, it will be difficult to correctly engage with the next courses. What course should I begin with? We recommend that DJs who are confident in their basic skills start with: Basic Scratching An...

  This guide is to help individuals who want to sign up, or have just signed up, navigate the website. Welcome! Thank you so much for coming to see the Brolic Army DJ School. We are excited to show you around and help you get started on your journey to becoming a beast on the turntables! Choose a Plan Membership Plans GET STARTED We have three membership options. The first is the monthly subscription, at $49 billed monthly. The second option is to be billed 249 every 6 months. With this option you save $90 per year. The final tier is the Lifetime membership. We recommend this to DJs who want to stay a part of the community for life. Enroll in your first class Congratulations! Now you are truly on your way to becoming a formidable DJ. To start your first class, select the desired course from the courses page and scroll the to bottom and click “Enroll”. This will enroll you in the course and give you access to all of the lesson material. Browse our Merch and Rep the Ar...

  NUMBER ONE 1982: Buffalo Gals (Malcolm McClaren) As a fan of scratch music you’re probably questioning this selection cause yes, there are slew of other songs which feature more technically progressive scratches on them. However, we would argue a top 5 list in any category merits the acknowledgement of the first, original, pioneer or in this case pioneers in said art or sport. Let it be known, Malcolm McClaren’s “Buffalo Gals” is the first song to ever feature scratches on it. In 1982, a British record producer named Malcolm McClaren flew across the Atlantic Ocean and landed in NYC. His mission, to seek help from DJ gods (we call them gods cause they were 5 Percenters) The World Famous Supreme Team in the recording of what would be the classic maxi-single release, “Buffalo Gals”. Started in 1979, Supreme Team members See Divine the Mastermind and Justice Allah the Superstar initially stepped into the Hip Hop scene as hosts of an undergound radio show on WHBI alongside none other ...

At midnight tonight, the DJ community celebrates the 20th year anniversary of the documentary SCRATCH. Directed by Doug Pray and released by Palm Pictures on Feb.15, 2002, this powerful documentary continues to stand as a symbol for how a small group of marginalized DJs can effect change by banding together. Twenty years later the ripple effects of what DJs like the X-Ecutioners, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Beat Junkies, still resonates. Doug Pray does a thorough job of revealing how the authors (Kool Herc, Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, GrandWizzard Theodore, Grand Mixer D.St…) of DJing as we know it to be today, passed on techniques such as mixing, scratching and back spinning to the younger generation of DJs (Rob Swift, Roc Raida, Q-Bert, Mix Master Mike, Babu, Shortkut, DJ Shadow…). By building on the practices of their predecessors, these young visionaries furthered DJ culture and bum rushed a music industry that pushed them to the background during the 90s. This may surprise you but a...

  You’re probably asking yourself, why should I learn how to make my own edits when I can censor curse words, trigger loops, etc., on the fly while I perform a DJ set? No matter what type of DJ you are, understanding how to make your own edits has it’s advantages. The most important being the creative freedom to do more while you perform your set live. Not having to engage the reverse effect on your mixer on a curse word while a song is playing makes it so you have one less thing to worry about while DJing. This in turn allows you to channel your awareness to other important aspects of your performance. Additionally, learning how to edit is a great avenue to get you acclimated to the world of production, the natural “next step” in the journey of a DJ. This article will impart 4 tips on how to edit your MP3s on iMovie. That’s right, you don’t need to pay for an editing program like Logic or Audacity to learn. 4 Tips on ways to edit an MP3 using iMovie 1. Cut and Pasting sections of...

  Since launching the Brolic Army platform, I’ve taken more notice of how others learn and teach DJ art. From my observations, imitation seems to be at the center of both ends. Since when did copying become creativity? If Hip Hop’s golden rule is don’t bite, yet we see post after post of DJs regurgitating the works of masters like X-Ecutioners, Invisibl Skratch Piklz and Beat Junkies, how can we bring creativity and imagination back to DJing? Welp, here’s 5 ways I can think of: 1. Stop caring what people think. There are battle routines of mine that have stood the test of time. I can perform joints like my “Funky For You” routine today and 30 years after its creation, I still get a positive reaction. Even in cases where my audience doesn’t know the record. That’s because the song itself is a true reflection of my musical taste and when you stay true to what you like, without compromise, the authenticity in your motives trumps everything! 2. Be creatively courageous. Creative people...

  Basic DJing with DJ Rob Swift is for beginner or self-taught DJs looking to set strong foundations in their DJ skills. Taking it right down to the core principles, Rob teaches how to mix by ear, how to match bpm and basic mixing styles. This course will help you manually control the tools of the trade, creating a strong foundation for scratching, beat juggling, and all the fun things to come! Basic DJing with DJ Rob Swift Breakdown: Hand mechanics: examining how to manually control the tools of the trade (turntables, mixer, needles, headphones, etc.) Listening: analysing the importance of understanding bars, bar structure, and a quarter, eight, and sixteenth notes. Mixing: explaining how to merge two songs of varying speeds in a seamless way. Dropping on Beat Styles of Mixing Set arrangement: exploring how to apply fundamental DJ techniques in arranging a fluid DJ set.Genre and BPM: understanding how to organise various styles of music. Best suited to beginners or those wanting t...