Brolic Army DJ School by DJ Rob Swift

  DJing with others has so many benefits. Whether you’re in a crew of battle, resident or streaming DJs, the brotherhood that comes with getting creative with other like minded people can have lasting impacts on your life! DJing with others has so many benefits. Whether you’re in a crew of battle, resident or streaming DJs, the brotherhood that comes with getting creative with other like minded people can have lasting impacts on your life! Share & Build Together We live in a time in the DJ scene where DJs tend to feel isolated because the principal way we communicate amongst each other is through our smartphones. But when you’re physically surrounded by other DJs, practicing is more fun because you get to SHARE & BUILD TOGETHER. Inspiration to be creative is heightened when you get to develop your ideas with the help from your peers. Community Collaborations with DJs who are at a similar age and skill level, leads to the evolution of COMMUNITY. Becoming a part of any music ...

  Masterclasses at Brolic Army DJ School by Guest Teachers are here! This course is a hub for DJ tutorials by our guest teachers. From Battle routines, to scratch composition this course will offer you a cornucopia of perspectives to draw inspiration from. Hand-picked guest teachers representing the most creative and talented DJs around teach our Masterclasses. ‘Masterclasses’ at Brolic Army DJ School are an exciting added feature to help diversify your learning experience. We strive to give a holistic approach to DJing at Brolic Army DJ School and how better to do that than bringing the pioneers straight to you. From other members of the X-ecutioners to DJs who have worked with the likes of Public Enemy and other Hip Hop icons, these masterclasses lift the veil on the mystery of the DJ world. Masterclasses Course Breakdown: 001: Total Eclipse’s DMX Routine 002: Johnny Juice on How to Arrange your Scratches 003: John Swan’s “Hit Me Wit’ Da Horns” Scratch Routine 004: DJ 8-Ball teac...

  The information disseminated in our latest Brolic Army DJ School blog serves to help our students contemplate how to generate and maintain financial stability in their DJ careers. DJing is fun, but developing ways to secure your livelihood as a DJ makes LIFE FUN. So think of this as much of a discussion on how to make a great living as a DJ as it is a blog on enhancing your perspective towards the art of DJing. Making A LOT of money in the field of DJing is not as hard as it might seem. It’s the part where you need to think of yourself as an entrepreneur that trips most people up. The biggest reason why DJs fail to earn the kind of money you can retire with is because they’re not cognizant of the fact that music is a business, and needs to be treated as such. The most common mistakes made by DJs are: Not Having Solid Goals Would you willingly be a passenger on a ship navigated by a captain that has no idea how to reach his destination? To earn a good living as a DJ it’s imperativ...

  I prefer DJing indoors to outdoors 100% of the time. Especially as the weather gets colder. College GameDay Week 9 at the campus of Michigan State was a perfect reminder of why I feel this way. DJing in bad weather is tough on your gear and your hands. But when ESPN is depending on you to keep an audience of hundreds of people energized for 90 minutes you must adapt to Mother Nature. Here are my TOP 3 TIPS FOR DJing IN COLD WEATHER: 1) Get to the gig early and let your instruments acclimate to the temperature. Radical shifts in temperature (both up and down) can damage your equipment. So I recommend bringing the turntables, mixer, etc., in their cases, leaving them on stage IN their cases for a while, and then taking them out just before your set begins. 2) Wear a hoodie. A long sleeve shirt or sweater alone won’t cut it. Hoodies are perfect cause they have that center pocket you can easily slide your hands in to warm them up! 3) Hide your laptop if possible. I lucked out today c...

  I’ve never been one to gloat BUT… If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked “Rob, what is the secret to Beat Juggling…” or “Yo, I’d love to get together with you and practice my beat juggles…” I’d be writing this article from inside my vast Westchester, NY estate. Specifically, inside the library quarters. On a dumb long table. Hand carved out of Macassar Ebony wood. Straight up yo! But I rarely have a nickel on the occasions I’m approached about the mystery of “Beat Juggling”. Therefore, I’m forced to write you this article from my Jackson Heights apartment. In my living, on my black leather bachelor couch. I’ll make it to Westchester one day though, ha! Aight man, back to Juggling. Battle season is right around the corner. Thus, I know many of y’all are locked in your bedrooms, training for what comes down to 6 minutes of your best stuff. Six minutes man, that’s all you got and you gotta make the most of it. So with that, the following article will impart my 10 basic pri...

  As much as dropping on “the one” and learning how to merge two songs of varying speeds is the groundwork of DJing, these are also generic techniques that most capable DJs possess. You’re here, reading this because you’ve reached the point in your DJ journey where you’ve acquired the skill to do both and you’re ready for the inspiration to take your DJ knowledge from universal to unique.  I’m here   to help with that! In my  Advanced DJing — EQ Mixing and Looping   tutorial, I’ll teach you how to camouflage transitions from one song to the next using a mixer’s equalizer. I also give tips on how setting loops in your Serato DJ app, facilitate various pathways for you to approach your transitions in other creative ways. Put simply, this is all critical stuff you need to learn because once you master the bedrock techniques of DJing, it’s important for you to do so without compromising your own individuality. The act of learning should never result in compromising ...

  DJ Rob Swift teaches this Advanced DJing course at the Brolic Army. Rob Swift covers techniques such as EQ mixing and incorporating loops into mixes. This course focuses on elevating DJ sets and routines and features tutorials on more complex and elevated mixing techniques, as well as ways of incorporating the three main facets of DJing (mixing, scratching and beat juggling) into your work. Other Upper Level classes include Advanced Scratching and Advanced Beat Juggling. Refer to the  courses page   for these! Advanced DJing Course Breakdown: EQ Mixing and Looping: How to camouflage transitions from one song to the next using a mixer’s equalizer. More lectures coming soon! Best suited to intermediate or advanced DJs that want to elevate their sets and routines. Advanced DJing is for students who have strong foundations in the techniques of DJing. DJing is best-learned step by step, building your skills one block at a time, taking the time to learn about each technique w...

  This learning pathway will help Advanced DJs navigate our courses and find the best learning pathway to suit their needs. We consider advanced DJs to be those with solid foundational skills in mixing, set building, fundamental scratching. Where to start? We recommend browsing over the  Basic Scratching course   to ensure that you do cover the scratching bases in terms of skills, technique and undoing any bad habits that self-taught DJs may have encountered. We assume that an advanced DJ is set on mixing by ear, dropping on beat, set arrangement and hand alignment and mechanics. What course should I begin with? 10 Root Moves of Beat Juggling This is our most popular course for intermediate and advanced DJs. This course takes you through all 10 of the root moves in details. This is the most comprehensive beat juggling guide out there. Rob explains how to manipulate drum beats, words, etc. on both left and right turntables simultaneously through the application of the 10 R...

I prefer  DJing   indoors to outdoors 100% of the time. Especially as the weather gets colder. College GameDay Week 9 at the campus of Michigan State was a perfect reminder of why I feel this way. DJing in bad weather is tough on your gear and your hands. But when ESPN is depending on you to keep an audience of hundreds of people energized for 90 minutes you must adapt to Mother Nature. Here are my  TOP 3 TIPS FOR DJing IN COLD WEATHER: 1) Get to the gig early and let your instruments acclimate to the temperature. Radical shifts in temperature (both up and down) can damage your equipment. So I recommend bringing the turntables, mixer, etc., in their cases, leaving them on stage IN their cases for a while, and then taking them out just before your set begins. 2) Wear a hoodie. A long sleeve shirt or sweater alone won’t cut it. Hoodies are perfect cause they have that center pocket you can easily slide your hands in to warm them up! 3) Hide your laptop if possible. I lucked...

  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...

  If you are a newbie to the  DJ world ,  then congratulations! You are here at the right track with us because we are going to introduce you some of the best basic and premium equipment when starting a DJ set-up. This process is often overlooked by new DJs. But it can be considered the most important key point to bring your set up to stand out of the crowd. A great set up could help you in the long term. Set Up Options for Beginners Recommended a pair of turntables DJ Mixer Cartridges and Needles Slip Mats Speakers Headphones Control Vinyl or Records 1. Turntables Though turntables are at the premium end of the product market. Starting with turntables will allow you to develop key DJ instincts and skills that are best developed on turntables. We strongly recommend that you begin with this setup for our courses. Recommended: Technic 1200s 2. DJ Mixer Mixers are essential to any DJ setup. A DJ mixer allows you to control and manipulate multiple audio channels. Our favorite...