Brolic Army DJ School by DJ Rob Swift

  It’s obvious that DJs present music to the fans who love listening to it differently today than they did in the past eras of DJing. Regardless of the environment, you most likely listen to your favorite jams by logging on to your social media accounts, and I can understand how that’s the preferable method. It’s fast and easy! But in doing so, you’re choosing to filter what’s intended as auditory information through your eyes first. This doesn’t mean you’re consuming the art of DJing the “wrong way”. It’s 2023 afterall and we experience life through our phones in these modern times. But people’s social media habits have influenced the main components that make a truly talented DJ. Zoom out of the social media matrix for a bit, and take a look at how much has really changed in how DJs have shared music over the years. Go back in time a few decades, to the 70s, 80s and 90s. The DJs from these eras who are now iconic figures like Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy ...

  Advanced DJing Course at Brolic Army DJ School by DJ Rob Swift 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 ti...

  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...