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Stage 5 Musical Craft Course 2 of 4

Building a Set

Intermediate 11 lessons · 1 h 34 min

A set has a shape: where it starts, where it lifts and where it lands. Warm-up sets get their own lesson here because they are the job most new DJs are actually given, and the one most often misread as a chance to go big.

By the end of this course you will be able to

  • Plan a beginning, middle and end rather than a playlist
  • Play a warm-up set that does its job instead of peaking early
  • Choose an opening track that sets up everything after it
  • Build a set that stands out without being self-indulgent

Lessons

  1. Constructing a set, for bedroom or club

    7:57

  2. Picking tracks for the beginning, middle and end

    12:41

  3. A way of starting a set

    9:14

  4. What a warm-up set is, and how to build one

    10:20

  5. One big tip on set construction

    5:39

  6. Constructing a set that stands out

    12:27

  7. Taking a set to the next level

    7:50

  8. Set construction, the advanced version

    5:31

  9. Opening a hardstyle set

    Optional 5:42

  10. Building a set from randomly chosen tracks

    Optional 7:32

  11. Being random on purpose, to get noticed

    Optional 9:33

The stages are the way through

Below this line is the back catalogue, newest first. Useful for browsing, but it is not a course - the videos are in the order they were filmed, not the order to learn them in. Work the stages instead: each one assumes the one before it.

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