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DJ Tutor way of teaching, A vinyl turntable.

Lesson Beginner Stage 1: Your First Setup November 2008

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Alright folks, Jonathan here again. This is video number three in a selection I'm doing on what is known now as the DJ Tutor way of teaching. Now in video number one and two there was a slight irony because of course I was basically explaining how things should be explained and by possibly watching video number one and two was explanation enough on how I was explaining things. I hope you get what I mean there. But the more I think about it... The more I look into it, I realise that well okay, I can do a video explaining to you how to explain maybe in a school where you work or maybe you've got friends around and you would like to explain to them how to use certain items. So here's the deal, this is video number three and in video number three we're going to be looking at a vinyl turntable like this one here. Alright now let's say you've got this vinyl turntable and you want to show someone how to use it.

Well, there's no point saying, oh, you plug it in, because how do you plug it in? So, what you need to do, you need to explain to them that these are the cables, the RCA cables, red and white, right and left. Also, you need to explain that this wire here on this one is the earth wire. Now, if you don't plug that in, you're possibly going to get some buzzing sound. You need to show them where they actually go into the mixer. Don't just say plug them in because where do they plug in? They plug into the mixer. Then you need to show them the different parts of the turntable. Like I said, no point saying plug it in and play because what's that? What's this here? What does this bit do? And what's underneath it? What is this bit here? What's this bit? What does this bit do here? What is that bit there? What is one of those?

The underside. I mean, basically you've got to show all of the individual bits in a video or maybe at a school you are working at and show them, explain how to turn it on and off, the start-stop button, 33, 45, what on earth does it mean? Why didn't they put 52 and 97? Why did they put 33? Why did they put 45? Anything like that, what is that for? All these things... These are very important because you're basically showing the basics of a first tutorial. The people you might be teaching, this is the basics they will need to find out before they even turn the thing on. I hope you get the general idea and this is video number three on the very basics of how to teach people. Practice and enjoy!

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