Get Some 1-2-1 DJ Lessons BY Ellaskins on Vinyl or Old School CDJ with No Lap Top in Site

0:00 My name is Jonathan Ellaskins, the DJ Tutor on YouTube

Alright, my name is Jonathan Ellaskins, the DJ Tutor on YouTube. Now, I'm going to try and say this without offending anybody, but I would like to give you DJ lessons the old school way. Old school, alright? Now, I've got nothing against people who use laptops. Absolutely nothing at all. At some gigs, I will indeed use a laptop because of the functionality, because of the ease of use and not having to cart records and CDs about. But what I'm annoyed at, and this is where I don't really want to offend anyone, is what I call the screen watchers. The DJs who will go to a gig and have the laptop right in front of them and just look at a screen. All the time. They've got that barrier in between them and the public. You should be looking and concentrating at the public, not a screen. Also, back in the day when people had vinyl, we didn't have screens. We used vinyl.

1:15 Shop and buy it because if

We listened. We watched. We were educating ourselves and it was great fun. Now, I'm going to go back to basics. I am going back to basics, but I'm still appreciating and taking in more. Modern day tech. But I would like to teach you the old school way. Would you like to learn how to DJ the proper way? The real way? Back to basics. In other words, the organic way. Go into a field and grow your own veg. Don't go to a shop and buy it because if you grow it yourself, you know where it's come from. You buy it, you don't know where it's come from, do you? So, it's the same with decks. Listen, that is a Technics SL1200 Mark II. There is not a screen in sight. That is a Pioneer CDJ-1000 Mark III. Yes, there's a screen on it. It will show you the BPM, but if you do or don't know, the BPM isn't 100% accurate. You still have to use your ears.

This is what I want to do for you. I want to be able to teach you how to DJ from the basics, from the roots. Now, if you're interested, there is a link in the description of this video. It should be an email and send me. A message. No personal information is ever given away about anybody. I don't say who you are, where you're from, where you live, nothing like that. The lessons are strictly confidential and it's between me and you. We can go via Facebook private video call. We can go through a Google call. Alternatively, we can go through Skype. So, would you like to learn how to DJ on some real turntables?

2:45 We can go via Facebook private video call

If you're interested, there is a link in the description of this video. It's between me and you. We can go via Facebook private video call. We can go through Skype. So, would you like to learn how to DJ on some real turntables? In other words, not a laptop and a screen, but the real deal. Now, if you do have a laptop and a screen, don't worry about it. I can still teach you. I'm happy to give you advice, but if you want to go back to basics, check that out, get in touch, and let's get practicing. There is a fee involved. My lessons are for one hour at a time and they cost UK £20 an hour. Alternatively, if you book five hours. It's £90. Most people pay via PayPal, but you can do a fax transfer, all right?

And it's just me and you. We have fun. It's a bit of a laugh. You know, it's not, right, sit, do that. It's a bit of banter, all right? It's fun. But I make teaching fun. I make learning fun. And when you walk away, you'll go, I get it now. So would you like to beat match correctly? Would you like to know how to mix? Hip hop with drum and bass. Do you want to know how to mix house with techno? Like I know, all right, house is techno, but deep house with techno trance, just anything really. Let's go back to basics. Get in touch, practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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