Learn the art of mixing on the world’s leading Pioneer DJ Mixing console. Learn how to set it up, wire and unwire, player and mixer functions and application, basic and advance beat matching and equalisation techniques amongst many other things.
This is your opportunity to learn more about image building and branding through the power of social media. Learn the importance of stage presence, networking, camera-facing skills and other such tools to grow their audience and accelerate their career in the right direction.
At Lost Stories Pep Talk, students get a chance to meet and learn from Prayag Mehta, who will share his experiences as a renowned DJ. He will also throw light on the do's and don'ts as a DJ. Most importantly, he will share the mindset of being on world's biggest to smallest stages that will help our students to gain insider insights into the field.
SET UP & ROUTING
UNDERSTANDING TEMPO & GENRES
SONG STRUCTURE & TRACK ARRANGEMENT
COUNTING BEATS, BARS & PHRASES
RECORDBOX MUSIC MANAGEMENT
UNDERSTANDING CUE, PLAY/PAUSE ETC
FOUNDATION OF MIXING
CUE & RELEASE
BEAT MATCHING
PHRASE MIXING
HARMONIC MIXING
UNDERSTANDING EQ
EQ METHODS
LOOP & SAMPLE
USING SAMPLES ON FLY
CROSSFADER TECHNIQUES
BEAT EFFECTS/COLOR EFFECTS
USING ACAPELLA
GENRE RECORDING CHALLENGE
RECORDING YOUR FIRST MIX TAPE
BRAND BUILDING
SOCIAL MEDIA DOs AND DONTs
ADVANCE MIX TECHNIQUES
CAREER GUIDANCE &PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT WITH LOST STORIES
A student who aspires to become a DJ, who wants to learn the latest industry equipment, and different types of gear required for a DJ performance. This course is for those who wish to begin their career as a DJ from scratch and get a step-by-step approach that includes learning fundamentals and creative techniques of mixing, how to record, upload and share mixtapes, learn stage presence and personality development. Learn how to use basic & advanced loops & samples in your sets & using samples on the fly. Understand the Beat &Color Effects along with their applications. UseAcapellas on the fly, with a dedicated genres session highlighting how to mix different genres. Learn how to brand yourself as a Disc Jockey across various digital platforms, and learn what it takes to get your performance out there for promoters, venue owners and festival programmers to witness
There’s no minimum age requirement to join the courses we offer.
Music Production to Music Marketing, we have it all covered in detail in our offline courses conducted in Mumbai.
The course is conducted at our academy in Chembur, Mumbai.The student receives a confirmation email about the course enrolment as soon as we successfully receive the fees.
Every batch consist of maximum 15 students. To attend the sessions, students are requested to carry their laptop to take important notes during the sessions.
Once all the modules are successfully completed, the students keep in touch for continuous feedback on their work from our faculty.
Once students have tracks ready for audience consumption, we offer free promotions across all LSA social media platforms.
Lost stories are a name synonymous to Dance Music in India and South Asia. Ranked #52 on Dj mag 2016 and labelled the “Scene Starters” by DJ Mag, Rishab and Prayag began their journey in dance music in 2008 earlier producing Trance and Progressive House and garnering support from heavyweights like Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, BT, Markus Schulz etc. They then evolved their sound with their debut album – Music for the # Generation (Universal Music) in 2012 which was the no 3 Album on Top 100 Dance Albums iTunes Charts.
Ever since, they’ve had 3 #1 singles on iTunes and remixed the likes of One Republic, Afrojack, Alan Walker with releases on Universal Music, Interscope Records, Sony Music and Spinnin’ Records.
Lost Stories are the biggest Dance Music exports with Performances at Tomorrowland (2015-2019), Global Citizen Festival, Mysteryland, New Horizons Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Sunburn, VH1 Supersonic etc.
They’ve done extensive club and local festivals tours in India, UAE, China, Europe, Mexico and multiple South Asian countries.
Lost Stories Academy, an initiative by Lost Stories has been a pioneer in electronic music education since 2015. Lost Stories are India’s most renowned export from India to the world in the field of electronic music production. From representating India at world’s largest festival, Tomorrowland for five times to working with world renowned artists such as KSHMR, Marshmello, U2, One Republic, Alan Walker, etc. They have steadily raised India’s flag on world stages for over a decade.
Rs. 70,000
Students are required to carry their laptop and a Pen-Drive/USB to manage all their music and learn the Rekordbox software. Students do not require their own DJing equipment for the course. The course will be taught on the Pioneer CDJ-2000 NXS2 and DJM-900 NXS2 console at the Academy, which will be made available for you throughout the duration of the course.
The course will cover mixing on only the CDJs. However, the course includes a detailed insight into Rekordbox Music Management, and how to better manage and arrange your music using Rekordbox
Upon course completion, every student will receive a certificate stating he/she has completed the course from the Lost Stories Academy in Mumbai
There will be a maximum of 6 students in each batch
In addition to the training hours, students will be given specific practice & recording sessions. Subject to availability of the console, students can schedule practice hours at the Academy
The Lost Stories Academy will not provide guaranteed placements to students upon completion of the course. That being said, we do provide our DJ course students with regular performance opportunities from time to time. A large number of our past DJ students have gotten opportunities to perform at various Clubs & Festivals through a network of promoters we are in touch with. This, however, is subject to your performance through the duration of the course.
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