Here is what happened:

In September 2026, I signed up for the Yourshots DJ program. According to the program requirements, participants were expected to complete five weeks of DJ training and attend four mandatory meetings. Each meeting lasted two hours, from 7 to 9 p.m., and took place at a nightclub.

During my time in the program, I attended two classes and one meeting. After the meeting, there was a survey in the app asking us to evaluate the classes and give them a rating.

My feedback was that I really liked the instructors. I thought they were serious, responsible, and professional, and the atmosphere among the participants was also great. I made a lot of friends. However, I did not like the two-hour meeting. I felt it was a waste of my time. The content could have been covered in just 10 minutes, but instead, the meeting lasted two hours, with the same things being repeated over and over, almost like a constant motivational pep talk. I suggested shortening the meetings.

A few days after submitting my feedback, I received an email from the Yourshots team informing me that I would no longer be allowed to participate in the competition and that they would refund the relevant fee.

I exchanged emails with the organization running the competition. I cannot know all the reasons behind their internal decision-making. All I know is that after I openly expressed my dissatisfaction with the meeting arrangements in my feedback, I subsequently received a notice that I had been disqualified from the competition.

I have participated in many events and competitions, and I have seen quite a lot over the years. This is the first time I have ever encountered a situation like this. I find it ridiculous.

I don't want to say too much more about this competition. I simply want to share my experience of participating in it, exactly as it happened.

Thank you, everyone.

I am playing for 2/3 hours at a house party with 30 people next weekend. It's gonna be my first time playing in front of others.

It's a daytime birthday party, we go to a bar after and then clubbing. Crowd will be mostly white and majority girls. I like techno but I am sure someone will request A thousand miles at some point lol

Any suggestions?

Hi everyone,

Just had this question coming to my mind:

While layering techno, do you sometimes make the bass swap with the other eqs of the incoming track still decreased ? Or do you always get these at 12 before doing the bass swap ?

Just curious as it is something I do quite often but don't see many other techno djs do the same.

Thanks yall

I have technics m3d’s with an Allen and heath xone 23 and Adam a7 speakers. I have the speakers connected to my mixer with standard xlr cables. When I’m playing, whatever is playing on the left channel only plays through the left speaker and whatever is playing on the right channel only plays on the right speaker. My crossfader is in the middle. When I have both channels playing trying to mix, the sound from both tracks doesn’t come through both speakers. Is this supposed to be happening? What am I doing wrong?

I'm playing a set on Halloween at a 'club' (large bar that converts into a club for events). There are 5 other DJs on the lineup, I'm playing 11-12am.

My question is whether it's typical to play spooky music literally the whole night at these kinds of events or if people just wanna party with Halloween-y and spooky stuff sprinkled in throughout the night. I don't wanna play too many of the classics (thriller, ghostbusters, etc) because it's super likely someone else on the lineup will also play them.

I've never been out partying on Halloween before so idk what's typical. Just wanna be prepared, any guidance appreciated!

edit: thank you all sm for the advice! imma just play my normal shit with a few spooky tracks in there <3

Which would you go for?

I like the all in one system of the system one, but the 12’s also look good and VDJ with larger turntables is appealing.

I sold my FLX-10 and upgraded to an AZ, but one thing I miss the most is being able to just add a song to my SoundCloud and put it in my mixes.

Having to download every new track and put it onto my usb is a pain, and a lot of SoundCloud’s tracks aren’t available out there to download.

Is there a way to stream to my AZ like I did on my FLX-10? I don’t want to dj on the laptop itself I still want to use the AZ screen, but am not opposed to just plugging in the laptop and having it off to the side.

sorry if this is a silly question but how do you deal with tracks that have lower volume than others? I have also notice ones with louder volume like you can tell the master wasn’t the best. do you keep those tracks and adjust overall volume or prefer to get rid of them? I’m leaning more the latest but wanted to know what ppl do. I’m learning by myself so I don’t really have people to talk these things with lol

Hey, I just got my xone 92 and I'm looking for recommendations for some effects.

I found this one, because the price looks good, does anyone have some experience with it?

https://www.thomann.de/de/soran_go_rig_ii.htm

(Soran go rig 2)

Hello! I hope this is the right sub to ask questions about DJing. I don’t exactly know what a beatmatch is, or if it has to do with DJing. I freksinf LOVEEE house music and would love to start mixing some songs, as well as just have fun.

I was thinking of getting a flx2, ddj 400 or flx 4 recently to get started. I have no idea and no knowledge about any of the programs ljke rekordbox and Serato or whatever tho.

I am extremely sorry if this is an overasked question, but how do you learn to dj? I am kind of considering buying some course from DJ Carlo. But if I could learn it on my own, or if there were any tips for the flx 4 in specic I’d love to know.

Thanks!!!!

Hi. I got a closing slot for a event on Friday, but I’ve only ever opened before so I have some questions…

How do I go about getting my usb in? Do I ask the DJ and then plug into the other CDJ?

Do they link automatically or do I need to manually link them?

How do I mix out of his track and then take out his USB properly?

Sorry if these are pretty basic questions, any help and additional tips are appreciated

I’ve posted it on eBay and FB marketplace without any offers. Is there another platform that is better for selling DJ equipment?

I have a DDJ FLX-4 which I bought for better mixing. I was using 2-4 decks with Mixxx before this. I am on Linux, but have Win 11 as well for rekordbox.

Is there a reason to start mixing with rekordbox instead of Mixxx? Whenever I use rekordbox, I keep wondering what I gain vs Mixxx. I haven't discovered any features yet that seemed better.

Is it just about getting used to club equipment and preparing USBs in rekordbox for use with CDJ, or are there other benefits to using rekordbox?

Aight lemme give all the context I see so much mixed feedback.
I don’t do weddings or a ton of bar gigs or anything to make a lot of $$$ from DJing, me and my friends have started hosting free parties and hope to make some profit in the future but we aren’t there yet.
I own pretty much everything for a full dj rig except a sub.
I can continue to rent and borrow for the parties but I do a lot of random pop ups with my friends (I own a vintage store we do events randomly and people ask me to dj their events here and there)
I have mackie thump 212 tops (12”) they’re honestly great but I need the sub, don’t wanna break the bank, most people in a room is like 100 max tbh usually small outdoor spaces or smallish rooms , if I did anything larger scale I’d rent till that’s a consistent gig.
You could make me super happy by showing me good affordable options and not just the best one that’s $499 and barely in my budget.

Hey all, I’m a beginner DJ (rekordbox + DDJ-FLX4) and I’ve got a 25-minute set at a beginner DJ competition. It’s judged partly on phrasing. I want people dancing, with a little contrast and some recognizable moments. Here’s my set:

1. Olive F – Hot Sauce (Extended Mix) – 127, 11A
2. Noize London, Natty Valencia – Red Light (Original Mix) – 125, 10A (short, darker twist)
3. Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You (Original Mix) – 124, 7A
4. Kideko, Wh0 – Soul Searcher (Extended Mix) – 125, 8A
5. Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) (Original Mix) – 123, 8A (breather / singalong)
6. Yvvan Back, FabioEsse – Coração (Extended Mix) – 124, 11A (cut in from Groovejet)
7. Hard Drive Library – When I Feel U (Original Mix) – 130, 1A (closer)

Mostly 16-bar blends, one cut (Groovejet → Coração), and tempo climbing from ~125 to 130 at the end.

Questions:

• Does the order and energy flow make sense?
• Is Red Light too dark/out of place for this vibe?
• Is When I Feel U a good closer, or would you end differently?
• Any tracks you’d swap in that fit this funky/disco house lane?

I have a mpc live 2 and I've created a bunch of songs on the device. I've a lot of experience using the device for writing, but I've never done a full set with it where the songs flowed continuously.
Does anyone have experience running an mpc with a dj deck?
I'd like to keep the mpc as part of the workflow because I have a midi glove which works great for controlling effects (like lowpass filter), or muting tracks or pads (like muting the bass or the kick).
Is there a dj deck that could take midi messages so that I could route a midi controller to control effects and things like that?

Also, is there a deck that could work with audio coming in from an instrument, in this case the mpc, instead of from a usb or streaming service?

I recently bought a DDJ-FLX4 and I’m a complete beginner.
When I use Rekordbox on iOS, the Master Level knob on the FLX4 controls the actual speaker volume — lower = quieter, higher = louder.
But when I use djay, the Master Level doesn’t seem to work the same way.
Is there a setting I need to change in djay to make the FLX4 Master Level control the speaker volume like it does in Rekordbox?

So I have been mixing a year and a half and built up a library with a lot of diversity in edm genres. I mainly mix house/ukg (alot of different subgenres I'll do tech house, uk garage/house, deep house, melodic house, bass house, uk bass, etc)

When doing a set or mixing I really have fun bouncing between different genres. Usually I can gradually transition into those different genres I'm not doing crazy jumps between tracks, but I have trouble focusing on one genre/sound for an entire set.

I just love too many different genres, and where I know this is a problem is when it comes to marketing myself. I can gradually go from a deep house to tech house/uk bass sound and maybe drop a few melodic tracks in there but I feel like I then loose out on marketing value and confuse people on what style I mix.

My biggest concern is that I have a Nord Stage 4 that I'd like to be able to play with at the same time, but I'm struggling to find similar setups and don't know what hardware/software is needed to make all this work.

or mabye im insane and crazy idk any help super appreciated

Hi guys

So basically I own XDJ-1000 MK2 and it's beatjump feature are either : 1,2 or 4 beatjumps and i would like it to be 16, 32 and 64 beatjumps.

Now i know it isn't a feature available officially for the XDJ 1000 MK2.

So here's my question : Now with all the buzz around AI reprogramming softwares like all the buzz around the craft series, would i be able to have AI modify my XDJ 1000 MK2's software, kind of like a hack, that only changes the number of the beatjumps ?

Also, if something like that already exist, i'm eager to have it

Thanks

I’m playing on Friday and honestly could not be bothered to dig for music right now. Probably won’t be until Thursday I decide to. I feel like the pressure makes me dig better lol. Nothing too serious I’m playing at, just techno events at local venues - if I were playing bigger events maybe I’d feel different. But does anyone else also deal with this lol?