The day before the workshop during the silent disco, it was an opportunity to create a close relationship with the youth, get to know them to make the process of learning how to DJ during the workshop easier. They were ecstatic and highly delighted as it was their first time.
The workshop started with an introduction of each participant's name, age and future aspirations. This ensued with a mentoring PowerPoint presentation. We discussed the concept of Focus, self belief, dedication, hard work and commitment and how these values can translate into creating success into a youth's journey in life. Several examples were showed on the presentation to illustrate how someone went from having nothing to something through the values suss-mentioned.
After a very constructive discussion and questions & answers, we, then proceeded to discuss what the DJ gear represented. They learnt about the aspects and function of CDJs, controllers - mixers - DJ Software & Hardware and how to assemble the gear before any DJ gig.
They youth also, learnt the basic principles of mixing by: Selecting a track on the computer loading it into the software Pre-listen the song through the headphones Adjusting the BPM/ speed of the track if necessary Press play - pause – stop
