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Join the Academy to access our comprehensive DJ program, learn from the legends, apply for our Talent Pool opportunities and play gigs around the world.
The course
Our DJ program thoroughly covers how to prepare, play and perform as a professional DJ. Learn at your own pace with our online lessons.
Hard skills
Learn technical skills, develop your equipment knowledge and master the art form of DJing.
DJ Setups - Pick your equipment 
How to Beatmatch
Advanced Mix techniques
Advanced Set-ups
How to build your set
How to save a bad mix
... and much more
Hard skills
Soft skills
Soft skills
Learn how to build your fan base, network within the industry and shape your career.
How to network professionally
How to communicate in the DJ booth
How to build your career
Errors to avoid when building your brand
How to play with your body language
How to start your local scene
... and much more
Step-by-step DJ sets
You will have the opportunity to view, under the magnifying glass, the DJ sets of our teachers, discovering every step made in their mixes with a step-by-step approach.
HD Camera
Multicam
Stop-play-pause
Zoom in
Captions
... and much more
Step-by-step DJ sets
VR exercises
VR exercises
Learn how to use high end DJ equipment in virtual reality, thanks to our partnership with TRIBE XR.
Selected exercises in VR
Test the newest high end gear without paying the price
Complete set ups
Digital guide and tutor
... and much more
Create your visuals
Build your own stunning visuals to accompany your DJ sets and live streams, thanks to our exclusive partnership with VOLTA.
How to setup live screen visuals
Create your own world
Link to your music
EQ Triggering
... and much more
Build your visuals
Final diploma
Final diploma
On succession of the final exam you will get:
The official Pete Tong DJ Academy Diploma
The exclusive access to the Talent Pool activities
Enter the Talent Pool
Global partners
Play the biggest
global shows
Get featured on
Apple Music
Win tutors' award and play with them
As a DJ Academy graduate you will be entered into our official TALENT POOL, where you will have the chance to apply for the Future Talent Awards, Apple Music DJ Mixes, brand partners and global press opportunities.
The Full Program
A multi-level professional DJ course program, covering hard and soft skills lessons to help you become the DJ you want to be.
- Welcome and Intro
- CARL COX History and Bio
- JAMIE JONES History and Bio
- NICOLE MOUDABER History and Bio
- TSHA History and Bio
- ADAM BEYER History and Bio
- PETE TONG History and Bio
- The Difference between DJing and Live
- The mindset of the Professional DJ
- Basic DJ Booth setup
- Decks focus
- Mixer focus
- Cross Fader
- Headphones
- Understanding phase and BPM
- Learn to count
- Track structure and how to read it
- Phase alignment
- Learn to beat match
- Mix with volume
- Mix with EQ (Low, Mid, High)
- Filters
- Fx and Delays / Reverb
- Loops
- Hot Cues
- How to save a mix
- Mix in Key
- Play more music styles together
- Build the DJ set flow
- Where to source your tracks
- Build your record box
- Set structure depending on the slot
- Club-Festival mix vs radio mix
- Intro handling
- Type of tracks and role into a record bag
- Read the crowd
- Back To Back
- Body Language
- PETE TONG DJ set up in detail
- CARL COX DJ set up in detail
- JAMIE JONES DJ set up in detail
- NICOLE MOUDABER DJ set up in detail
- TSHA DJ set up in detail
- ADAM BEYER DJ set up in detail
- PETE TONG HD multicam DJ set
- CARL COX HD multicam DJ set
- JAMIE JONES multicam DJ set
- NICOLE MOUDABER multicam DJ set
- TSHA multicam DJ set
- ADAM BEYER multicam DJ set
- DJ etiquette tips
- How to build a DJ career
- Travel, work-life balance, ear fatiguing
- The importance of social media
- 3-5 year planning
- Management and booking agency
- DJ as a music maker
- Pete Tong final remarks
- Exam
- Access to the Talent Pool
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Included with every course
2 months of Beatport Streaming
Full access to 20 million tracks to play in your shows and during your academy learning experience
Teachers' Record bags
A record bag selection created by Pete Tong, Carl Cox and all the other PTDJA teachers including their best tracks and hidden gems.
Lifetime Course Access
+ 12 months Student Plus included.
What's included:
Courses
Lifetime Advanced lessons access
Lifetime Beginner lessons access
12 months Student Plus Plan (included).
1 entry in the FUTURE TALENT AWARDS
12 months of Talent Pool activities
12 months of Community access
Monthly live with tutors
12 months 1-to-1 support via digital channels
(8$/month - after first 12 months | cancel anytime)
Bonuses
3 months of Beatport Streaming (Value 90$)
2 months Pioneer Rekordbox Creative Cloud (Value 50$)
10 Chapters
90 Units
English
Subtitles: english, french, spanish, portuguese
Self-paced, no deadlines
365-day access to the Talent Pool
2 Months of Beatport Streaming (value 90$)
Teachers' record bag
Pete Tong's official diploma
10 Chapters
90 Units
English
Subtitles: english, french, spanish, portuguese
Self-paced, no deadlines
365-day access to the Talent Pool
2 Months of Beatport Streaming (value 90$)
Teachers' record bag
Pete Tong's official diploma
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Let yourself be guided by our Experience Manager who will talk you through every aspect of the DJ Academy, including our online learning platform, Talent Pool opportunities and much more.
FAQ
The full course is our most complete course: from the basic techniques to the most advanced ones, from anecdotes to advanced setup understanding.
You will also get a full DJ set from each teacher with step-by-step guide, showing the tricks and setting they use developed over decades of DJing.
The ADVANCED ONLY COURSE is perfect for you if you already master the beat-matching but you still want to learn all the secrets, tricks and most importantly all the advanced techniques by our teachers straight into the TALENT POOL.
You can follow the course using any set-up in your possession, from all-in-one consoles to professional ones (vinyl & digital included) or start immediately with the included BEATPORT DJ software.
Whatever genre you play, you can apply the techniques learned thanks to our cross-genre method.
No, once you purchase the course, it is yours to keep for life, and all the lessons can be watched as many times as you like.
Subtitles are available in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese (traditional), English; French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Portoguese.
All students are supported by our tutors and communication between students and tutors can occur through a variety of media, including instant messaging, support forums and email.
Certificate
Once you’ll finish the course and after the final text (minimum score of 95%), you will receive the Pete Tong DJ Academy Diploma.
Technical & after sale support
Chat and email support are available in English
Once you’ll finish the course and after the final test (minimum score of 95%), you will receive the Pete Tong DJ Academy Diploma.
The Talent Pool is an opportunity for our students to step out of the crowd and be noticed as DJs.
The best students from the academy will have the chance to win the Pete Tong DJ Academy Awards and to be selected to play our PTDJA partner events like DEFECTED shows in Croatia or Ibiza, BEATPORT online and physical events or join the team during IMS IBIZA.
Chat and email support are available in English.
Customer service hours: Monday to Friday, from 8.30 am to 5pm (CET)
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