How do you actually practice new techniques without getting bored?
Hey, I’m about 4 weeks into DJing and I’m struggling a bit with actually practicing new techniques.
Most of my transitions right now are basically EQ swaps, with some loops here and there. I’m becoming pretty comfortable with those, but I really want to start learning more stuff like fader cuts, stems, faster cuts etc.
The problem is whenever I sit down specifically to practice a technique, I get bored pretty quickly 😂 I’ll try it for a while, it doesn’t sound good, and then I just end up thinking
“fuck it, I’d rather work on my set”.
I genuinely love building my set, finding tracks that work together and figuring out the energy/flow, so that’s way more fun to me than sitting there repeating the same technique over and over.
How do you guys actually practice new techniques?
Do you have specific songs you use for practicing things like fader cuts, cue juggling, stems ect, or do you just try to incorporate new techniques into your normal mixing and slowly get better at them?
I’m not trying to become insanely technical or anything, I just want to expand my toolbox beyond EQ swaps and loops without getting completely demotivated 😂
Would love to hear how you guys approach it.