TECH
BEST DJ/PRODUCER SCHOOLS
mancheSter SuB BaSS technicS
miDi School
connected to the biggest
(SSr)
Based in manchester, this top
clubs and label in the
Though SSr are the world’s
school is an official Steinberg
industry, Sub Bass have
first and only Technics dJ
training centre offering free
a maximum of four students
Academy, courses are not
weekend taster courses in
per class making their dJ
restricted to the ones DJ acaDemy
music production and dJing.
and music production
and twos. There’s music Not hard to work out what
courses include scratching,
courses seriously
production in all the major these guys do – they run
mixing, club promotion and
hands-on. Tutors work at
programmes and they’re dJ courses all over the
the music business.
Sedition dJs, Heat, Fabric,
partial to digital dJing too. uk. If you want a school
Heaven and more.
completely dedicated to
mIdIScHool.com S-S-r.com
SuBBASSdJ.com
the art of being a dJ and
nothing else, then this is the
one to look out for.
dJAcAdemy.org.uk
DJM
AG
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to
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Point Blank
Winners of our Tech Awards
alchemea
for the past five years,
Squarely aimed at people who
Point Blank are obviously
want to start making tunes,
doing something right. It’s
this school has courses in
Sae inStitute
down to their huge list of
Ableton, reason and
This worldwide company is one
respected teachers, an
other home studio and live
of the most respected around,
online radio station and the
performance software.
with courses up to degree level
fact that many of their
They also cover mastering,
in audio engineering and music
students end up making it
plus easy access crash
production. There aren’t any dJ
in the music business. Now
courses in music tech,
courses, but for professional
they have online courses!
arrangement and composition.
audio, you can do a lot worse.
PoINTBlANkloNdoN.com
AlcHemeA.com
SAe.edu
BEST RETAILERS
JB’S harD to finD SaPPhireS
The longest running in the
recorDS
Serving up decks for over
business, JB’s has been
These guys were made
18 years, Sapphires have
hard at it for 26 years. A
famous for their mail order
a pretty big warehouse in
massive 5000 square foot
vinyl service, priding
london with a really decent
showroom has space to
themselves on having
showroom to boot. Their
demo lighting, PA and dJ
virtually everything in
site is up there with the
gear, even try out software.
stock. Now they sell
best, as it looks good and
They offer free delivery and
everything from decks
works well, plus they also
a two-year warranty on all
to flashing skull strobes
run a nice line in video
kit, plus they’ve also just
and a thousand other dJ
demos.
launched a new site, which
paraphernalia. If you
is one of the quickest
deckS.co.uk
can’t find it on their site,
we’ve tried.
it might as well not exist.
JBSmuSIc.com
HTFr.co.uk
GuilDforD DJ
DJM
AG
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SounD & SuPerStore auDioviSual
to
P
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considering how advanced These mail order merchants
ch
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In the business for 14
these guys are, their site are mad at it from 10am–
design is a little dated, but 10pm, seven days a week
WeSt enD DJ
years, these guys claim to
get down to their 14,000 with the catchphrase
Smack bang in the middle of
hold around £1m worth of
square-foot showroom in “Phone today/mix
london, Westend dJ have
kit in their warehouse so
essex and you’ll be met with tomorrow”. They sell
two shops in Tottenham
they’re never out of stock.
a stadium of kit. And with equipment and will also
court road, but the
They’ve also got one of the
the promise of a £100 gift, fix it under their own
strongest string to their
biggest showrooms with
one-year warranty and 19 guarantee for two years.
bow is their mail order and
expert staff and their
years customer service, get the feeling they are
slick web presence, which
website is really slick and
you can’t go too wrong. thoroughly dedicated?
includes useful Westend dJ
responds pretty quickly.
TV video demos.
dJdeAlS.co.uk
dJSuPerSTore.co.uk geTINTHemIx.co.uk
dJdeAlS.co.uk
www.djblackbook.com
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