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Mixing is one of the most essential DJ skills, covering a vast field that includes beatmatching, EQing, phrasing, and cutting. If you've got the basics down and want to learn more about mixing techniques, then sign up for this workshop. Marie Midori, DJ and member of the well-known Femme Bass Mafia crew, will show you how to take your technical DJ skills to the next level.

We'll look at the basics of bookkeeping, clarify tax essentials, and give you an easy-to-understand system to help you organize your income and expenses properly. The goal is to give you more confidence in dealing with financial topics.

Few things define a DJ's signature style as much as their track selection. But how do you find your sound and records that aren't already being played by everyone else? Vinyl-only DJ, label owner, and promoter Marie Montexier shares how and where she digs for gems for her sets, how she packs her record bag, and how she keeps track of her collection. This workshop focuses on vinyl DJing.

You feel confident with digital mixing and now want to integrate records into your sets, or are even planning to switch to vinyl-only? Bremen-based ANIS made this transition herself years ago and has since played vinyl-only sets in Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, and at numerous festivals. Now ANIS will show you how to successfully integrate records into your sets or even make the full switch, what you need for it, and what DJs should definitely pay attention to with this new old medium.

Beyond all the musical activities of DJs, self-promotion has become an essential topic for generating bookings and a stable income. In this workshop, Tereza will share what matters when it comes to questions about social media and promo moves, booking agencies, and fee negotiations. The Berlin-based DJ has been living the DJ dream for over 10 years and is now recognized and booked across Europe.

You’ve downloaded Ableton Live and don’t know how or where to start? On your way to creating your own track, Hanover-based musician Luise will help you. She has already released music on labels such as Skylax Records, Im In Love Records, Turnland, Zapped and Covered. As an experienced DJ and music producer, she’ll show you how the software is structured, what the key basics are, and what she wishes she’d known when she was starting out.

This workshop is not about how to mix 'correctly,' but about finding your own style: mixing, but make it yours.Together, we will explore different approaches – from EQing, cutting, looping, or multi-deck mixing.The focus is on developing a feel for energy, timing, and decisions – and trusting it. No rigid rules, no right or wrong, but an open space to refine and rediscover your own approach to mixing.