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Andrew Duffield

Andrew Duffield
Andrew Duffield, founder of Club Ready DJ School and previous to that DJ and Nightclub promoter form 1999 - 2016, then owner and teacher of Sydney DJ School 2015 - 2020 has a lot of experience when it comes to DJIng, running club events and teaching, but his real strength is communicating ideas in a way that is easy to understand and makes learning fun. He often says “DJing is all about connecting like minded people through creating amazing atmospheres that unite”. If you want to learn to DJ you won’t find a more experienced or passionate teacher anywhere in the world.

Andrew Duffield's Articles

7 Common Beginner DJ Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

7 Common Beginner DJ Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

If you're just getting started with DJing and running into problems on the decks - whether it's messy transitions, clashing vocals, or energy dips on the dance floor - chances are...

Andrew Duffield·November 16, 2025
Rekordbox 7: The Ultimate Guide For DJs In 2025 Video

Rekordbox 7: The Ultimate Guide For DJs In 2025

Rekordbox 7 has landed and the internet has feelings. Some people love it, others are tearing their hair out. In this guide I'll show you what's new, what's great, what's not there yet...

Andrew Duffield·November 9, 2025
How to Mix Afro House Video

How to Mix Afro House

In the first video at the top of the page I demonstrate different ways to mix Afro House, including where to mix, how long to play both tracks together...

Andrew Duffield·May 28, 2025
IS CLUB READY DJ SCHOOL WORTH IT?!

IS CLUB READY DJ SCHOOL WORTH IT?!

It's that time of year when everyone's doing sales and I just thought I'd do an article answering any questions you may have about the course and discuss wether you think it's a good fit for you.

Andrew Duffield·May 18, 2025
5 Places in the Track PRO DJS MIX

5 Places in the Track PRO DJS MIX

Are you sick of some of your mixes sounding great and others sounding bad? In this video I'll give you 5 tips on where you can mix in your new track to make certain your transitions sound natural and effortless every single time.

Andrew Duffield·May 13, 2025
5 Mistakes Beginner DJs Make

5 Mistakes Beginner DJs Make

So many people when they first learn to DJ make it unnecessarily hard for themselves and as a result they get frustrated, lose interest or simply give up.

Andrew Duffield·May 3, 2025
YOUR FIRST DJ GIG! MAKE IT COUNT

YOUR FIRST DJ GIG! MAKE IT COUNT

YOUR FIRST DJ GIG! MAKE IT COUNT! If you have a gig coming up or want to know what's involved when playing live this article is Gold.

Andrew Duffield·April 28, 2025
Trouble-Shooting DJ Club Gear

Trouble-Shooting DJ Club Gear

If you're a DJ and have a club show coming up and you're nervous about making the jump from controller to club gear and you want to be prepared for all eventualities...

Andrew Duffield·April 23, 2025
The Ultimate DJs Guide for Streaming Services in 2023

The Ultimate DJs Guide for Streaming Services in 2023

I was against the idea of streaming initially, perhaps that's the part in my that is resistant to change, but recently for the benefit of my students I dived right into it and TBH streaming has a lot of advantages...

Andrew Duffield·April 3, 2025
Sex and DJing Video

Sex and DJing

Sex and DJing - Master Sex Master DJing. Want to score gigs, be a bombshell in bed and overcome your insecurities? Then this video is going to be the game changer you've been waiting for.

Andrew Duffield·March 29, 2025
5 BEST WAYS TO GET DJ GIGS IN 2023

5 BEST WAYS TO GET DJ GIGS IN 2023

If you want to get experience playing live but you don't actually want to go clubbing every weekend, then this article could be the most important written advice you'll receive all year.

Andrew Duffield·March 24, 2025
5 Track Challenge

5 Track Challenge

I had so much fun DJing this. The challenge: a student in the Club Ready Tribe (winner of previous round), selects a genre, selects 5 tracks FROM that genre and then posts in the Club Ready Tribe group...

Andrew Duffield·March 14, 2025
PSY TRANCE SET on DDJ 400 Video

PSY TRANCE SET on DDJ 400

Firstly, thank you for the people that suggested that I do a Psy Trance Set. personally until now, although being a fan of psy trance and going to many a doof in the old days, I've never actually played it before and I can see now that was a big mistake.

Andrew Duffield·February 12, 2025
DJs And Alcohol - A Blessing Or A Curse! Video

DJs And Alcohol - A Blessing Or A Curse!

Now that clubs are starting to take off post covid I am receiving more and more enquires about drinking and DJing , for instance, some people want to know if drinking's ok and if so how much is ok...

Andrew Duffield·January 28, 2025
How to DJ Melodic House and Techno - The Real Way! Video

How to DJ Melodic House and Techno - The Real Way!

The best way to know how to mix specific genres is to find an artist that specialises in a particular genre and then listen to some of their live sets on soundcloud and notice how much of each track they are playing and how they do their transitions.

Andrew Duffield·January 18, 2025
How to DJ - Back to Back DJ Sets Video

How to DJ - Back to Back DJ Sets

With covid restrictions easing a tonne of my students are now getting shows in clubs and some of them have been asked to do a back to back DJ set.

Andrew Duffield·January 3, 2025
THE LOST ART OF TEASING IN TRACKS!! Video

THE LOST ART OF TEASING IN TRACKS!!

Let me paint a picture. I was once out at a club and the music was getting repetitive and some people were leaving and more people were sitting down than dancing and all of a sudden the DJ teased in the vocal...

Andrew Duffield·December 29, 2024
5 Must Know USB Tips - Avoid USB fails!! Video

5 Must Know USB Tips - Avoid USB fails!!

Have you ever used USBS in clubs and experienced problems? Or perhaps you haven't used club gear yet but you're open to it but not 100% sure how it works...

Andrew Duffield·December 9, 2024
HOW TO MIX PSY TRANCE Video

HOW TO MIX PSY TRANCE

The key to killer psy trance sets, and TBH, any DJ set for that matter, is killer track selection and arrangement, which usually comes down to how well you know your tracks or how much research and prep you do before crafting a set.

Andrew Duffield·December 4, 2024
How To DJ With Zero Prep - Load Music and Play!! Video

How To DJ With Zero Prep - Load Music and Play!!

I did a survey last week about the different ways people practise and it seems the majority just jump on the decks and mix without any kind of preparation and get to know the tracks through playing them...

Andrew Duffield·November 29, 2024
Negative Thinking for Success? Video

Negative Thinking for Success?

As many of you know I often take the positive thinking outlook side of things and I've actually done a whole heap of mindset for success videos that were really popular yet I wanted to share something I read recently...

Andrew Duffield·November 14, 2024
DJ Transition Techniques - Using Acapellas Video

DJ Transition Techniques - Using Acapellas

OK let's face it, anyone can do a standard transition between tracks but if you're looking for a way to mix things up a bit and wow the crowd then look no further as the acappela bridge is one of the coolest...

Andrew Duffield·November 9, 2024
UK Garage Mix Video

UK Garage Mix

Due to popular demand I made my first ever UK Garage Mix.

Andrew Duffield·November 4, 2024
Denon Vs Pioneer Video

Denon Vs Pioneer

In this video I'm going to fuel the fire and talk about the big DJ battle, Denon vs Pioneer, as let's face it, many have strong opinions and many people have reached out to me personally asking me to weigh in on this (pause) often, heated debate.

Andrew Duffield·October 25, 2024
3 Ways to Mix Nu Disco Video

3 Ways to Mix Nu Disco

I love my job so much and one of my favourite things is listening to student mixes and giving them feedback. The majority of the time, I am blown away by how talented they are...

Andrew Duffield·October 20, 2024
How To DJ Like Fisher Video

How To DJ Like Fisher

The other day I was at the gym doing some thai boxing and I was listening to a Fisher set and I noticed the majority of the time he was playing the full track and simply mixing over the outro...

Andrew Duffield·October 15, 2024
3 Deck EDM Set Video

3 Deck EDM Set

The truth is I have a very big soft spot for DJIng electro house. It was huge at a time when I was well and truly immersed in the club scene and when playing live and experiencing the energy that came from EDM clubs...

Andrew Duffield·October 10, 2024
DJ TIPS - WHAT TO PLAY NEXT!! Video

DJ TIPS - WHAT TO PLAY NEXT!!

I always say to my students what tracks you play and how much of each track you play is completely up to you and even though there are lots of things to consider when mixing tracks and building incredible playlists that make an impact...

Andrew Duffield·September 25, 2024
3 Ways To Perfect Your Beatmatching Video

3 Ways To Perfect Your Beatmatching

In recent weeks Ive had a lot of people reach out to me, saying that they jumped on club gear and noticed the beats kept drifting apart and because they didn't have any visual reference...

Andrew Duffield·September 20, 2024
How to Mix Bass and Future House Video

How to Mix Bass and Future House

In this video I'll show you how to mix future house and bass house so your DJ transitions work every time. I'll also show you how to mix out of difficult tracks...

Andrew Duffield·September 15, 2024
5 Ways to Practice DJing to Get Results Fast Video

5 Ways to Practice DJing to Get Results Fast

Let's face it there really are so many different ways you can practise and from teaching literally thousands of people I feel the majority only do 1 or 2 ways at most.

Andrew Duffield·September 10, 2024
4 Tips to Epic Success this Year Video

4 Tips to Epic Success this Year

Ok first and foremost, never underestimate the power of setting goals or even intentions. I know I have said this before but life without goals is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle without the boxtop...

Andrew Duffield·August 31, 2024
The EQ Series

The EQ Series

Firstly for those new to DJIng, the EQ controls the different frequencies within each track. Straight up is how the song comes recorded

Andrew Duffield·August 26, 2024
Trance DJ Mix Video

Trance DJ Mix

Mixing Trance is such a great genre to DJ. Big atmospheric breakdowns and drops. Driving bass, often amazing vocals and melodies - I'm hooked.

Andrew Duffield·August 21, 2024
Can you Double Drop! Video

Can you Double Drop!

The concept of double dropping is you play both chorus's together at the same time. Now I'll be honest this is risky as quite often the chorus is the most intense part of the track so putting big bit on big bit can often sound messy...

Andrew Duffield·August 16, 2024
DJing Post Covid Video

DJing Post Covid

Many people wonder what it will be like for DJs post covid. I assure you and know for a fact, venues will be very eager to open again...

Andrew Duffield·August 6, 2024
Progressive House Mix + DJ Tips Video

Progressive House Mix + DJ Tips

When mixing progressive house it's more about the journey - each track tells a story and when put together in the form of a set you need that set to tell a story.

Andrew Duffield·August 1, 2024
What's wrong with SYNC! Video

What's wrong with SYNC!

The advantages of sync are difficult to overlook: firstly it can take the pressure off new DJs big time, as beat matching by ear gives you more to do and remember and if you don't have to worry about beat matching by ear...

Andrew Duffield·July 27, 2024
How to handle requests Video

How to handle requests

DJ Requests. Handling request and drunk people can be the catalyst for a bad night so in this video I will give you tips and insights on how to squash the issues before they arise...

Andrew Duffield·July 22, 2024
Drum and Bass Mix + DJ Tips and Advice Video

Drum and Bass Mix + DJ Tips and Advice

Drum and Bass is so fun to DJ and there's so many ways to mix it. In this video I'll be doing double drops, chopping, vocal overlays, but most of all I will take you on a journey by controlling the energy and flow of the mix, enjoy!!

Andrew Duffield·July 17, 2024
DDJ 400 to Club Gear - here's how Video

DDJ 400 to Club Gear - here's how

I know for a fact, as far as entry level controllers go, a tonne of people are choosing the DDJ400 and why not, it has the same basic operations as the club gear, it reads Rekordbox...

Andrew Duffield·July 12, 2024
5 Step to Prepare a DJ Set Video

5 Step to Prepare a DJ Set

Many people have asked me to do a video on what goes into DJ set preparation, so in this video I will talk through my process with the goal that you can put together some really pumping sets that people will respond well to.

Andrew Duffield·June 27, 2024
Using DJ Headphones Like a Pro Video

Using DJ Headphones Like a Pro

Learning how to mix solely with your DJ headphones is a really good skill to have and whenever you see DJs wearing in ear monitors that's exactly what they're doing.

Andrew Duffield·June 12, 2024
Releasing content (don't be that DJ) Video

Releasing content (don't be that DJ)

DJ Branding Ideas - success as a DJ. This video is all about how you can get a name for yourself as a DJ and start getting shows because people know of you, as opposed to people knowing you personally because you attend their events.

Andrew Duffield·June 7, 2024
Melodic House and Techno DJ Set Video

Melodic House and Techno DJ Set

My first ever - strictly speaking haha - Melodic House and Techno DJ Set. Before I jump in though I'll give you some tips to exploring new genres and crafting playlists!

Andrew Duffield·June 2, 2024
Categorising music Video

Categorising music

Categorising music. I recently did a video on how to get out of sticky situations and the long and short of it is, the more prepared you are the less likely you'll even find yourself in a sticky situation...

Andrew Duffield·May 28, 2024
DDJ 400 Tips and DJ Mix Video

DDJ 400 Tips and DJ Mix

In this video I will do a quick comparison between the DDJ400 to club gear (CDJ's and XDJ's) and then I'll do a mini showcase set. I'll also show you how to prepare your controller

Andrew Duffield·May 23, 2024
DJM Beat FX vs colour FX Video

DJM Beat FX vs colour FX

DJM Beat FX vs colour FX. In this article / video I will talk about the effects you will find on club mixers.

Andrew Duffield·May 18, 2024
Tech House Mix with 3 Decks Video

Tech House Mix with 3 Decks

Due to popular demand I posted a live set - Tech House Mix using 3 decks. The most fun I've had in a long time - massive thanks :)

Andrew Duffield·May 13, 2024
DJ Volume faders vs EQ Video

DJ Volume faders vs EQ

DJ Volume faders vs EQ. People often remark on how I use my volume faders and EQ so today I'll explain why I often use the whole EQ to mix in my new tracks as opposed to volume faders.

Andrew Duffield·May 8, 2024
I want to learn to dj - where do I start Video

I want to learn to dj - where do I start

I want to learn to DJ - where do I start. The beauty of learning to DJ is, absolutely everyone can do it. I have taught people from 8 to 80 and most of these people had no background in music or experience of any kind.

Andrew Duffield·May 3, 2024
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