King's Lynn · Norfolk · In person

Learn on the kit
that's actually in the booth.

Most lessons teach you a controller. Then you turn up to your first gig, see a pair of CDJ-3000s and a V10, and freeze. Here you're on the real thing from the first hour — so nothing on the night is a surprise.

The kit you'll be on

Club gear, in a front room.

This is the bit that's genuinely hard to find. Most schools teach on entry-level controllers, because club gear costs more than the classroom. Almost nobody has this set up at home.

Hands on a DJ mixer and turntable
Pioneer CDJ-3000XDJM-V10-LF · 6 channel DJS-1000 samplerRMX-IGNITE Technics SL-1210s · vinylDenon Prime Go+
Lessons

One to one, at your pace.

Single lesson

£40 / hour
  • Start wherever you are — never touched a deck, or stuck on one thing
  • All equipment provided, bring nothing but yourself
  • Vinyl or digital, your choice
  • Beginners, juniors and returners all welcome

Block of four

£140 / four hours
  • Save £20 against the hourly rate
  • Long enough to genuinely mix, not just poke buttons
  • Beatmatching, phrasing, EQ, harmonic mixing, building a set
  • Finish able to play a proper 30-minute set
Who's teaching

Thirty years of doing it the hard way.

I started on borrowed 1210s in the mid-90s, learning by wrecking mixes in front of people and having someone older tell me exactly why it went wrong. No YouTube, no forums.

John behind a pair of Technics turntables in the mid-1990s, cueing a record
Me, mid-90s, learning it the hard way.

I've spent the last while writing all of it down properly — that's the rest of this site: 42 free lessons, no signup, no card. The lessons are the same thing in person, on real gear, with someone watching your hands and telling you why it isn't landing.

Get in touch

Book a lesson.

Tell me roughly where you're at and what you'd like to get out of it, and we'll sort a time.

Try the free lessons first

Under 18? Very welcome — a parent or guardian is asked to stay for the session. Happy to have a chat first so you know exactly what to expect.