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Off Centre DJ School is downtown Toronto's most unique boutique DJ & Electronic music education facility. 2018 marks our 14th year!
Our mandate is simple: have fun with records and electronics! We strive to find new ways to teach and creatively express ourselves by playing with sound. At Off Centre we emphasize the roots of DJ culture: Vinyl, two turntables, and a mixer. Combined with modern software and most importantly studio artistry, the creative possibilities are endless. By focusing on turntables and production gear as instruments, performance and creation takes on a completely different shape. While the art of DJing, scratching, and producing has often been clouded by gimmicks, competition, and commercialism, we bring to the learning environment the school of thought that the DJ & Producer is a musician and the turntable an expansive instrument of personal expression. |
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Next Date: Sept 20th, 2018
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Next Date: Sept 18th, 2018
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Next Date: Sept 22nd, 2018
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Our DJ and/or Producer Certificate Programs are the most comprehensive and hands on path to becoming an electronic artist. Whether you're looking to learn the Art of DJing or develop your studio potential as a musician, you'll learn the skills, technical know how, and creative mind set to become a unique and well-rounded artist.
You can take our Full DJ and Full Producer programs separately, or combine the two disciplines with our flagship Full DJ / Producer Program. |
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Open House
Next Date: September 6th // Thursday, 6:30 - 7:30pm
Off Centre's open house is an informational session and opportunity for anyone who's thinking about taking courses, or just curious about what we do to come by, meet instructors, check out our space, and find out exactly what program is right for you. You'll have a chance to experience the intimately designed class setting and catch a glimpse of what you'll learn through conversation and sometimes an impressive demo or two from our seasoned team of professionals. This is also an opportunity to register for your courses in person if you prefer. More... |
Level 1: Intro to DJing
Next Date: Sept 19th - Oct 3rd // Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30pm
A comprehensive 9 hour introduction course covering all the basics of mixing, scratching, and use of equipment. Designed for the beginner with little to no experience on the turntables. The main focus of "Intro to DJing" is to develop hand skills, basic music theory, and experiment with different ways of playing with sound on your very own vinyl turntable setup. More... |
1 Week Intro to Producing Camp
Next Date: Aug 13th - 16th // Monday - Thursday, 6:30 - 9:30pm
This four day intensive program is centred on discovering the potential of making your own original music with Ableton Live. Through a series of challenges designed to familiarize you with the essentials of digital audio production you will be begin to discover not only the technical ins and outs of the software, but most importantly your own sonic identity. By the end of the week each of you will have a fully arranged re-edit as well as the beginnings of your first original production piece that you will present to the class. More... |
Weekend DJ Workshop
Next Date: Aug 25th // Saturday, 7:15 - 9:15pm
In our fully equipped, relaxed, and inspiring environment we guide you through two hours of fun filled exercises designed to maximize hands on time navigating the traditional two turntable and mixer setup. This workshop is a thorough introduction to the fundamental skills of DJing and will help you decide on the next step. More... |
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The crab scratch was invented in the 90s by Qbert, a turntablist technique that uses 2, 3, or 4 fingers in sequence and uses the thumb as a spring to cut out the fader. This creates a rapid fire sequence which in theory is much like the transform, but the result is usually much faster and the cut off is a bit less abrupt. The crab can be combined with several other record hand techniques and cross fader techniques which create endless creative possibilities. Before we get into all that though, lets take it one finger at a time! ... Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel for more tips, trick and tutorials. |
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