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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: January 26th, 2019
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Next Date: January 27th, 2019
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Next Date: January 26th, 2019
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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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After School DJ (7 - 11 years)
Next Date: Nov 1st - Dec 20th, 2018 // Thursdays, 4:15 - 5:25pm
Our DJ programs are designed to engage the creative imagination of students from all musical backgrounds. With the majority of learning being hands on, we encourage students to use their early mistakes as a way of discovering new things and to build confidence. This course is expertly tailored to youth, giving you a taste of DJing by learning all the technical aspects of mixing, scratching, and use of equipment. More... |
Level 1: Intro to DJing
Next Date: Nov 28th // 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 Producer Intro
Next Date: Dec 17th - 20th // 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. You'll be exposed to a variety beat making techniques, basic melody composition, arrangement essentials, and strategies to get the most out of your audio with FX. 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: Nov 24th // 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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What is Sound Design? What is a Synthesizer? How can I design my own lush pads? We invited Stranjah to answer a few of these pressing questions in Part 2 (of 3) of our new tutorial series. Using Serum as a VST in Ableton we explore the essentials of Sound Design with arguably one of the best synths currently out there.
Serum is a wavetable synthesizer with high-quality sound, visuals and a creative workflow-oriented interface to make creating and altering sounds fun. You can create, import, edit, morph wavetables, and manipulate these on playback in real-time. Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel for more tips, trick and tutorials. |
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