Dont memorize. Apply!

[xomel]

Hi, I'm Xomel, I'm a DJ in training and Im here to share my advice and words of experience. I do not have much experience, but I have experience being novice, and being a good novice is required before you can move up.

When I first came to this forum, and when a lot of other users come to this forum. Many of you end up trying to memorize everything you read here. This is not good, its bad. you can memorize an entire play or a move but its not going to make you any better at the game until you apply your learnings.

DJology is like math. When learning math you dont memorize "1291 x 23 = 29693." You think about it then solve it. Then the teacher gives you more problems to solve. After you solve so many problems it becomes like a nature, like an instinct you become much faster and its natural. Same with DJing, when you read a post on the DJ bible, or a do not try memorizing it, try applying it. You can apply it by the following means:

1. Practice it on a person, anyone. If you are practicing eye contact try it on your parents or a sibling.
2. Practice it on someone over the phone. If you are practicing Neg-hits call up a random girl on the phone and practice it.
3. The best yet: Come up with your own situation in your head where you must apply what you learned to beat it.

So simply, instead of spending 20 minutes on the computer like you do all the time, just spend 10 minutes reading a post, then 10 minutes applying what you learned. It's like in class when the teacher shows you how to do it, you must practice it before you can do it when the problem comes up in reality.

I hope this helps,
-Xomel

 

[Capi Crimini]

DJology is like math. When learning math you dont memorize "1291 x 23 = 29693." You think about it then solve it. Then the teacher gives you more problems to solve. After you solve so many problems it becomes like a nature, like an instinct you become much faster and its natural. Same with DJing, when you read a post on the DJ bible, or a do not try memorizing it, try applying it. You can apply it by the following means:

hmmm... Thats funny I was always taught to memorize math... Jeves nipentum insignum verserum numern Caputa Puella Vinni Junorana Puelli, Canas, statit mena, Cooqus, plaudit FURCIFER! PESTIS! non- sensus, ego cunnus, ta , anulum insig, plated, non il oryu ceadvi sksus!

 

[xomel]

yes, but before you can memorize it you must apply it, i can understand that you have been taught to memorize math if youve never gotten passed your multiplication tables but still. Before they teach you to memorize the multiplication tables they teach you the concepts, the purpose, how it works etc...

 

[Capi Crimini]

Hmmm... nope not in my class... We were taught the exact opposite way... I still understand the analogy. I'm just saying.

For my class they taught me to memorixe the numbers... They never taught us how to use them until after we had memorized them. Infact in memorizing them most of us learned the connectino between the concept and numbers. So it was easier for us to learn...

Good luck DJing.

 

[Smooth as Anything]

Originally posted by xomel
Hi, I'm Xomel, I'm a DJ in training and Im here to share my advice and words of experience.

That pretty much sums up your post in it's entirety.

 

[xomel]

Smooth as Anything

Posts: 1190

That pretty much sums up your life in its entirety.

 

[bubbles]

cool!

 

[Thraxeh]

Originally posted by xomel
Hi, I'm Xomel, I'm a DJ in training and Im here to share my advice and words of experience. I do not have much experience, but I have experience being novice, and being a good novice is required before you can move up.

When I first came to this forum, and when a lot of other users come to this forum. Many of you end up trying to memorize everything you read here. This is not good, its bad. you can memorize an entire play or a move but its not going to make you any better at the game until you apply your learnings.

DJology is like math. When learning math you dont memorize "1291 x 23 = 29693." You think about it then solve it. Then the teacher gives you more problems to solve. After you solve so many problems it becomes like a nature, like an instinct you become much faster and its natural. Same with DJing, when you read a post on the DJ bible, or a do not try memorizing it, try applying it. You can apply it by the following means:

1. Practice it on a person, anyone. If you are practicing eye contact try it on your parents or a sibling.
2. Practice it on someone over the phone. If you are practicing Neg-hits call up a random girl on the phone and practice it.
3. The best yet: Come up with your own situation in your head where you must apply what you learned to beat it.

So simply, instead of spending 20 minutes on the computer like you do all the time, just spend 10 minutes reading a post, then 10 minutes applying what you learned. It's like in class when the teacher shows you how to do it, you must practice it before you can do it when the problem comes up in reality.

I hope this helps,
-Xomel

u need to memorise what ur gunna do before u apply it.

imagine going out, and then walking up to some chick, not remembering the DJ way

 

[Capi Crimini]

Smooth as Anything

Posts: 1190

That pretty much sums up your life in its entirety.

Look again no0b... PostsPerDay... Your about the same... He's about 1.7 and your 1.3

Showing me that he's been here longer, knows what he's talking about and... you really don't.

Your wrong... wise up and read the posts here... yes, they are wiser then you... maybe then you'll post a useful thread...