LQBTQIA+ DJ & production workshops
Sign up now for Sister Shack’s LQBTQIA+ DJ and production workshops!
Calling all aspiring LGBTQIA+ DJs and producers — Sister Shack are offering 4 FREE workshops for queer North East based beginners this April at World Headquarters. Each workshop will be led by different queer DJs and producers from the North of England and Scotland. Don’t miss your chance to learn how to use CDJs, vinyl decks or basic production techniques.
These workshops are designed to provide a safer space to learn for beginners. Please only sign up if you self-define as LGBTQIA+ and have little-to-no-experience producing or mixing music with CDJs or vinyl. If you are in a position where you can afford to pay for workshops like this already, please consider leaving spaces for those who cannot.
You can sign up for ONE of the following:
🌈Saturday April 12th, 2-4pm: Learn how to use Rekordbox, Pioneer CDJs and a mixer in this 2 hour session with a local queer DJ. This session is for beginners who identify as LGBTQIA+!
🌈Saturday April 12th, 2-4pm: Learn how to use turntables and mix with vinyl! This session is for beginners who identify as LGBTQIA+!
🌈Saturday 26th April, 2-4pm: A beginner-friendly session on how to use CDJs, for LGBTQIA+ Global Majority people, led by Jacob Goff. Get to grips with how to use digital decks in a safe and supportive
environment, led by a local Queer Global Majority DJ.
🌈Saturday 26th April, 2-4pm: Production basics for LGBTQIA+ folk! "In this workshop, we will demystify the basics of live electronic music production. We will demonstrate how to put together a simple midi setup using affordable hardware. We will also discuss how to Decolonise the history of electronic pop and dance music and consider how these narratives affect us. Participants will have a chance to get hands-on experience with synthesisers, sequencers, and drum machines as we take apart a simple track and show how to write and perform live in a way that empowers and sparks creativity for musicians and non-musicians alike." This session is for beginners who identify as LGBTQIA+.
Each session will involve demonstrations by skilled facilitators as well as independent experimentation on the decks. You will get the opportunity to learn how to analyse digital tracks, change needles, beat match and so much more!
The workshops are limited to six participants per session.
All happening at World Headquarters, Curtis Mayfield House, Carliol Square, East, Pilgrim St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6UF.
Vegan food by Layla’s Kitchen provided! Please feel free to bring your own headphones, USB and records.
Please only book ONE session. Organisers withhold the right to cancel any bookings believed to be made by non-beginners.
Thanks to WHQ for letting us use their venue and to Consortium for funding this project.