[Closed] DJ help please.

Have they thought about starting on vinyl? You could probably pick up some half decent vinyl turntables fairly easily.

Nothing beats learning on vinyl first- I have a large collection still- if you want I can pick out a few a send them over to you? House and funky house mostly.

Pioneer wego with djay2 would do that. I would think you'd need to go second hand to hit the £100 price mark.

Refurb'd Pioneer DDJ-SB2 for £160, comes with Serato DJ Lite software. Unsure on the Spotify DJ integration, due to DRM's.

I think he'll need DJay by Algoriddim to integrate Spotify.

I dont think Serato will let you use spotify.

Nothing beats learning on vinyl first- I have a large collection still- if you want I can pick out a few a send them over to you? House and funky house mostly.

Thanks that's a really kind offer but wouldn't want to let a kid loose on vinyl just yet.

A Numark controller -  https://www.gear4music.com/Numark/DJ-Controllers.html

Djay App -  https://www.algoriddim.com/apps

Spotify Premium

Output it to laptop/macbook and record at will.

Does he have a suitable laptop?  I'd be looking at a second hand Pioneer DDJ SB2, few quid more but worth it

If he's looking to stream using Spotify as his music source then he'll need to go Serato and a suitable controller like the above.  Music streaming services aren't really used in a DJ environment, it was tried a few years back (Pulselocker) but never took off.  But the DJ software companies are having another bash at it again with Tidal/Spotify integration again.

I use Rekordbox and buy my music from BeatPort mainly.  It's 50p a song so not bank breaking

Have a look at DigitalDJTips or DJTechTools website, it's good for covering off everything

edit: cause I'm such a nice guy

https://www.digitaldjtips.com/2018/11/serato-dj-tips-tricks-how-to-use-spotify-apple-music-in-serato-dj/