Five lessonsfrom zero toyour first set.
One-on-one, in a Melbourne studio, on the same CDJs you'll find in the booth. Taught by a DJ with 3,000 gigs behind him.
The five-lesson course
Enough to walk into a bar or a house party, plug in, and play for two hours without anyone working out it's your first time.
CDJs, mixer, signal flow. What every knob on the front actually does, and which three you'll use for the rest of your life.
By ear first, sync second. Counting bars, hearing the phrase, finding the one. The skill everything else sits on.
EQ, filters and gain staging — making two tracks sound like one track, instead of two tracks fighting.
Building a set that goes somewhere. Key mixing, energy over an hour, and how to buy music without buying rubbish.
Reading a room — when to lift it, when to hold, how to rescue a floor that's walking out. Then a full set played start to finish, recorded, reviewed track by track, and sent to you.
Our program
Everything runs one-on-one. All equipment provided, any genre — house, techno, hip-hop, disco, drum & bass.
The five-lesson course
The full run from never-touched-a-deck to a recorded set you can send to a promoter.
- Five one-hour lessons, one-on-one
- All equipment provided
- Your final set recorded and reviewed
- Book at your own pace, seven days
Single lessons
Take them one at a time. Paced to you — some people are gigging after five, some take twelve. Nobody gets rushed.
- One hour, one-on-one
- Bring headphones or borrow a pair
- Any genre you actually listen to
Studio practice
Club-standard gear you can't fit in a bedroom, by the hour. On your own, or with Christian on hand when you get stuck.
- Supervised or solo
- Book around your lessons
Private & corporate
Team days, brand activations, birthdays, hens and bucks. Everyone gets behind the decks and leaves having mixed two records together.
- Small groups
- At the studio or on site
Inside the studio
[Three short vertical clips — a lesson in progress, a student's first blend, and Christian playing out. Shot on a phone is fine; it should look like the room, not an ad.]
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Give someone
their first set
Better than another bottle of something. Pick what they get, write the card, and it lands in their inbox — with a waveform built from their own name, so no two cards are the same.
Melbourne
Valid 3 years
Prototype — checkout not connected. Vouchers are valid for 3 years and can be spent on any lesson or studio time.
Christian Pillot
Fifteen years and more than three thousand events — festivals, clubs, weddings, corporate rooms. As Colour Castle he's had multiple ARIA Club Chart #1s, releases on Hot Sunday Records, and tracks on Ministry of Sound compilations.
He's been teaching for seven of those years. The whole thing is one-on-one because that's the only way to fix the specific thing you're getting wrong — which is never the same thing twice.
- Splendour in the Grass
- Electric Gardens
- Ministry of Sound
- Hot Sunday Records
Before you book
I've never touched a pair of decks. Is that a problem?
That's most people who walk in. The first lesson assumes nothing — you'll be mixing two tracks together by the end of it.
Do I need my own gear?
No. The studio runs the same club-standard CDJs and mixer you'll find in most booths. Bring headphones if you have a pair you like, otherwise borrow ours.
What kind of music can I learn on?
Whatever you actually listen to. House, techno, hip-hop, disco, drum & bass — the skills are the same and the lessons get built around your music.
How long until I can play a real gig?
Most people are ready for a house party or a warm-up slot somewhere in the five-to-ten lesson range. It depends how much you practise between lessons, which is why studio time is cheap.
How do the gift vouchers work?
Buy one for the five-lesson course, a single lesson, or any amount you like. Personalise the card, then choose whether it emails to you now, emails to them on the day, or prints at home. They book in whenever suits — vouchers are valid for 3 years.
Can I buy a voucher for someone under 18?
Yes — get in touch and we'll sort out the details for anyone under 18.
Where are you?
Melbourne — get in touch for the exact studio location and parking. Lessons run seven days, days and evenings.