Music Unity For Mental Health is proud to announce its first Beginners DJ Workshops. For 3 years since we launched, we have wanted to use some of the proceeds from our events to subsidise Music workshops so that absolutely anyone can learn to DJ,

Music is one of the most powerful things to help us through hard times, we certainly found that out during all of the Covid lockdowns...We held 7 online awareness/fundraiser music events during this time so music lovers still had something while events were banned. These workshops were due to start in our first year of operation but have since been delayed...That is until this Summer when we finally welcome music lovers into the awesome facilities at On The Rise DJ Academy in London.

The best thing of all...This workshop is completely FREE...All you have to do is get yourself to On The RIse DJ Academy. Our events and other projects help to make this possible. This beginner workshop will be for 8 attendees. Places are very limited due to us already having attendees confirm for the original dates before covid so we have 6 places available.

So, if you are looking to start a career in DJing or just searching for a new creative hobby, this is the place to start!

Please note* This is a beginners DJ Workshop...We do plan to hold other workshops in the future to cater for DJs with more experience. This is a ticketed workshop, please do not travel to On The Rise unless you have been allocated a ticket for your chosen date. Thank You.

We will be in contact with you before the date just to confirm you will still be attending. If you cannot attend for any reason please can you let us know so we can release the ticket to those who are on the waitlist.

If you have any accessibility requirements or any other questions regarding the day please get in touch via contact@musicunityformentalhealth.co.uk

BEGINNER DJ WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE:

• Phrase mixing & mix points
• Matching sound levels
• Understanding EQ – Corrective vs Creative
• Basic Effects
• Understanding beats, bars and phrases
• Song structure analysis
• Introducing loops
• Using effects in the mix
• Using different genres and styles in a mix
• Advance set structure & planning
• Creative mixing over different tempos

We decided to approach On The Rise to host these workshops because they are known to be fun, informative and of course hands on. DJ Lessons are taught by knowledgeable and active DJs Jay Cunning & Terry Ryan (Atomic Hooligan), who between them have over 40 years combined experience DJ’ing in clubs and festivals round the world as well as hosting and guesting radio shows on stations like BBC Radio1, Kiss FM & Ministry Of Sound. They also work with local communities and vulnerable people of all ages so you know you will be looked after on the day. We do know they create fun and engaging workshops to help build confidence too.

About On The Rise DJ Academy: On The Rise Academy is a DJ & Production school based in Wembley (London, UK) that focuses on bespoke 1to1 & group courses. Each course is tailored to ensure you learn exactly what you want within our flexible course structure, at a pace you are comfortable learning at.

DJ Lessons are taught by knowledgeable and active DJs Jay Cunning & Terry (Atomic Hooligan), who between them, have over 40 years combined experience DJing in clubs and festivals around the world.

Your tutor for this workshop will be Terry Ryan and we know you will be in good hands...Read on to find out more about Terry:

Terence Paul Ryan, AKA Terry Hooligan is a respected DJ, Label owner, Remixer, beat maker, avid record & sneaker collector, Classic Hip Hop enthusiast and last but not least Independent underground superstar!

His entry into the music business was as one half of the now legendary ATOMIC HOOLIGAN. But this wasn’t the beginning for him. Terry had been forging a name for himself in the Hip Hop DJ battle / Radio scene years before. It was when he met Mat Welch through a mutual friend 1998 that Terry’s musical direction changed. He was exposed to the sound of Nu Skool Breaks when Atomic Hooligan was born and started recording demo’s. Then in 2000, Vini at Botchit & Scarper records heard these demos’s and sighed Atomic Hooligan to a 2 album deal. The rest as they say is History. Terry then toured the world for the next decade under the Hooligan banner (He is the first International DJ to ever go to Russia and play breaks as quoted by Lady Waks in DJ Mag) . In this time, Terry & Mat recorded & released 2 albums and remixed everyone from Underworld to James Brown. The guys also started a live band to accommodate the sound they had pushed with their albums. This took the Hooligans to a new height, playing at the biggest festivals and clubs worldwide (Their “You Are Here” album going to no.5 in the Japanese national Album Charts off the back of an extensive nationwide live tour). While all this was going on the Hooligans managed win multiple times at the International Breakbeat awards (Twice for best live act & for Best Album) and grace the covers of both IDJ & DJ Mag. At the end of 2010, Atomic Hooligan released 2 singles on respected label Functional, gaining their first beatport.com No.1 and the labels first entry into the Cool Cuts chart. Proving that Atomic Hooligan are still as relevant now as they were a decade ago.

Terry has always had a clear view of the music he wanted to hear and play. Far from being a follower, he decided that the best way to express this view on a wider scale was to start his own label. So in 2004 with Jay Cunning, Terry founded Menu Music. At the height of Hooligan fever, Terry stepped up & forged his own lane. This provided a great opportunity for Terry to nurture his burgeoning enthusiasm for Artist Development, singing both Lady Waks & Rico Tubbs to the label, the latter releasing his classic album “Knuckle Sandwich” on Menu.

With the decline of vinyl over the years, Terry decided that this was not going to stop him playing the most up front music he could, so he adopted the Pioneer CDJ 1000. Not only did he master this piece of industry standard kit, but also incorporated tricks and scratches never before seen on the equipment. Like the now infamous & crowd pleasing “Shoulder scratch” where he picks up the CDJ on his shoulder.

Terry’s next step was to form Bass=Win records with Menu Music signee Rico Tubbs. The label would herald a new era for Terry. Free to peruse a less genre orientated path, Terry dedicated himself and his new label to releasing, playing and making only the best in Bass Music. Bass=Win opened its doors for business in January 2010 with Atomic Hooligans comeback single “Bass Crazy” (Later to be remixed on the label by Dubstep Superstars Tek One). For the next 2 years the label would release music from such scene giants as Reset!, Tomb Crew, Stupid Fresh, 501, Calvertron, Mightyfools, Filthy Rehab, Kelevra, L.A.O.S and of course Terry & Rico Tubbs.But never one to put all his eggs in one basket, Terry has struck out by himself for a series of remixes and original tracks.Terry Also continues to tour, spreading his Bass & Breaks sound at clubs and festivals all over the world. In 2015 he has played in Canada, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Spain & Russia.

So there you have it...Be sure you will be in good hands on the day.

We can't wait to get these started and hold many more in the future so if you were unlucky to get tickets for this one, there will definitely be many more.

We will be in contact with you before the date just to confirm you will still be attending. If you cannot attend for any reason please can you let us know so we can release the ticket to those who are on the waitlist.

If you have any accessibility requirements or any other questions regarding the day please get in touch via contact@musicunityformentalhealth.co.uk