In this final one of Season 3, the Yes Girls say "yes" to DJing! For this DOING challenge, they attempted to step into the shoes of their favourite DJs (and maybe even their worst) and they did this with absolutely zero prior knowledge.

Their attempts were driven by the fact that they both thought they knew better or hoped to become better than those who they feel do the DJing craft (and their audiences) wrong.

And so, they took on the challenge for a week!

The questions they wanted to answer were: what does it take to become a DJ or to learn how to DJ? Can you learn it for free or online or do you necessarily need the equipment? How much can you learn from a few days of using Virtual DJ? And what DJ advice do beginners or amateurs need?

On hand to guide the Yes Girls through the entire process and to answer these critical questions was guest expert (a DJ, as well as a podcaster and radio personality) Andy Young aka Candy Andy (Instagram: @andy_young254).

You may know him from Homeboyz radio where he is a regular, or you may have partied to his DJ skills at an event or party. You may even have listened to him on his podcasts (with a suite of other well-known names on radio): The Mics Are Open and another one called The Chop Shop. These are two amazing podcast recommendations for your ears.

Candy Andy offered the girls the guidance they needed, and off they went in their attempts to become the best amateur DJs they could be!

Also on hand to assist with hands-on Virtual DJ experience was DJ Cray (Instagram: @djcrayintronix) - a DJ by profession and an entrepreneur plus co-founder of Intronix Media - a company that handles a DJ school, on top of offering event and media production services.

Listen in if you're curious about DJing in general, DJing for beginners, how to DJ on Virtual DJ, and what aspiring DJs need to know and learn.

Find everything mentioned in this episode below:

To learn more about the guest expert, Candy Andy (Andy Young) and his work, check out:

https://www.mixcloud.com/jimkariz/stream/

The Mics Are Open podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLURaeuNWMwdy894eBMVPwR67ZDQpSWwsg

The Mics Are Open on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6aU9hxLKdMIEzBfQ2IhYt6

The Chop Shop on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7FpACoIY9qevfbOeuGSsjd

To learn more about the additional guest expert, DJ Cray and his work, check out:

https://soundcloud.com/craythedj

The company he co-founded (@intronixmedia everywhere on the socials but, you can start with): https://www.facebook.com/intronixmedia/

Check out Virtual DJ to take it for a spin here:

https://www.virtualdj.com/

Learn more about the Camelot wheel/system mentioned by Akumu:

https://mixedinkey.com/camelot-wheel/

https://youtu.be/9BtHTMG5hno

Find some more DJing resources here:

https://beatmatchguru.com/

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