JamSpot DJ Academy

About the Program

At the DJ Acad­emy @ JamSpot, stu­dents will learn about and expe­ri­ence all of the many aspects to being a top-end DJ, and be able to dis­cover what type of DJing inter­ests them most. Based upon their inter­ests, stu­dents can then choose indi­vid­ual “learn­ing tracks” to learn more about a par­tic­u­lar aspect of DJing:

1. One learn­ing track will teach about the art of mobile DJing, with a focus on the busi­ness and art of host­ing par­ties. Stu­dents in this track are taught about how to run a DJing busi­ness, how to get gigs and how to price their services.
2. The Turntab­list track will focus on the art of the Turntab­list, teach­ing many of the more tech­ni­cal aspects of the craft, and learn­ing some of the clas­sic tech­niques for mix­ing and scratching.

Stu­dents they may take both “tracks” – hope­fully devel­op­ing a very well-rounded DJ, capa­ble of han­dling any party sit­u­a­tion. There will be spe­cial guest instruc­tors for these courses as well.

Lessons are open-ended, last one hour in length, and will involve hands-on instruc­tion. Every stu­dent on their very first les­son will get the oppor­tu­nity to actu­ally play records and receive instant feedback.

For more infor­ma­tion or to sign up, please con­tact DJAcademy@Jamspot.com or call JamSpot in Wake­field @ (339) 219‑0274.

Acad­emy Staff

The DJ Acad­emy is led by Jeff Mader, known as “DJ Shyne” to most.

Jeff has been a pro­fes­sional in both the wed­ding and night­club indus­tries since the turn of the cen­tury. He has been for­tu­nate enough to per­form at hun­dreds of venues in the North­east, but has been awarded the oppor­tu­nity to work all over the United States, even land­ing gigs in Mon­tego Bay, Jamaica! Jeff has worked mobile jobs for the likes of the New Eng­land Patri­ots, the Miss Teen USA pageant, and Con­verse, Inc.. Not to be for­got­ten, with over 500 wed­ding per­for­mances in his career, Jeff has found suc­cess when rock­ing par­ties with a more for­mal flair. As a club and col­lege per­former, Jeff has worked with count­less inter­na­tional record­ing artists such as Busta Rhymes, Gavin DeGraw, Mr. Vegas, Nina Sky and many more. Orga­ni­za­tions like Sparkxx Mag­a­zine, Skope Mag­a­zine, and the CLUTCH Net­work have all done fea­tures on “DJ Shyne” and his com­pany. To top it off, Jeff is mem­ber of the well known, locally-based band — Boston Com­mon — allow­ing for a unique expe­ri­ence each and every performance.