what’s included
PRE-GAME
DJ ESSENTIALS
Brand new to DJing? No worries! We have a huge range of skill levels joining us, from absolute beginner to folks who’ve been playing out for years. What we’re teaching in this program isn’t taught in any other DJ School, and the hard skills you need to rock this path are simpler than you think.
You can get started with our DJ Essentials Class, which is included when you join PhDJ.
This workshop will give you all the basics you need to get started with DJing:
Get to know your DJ gear (knobs, sliders, and cues oh my!!) … and learn what you actually need to know to get started
Understand waveforms, tempo, key, mixing, and why you never have to use the sync button again
How to build a set that takes people on a ride + brings them somewhere new
Music Organization 101
Getting your foundation solid is just the beginning, and we’re here to make sure you’re covered.
SKILLS BOOTCAMP
JANUARY 21 - 31, 2025
Fully implement + integrate everything you learned in the DJ ESSENTIALS Workshop. For those new to DJing, this is where you get fully prepped to make mixes once school starts! Expect daily homework and practice guidance as well as ongoing support and Q+As with your PhDJ Coach and pod. Live class calls with Tasha and the team will happen at our regular class times of 1:00-2:30pm ET.
Buying, importing and organizing your music
The workflows and software that make music organization easy and scalable
Thoroughly learn your way around your DJ software + hardware
The basics of building a cohesive, beautiful and effective set
The difference between hard + soft DJ Skills
How to make 2 songs have the best sex ever (beat looping, EQs, filters, and effects)
IRL IMMERSION
FEBRUARY 21-23, 2025 // Las Vegas, NV
We’ll spend 3 days going deep on the dance floor together.
Plan to arrive on or before the 23rd, and expect to be in GO MODE from about 10am - dinner time each day. You will not need your dj equipment. We’ll spend all three days embodying everything we’ll be working on throughout the course, with plenty of time to connect + play with your cohort!!
We’re working to finalize details asap so you can book your travel and lodging!
POWERHOUSE DJ SCHOOL
FEBRUARY 4 - AUGUST 14, 2025
This is the university we wish we’d attended. Our combined decades of study + experience make way for you to do what would normally take 10 years into 7 months.
Weekly live training module Tuesdays 1:00-2:30pm ET (NYC)
Weekly live Q+A community call (includes bonus class, live mix reviews and more) Fridays 1:00-2:30pm ET (NYC)
Weekly assignments covering all PhDj knowledge and skill sets
An intimate group of rising leaders led by Tasha Blank and the PhDJ Team
Guest teachers include Chloe Valdary, Josh Pais, Buddy Wakefield, Priya Parker, Orpheus Black, Genevieve Rudolph and Jessica Blank
Live hot seat coaching with Tasha + the Team
Active community platform that us throughout the week to keep the conversation, feedback and sharing going
Extensive community support
Daily access to the leadership team
Connection with small cohorts of your colleagues in each module:
Weekly mix reviews
Homework collabs
Troubleshooting support
Accountability, fun + play with your cohort
Support in DOING THE DAMN THING:
Book DJ gigs
Throw your own events
Slay the crowd
Prepare to launch the world’s best dance party + build the business of your dreams
Troubleshooting tech, team, branding, marketing and logistics
“ You will receive inside of this program tools that will serve you in every area of your life.
Nervous system regulation, space holding, ceremony. The amount of content that is delivered in here is borderline too much, but in the best perfect, most amazing way that opens up every single rabbit hole you might wanna drill down on. You get a ton of information to create your own adventure.
Be creative with how you engage with the program and let the information and learning and community really challenge you to show up in the way that you need to for you to grow.”
-Molly, PhDJ 2.0 Grad
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the curriculum
Module 1
THE ROADMAP FOR TRANSFORMATION THAT AFFECTS EVERYTHING WE DO
How to use the pattern that structures all experience as a map for your DJ sets, event production and creation in general
Review: DJ Skills, music acquisition + organization
Know your lineage: the origins of ritual
What we’re really doing here + what you’ve got to do with it
The SCORE: the blueprint for all embodied transformation
The history of DJing, your personal story + why it matters
Consent, structure + rules: creating a Temporary Autonomous Zone
Module 2
WHAT’S YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM GOT TO DO WITH IT?
How emotion is stored in the body + how to release it for healing
Embodiment tools for rooted leadership
How trauma works + why it’s at the heart of everything
Why sex is so important + why everyone’s afraid of it
Listening with your body: advanced skills for DJs, dancers + shamans
How to create safety that opens space for pleasure + creativity
Module 3
HARNESSING THE DYNAMICS OF POWER FOR GOOD
The true role + responsibility of a dance floor captain
Cultivating unshakable power + using it to serve
Why popularity is a dumb goal + how to release the need to be liked
How to dom a room: the physics of surrender
What integrity means + how to lead with it
Infusing sets with power + impact without needing harder or faster beats
Module 4
RITUAL, DEATH + MAGIC
You are not just a DJ: how to follow your instincts way beyond the limitations of club culture
How to use fear as the gateway to wholeness
The art + craft of ritual-making in nightclubs, festivals + beyond
How to go beyond the person you thought you were to become the one you came here to be
How to hold space for others to do the same
Module 5
MARKETING + YOUR PERSONAL BRAND
Why your ideas about marketing are wrong
Unleash your voice: unlock limiting patterns in real time
Craft a brand you love
Book gigs + build your network
The spiritual practice of copywriting
Module 6
THE ART + SCIENCE OF COMMUNITY BUILDING
Become the architect of your own revolution
The spiritual practice of marketing
Bold visions that build something bigger than you
The core principles of community building
What the Church gets right about belonging, growth, service + connection
Audiences are fickle; Ecosystems are resilient
Module 7
SERVING YOUR MEDICINE
The art of bliss + the architecture of sound
How to turn everything you just learned into a new way of being
Surrender as service
2.0 Grad Alcy aka TINK
what comes after PhDJ?
Our grads go on to launch their own club nights, education programs, embodied leadership trainings, retreats and ecstatic dances. Others incorporate the skills and awareness cultivated through PhDJ into their workplace, coaching practice, personal relationships and beyond.
Mixing tracks together masterfully is one thing. Standing in front of a huge crowd and radiating the kind of presence, command and artistry that says I’ve got you and you’re safe to surrender with me … is a whole new level of being.
PhDJ invites you into the highest expression of your technical + creative capacities and the strongest embodied leadership you’ve known.
Graduates of PhDJ will have the option to partner with us to launch BODY LVNGUAGE in their city. Those who choose to keep playing will receive ongoing mentorship, including everything you need to build your ethical dance cult.
“PhDJ is intense and exciting! I feel surrounded by phenomenal people. After 2 months it’s already proven to be so worth it!
This isn’t just a DJ training, it is also a one-of-a-kind coaching program. This groups of people – peers, teachers, lecturers, coaches – they’re fascinating and amazing! The curriculum is super diverse and everything has been very useful to increase my understanding of what happens on and around the dance floor and in and behind the decks.
I’m already passing on the lively vibrations and life lessons picked up from class, supporting others in understanding their own obstacles and fears and encouraging them to pursue their desires. This program affects the people around me for the better.”
-Line V, PhDJ 2.0 Grad
If you’re feeling lit up and ready for an adventure, we want you with us!
Early bird available for a limited time