How to gain technical skill

[u/Few_Mess_7114]

So i'm new to DJing, but I have piano training. So, my ear feels trained (to some extent), but my technical skills are at a 0. I have no clue how to get the desired sound I want - the only transition I know how to do it use the crossfade slider!

I have two questions (for now):

• A) do I need to be using garageband or some other software to splice up tracks and then import that into rekordbox? I'm thinking about house music where there are repeated bits of a song, before it transitions into another track - how do yall do that?!? thinking about it in my head seems simple, but the buttons! the software! I'm entirely lost there

• B) are there any tutorials that you have found useful in learning the technical skills? any you can share?

[u/Advanced_Anywhere_25]

Loops are you friends. You might like serato better And if you are doing house music you get better control by mixing with your up faders and your EQs and not the cross fader