there are 3 main skills i can think of: beatmatching scratching beat juggling for a regular dj, beatmatching is fine http://www.djsource.co.uk/tutorials/dj-skills/beatmatching-tutorial/ also learn how to count beats if you wanna get into scratching go into asisphonics.net and go to the "the ever" If you are really into this, go to google and type in "the path to many other paths" there is one link there to a great dj site practice alot, good luck, and i didnt mean to crap on your equipment