HOW IT WORKS
This is the university I wish I’d attended, where you’ll have the opportunity to do what might otherwise take 10 years in just 8 months.
The skills you need to be a proper DJ are the same as what you need to live courageously, take ownership of your choices, expand your work and feel infinitely supported by life itself. These are the skills the world’s best DJs all possess – whether they’re aware of it or not.
We’ve distilled the art of raucous, liberated and fully embodied dance floors down to a science. We’re obsessed with creating experiences that feel like the intersection of heaven + home. This program is packed with the knowledge and practice that gives PhDJs the tools to generate magic in every room they touch.
Elizabeth
PhDJ 3.0 (4 Months Into the Course)
“You will not find a better course than this if you are looking to understand deeply what it means to be a good DJ. I can’t even put into words what that’s meant to me.
The level of knowledge that’s being transmitted is absolutely impeccable and the level of teaching is insanely good.”
curriculum
DJ Essentials
Brand new to DJing? No worries! PhDJ is open to folks of all skill levels – from total beginners to DJs who’ve been doing this for years. We’ve got several layers of training in place to get brand-new DJs caught up and ready for Module 1.
As soon as you join, we’ll hook you up with our DJ Essentials Workshop, which covers the basics you need to get started.
We’ve made the hard skills you need to rock this path simpler than you think:
Get to know your DJ gear (knobs, sliders, and buttons, oh my!)
What you actually need to know to get started
Understand waveforms, beatgrids, tempo and mixing essentials
Why you never have to use the sync button again
Music Organization 101
How to build a set that takes people on a ride + brings them somewhere new
Skills Bootcamp
Our Skills Bootcamp is designed specifically to get those DJ essentials integrated so you’re ready to jump feet first into our advanced core curriculum. Bootcamp is also a great way for seasoned DJs to brush up and fill in any gaps they might have in their skillset.
Every technical skill I’ve relied on during my decade++ career is covered in bootcamp. Once Module 1 begins, you’ll learn why the most advanced skills have nothing to do with buttons, effects or tricks.
But first you need a solid foundation of essential skills that will allow you to soar:
Song structure, hot cues, looping, EQs, filters, FX, editing beatgrids, understanding key
Navigating your DJ software + hardware
Recording, uploading and sharing your mixes
Sourcing, importing and organizing your music
The basics of building a cohesive, beautiful and effective set
Module 1
THE ROADMAP + THE SCIENCE
Consent, structure + rules: creating a Temporary Autonomous Zone
The SCORE: the blueprint for all embodied transformation
There is a method for creating dance floors that explode every single time.
We give you the map that turns dance parties into houses of healing
Using the Score as a map for your DJ sets, event production and experience curation
The Myth and Magic of Storytelling
What the world’s greatest movies have in common with the dance floors we love
How to apply it to your sets
Your personal story + why it matters
Review: DJ Essentials, music acquisition + organization
Module 2
WHAT’S YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Embodiment tools for rooted leadership
How your nervous system works + why it’s the key to everything
Why sex is so important + everyone’s afraid of it
How to create safety that opens space for pleasure + creativity
Where emotions, trauma + grief live in the body and how to move them with sound
How accessing your own embodiment is key to moving a crowd
Listening with your body for DJs, dancers + shamans
Module 3
HARNESSING THE DYNAMICS OF POWER FOR GOOD
How to get 500 people in a club totally quiet, eyes closed (commanding the Art of Attention)
How to turn absolutely everything (including stage fright) into creative fuel
Cultivating unshakable power + using it to serve
The true role + responsibility of a dance floor captain
Why popularity is a dumb goal + how to release the need to be liked
How to dom a room: the physics of surrender
What BDSM’s got to do with it
What integrity means + how to lead with it
Infusing sets with power + impact without needing harder or faster beats
Understanding and working with power dynamics
How to protect your energy
How to actually hold space
Module 4
RITUAL, DEATH + MAGIC
You are not just a DJ: how to follow your instincts beyond the limitations of club culture
Know your lineage: the origins of ritual
The real meaning + key ingredients of ritual
The art + craft of ritual-making in nightclubs, festivals + beyond
The secret history of our role across cultures
Shamanic Practice and Trance States
How Jung, shadow work, shamanic practice and trance states are connected
How to use fear as the gateway to your superpowers
Going 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
Unleash your voice + unlock limiting patterns in real time
What marketing really is and how your ideas about are getting in the way
Promotion as Service
How to write copy that doesn’t suck
How to never uses the word “alchemy” even when that’s what you’re actually doing
Crafting a DJ persona + brand you love
Module 6
BUILDING YOUR ETHICAL DANCE CULT
How to book gigs + build your network
Making money as a DJ
Release the broke artist archetype and claim a joyful relationship with getting paid as you generate income that supports your community
Sales as a Spiritual Practice
The core principles of community building and cultivating a sustainable congregation
Conjuring a vision that builds something bigger than you
Why audiences are fickle and ecosystems are resilient
Step by step guidance in making your vision real
Workflows that’ll take you from dance enthusiast to event producer
Module 7
SERVING YOUR MEDICINE
Turning everything you just learned into a new way of being
Surrender as service
Integration
Closing
Tan
PhDJ 3.0 (4 Months In)
“There’s so much Tasha’s packing into it. She’s giving you the interweaving of disciplines and the stacking and synthesis of it all. That’s what Tasha does better than anyone else I’ve ever met in the world … and I’ve met a lot of people!
The design and structure is just fantastic. At any point in the day you have a go-to person to hold you, and bring you along and help you move forward.
I never thought there could be so much joy in learning.”
schedule
DJ Essentials
Pre-Game begins when you enroll.
We’re here to make sure your DJ foundation is solid.
Whether you’re preparing for the course or reviewing the basics anytime during or after graduation, you always have access to DJ Essentials, included when you join PhDJ.
Skills Bootcamp
September 16 - October 10, 2025
In bootcamp, you’ll fully break down, implement + integrate everything you learned in DJ ESSENTIALS.
Live class calls with the team and me will happen at our regular class times Tuesdays + Fridays 1-2:30pm ET.
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.
IRL Immersion
Thursday November 6 - Sunday November 9, 2025 // Las Vegas, NV (Exact dates might shift slightly as we refine next year’s curriculum)
We’ll spend 4 days going deep on the dance floor together.
This experience sets the stage for everything that’s coming. You’ll get a deep, embodied experience of why and how everything we cover in PhDJ actually works.
Plan to arrive on or before the 6th, 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 four 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.
Virtual Class Schedule
October 14 - May 8, 2026 (Exact end date subject to slight shifts as we refine next year’s curriculum)
LIVE CALLS happen Tuesdays + Fridays from 1:00-2:30pm ET (NYC)
Tuesdays are packed with curriculum and led by both Tasha + guest teachers
Optional study halls happen after Tuesdays classes for integration and extra Q+A
Fridays include Q+A, hot seat coaching, demos, live mix reviews, breakouts and whatever else is needed to integrate Tuesday’s class
Weekly assignments evolve with the curriculum and include mixes, readings, writing, mix reviews and special projects
Our active community platform on Circle keeps the conversation going throughout the week, where you’ll find
All class replays, resources and assignments
Extensive community support and feedback
Daily access to the leadership team
You’ll be assigned to a small pod of students and paired with one of three coaches. Your pod will rotate coaches every 2~ months so you get access to coaching from every single member of the leadership team. Your pod will engage in
Weekly mix reviews
In-the-moment support, troubleshooting and discussion
Personalized coaching when you’re stuck and need a breakthrough
Accountability, fun + play
We’ve got your back with extensive support with booking gigs, throwing your own events, slaying the crowd, troubleshooting tech, team, branding, marketing and logistics.
TL;DR
Oliver
PhDJ 2.0 Grad
“Now no matter what set I’m doing, I feel like a pro. My entire philosophy on what a DJ is and what a DJ can do is night and day.
You don’t know whether you’re going to hear something that’s going to bring you to tears or crack up or giggle.
What’s being given is confidence in yourself.”
“ You will receive 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 everything you need to create your own adventure and use it to turn yourself into a DJ with real-life superpowers.”
- Molly, PhDJ 2.0 Grad