WELCOME TO ESTRELAR U
Our resident mentors provide personalized DJ training. Whether you're starting out or refining your skills, you'll receive tailored guidance to achieve your goals from seasoned professionals in the industry.
HOW IT WORKS
FIND YOUR MENTOR
Browse through our curated selection of experienced mentors, filtering by genre, expertise level, and preferred teaching style. Find the mentor whose skills and teaching approach align with your goals and musical interests.
CONTACT YOUR MENTOR
Once you've found your ideal mentor, simply click "Book Now" to initiate your mentorship journey. Choose between a single session or opt for a package of multiple sessions to dive deeper into your learning experience.
BOOK AND ACCESS DISCOUNTS
After confirming your session timing with your chosen mentor, reach out to Estrelar at info@estrelarsound.com to secure your booking. As a student of Estrelar U, you'll automatically receive a discount on your sessions ($20/hr vs $25/hr).
YOUR MENTORS
Paul Chin is a veteran DJ who’s performed in every context, from the local club circuit, to festivals, to sound clashes, to international tours. As an open format DJ and digger from a pre-streaming era, and with three decades of musical training and performance, his style is built around the art of drawing connections between songs.He also has specific expertise with Serato and turntables, but he’ll help you get nice on any gear.
Genres: Open-format, Hip-Hop, Electronic, Funk, Soul, R&B
RATE: $60/HR
Sudaneeya is a diasporic Sudanese multidisciplinary creative & curator currently based in Toronto. She discovered her love for DJing during her time co-hosting a podcast titled Boarding Diaspora. With the help of creative mentors & friends, she mastered the craft and is now establishing herself in Toronto’s music scene. Sudaneeya has co-founded several initiatives that spotlight racialized DJs including: CTRL the WAV (@ctrlthewav) and Where People Stay At.
Genres: Blends, Afrobeats, Afrohouse, Gqom, R&B Amapiano, Alte etc
RATE: $60/HR
Music Production Sessions with Daut Berisha also known as “Vertigeux”. He is a music producer, DJ, and sound designer originating from Kosova. Now based in Toronto, Canada, his productions combine fusions of 90’s Detroit Techno, Breaks & House.
Production Genres: House, Techno, Breaks,Bass, Hip Hop, Ambient
Specializes In Ableton
RATE: $60/HR
HVN focuses on the intersection between texture and space. They employ an emphasis on euphoric sonic palettes that make you move and feel. Consistently providing the hottest dance floors in Toronto with eccentric sets that draw on bass heavy, expansive sonic pallets that are accompanied by forward thinking percussive expressions.
Genres: Bass genres (Jungle, Footwork, Juke, Left-field, Percussive, Deconstructed, Jersey/Baltimore), latin rave and 90’s house.
RATE: $60/HR
Ana Luisa is a Toronto-based DJ/producer, creative producer and promoter from Caracas, Venezuela, with a background in fine art and arts administration. Her DJ sets and productions, fine tuned for the dance floor, largely encompass Latin American rhythms and experimental club sounds. She has made appearances in NTS Radio, Rinse FM, The Lot Radio, Rhythmic Culture, Boiler Room and more, and her music has been released via Caballito Netlabel (ESP), NAAFI (MEX), Jupiter4 (BER) and Deprerreo (ESP/MEX). She is the co-producer of Veneno, a queer club night highlighting underground Latin American electronic music.
GENRES: Club, reggaeton, dembow, baile funk, UK bass, garage, UK funky, Latin club, Latin House, Breaks, Techno
RATE: $60/HR* *open to a sliding scale for QTBIPOC
999adj is a producer, DJ, creative director and creator of 999heard and 999heard_radio, and artist. Based in Toronto, she also travels quite frequently drawing inspiration from how music and rhythms hold each place. She aims to curate spaces and works that inspire the receiver to understand the beauty in simplicity and the magic in complexity.
Genres: Techno, Hardcore, Ambient, House, Amapiano, Afro Beat, Trap and Hip Hop.
RATE: $60/HR
CHINELO is a genre-bending local based in Toronto who aims to blend the sounds of everyday club music with deeper finds from the true roots and culture of music to bring together something niche 2 divine. Through Estrelar U, CHINELO will guide its students through the fundamentals of club standards from equipment to prepping for a set, highlighting DJ ethics, discovering your stylistic way of DJ'ing and other key ways to being a successful and booked DJ.
Genres: open to all.
RATE: $45/HR
ESCOBUTT is a Colombian-born artist and curator based in Tkaronto, exploring gender, satire, and entertainment to challenge capitalist systems and identity-focused media. Their DJ sets mix genres like Electronic Cumbia, Neo-Guaracha, Reggaeton, and more, reflecting mood and nostalgia. ESCO helps organize queer community events at Drom Taberna and is a resident at Lewdline, promoting QTBIPOC+ visibility. They have performed at Shift Radio, N10AS, Radio Nopal, Boiler Room in Toronto and more. Their music has been released via Kumbia Net (MEX), Club Felinas (COL), Santa Sede (ARG) and Caballito Netlabel (ESP).
Genres: Latin Club, Guaracha, RKT, Neo-Cumbia, Alternative, Dembow, House, Ambient, Downtempo, Jersey Club, Jungle, Disco, Tance and +
RATE: $60/hr OR $50 for QTBIPOC mentees *preferred*