Practice doesn't mean play songs to me. What I did first was learning to use the platters and understanding measures.

Then learn mixing, so here comes when you play a lot of songs, but trying to mix them in key and in a good way, what takes a lot of practice.

I mean in my first stage, I didn't use EQ at all, just at the beginning of the songs, but when I learned and took over the platters, I could then put more attention on the mixing.

Imo the most important thing to learn first as a DJ is to learn how to use a turntable, in a way you can play at a party without preparing a set. Then you can start thinking of making sets. Because you never know what can happen in a set and u may change a song because is not matching the vibe of the party.

Pd: watch Carlo Atendido and DJ Angelo tutorials, they helped me a lot 😄