Any scratchers in here?

**Phormula1.8T** · 01-27-2010, 01:11 PM

Also...THANK GOD, the scratch djs of djtt have emerged!!!!

**BentoSan** · 01-27-2010, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by Phormula1.8T

Also...THANK GOD, the scratch djs of djtt have emerged!!!!

Amen lol, theres not really a whole lot of talk about scratching around here which is a shame, hope to see more of it

If anyone thinks they can cut up good and wants to do a post/video about some scratching techniques they are more than welcome to contact me and ill help organize it !

**dodge** · 01-27-2010, 02:32 PM

Any scratch heads in London?? I'm fucking dying to hook up with someone in order to learn from each other. I got one pal who is really good but is proper flakey. I know another dude, who across the board (scratching, mixing, use of equipment, tune selection) is probably the best up and coming DJ I've ever seen. He lives in my town but he's one of these ultra too-cool-for-school kinda guys that doesn't hook up with anyone.
Better still, if there's a few peeps wanna hook up as a group I'm bang on renting a rehearsal space once a month or some shit, purely for scratch improvement.

**sarasin** · 01-27-2010, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Phormula1.8T

Also...THANK GOD, the scratch djs of djtt have emerged!!!!

Yeah! Def looking forward to learning some shit from ya'll. I played musical instruments my whole school career and miss that rocking out performing part of it. DJing has always felt like i was just playing someone elses tunes. Now....with going digital and getting my scratch on.....it finally feels like my own thing going down. Fuck yeah baby!

**Phormula1.8T** · 01-27-2010, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by BentoSan

Amen lol, theres not really a whole lot of talk about scratching around here which is a shame, hope to see more of it

If anyone thinks they can cut up good and wants to do a post/video about some scratching techniques they are more than welcome to contact me and ill help organize it !

As soon as i can get a high quality camera around me i will definately have a tutorial for crabbing,chirps,flares, click orbits, and tears up.

**Phormula1.8T** · 01-27-2010, 06:56 PM

also guys, watch DJ Shortee's tutorial videos on youtube. She makes the explanation of how to pull off techniques very easy to follow. I promise if you listen to what shes saying and practice (spaced out sessions so you dont wear yourself out on the same scratch) you'll see results very very quickly. For you guys on here scratching timecode watch those markers on your records!. for you VCI300 scratchers, watch the digital decks with markers not the waveforms! waveforms will handicap you eventually. listen for the scratch dont just move your hand in gestures that seem like theyd make a good sound. damn...im so happy im not the only one on here! :P :P

**Zac Kyoti** · 01-27-2010, 07:20 PM

Yeah, the lack of a decent camera is in my way too. I have my laptop's built in cam, a 3.1MP Canon that can take like 30 seconds of crappy video, and my phone which takes crappier video yet, LOL!

Any brilliant ideas on how to make decent video without $$ is much apprieciated!

There's a bunch of things I've been wanting to share with the community for a while, but...

**Bodega Brad** · 01-27-2010, 07:37 PM

I agree with what everyone has posted above. It has a lot to do with the height of your equipment, style of crossfader and plenty of practice. I never really had anyone to show me scratching when I started out and there weren't any videos(or internet) to show me the way. I simply listened to a scratch and tried to emulate it(very tedious process..lol) Now...I'm no Q-Bert, but I could do a few things here and there. Now that I don't scratch as much, I find my shit isn't as sharp as it was, but it's starting to come back. Try to over-exaggerate the moves, making them painfully slow until you can do a few without mistake. Slowly increase the speed until you're comfortable and so on. After a while, you'll be stabbing on songs that are well over 130bpm("ghettotech" for me). Also, there are plenty of videos around that break it down too. Good luck...glad to see there are some more "scratch" guys on here.