Scratching - A lost art ?

[DJsmallpaul]

Oh right cool, wonder if he has any videos on the net

[Aratron]

Oh right cool, wonder if he has any videos on the net

doubt he's that pretentious

[DJsmallpaul]

I wasn't implying he was Calvin i was hoping i could see him in action

[Aratron]

I wasn't implying he was Calvin i was hoping i could see him in action

just get in touch with him init

cant wish to meet a nicer bloke than dodgyedgy im sure he cud show u a thing or two

[DJsmallpaul]

Indeed

[RDR]

Hmmm

i dont really know what to say TBH

thanks for the props calvin, its very kind of you.

Yes its true, i can scratch, but in terms of who the rude boys are, i aint one of them. How ever i can do the following:

Clickflare
baby
scribble
uzi
chirp
crab
orbit
Beat Juggle (badly)

And i do scratch in techno sets and breakbeat sets.

It depends on the scratching you want to do, there are somethings that are NOT acceptable depending on what you are scratching to.

Scratching depends entirely on the scratcher (obviously dodgy.. haha)

I would recommend scratching to EVERY DJ it is one of the corner stones of making your turntable skills ill. If you can scratch it really does give you abilities that very few DJs have, esp techno ones.

I personally dont see how people can call themselves DJs without having even the most basic ability to do this. it means that you can have complete and total mastery over the vinyl (CDs still dont cut it *YET*)

As the saying goes "What is a DJ if he cant scratch"

This is not to say i think the other skills are not worth anything, they are all equal but what is one without the other.

It amazes me that in this day and age and after all this time people still regard scratching as an esoteric skill, in part i blame the turbtablists for making the art some kind of 'black art' purely so that they can differentiate and legitimise what they do. and i suspect its put people off.

I LOVE djing and the buzz of DJing to a crowd cannot compare.

there are somethings that annoy me about DJing, the use of FX instead of the use of ones mind and skills. I makes me so angry that people use technology as a substitute for their own skills rather than using it to increase their skills.

As a group we could be SO much more respected as DJs instead of being the butt of jokes we could be the ones getting hired.

A sad state of affairs.

Aside from the negatives, there are MANy positives, but its up to us to demonstrate them, get out ther and start scratching, cutting, rewinding, juggling, sampling, effecting and BEING the best DJ you can be.

*phew* /rant

[v0ins]

Bad Boy Bill does it well. I think if you do it right it soudns good in techno, breaks, dnb, house...i guess pretty much everything as long as its no longer than a min or two =)