Vet

Been playing Untitled Goose Game and Call of Duty Mobile...May try for RDR 2 on pc this holiday but I'm tryina maake more beats and less gaming....it looks fun tho!

Here's the final round for COTT Canada: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6JHdJEB0_mujwVvjuUwJSg - V

Post a realmedia file bitch!

Just use adobe audition

I'd be up to get one but can we do another way than Patreon? Due to recent events I no longer support the platform but would dig a copy of your e-book!

Hmm, this is just down to personal preference no? Well comfort is personal and sure do as you like but given all the expressiveness in scratching comes from the record hand...I always recommend new students I teach to start with their writing/dominant hand. Fader speed isn't as important as elocution is when starting out IMO.

there's a skill to being able to cut without removing the bass though. I guess I'm more referring to mixing your samples so they sonically sound 'good'...as well as removing some hand thumps etc. Having a light touch helps loads too but of course for noobs a EQ cut is a quick solve.

Doing the same pattern for 4 bars.. Leaving no breathing at all in your bars... NOT TURNING DOWN THE LOW EQ OM YOUR CUTS (I still see good scratchers doing this! Cutting over the beginning of the persons bars after you...or starting before the person before you finishes in a session..... CUTTING LOUDER THAN EVERYONE JUST TO STAND OUT... Tapping out on more challenging tempos or avoiding them entirely... Comparing your level to those doing it 10x longer than you...its not a competition...go at your own pace... Never cutting in public...stage experience gives confidence and should also be practiced unless you just wanna stay in your bedroom forever. Not understanding that correct sample placement and pitch control are as important to "sounding fast" as a fast fader hand. Not mastering fundamentals or digging into OG styles...you dont have to live off abstract staccato flows... Not putting sounding GOOD over being technical. Not using your dominant hand as your record hand.

Weird to me that nobody had talked about this as a mobility device for those who may have limited range of fader hand movement or lost fingers/hand. This is honestly pretty cool and kinda deserves a bit of at least public support...this isn't for lazy djs it should be for including those who have limited access to the art we would probably miss a lot if we lost the ability to do it...no? Just some thoughts.

How about some of the early DMC service records...I've been told they may have had samples to scratch on some of them...anyone confirm?

How about Simon Harris breaks? It's as early as I own and can't think of earlier in terms of a proper pressed run of records and not just dubs. https://www.discogs.com/Simon-Harris-Beats-Breaks-Scratches/release/102525

Thanks man, I appreciate the kind words...I had similar feedback from a lot of people and was a bit surprised to get a tie breaker especially after being announced a winner but respect to Saligo and the judges decision...I was literally going on zero sleep and no warmup at all so by the time I got a 3rd round techno beat I was mentally/technically flat as hell and couldn't hit my power scratches worth a damn by then. Saligo for sure deserved the 3rd round.

One more thing...Only crit on the beats would be next time maybe have each country submit 5 beats and all beats go into a folder in numbered sequence and chosen randomly out of a hat. I'm certainly not saying Jimmy picked deliberately or anything but it takes away the optics that he's favouring or selecting by choice than by randomness which is something I've read/heard since the battle. All asides even though some complained about the 'type' of beats some got...well you can't be an all out king of anything without being adaptable! Overall I found the choices of beats a good mix of style/tempo.

Man that was an epic weekend! Firstly props to Jack for the win before I say anything else....class guy and had a great day on the cut that deservedly won him the title. The rest was basically Mixars is SHITE and nobody was feeling the equipment at all...both the turntables and mixers should be set on fire and never used again. lol. There were some pretty close rounds for a lot of dj's that day and things could have easily gone differently but regardless it was easily the most fun I've had competing at scratching. Shout out to all the DV'ers I met and hung out with over the whole weekend...I am ever so slowly convincing the wife we should take a random trip to Galway next year Having said that...anyone ever find themselves coming to Toronto give me a shout and I will be sure to get you sorted with a great time while here. Mad love! - V

Dubba made me wish I used his beat...super fresh. Big up Rasteri too...post more my man...good stuff. All around some good entries from all.