Cable
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Easy guys,
Long time no see... figured I'd ask here as I know a few people had a crazy list of mixtapes a few years back... Has anyone got a mp3 of DJ Noize's "Real Hip Hop My Man" at all please? Got rid of my tape a few years ago and forgot to record it like it!
No worries if not.
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Jeez it's like a reunion up in here! What's up man!? Shit... some beef and bitching which we all weighed in on like a proper DJ knitting circle would.
Please elaborate. I love me some DJ gossip.
How's it going, Cable?
I think Dirk's post answers your questions, lol.
I'm good thanks man, still cutting every now and then, but more on the club stuff now... yourself?
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Been ages since I've peeped the site... thought I'd stop by and say hello.
Has anything changed? Have I missed anything in the battle / scratch / tablist scene?
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Thanks guys.
Bubba - it's some arty farty loft space in Hackney. There were lots of freaky things floating about.
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Easy, long time no speak...
I got asked to do a routine for Reloop… I rarely cut these days, but there's some scratching in there. Hope you like it.
The TRC tune is out now on my label. The Mattwizard one is coming soon.
Enjoy.
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My thoughts:
Battling is still a good way to stay on top of your game, get stage experience, and to an extent, use a springboard into other areas of DJ-ing and music.
As much as I love watching videos of people shred on YouTube (Ritchie, Kurteek, Vekked, Yoshi, etc), and appreciate the time and effort gone into making routines, I don't really cut as much as I used to these days...Fell out of love with spending hours perfecting that stuff, although I still loosely follow the battles, and give props to DMC for keeping the artform alive.
My main focus is playing good shows and improving on my production skills....that's what I've always enjoyed the most.
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http://soundcloud.com/djcable/kanyecableremix
One of the very few tracks that I like off the album... decided to make it more club/rave friendly.
Hope you dig it.
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tight and funky
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Cheers Loopsta!
I think having a mentor would in theory give them an understanding of self value tbh.... well, hopefully anyway!
To flip things a bit....
There was a time in the mid 90s where DJs were getting paid ridiculous amounts, in the tens of thousands, for what? Beat matching some records for a couple of hours.
Was that rate of pay reasonable?
Fair point, although from memory a lot of those cats were producers who had a catalogue of tunes & remixes (whether they were good or bad is open to debate) and/or a radio show on a large station... not just your average 'DJ Dave with a bag of tunes from Juno'.
I think if you're doing this full time, then you can see the frustration (excuse the pun) of the author. If you're merely a hobbyist or someone doing this for fun, then you probably won't.
DJ-ing isn't the only area affected though. I'm pretty sure photographers get it just as bad.
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It ain't "good for them" though. It's like if I came to your workplace and said "I'll do Jimmy's job for half his wages" and the boss booted you out and hired me instead. Then if loads of people started doing that in your industry, the average salary for your position would go way down and who is that good for again? Not anyone doing the actual job.
Good argument.
My two cents:
If I have nothing on at the weekend, and someone I know offers me a local gig at a slightly reduced rate then I'd take it, based on the fact that it's extra income. I wouldn't make a habit of doing it though... local scenes are small however, so if one club/promoter does it, then everyone else will inevitably try it on
but if you're going out of town and travelling to a gig where you're gonna get paid fuck all...it's just not economical
I think the best ways for someone to get on these days is to either:
a) put a night on themselves and build a rep
b) find a dj "mentor" and learn the ropes. If you're respectful and don't snake the dj, you will eventually thrown a few gigs that he/she can't do.
c) build a rep with mixtapes/podcasts/working with brands
d) produce music
e) work with an artist as their tour dj
the lack of quality control from nightclubs and promoters these days though is somewhat frightening.
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Woody DMC UK 2002.
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As you didn't respond on Twitter about my mix, I'm not going to tell you!
I will give you a clue though: -
DBC
I've still got that mixtape link yo! Gonna start the column soon
Big up!
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Easy dudes,
Trying to find that "How That Sound" lyric that Babu cuts up on Dilated's "Clockwork".
Pretty sure I have it in my record collection but my mind has gone blank.
If anyone could help, that'd be most awesome. Big up.
P.S. Anyone around for a cut over the next few weeks? Been doing the same shit since '08 and could do with some inspiration!
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Cable...why the fuck didnt you and the flids enter the teams?
Ahh man, I've been hella busy this year... I know Tony's been all over the gaff Dj-ing too. I think the only real free time we all had was probably 2 weeks before the world final....Hashing a routine together within a fortnight wouldn't have worked, sadly.
I still want to do it though, just a case of working way in advance, rather than leaving it till the last minute (which me, Phil & Tony have a habit of doing, haha!)
Did you go to the Finals?
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For a while I was cutting in both hamster and regular mode. Mainly because my transforms were a hundred times quicker in hamster, although boomerangs and chirps were better in regular.
Now I'm trying to move everything over to regular.
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Congrats Vekked!
And congrats to Rufftone for placing 3rd also! Supremacy final round sounds like it must have been epic too.
What was the standard of the teams saying?
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I fux with that.
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I thought I'd share this with you. I still do a few routines in my club sets, and this is one of them.
I'll post a cleaner version when I get the free time. Feel free to comment/give feedback/cane it down, it's all good.
Big up.
P.S. Anyone got any tips on finding inspiration for scratching? I've been doing the same patterns for a while now...
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This is dope.
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Ahh
Fresh
Cut Like A Guillotine
Say What
Break
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...so I only just got round to checking out these videos...
Jimmy's cuts are sick - from a musical standpoint it was dope, it just lacked that little bit of energy that's normally associated with battle sets. Guy's got mad skills though! Rasp's routine seemed more well-rounded if that makes sense...he's good at programming/arranging his routines.
Saying that, I no longer battle... so what do I know? lol
Atom, Jimmy, Jon - would be good to cut with you lot sometime...Holla.
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Because of technology, every kid out there now thinks they can be a DJ. And to make things worse, they're willing to do it all for free, and they think it's fine to play 128kbps MP3s (even Youtube rips sometimes!) in clubs...
Sad, but inevitable...
DJ Noize - Real Hip Hop My Man
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Thanks Steve!