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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.

Here's my vid.

Some fire so far. Imma enter the scratchy part to sho!

Correct me if I'm wrong here but this is a first for the culture...a episodic tv show fully scored by a turntablist? Also Jake did I catch that you said Kid Koala did the theme song as well? Regardless of it being 'all scratched' you did a great job man, something to be well proud of!

Does anyone recall a video of this one guy from the mid to late 2000's that had the text MASTA KILLER at the beginning and the guy had some really interesting phrasing and patterns...I can't recall the vid name or the dj's name.... ....anyone??

For those who never heard Heist...here he is...beastmode.

In no particular order: Fakser Tsuyoshi IQ Ken One Rafik G-Nius Wunderkut Mana Prolifix Rayted R Jon Rist Eprom Kurteek Celly Symatic Enfoe Swiftstyle I left out the obvious names because D and Toad, Ruckazoid etc don't really need a lot of re-mentioning.

@Broke The one thing for me that really made all the difference in that clear annunciation of the start of a forward wave tear was adding a deliberate push on the initial forward with your hand and forearm like you would with the OG 2/2 clover. Starting this way gives you the velocity to carry you through the pattern...of course since velocity = pitch here...that would by why the first note(s) get lost to the ear. I would also suggest to anyone working on them and the double clover to start your initial forward just BEFORE the sample (ahhh for example)...that extra space helps emphasize the sharper beginning of ahhh, gives a moment for velocity of your forward wave to build and also helps add SYMMETRY to the 4/4 double clover... If you think of the double clover as: 12344321 The 4 in this sequence needs movement forward after its note to make the transition to reverse, seamless...so after your 4th note of your forward is where the velocity from your initial PUSH forward (like the forward push in the 2/2 clover) will help carry the pattern with some practice. Forgot to add one more thing... depending on the tempo/signature of a beat you cut to...3/3 waves are often better suited and slightly easier to do albeit with a different cadence than the 4/4.

Jon, can you post an acapella clip of how yours sound?

Hahahaha @ 10 inch fingers...Vekked brings up a really valid point albeit jokingly...finger length and more so.. flexibility...are really what gives the uniqueness of each persons wave tears. For years I have actually done a bit of a regiment to increase flexibility in my hands and to ward off RSI's...I really credit any dexterity I have to keeping that up for 20 yearss. Perhaps a tutorial video is in order to explain all this hand flappin madness! Will try to post something later this week. - V

Yeah Sy, in that file I am starting on the forward but have also found I can start almost from any fwd/rev position now and end up 'orbiting' it in a way where it just circulates/oscillates. The only thing I'm doing different than any examples I've heard is removing the pause between fwd/rev and also perhaps doing it at the speeds I've hit so far. And yeah Vekked, there really aren't many examples that arent segmented out there...I've been doing variations of waves since early 2000's but not forwards in the way I do now until 2014 and not connected like I do them now. Either way super useful in amyones scratch vocab...especially if you want a new challenge.