djdisciple

I was thinking about making a new thread but figured I could ask in here. What are some of your favorite scratchers specifically concerning vocal samples / multi syllable sentences / words, either in a battle or musical scenario? Any DJ's that you think are especialy great at skratch drumming?

I've had the opportunity to cut with Celly and Connah a lot over the last 10 ish years. I was totally dumbfounded that I did not know of them when I met them back then. (Since they're from Eugene originally and I'm from/in Portland.) I've never really seen anyone do the 6 o clock stuff Conner does with his record control, it really is unique and Sick AF. Celly is also next level, Once the session runs a long time he will still come up with fresh ways to play with the samples while most of us had already used up most of our stuff and are just recycling or trying to break new ground.

R-ASH puts out pretty sick stuff on his IG these days and is very technical. Yeah Pan Jaras is super sick! Very tough to pull off that rapid / technical style with out sacrifice to musicality or flow. Everything is just soo crisp and styled.

I'm down with Jam Burglars suggestion. I'm down to put an entry in if y'all don't mind extending the scratch contest. Can't let these beats go to waste Can even invite some cutters from the local skratcher Portland circles, I'm sure a few would be down.

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Yeah Flip!!! Saw a bunch of the battles on IG stories but never knew the final result! These are definitely swing flares me thinks. I really agree with Sy here because I have found swing flares to have a lot of room for hand control nuances even though I usually think of it as a a rapid / flashy sounding scratch.

I'll see you guys at the liquor store in Portland, OR! Stoked!

Looks like Temple of Deejays has volume 1 in a few colorways available. Vol 2 is my favorite of the bunch.

I notice a big one for me is practicing over a variety of tempos and beat types. Aside from it making me flexible when bpms change it just seems to make my scratching more on time in general. +1 on on Chile's heuristic method too! Recording yourself is also invaluable for seeing your progress. Many times I don't critique myself nearly as hard unless I've recorded and taken a look/listen.

Got this S9 a few months ago. Finally some footage with it.

Damn, I wouldn't have guessed that of all the contestants, the one caught cheating (miming) was someone with an actual Battle DJ'ing background / history vs say a club only DJ. I'm a bit surprised that he though he could get away with it at a event of that caliber though. I also did not know that they have that many cameras/angles filming the contestant.

I actually have a similar injury in my left wrist / fader hand from work /sports. I use a gyro exerciser. https://www.rei.com/product/890386/dfx-sports-fitness-sports-pro-gyro-exerciser-hand-and-arm-strengthener?cm_mmc=cse_PLA_GOOG-_-8903860001&CAWELAID=120217890000819025&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=15877507240&CATCI=pla-70394108320&lsft=cm_mmc:cse_PLA_GOOG It works your wrist/hand more than your fingers. It takes some getting used to spining the inner ball but you control how hard you spin it. Really helped my wrist pain.

Agreed! What do the drawn lines represent? 2 click orbits? I think those lines represents sets of 2 clicks, to show how it rolls as a 2 click combo.

I've tried to look up a way to do this with my android samsung galaxy a year ago and it seemed like a big hassle if it was even possible (I gave up though.) I would have to sync the audio up later with a movie editing program. But I do this method with my go pro and I love the ease of not having to sync the audio later, but you have to be careful as its very very easy to run the signal hot this way.