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On 4/28/2020 at 10:10 AM, djdiggla said:
This is gonna probably get boos but I think P-Trix should have placed 2nd over Tony Vegas in 1999.
No boos here. I’ll go a step further and say I would have rated him over Craze that year too. Enjoyed the hell out of Craze, but P was just the dude at that point in time.
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I think that - like you said - material improvement comes mostly from focused and deliberate practice. As far as innate ability: I think that what I used to consider an innate ability I had, was really just personal drive, love for what I was doing, and the influence of those that came before me.
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Made this vid you might enjoy fuckin with! Its an interactive guided scratch session: a Q&A cutting video where we also throw out ideas and themes for you to focus on when its your turn to scratch. Hope it helps spark some variety/concepts you might not practice otherwise! 👊
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Well, he said 2019. But apparently he’s been saying “this year” for years, so... who knows haha
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I had him as a guest interview on my new radio show CUTITUP, and I told him about that one thread on here where you guys list all the samples you've identified from Phantazmagorea, haha. We also talked about his recording process, guest DJs featured on his upcoming album, a trick that Q-Bert shared with him for recovering from scratch fuckups on stage, and a bunch of other stuff.
The episode with his interview aired on Dash Radio earlier tonight, and is now archived in two parts on Mixcloud. You can listen to it here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/CUTITUP/
Enjoy!
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Yo! Excited to try out that new invention of yours! Looks awesome!
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Hey folks, I think some of the barriers to entry for people who might otherwise get into scratching have traditionally been equipment cost and lack of understanding regarding gear requirements. So I made a little guide to show people how they can get started at scratching by only spending $155 or so in equipment costs. Feel free to share with anyone who might find it useful ✌️
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Thank you Dan! 🙏
Dope stuff,Mike.
Respect!
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Thank you Sy and Shimmer for checking it out! 🙏
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Hey DVers,
I've made an album of my instrumental beats and cutting, called "Waterview Ways," under the artist name Mike C Killin It. The album is available now for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon, and all the major digital outlets. Anyone can also bump it for free on YouTube (link below). I think of it as an album of beats influenced by DJ Shadow, portioned in small servings like Donuts, with skratch composition inspired by D-Styles and sampled skratch hooks like DJ Premier's. The beats are all sample-based, augmented with some synths and basslines and stuff here and there. As for the cutting: I tried to focus on composition and simplicity, and creating actual composed music (as opposed to someone just doing endless freestyle solo cutting over a looper). If this sounds like your kind of thing, check it out and enjoy! ✌
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Me likey
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Good times, awesome event guys!
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What up, Part 2 has been posted as well. Enjoy!
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Obviously a legendary DJ, but also a really sharp guy. We got to sit down and talk about DJing and a lot more. Watch it on the Beat Junkies YouTube channel:
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I know it cant replace a skilled engineer; but Im working on a project that will be a pure giveaway, so I cant justify putting too much $ into it. Does anyone have experience using these services? I also know that they dont do mixdowns; but I feel like I can hopefully do a decent job of that myself, and maybe just use them for mastering. Anyone have thoughts on these services?
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Thanks Sy! Funky Like Za was an inspiration for our record. Nothing but dope samples; I wore the shit out of it. 👊
looks dope!
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Hi DV folks,
Since some of my favorite scratch records have come from people on this very forum, it means a lot to be able to share about my own record here. Thanks for the inspiration!
Truth be told, it's easy to make any old skratch record. But serious cutters can tell the difference between an okay record and a really good one; so we (Mike C and Don Paco) put a ton of thought and effort into creating a record that we would want to use for ourselves. We hope you'll enjoy it too!
First, the format: No ultrapitch on this one. We like using ultrapitch, but we recognize that not everyone has that feature on their setups; and we intentionally wanted to make a record that everyone could use and enjoy.
Also: no beats, drums, tones, or disses. Just 14 skip-resistant sections of straight-up scratch samples and phrases that you'll enjoy cutting with, period. One side curated by Mike C, the other by Don Paco.
Mike C's side is the distillation of years spent digging for and collecting dope scratch samples and phrases, from anywhere EXCEPT from existing skratch records. (The last thing we wanted to do was repackage a bunch of sounds from Hee Haw Brayks, and then turn around and sell you that as if it were something new.) So Mike C's side consists entirely of sounds and phrases that have never appeared on any other scratch record before. (Except that there's an ahhh. Gotta have an ahhh on there.) We also sonically altered the attack (beginning) on some of the samples, to give them that special crispness needed in a good skratch sound.
Don Paco's side is made up of sounds specifically selected by the demented skratch monster himself. DP insisted on his side including a couple of the standard sounds that hardcore cutters require; and then in addition, he gives you some dope phrases and introduces strange, exotic noises from video games and who knows where else.
Anyway, we hope you dig it. The project was mastered for optimal audio quality by A1, with artwork by Zalamedia. And the title? Both Mike C and Don Paco now stay in Los Angeles; but Mike is originally from Sacramento (home of the Kings), while Don Paco hails from Queens, New York. Notice the Kings and Knicks colors?
Lastly, this project is dedicated to all you Kings and Queens of skratching all over the world. Enjoy!
For more info about the record, including needle-drop previews of both sides, you can visit our website HERE.
Thanks again DV folks! We are very happy with how the record turned out, and my hope is that it lives up to your standards for cutting as well.
Peace,
Mike
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Do it anyway Savwar! More than enough space for everyone's thoughts to be shared. And who doesn't love some shit talking? lol
Glad you like the channel. For anyone who hasn't seen it, here's us looking at probably my all-time favorite beat juggle set: "KNT" by the late great Swift Rock.
yeah those guys have a good channel.
they do breakdowns of famous routines, something i wish i'd done.
i always wanted to do a commentary for some classic battles with other djs. might still at some point.
But it could reduce into serious shittalking.
they do atraks space dust here
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Thank you Diggla! I feel like understanding this concept was a giant "before" and "after" in terms of my own beat juggling, so I'm happy to share it with people =)
That was awesomely me Mike. Really well explained where even I could easily wrap my head around it.
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Thanks for watching, glad you dug it! More on the way 👊
Nice video, thanks for the share. Checked out the channel, dope content, especially the 'best of bodytricks compilation' put a smile on my face. Such an underrated art form these days...
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Cool! Yeah it definitely isn't a new concept by any means, but it is a really helpful one and I learned it from watching the Melo-D routine featured in this video. Sky's the limit from there 🤘
I know that first pattern (tapping through one beat on one deck and back spinning a single sound on the other) as a "broken chase". I don't really know where I got that name from but I have a feeling that it may have been mentioned on the Shure Turntablism 101 video (possibly the Rob Swift section). It's been a long time since I've seen that video though so I might be completely wrong..
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Agree! I feel like scratching is much easier to explain than juggling. But I think this particular juggle concept is pretty easy to grasp, and you can do a whole lot with it.
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Hi all, I suspect that the average DV reader is beyond this level of instruction. But I wanted to share, in case it is helpful for anyone. Enjoy!
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Late to this thread. But have u guys heard his 10 Favorite Scratches track? It's sick
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What do you think is the most blatant case of a DJ being robbed in a battle?
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What’s funny is that I think Noize should have won the year Raida took it, and I liked Raida better on the year when Noize won lol. In any case: both dope af legends with a DMC world chip to their names.