Jon Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I've just had a ganders at the very first DV posts (on this version of the forum) and I'd kind of forgotten how popular the forum was 6 years ago and how excited everyone was about new techniques, internet beef, the battle scene, the developing musical side of the scene etc. How many people here still scratch? If you do do you still train regularly wanting to progress your skills or it just a form of relaxation for you now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dissonance Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I've just had a ganders at the very first DV posts (on this version of the forum) and I'd kind of forgotten how popular the forum was 6 years ago and how excited everyone was about new techniques, internet beef, the battle scene, the developing musical side of the scene etc. How many people here still scratch? If you do do you still train regularly wanting to progress your skills or it just a form of relaxation for you now? I work on music pretty regularly. I scratch for fun in Boston with one of my scratch mates from Thought Control..and we too work on projects together. Sometimes we fuck around and work on a loop pedal joint. I wouldn't say I'm doing a whole lot of music production via scratching though, other than the random loop pedal joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 A tiny bit. Been trying to start up again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Back when this version of DV started I was cutting almost every day. I was also playing gigs from time to time. Then there was 2ndHand's "scratch loft" where I'd meet him and Dub7 once a week for a few hour scratch session. Now I'd say I turn my decks on maybe once a month, and not for very long. I haven't played a gig for about 3 years. I doubt I'll ever sell my gear, but I'm just not into DJing any more. I dunno if it's me that's changed or what. I got into hip hop in 1982 and I started messing about with scratching in about 1985 (If I ever get a working tape deck, I'll post some of my scratching from that era, lol). I remember listening to the top 3 1986 DMC sets on the Robbie Vincent show and that got me into buying the DMC videos and stuff. Nowadays if I download a hip hop album to check it out, there's probably a 90+% chance that I will never listen to it again, DJ battles do nothing for me, and only very occasionally do I hear some scratching that gives me an urge to get on my decks and have a cut. I used to say "I can respect the skills but I just don't like listening to it" to Dee when he'd play me some guitar tunes, but now I love the guitar tunes and I'm saying "I can respect the skills......." about a lot of the stuff I used to think was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 ^^For me it's just time. I'd never sell my gear but I just am so busy with work, family and everything else I try and do in a day... never enuf time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00ban Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 i scratch lots still. mainly just for relaxation though. But I only really find it relaxing if i'm learning something new and at least feel im progessing. I'd like to have peeps to cut with but where I live at the min this is pretty impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 i still cut every couples days generally. im not really trying to learn anything new, sometimes im just chilling out doing it, other times i put abit more effort in and try and get creative. but i still do it alot to keep me sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 I practice every day but not for as long as I was a couple of years ago when i was cutting for 3-4 hours a day, mainly due to university and djing commitments. I'm still trying to push myself when I practice, I'm still in the mindset that I want to keep getting better and contribute. At the moment, because my course is finished for summer and I work part time and have the days free because I dj at night, I'm back to 5-8 hours a day of music a day (juggling, scratching, routines, mixtapes,production). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 i find if i work that many hours or i concentrate on it too much i lose interest and overload myself. so now i balance it between music and my bike. EDIT: i like to do either little and often. just like revision bitesize taught me at school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I used to cut daily but gradually producing's taken over and i barely ever scratch now. It was bpm the other year that put me off scratching, just hearing 5 hours a day of cutting ahh with nothing to make me really excited - not that people weren't good, it just wasn't very musical. It kind of killed the enjoyment of scratching in some way, thought its in part coincidental timing i think. Back when this version of DV started I was cutting almost every day. I was also playing gigs from time to time. Then there was 2ndHand's "scratch loft" where I'd meet him and Dub7 once a week for a few hour scratch session. Now I'd say I turn my decks on maybe once a month, and not for very long. I haven't played a gig for about 3 years. I doubt I'll ever sell my gear, but I'm just not into DJing any more. you should spend some time doing more on your UBB mix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I don't really like scratching per se and I'm only learning it to jazz up my mixes. Jimmy taught me how to hold the crossfader properly at the weekend so now my cuts are 40% sharper and my Peter Piper juggle is pretty hot. Once I can do about three kinds of scratch I think I'll give up learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2k Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I cut on average about once a week for about 10mins, often less, sometimes more. Actually had a cut with a mate on Saturday night (I rarely get to cut with and one), I was having a bit of an argument with Jack Daniels at the time though so it was pretty shit. Thing is whenever I get fired up to start cutting again and start to go all out it's only a matter of time before the RSI starts to resurface. Mixing on the other hand is a whole different thing, I can't even remember the last time I had a mix (other than 5mins the other day when showing someone how serato works), when I play out it's all ableton & the apc at the moment, I wanna incorporate scratching into it but thats more equipment to lug around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I haven't scratched regularly for years. I'm much more into mixing these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I scratch occasionally. I can go a couple of weeks without doing it, only to spend a couple of hours a day for a week at other times. I'm pretty sure I hit a peak and let it slip a while ago, but I think I've just about pulled back a timing issue I got into. I disappoint myself when I scratch usually, which puts me in a crappy mood. I never mix anymore, I deleted most of my pirate mp3s and never got any more and I've got piles of wax I don't listen to any more. It's sort of a shame, I miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny 1 move Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I scratch as often as being away from home 3 or 4 nights a week and having a girlfriend allows. I do it because it relaxes me mentally and physically and I like the sound of it, but I also like learning techniques because it's engaging enough to stop me thinking about work stuff but still gives by head a break! It's just a hobby at the end of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solemn Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 i still scratch, i don't know why tho. it's pointless, i hate it, scratch music is dead and so on and so on..i think i mainly use it to procrastinate and it has become sort of a tic such as chewing fingernails or whatnot..sometimes it can be fun tho.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 i still scratch, i don't know why tho. it's pointless, i hate it, scratch music is dead and so on and so on..i think i mainly use it to procrastinate and it has become sort of a tic such as chewing fingernails or whatnot..sometimes it can be fun tho.. You sound like a heroin addict! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groohn Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 scratchin is wack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00ban Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 scratchin is wack lol, great first post on a scratching forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 he'll fit in nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 His myspazz gave me a wide-on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Nuts Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Iv been putting a few hours in every day since I started (with a few unavoidable exceptions) I guess maybe I haven't been cutting as long as some other people though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Nuts Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 (edited) oops double post. Edited June 15, 2010 by P-Nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly Boner Rivers Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 i started cutting again about 6 months ago after letting the decks rest for about two years. nowadays i cut for an hour a month maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savwar Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 i haven;t scratched for longer than a few mins in about a year or 2..workin fulltime, college in the evenings, girlfriend, now gym & jujitsu, i spend any time alone i have just chillin. don't see my scratch mates as much these days as were all busy.really want to get back into it, but haven't made a big push.no routines have impressed me in years, that has made me hate the scene a bit, but also made me wanna make somethin creative that i'd enjoy if i ever get back into it. i work in a record shop for christs sake, but we haven't got a mixer and deck setup at the minute coz we rennovated the shop... i used to practice a bit when we didbut we're now gonna do cut sessions in the shop once a month, coz we have a new counter that can accommodate about 8 decks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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