Wax On Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Firstly apologies if this is in the wrong section. So i'm doing a bit of djing with a band, and the crowd will be very low on awareness of scratching. I need to try and visualise what I do as much as possible rather than just standing still, pulling a face like a death row inmate and busting out some hella sick cuts... Anyone got any hints/tips? I'm honestly thinking about wearing wristbands to kind of make the movement of my hands more noticeable... ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I find most musicians, unless they have huge egos or are doing a solo, don't usually draw attention to what they're doing with their hands etc when they're playing. I think most people just accept that they're a bassist so they must be playing bass notes of that guitar, sort of thing. Granted decks are slightly more unusual, but I think you should do your thing or go crazy and make your stage persona match that photograph Dirk has in his house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Lol yeah, my stage persona is pretty much the polar opposite of that at the moment! Cheers mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 At the end of the day only geeky musicians truly care about what you're doing technically, whereas everyone else will pay attention to the singer for the majority of it and just enjoy the music as a whole piece. It's nothing to worry about nuff said. end of. at the end of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00ban Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Power stance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Wax you need to reverse your stage presence from "man monitoring seismic activity needle" to "Bez". Also do you ahve projecttors or screens? You could just show old looped up Warner Brothers Cartoons/Nazi propaganda and say it's ironic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solemn Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Just let them men tits wobble and make sure that you sweat like a cow in order for the people to realise that you're putting much energy into this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfoly Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 scratch with yer knob! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 I need to do something the audience can see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airnino Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 this is the only decent visualization of scratching i can think of. dunno if you have seen this before, some guy from switzerland made it and it's called "v-scratch". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m895_ij9LOY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlbbfQ-4zVQ&feature=channel_video_title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 just get naked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkei Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 this is the only decent visualization of scratching i can think of. dunno if you have seen this before, some guy from switzerland made it and it's called "v-scratch". It's a friend of mine who made that V-Scratch thingy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kage Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Do something like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukZCHX5ffEI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jopa. Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 i remember on a qbert dvd toad was giving him some really good advice, i will try and paraphrase... first show the audience the entire sample once or twice. like baby once and then let it play, raise your hands to the crowd to emphasize "this is the sample in its entirety." maybe even one more time, "w-word." raise hands point at the record. then just bust it... while it my not be juggling with your hands behind your back, or using the fader with you lips or something, i think it will educate the crowd to what is actually going on as well as elevate yourself from the rest of the group in the same way a guitarist goes to the front of the stage when he solos does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motek Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 this is the only decent visualization of scratching i can think of. dunno if you have seen this before, some guy from switzerland made it and it's called "v-scratch". It's a friend of mine who made that V-Scratch thingy. the website is dead, can it be downloaded do you know or does it require custom hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwote Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Make over sized movements on the simple, slower kuts. Don't spend much time looking at the turntable or the mixer. When you're not scratching be active in an obvious way, as long as it doesn't clash with the rest of the band's stage presence. Head bang while you kut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 You could pull a Mr. Sinister and basically move your mouth like the sounds. That would be interesting. You could get something like this and have the sensor right by your monitor so it just picked up you.http://www.google.co...ed=0CIcBEPMCMAU Or if ur using Serato obviously you could scratch with serato video and project it on a sheet hanging over ur folding table which would be sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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