Pich Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 ive been wanting to post a video for awhile just to get some advice on where im going wrong and what I can improve on, I was showing my girlfriend for the first time in ages to see if she thought id improved and she recorded it so I thought id use it to post on here,any feedback would be great, good and bad.I know its not very clean and I mess up a lot but I thought id still put it up,ive been practicing just over a year and not as often as id like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21tcrk_57Lk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfsop Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Just one year? Damn, that's pretty impressive!I think you're on a good way (do you even say that in English?) because you already know some different techniques and mix them up in a funky way. Also, I think that for the time that you've been doing it for, it is very clean. Just keep on exploring combos. Maybe you could practice more chirps, drags and tears. There are already some in your video - just as a general idea, maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Hey Pich how do you pronounce your name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pich Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Thanks for you advice guys, I really appreciate it especially when I don't really have anyone to share scratch talk with, I think I'll just keep practicing :-), its pich but I say it like you pronounce the word pitch but without the t. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 good steady flow and very good progress for 1 year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericuk Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 that's a mighty fine crack you have there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pich Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) Thanks for that chile, gives me motivation to keep on practicing. lol I expected something like that from you for some reason eric lol, it is a nice crack but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse so I think the house is ok, I knew those builders were dodgy. Edited October 1, 2013 by Pich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I love you Pich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pich Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Lol thanks doppelkorn, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bit weird tho :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest broke Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Nice work, keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopez Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Clean, real nice! Great foundation, you'll be sicker than the swine flu in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pich Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 :-) Thanks everyone, I know it's not perfect but hearing you guys comments gives a bit of confidence to push on, its hard sometimes especially when you feel like you ent getting anywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest broke Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 :-) Thanks everyone, I know it's not perfect but hearing you guys comments gives a bit of confidence to push on, its hard sometimes especially when you feel like you ent getting anywhere Sometimes you'll plateau for a while and it'll seem like you're not progressing, but stick with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I thought it was really good for 1 year in. Definitely above average. All I would say is, keep doing your thing, cos you're progressing just fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pich Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Thanks guys, it's nice to hear, I'll do another video in a years time :-), I know what you mean about the plateau, if you keep at it I find you push through the bad sessions lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie T Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Nice cleanliness. Keep going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericuk Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I'm going to do a video with some techniques and flows to try. very clean cuts, but they are like a pair of straight cut jeans.... very straight. I think the general public would like your cuts because they're easy to follow. This should be a bad thing lol Lets confuse them mofo's with some ish they didn't expect :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I'm going to do a video Good, about bloody time. Myself and other members of the ericuk fan club have been champing at the bit for a new Eric scratch file. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pich Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 i agree i know i need to add something to my scratching but it isn't coming to me just yet lol, like you said i need to add something else to it,ill look forward to a video like that because theres not much in the way of talking about or how to create or string scratches together, its not something i think you can teach its got to come from yourself but a push in the right direction would be good.i learnt the autobahn the other week which was good but even that's gone stale now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericuk Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 my HD camcorder is humming when I record 'Direct in AUdio' so I've got to sort that out before I can post, but I hope to get some ideas up soon bro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pich Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 Nice thanks boss that would be good :-), what would be a good starting point to start working on making my scratches less straight? I guess it's just practice really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnumnuts Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Try scratching to jazz and stuff, qbert does this. Try for funkyness over technica! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I think "funkiness" tends to come later on. When you see a scratch video from a real n00b (one that has only been doing it for a couple of months), it's almost like a robot is doing the motions, cos they're kinda struggling/concentrating just to be able to pull off the individual techniques. Over time, that goes as the scratching itself becomes second nature through muscle memory and the flow/funkiness increases. How you perform scratches does make a difference too though. For example, if you go back and listen to some old school scratching, you would often hear transform patterns with 2 clicks forward and 1 on the reverse or 1 forward and 2 on the reverse - the kind of thing that Cash Money and Jazzy Jeff used to do a lot - but the clicks would be evenly spaced and the record movement was basically a baby scratch. A year or two after that, DJs like Aladdin came out and the way they phrased those kinds of scratches was different, which added more flavour to them, so if he was doing a 1 forward/2 back transform pattern he would have a longer pause after the first click, then the second 2 clicks would be closer together - it still fit over the beat just right, but it "funked up" that technique a little. The complexity of the technique isn't really what matters - it's how it's timed/phrased that does, for example, if you listen to someone like Ricci Rucker scratch, he will often do really funky shit with scratches that are very basic (of course, combined with some of the crazy shit he does that is far from basic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I actually recon for a years progress you're developing using a really sensible approach. I posted recently about this on facebook - 'One thing about scratch combos..They're very much like words in that they don't last long, and you'll need to know a lot of them, and a lot about how to order them coherently so you can say new things.. Some words are used more than others, so be selective in what you start with learning.. I like to think of the more complex and 'cool' sounding combos like autobahns or multi-crab baby things as similar to words like 'Eolithic' or 'Dysphemism'.. These are words, but not the most versatile or commonly used ones.. And certainly not the most essential words for learning how to communicate.. Things like chirps and stabs and transforms... Those are more like the glue that creates or facilitates meaning in a sentence.. things like 'the' 'and' etc.. You'll talk more coherently if you start with these fundamentals.. Then later those more specific, eloquent words can be embedded into the sentences you create through those basic cuts.' So keep going with the simple scratches and developing your flow and technique with them, and work on integrating the slightly more advanced combos over time into that flow. You're basically already on the way with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pich Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Thanks steve I see where your coming from, sometimes when I practice I worry too much about what I think I should be doing and sometimes just go around in circles not really getting anywhere, I think I should send some time and scratches I can do and maybe even them differently which I have done with some scratches but if I have a break through I tend to kill it before its already begun coz I keep doing it till I get sick of hearing it, Yeh chile I saw that on fb and it really makes a lot of sence, it's a good way of looking at it, I also liked your vid of rodney mullen I think he talks a lot of sense, have you checked out bones brigade? got some good interviews with him on it, Cheers I'll just keep at it in going to focus on the simple things for a week or so see where it gets me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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