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domhunt wrote:Anyone here a turntablist?
I really wanna start it out but i don't really know where to start.

Plus if you do it does it go well with dubstep?

practice practice practice practice.
you'll never be any good if you've got a full time job.
it took me like 6 months of scratching at least 2 hours a day to get the crab scratch down.

beat juggling is loads of fun but very difficult. too easy to forget your complex patterns imo. i've not beat juggled since i had to sell my mixer a few months back. guaranteed i'm back to level 1 now and crap at juggling again.

basically just practice. if you've got 8 hours free per day and use it to practice, there's no reason you won't be good!

i wish i had utilised my time as a student better to get good at scratching/juggling etc.... days wasted doing piss all... now working 9-5 have no time to do any of that more thana few hours a week, so will never get beyond 'being a bit shit'

if you want to know how to do stuff, just Youtube "scratching tutorial".... theres some by qbert up there, but i dont like his tutorials due to him scratching hamster style.... Rob Swift has some good ones tutorials on there, but just see what suits you and watch them and copt them.....

get some good decks as well... Technics or Vestax PDX-2000...... i use vestax, but each to there own.... and a decent mixer...a Vestax PMC 05 is a good one for about £100 on ebay......

theres also TURNTABLISM TRANSCRIPTION MANUAL that makes an interesting read if your into the visual breakdown of scratches and juggles into graphs and diagrams.... its a pdf around the internet somewhere...... if you cant find it, ill uplaod it when i get home

on a side note.....

anyone off to see BABU at fabric in a couple of weeks???

i initially bought my decks for scratching/beat juggling but i lost patience with it, around the same time I was getting more into mixing dubstep.
But yeah, the more time you have for it then the easier it will get, like people have mentioned earlier in the thread. I learnt most of my scratches from watching DMC videos, working out what they were doing, now all the records are so customised you can't tell what the hell the DJ's doing. It's taken the shine off it for me which is why I've progressed to mixing.

RIP Roc Raida.

but turntablism is an art. nuff people don't like it, I tell em to go fuck themselves.

I really want to get into this as I love it and love watching the videos, but I don't have any of the equipment or money/a job

spire wrote:

bass hertz wrote:DJ JFB. The last of the "pure" turntablists.

kinda have to agree there. JFB's the only (great great great) scratch dj i see playin around in all sorts of good music, showcasing his skills when he wants, and mixing up a storm. really nice/down to earth guy too the one time i met him.

Fixd

This mix is the shit! His cuts, juggles and edits are all really good! Some of the tunes might not be to everyones taste but it's worth a listen for the skills alone!

Soundcloud

DJ Woody is the best the uk's ever produced

should mention Cut Master Swift as well, the uk's orignal world conquering turntablist