Beat juggling Tutorial, video 2.

0:00 Very quickly, a lot of people think that turntablism is just for hip-h

Alright folks, this is the second video in a selection we're doing on beat juggling and turntablism. Now very quickly, a lot of people think that turntablism is just for hip-hop DJs. Now then, predominantly hip-hop DJs will use the turntables, go from one to the other, lots of scratching and that sort of thing which is known as turntablism. But there's no one out there that says, no one can say that it's only for hip-hop DJs. Anyone can do it. From soul, R&B, house, techno, trance, you can all do a bit of scratching, a bit of cutting and also mess around with the beats while you're in the mix and while you're doing your set. Now then, I suggest first of all you go and check out that video and then you will work out and you'll actually suss out why I'm going to be doing this one here. Now then, what I'm going to be doing, first of all the records I'm using is on my left hand side it's Champion on Champion Records. It's a track entitled Break For Love.

It's by Raze, it's a remix and the remix is by Roy Malone's Old Style Remix. Then on my right hand side I've got Eddie Amador, A Track in Time, Rise to the Top. Now what I'm going to be doing is simply this. Both of the records are going to be playing together. At one point I'm going to stop one record, I'm going to let the other one play. The one I stopped, I'm going to let that play so they'll both be playing together again but the one that I stopped We'll be behind by two or three beats, two or three bars. It'll be behind the other one. So for the other one, for this one here to catch up, the one I stopped, I need then to stop the other record the same amount of time, okay? So stopping that for the same amount of time while the other one's playing and then bringing that one back in and likewise doing the same over and over again. Almost what I'm doing is sort of footsteps, okay? Because again...

1:56 The whole idea of this video is to show you how it's done

One foot forward, then the next one, then the next one, next one, and eventually when you stop, ideally when you stop still, your feet are together and you're stopped together as opposed to like that. Right now, cat. Right, okay, so I hope that's as clear as mud and I hope by showing you now in practice you'll see where I'm coming from. Now bearing in mind I'm no expert and the beats may be all over the place, the whole policy of this video isn't to show you how brilliant I am because I'm not. The whole idea of this video is to show you how it's done. Right, here we go. Now then, very quickly, you saw what I was doing. Now then, to actually physically do that is very, very difficult to keep it in beat. But think of it from the next level and that is I had... Stop that. I had both volumes all the way up, right? Now then, this is what you need to do, OK? When...

3:47 You're listening to this one, and we're getting it ready

The DJ Tutor is a great example of how you can use your headphones to listen to the sound of your music. This one's playing. Now you're listening to this one, and we're getting it ready. We're getting ready on that beat. Now then, who's to say that you can't throw that beat in, get it in beat with the pitch control, and when you know it's in beat, then slowly bring the volume back up. Then what you do, they're both playing together again, and then you can do the opposite with the other side. So what you do is you stop it. You bring the volume down, like so. You make sure it's in beat, but whatever you do, keep the position where the beat is. Don't spin it back, don't spin it forward. It's very important to keep that position. So get it ready on that perfect beat, where it was, bang, bang, volume down, bang, bang, and then start it, boom, like that. Get the pitch in beat, get it in beat so it's lined up, and when you know it's lined up, slowly bring the volume back up again. Now then, by doing it that way...

What you're guaranteed if you can beatmatch is that they will always be in beat. Again, it's footsteps, alright? Right, this is the second video. I hope it's been as clear as mud. But thank you for watching. Practice and enjoy. Any comments or queries, stick them underneath and we'll try and take this a few more steps forward. Practice and enjoy.

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