Dj tutor; Another lesson for the New turntabalist

0:00 We've got another video here with regards to turntablism

Alright folks, we've got another video here with regards to turntablism. Now then, I have done quite a few of these and bearing in mind on YouTube there are hundreds and hundreds of people teaching you how to mix, cut and scratch, alright? So it's not just me, check them all out, alright? Because I can give you a bit of advice but other people can give you even more advice. I just want to tell you something actually very quickly. I bought these today, low energy bulbs, right? And I thought, great, we're going to have them in the house and I brought them home just about to plug them in and guess what? Wrong fitting. What a plonker. Right. Anyway, that's by the by. Right, now then, turntablism. Okay, now then. If you've seen the video where I'm using a zip like so...

Check that one out, alright? Because that really follows with this one. I might even put that one underneath here, okay? As a video response. But I've done a few on certain aspects of actual turntablism and scratching, which is what it's all about. But I want you now to do this for me, and if you can listen, understand and appreciate what I'm on about, you will find that even you will be able to scratch when you thought you weren't able to. Okay, now then. Just listen to this.

Right, now then. It sounded a bit like double dutch, didn't it? But, you know, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, right? Is the difference between that sounding absolutely as though I'm off my head, or probably am actually, and it actually making sense. Now the forward motion, backward motion. That's how simple it is, okay? Listen, hold on. By the way, the track I'm going to be... Scratching with is a track by, it's by Trouble Funk and it's entitled Pump Me Up. It goes like this. Bit of a classic that one. And then the one I'm going to be using to mix in with, okay, is 9pm Till I Come by ATB, which sounds like this. But it doesn't really matter that tune, I'm just using it because there's the beat there. Alright, now then.

2:27 Before we do anything, remember what I said?

Before we do anything, remember what I said? Now, why am I on about that? Why am I just saying those funny sort of sounds? Because this is the same principle with a zip. You're messing around with a zip. You can be on the bus, in a car, in your bed, on the bog, it doesn't matter, you've got... But it doesn't matter because you can just be whistling away and you'll be going like... Right, I'll show you. Have a listen. Right, let's get it ready. Let's get it set up. Right, now what's happening now, very quickly for the partially... What I'm doing is pressing start and then I've got my finger actually on the record, okay? The platter is moving underneath the record and I've got the volume on the mixer up full, okay? I'm not going to be putting the volume on the mixer up or down. The volume is going to stay up, period. Now listen. Remember that. There you go. How about... Sorry.

I'm creasing myself up here actually. But do you see where I'm coming from? Because again, all we're doing, initially we're just doing two movements, back forwards, back forwards. But there is a sort of a third movement and that is when what you're doing is halfway through. Let's say you're taking it forward. You're taking it forward a bit, stopping it and taking it forward a little bit more. Or perhaps you're doing the opposite. You're bringing it back, stopping it and bringing it back. All right, I'm not saying it's that simple. What I'm saying is that with a little bit of practice, even you can learn how to scratch. But this is the beauty of it. You don't have to be anywhere near a turntable.

4:48 Think up a new idea, a new scratch

Think up a new idea, a new scratch. You can think like... You know, like sort of... Something like that, you know what I mean? Anyway, what I'm going to do is that move. I'm not going to touch the volume control at all. I'm going to play the beat and have a bit of a jig around it. Let's see what we come up with. Here we go. All right, admittedly, it wasn't the best, but like I've always said, I'm not a turntablist. But what I'm trying to do, I'm trying to show you another idea how you can practice, okay? And enjoy. Take it easy.

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