dr richard james: scratching, what is it?
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Doctor Richard James presents on the history and practice of scratching — the DJ record-spinning kind, not the medical condition.TRANSCRIPT
Richard James Scratching, what is it?
“Scratching,,what,is,it?,ahhhhhhhh,
Nerd,Night,Presenta4on,
Richard,James,
Dec,13th,2011,
Hip,Hop,
• Intrinsic,link,between,the,style,of,music,and,the,origins,of,scratching,with,turntables,
Early,Years,
,,,Kool,DJ,Kerc, ,,Grand,Wizard,Theodore,(75),
Grandmaster*Flash*“Scratching,is,nothing,but,the,back,queuing,you,hear,in,your,ear,,before,you,push,it”,
Early,Scratching,
• Fab,Five,FreddyV,Change'the'Beat'1982.,, ,“beep%ahhhhh,%this%stuff%is%really%fresh”%
• Herbie,Hancock,1983,,ROCKITV,Grandmixer,DST.,
• Graffi\,Rock,TV,show,1984.,
The,Equipment,
• Technics,,1210,SL,Mk,II,
Mixer,
• Vestax,PMCV07,
The,CrossfaderV,it’s,just,a,switch,
Needle/Cartridge,
Bafle,Breaks,
• Invisibl,Skratch,Piklz,Crew,
• DJ,Swamp,,
Creator,of,the,Skip,
VProof,record,
Scratching,Techniques,1,
• Baby,Scratch,
• Backwards,and,Forwards,scratch,
• Transformer,scratch,
Scratching,Techniques,2,
• Chirp,Scratch,
• Crab,Scratch,
• Flare,Scratch,
NonVscratching,Techniques,
• Rocking,the,tones,
• FaderVless,Scratching,,
• Locked,grooves,
DMC,World,Mixing,Championships,
Disco,Mix,Club,(est.1986),
ChampionsV,
• DJ,Ca$h,Money,1988,
• DJ,QVBert,(ISP),1992,,1993,,1994.,
• DJ,Craze,1998,,1999,,2000.,
DMC,Champions,
• DJ,Q,Bert, • DJ,Craze,
Scratching/Turntabalism,“Breaks”,with,Hip,Hop,
• Gangstarr, • DJ,Q,Bert,
Turntablists,
• Invisibl,Skratch,Piklz,‘89, • Return,of,the,DJ,‘95,
Hints,
• Watch,out,for,fakers,and,wankers.,Do,ask,“What,type,of,scratches,can,you,do?”,
• Find,someone,who,fits,your,taste,in,scratching.,
• Watch,Scratch%the%Documentary%if,you,are,interested.,
Final,Clip.,
• hfp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrxffyHhOPc&feature=related,
Richard James
Thank You!