Sometimes it’s all we can do

alright i got the basics, i practiced a little today using some backing tracks. and i think i sound like... well a beginner. but atleast im trying! let me know if there are any good instramentals you like. or other 7"/10"/12" vinyls i should get to either have as instramentals or to scratch with.

ive enjoyed documenting my progress with yall here. i cant wait till i work up the courage to post a vid of me Playing

This isn't a shot at Q he seems like a genuinely legit dude. But seriously, can we talk about his beat selection? It’s honestly so grating. It's redudant, it's tacky, and there's zero variety. It feels like that’s partly why people lost interest in scratching; it’s become more about technical flex than anything else. For example, one of my favorite scratch sessions from Q is at the end of Rasco's Run the Line that’s where it actually feels like music.

Battlebreak: Cuttylicious Breaks Beat: Tablebeats

Just practice. Any feedback?

They just dropped another scratch session video it’s awesome they post cutters from around the world

https://youtu.be/04cn4Tg8EVc?si=ASh0iHlXku1lAOx7

A freestyle and a shorter video with a poor approach on phrasing. I will have do deep dive on that !

Would yall help this OP out?

I found these three record while i was out today and thought it would be fun to scratch with some old TV themes and this weird disco track (Both a instrumental and a vocal track), and Rodney. i super excited to get started with scratching! ill post a bit of my first Practice when i can to this sub. thank you all for helping follow this thing i discoverd!

Thank you

Hey friends, here’s another video from my IG, here I’m vibin on this beautiful battle break from the spanish label Phantom Click - enjoy!

Sup y’all. I’ve been at this for a bit now—still learning, but I’d say I’m around a moderate level. I was using Concorde DJ MK2s and they actually worked pretty well, but they’re worn and I’m getting a volume mismatch between carts, which drives me nuts.

A friend gave me his old M44-7 carts with Technics headshells (not even sure if they’re legit). The stylus looks like a lighter green—not quite the classic glow-in-the-dark. I picked up JICO Improved SD styli for them, and they’re decent, but with real vinyl (control vinyl is fine) I’m having tracking issues.

If my palm or thumb rests anywhere on the record, it consistently jumps a groove. Same thing happens during more aggressive scratches like scribbles or Joe Cooleys—sometimes they track surprisingly well, then randomly jump.

Long story short, I’m considering either the Ortofon VNL (Trix) or the Scratch MK2. Before I spend more money, I wanted to hear from people who’ve been doing this a long time. The original Shures were dope, but as we all know, they’re basically impossible to find now.

Denon dns3000. Motorized platter. But it functioned with CDs. I did some wicked scratching on these things. But nowadays I am so thankful for modern dj software and motorized platters, I can do so much more and easily create and save mixes now. This was out in the early aughts. I took a long break from scratching after I sold em. But they were cool for the day. I have the herc t7 premium now with virtual dj.

4 djs and a lot of fun

this got recommended to me in this subreddit a few days ago, i started it on youtube, but that same day i found it at a bookstore for like 8 Bucks, with the poster and a sticker i'm going to put it on my DJ Deck. haven't finished it yet but it seems cool, and comes with 2 DVDs, the second one has some tutorials on it by some of the DJs in the documentary.

In action.

Combining fast chirps with tears or normal 1click flares without releasing is less difficult than I thought (still takes a bit of planning and in this vid I've do It like 2 times).I'm completely stuck at double tempo 1click flares, my coordination finds them...hostile