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!