DJ Scratching Techniques: Looking Away From Record

Video Transcript

"In this video, I'm going to teach you how we start transitioning away from looking at the label. So up until now I've taught you to look at the label and think about the beginning of the sample on the record at six o' clock. Now, you should start thinking about not just thinking, listening more importantly, to where you are in the sample. So without looking at the record, try and find the beginning of the sample. So if you hear it down here, don't you hear how it's kind of weak sounding It sounds like the end of this sample, pull it back until you hear the beginning of this sound. You should be hovering in the silence on the record right before the sample. Stop looking at the record so much. The more you look at the record, the more now it's going to become a crutch, and the less creative you're going to be able to be with developing scratch phrases. Once you're able to visualize the sample in your head, and your hand on top of the sample, moving back and forth, the more creative you're going to be and the less you're going to be relying on your other senses."