The 1 Click Flare is made famous by DJ Flare, start with the crossfader on/open and as you push the…
Slug March is usually performed over a half-time beat, the slug march actually begins at the end of the sound……
Joe Cooley is a DJ who made famous a certain pattern of stabs, forwards, and chirps. In a time when…
The chirp is our first “open fader” scratch so get ready! The chirp scratch starts with a record at the…
It may sound trivial, but practicing this technique will help you achieve more variations in your cuts. Push or pull…
The Rockit scratch is a funkier variation of the Military scratch-made famous by Grandmixer DXT on Herbie Hancock’s track “Rockit”.…
The Military scratch doesn’t have a preset rhythm or pattern but is more about creating a certain cadence by combining…
The Twiddle scratch uses the ring and index finger to alternate snapping the crossfader against your thumb. This scratch is…
Phrasing is the act of breaking up a sample into either words or syllables by pausing the record with your…
Exactly like the forward but backward. Start at the end of the sound with the fader closed. Open the fader…
Similar to the Fade Scratch, the Echo technique uses the channel/volume fader but its movements are more like the forward…
The fade scratch can be great for intros/outros as well as adding space/variation between faster more complicated techniques. While doing…
Stabs are basically faster versions of the forward scratch. Do the same record and crossfader movements you’d do with a…
Our first preset pattern with the crossfader. Start with the crossfader closed and the record at the beginning of a…
Probably one of the very first scratches to use the crossfader. Starting with the crossfader closed, open, and close the…
Well before the current pandemic prevented DJs from performing before live crowds, the DJ-battle scene had begun to dramatically evolve…
As we all know, DJs around the world are hurting from canceled gigs and loss of income due to COVID-19.…
Over the course of his impressive DJ career, Gregory “Lazyboy” Sherrell has won a slew of turntable battles, from local…
It seems that you can never be too young to start playing records. Case in Point: Sophia Clayton, an 11-year-old…