DJ Skills The Essential Guide to Mixing and Scratching

Name: DJ Skills The Essential Guide to Mixing and Scratching
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ISBN: 9780240520698

ISBN-10: 0240520696

ISBN-13: 9780240520698

Edition: 2008

Authors: Stephen Webber

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DJ Skills: The Essential Guide to Mixing & Scratching is the most comprehensive, up to date approach to DJing ever produced. With insights from top club, mobile, and scratch DJs, the book includes many teaching strategies developed in the Berklee College of Music prototype DJ lab. From scratching and mixing skills to the latest trends in DVD and video mixing this book gives you access to all the tools, tips and techniques you need. Topics like hand position are taught in a completely new way, and close-up photos of famous DJ?s hands are featured. As well as the step-by-step photos the book includes an audio CD to demonstrate techniques. This book is perfect for intermediate and advanced…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/14/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Introduction


Heritage: The Historical Record



The Evolution of Records



The Evolution of the Radio DJ



The Evolution of the Club DJ- Featuring original interviews with BT and Paul Oakenfold



The Evolution of the Hip Hop DJ- Featuring original interviews with Grand Wizard Theodore and DJ Shadow



The Evolution of the Scratch DJ- Featuring original interviews with QBert and Rob Swift



The Evolution of the DJ as Musician- Featuring original interviews with Herbie Hancock, DJ Logic, Kid Koala, Faust & Shortee, and DJ Radar Hardware: The Tools of the DJ



Turntable Tools



CD, DVD and Hard Drive Decks



Mixers & Effects



Drum Machines & Groove Boxes



Computerized DJ/Remix Tools



Hardware Synths



The Bizarre: MIT?s ?DJ I Robot? How-To: The Skills of the DJ



Mixing Skills



Set Building Skills



Mobile DJ Skills



Hip Hop DJ Skills



Scratch DJ Skills Conclusion CD Contents- Featuring examples by US National DMC champion DJ Perseus 1-98 BPM Groove (for beat matching and mixing), 2-91 BPM Groove (for beat matching and mixing), 3-110 BPM Rhythm Track (for beat matching and mixing), 4-Scratch Samples (for scratch practice), 5-Vocal Samples (for scratch practice), 6-Band of White Noise (for scratch practice), 7-Basic (Scratch Examples), 8-Drag (Scratch Examples), 9-Scribble (Scratch Examples), 10-Tears (Examples), 11-Lazer 1 Hand (Examples), 12-Lazer 2 Hand (Examples), 13-Lazer Muted (Examples), 14-Swipes (Examples), 15-Uzi (Scratch Examples), 16-Sample Tips (Examples), 17-Tips & Tears (Examples), 18-Drum Tips (Examples), 19-Basic Fader (Scratch Examples), 20-Stabs (Scratch Examples), 21-Chirps (Scratch Examples), 22-Cutting (Examples), 23-Kick, 24-Kick & Snare, 25-Beat Scratching (Examples), 26-Fades (Scratch Examples), 27-Uzi Fades (Scratch Examples), 28-Echoes (Scratch Examples), 29-Transformer (Scratch Examples), 30-One Click Flare (Scratch Examples), 31-Two Click Flares (Scratch Examples), 32-Three Click Flares (Scratch Examples), 33-Twiddle (Scratch Examples), 34-Four Finger Crabs (Scratch Examples), 35-Three Finger Crabs (Scratch Examples), 36-Combinations (Scratch Examples)