Doctor Richard James presents on the history and practice of scratching — the DJ record-spinning kind, not the medical condition.

2. Richard James
Scratching, what is it?

3. “Scratching,,what,is,it?,
ahhhhhhhh,
Nerd,Night,Presenta4on,
Richard,James,
Dec,13th,2011,

4. Hip,Hop,
• Intrinsic,link,between,the,style,of,music,and,
the,origins,of,scratching,with,turntables,

5. Early,Years,
,,,Kool,DJ,Kerc, ,,Grand,Wizard,Theodore,(75),

6. Grandmaster*
Flash*
“Scratching,is,
nothing,but,the,
back,queuing,
you,hear,in,your,
ear,,before,you,
push,it”,

7. 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.,

8. The,Equipment,
• Technics,,1210,SL,Mk,II,

9. Mixer,
• Vestax,PMCV07,

10. The,CrossfaderV,it’s,just,a,switch,

11. Needle/Cartridge,

12. Bafle,Breaks,
• Invisibl,Skratch,
Piklz,Crew,
• DJ,Swamp,,
Creator,of,the,Skip,
VProof,record,

13. Scratching,Techniques,1,
• Baby,Scratch,
• Backwards,and,Forwards,scratch,
• Transformer,scratch,

14. Scratching,Techniques,2,
• Chirp,Scratch,
• Crab,Scratch,
• Flare,Scratch,

15. NonVscratching,Techniques,
• Rocking,the,tones,
• FaderVless,Scratching,,
• Locked,grooves,

16. 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.,

17. DMC,Champions,
• DJ,Q,Bert, • DJ,Craze,

18. Scratching/Turntabalism,“Breaks”,with,
Hip,Hop,
• Gangstarr, • DJ,Q,Bert,

19. Turntablists,
• Invisibl,Skratch,Piklz,‘89, • Return,of,the,DJ,‘95,

21. 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.,

22. Final,Clip.,
• hfp://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=FrxffyHhOPc&feature=related,

23. Thank You!
Richard James