to scratch or not to scratch

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To scratch or not to scratch...that is the question???

  • yeah laaaa scratch away

    Votes: 12 30.8%

  • no laaa scatch your bollocks instead

    Votes: 4 10.3%

  • ermm it is ok in certain situations like

    Votes: 19 48.7%

  • I have crabs..stop being insensitive

    Votes: 4 10.3%
  • Total voters
    39
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Mesh

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What are your thoughts on scratching over tunes?:D
I know we had a previous thread on mcs but don't know if this has been asked before. (If it has sorry...feel free to refer me to previous thread)


Personally I don't like scratching as I have been on nights out off me tits, waiting for the tune to kick off and some cnut scratches all over it and spoils it for me...what are your thought????
 
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Mesh

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murfso said:
i agree with u mesh on that one i dont like scratching either over tunes i prefer to hear tune instead :D :thumbsup: i voted for 4th option :$ :p
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LOL ......I voted crabs too..ya irish fecker:love:

Nice one lisa..totally agree sausage.;)


Everyone else...cud ya give a reason if ya don't mind like...would like to see people's opinions:D
 
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blue jammer

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I do think certain styles of tunes are more suited to scratching, I'd rarely scratch over the hacienda style tunes, but if it was faster/breaks etc, it seems to suit that better, and of course, hip hop/electro, as that's where it originated.

A lot of DJ's get carried away with scratching, and to a lot of people it is just noise, sometimes unpleasant, but used sparingly it can be an added nicety.

:)
 
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silocybe

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I'm not overly keen on scratching within house music , though it can have a good effect if the dj knows when and where... Hiphop is where its most at home , like Jammer said thats its roots. A good scratch can definately livin up a night though , a tune that your expecting to be dropped in a certain way can suddenly come to life with a little "effect" applied and at the end of the day thats what a scratch is really , a dj applied effect
 
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Jiglo

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I love it!:thumbsup: :D

Obviously I don't want to hear it all the time all through the mix, but dj's like Vertigo, Welly, XTC, Conran, Sasha etc all did a good job in my opinion with scratching over house sets:thumbsup: :)
 
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I absolutely love it :D .. but only when done well :thumbsup:

Its one of those things which is far easier to make a set very bad than enhance imo. But if done well and in the right spot it can be sheer brilliance :eek:

For me Iv got a few Nipper sets where the scratching makes the set amazing phones: and can listen to it repeatedly whislt goin :jawdrop:...but got a few other Nipper tapes where I think - fook me I know you can scratch just leave it alone now :mad:

Totally agree that certain styles of music are more suited to scratchin... ie hip hop :) ..trance :naughty:

Used to love listenin to DJ Hype.. not a particlur big D & B lover but he would make any set worth listenin to... also as a person who can appreciate the skill level involved in turntablism Im a bit more appreciative.
 
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If scratchings done well it blows me away.......you only have to listen to the scratch perverts to get idea of what i mean there...but voted yes scratch away :thumbsup: love it :p allthough i agree with silo.....certain stuff suits more than others ;)
 
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Yeah have to agree that you have to scratch over a tune or add it into your set a different times but not to over do it as it does annoy peeps ears afta a while.

Though agree about Djs like nipper, xtc, vertigo, sasha, carl cox, dj hype, sy all doing some mint scratchin in their sets over the years.

Currently I am practicing a scratch routine over Hardcore Uproar: High on Hope(out of the blue remix) were I slow the scratch down with beats and speed it back up again with the tempo of the track! Tricky

Kinda nipper like if ye know what a mean!:p
 
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li'l Sonz

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i voted no, purely coz even tho i agree with the comment the hux made, i often find that people who know how to scratch just cant bring themselves o chill out.... they constantly have to show us they can and it winds me up..... only rarely have i found that someone knows the fine line between enough and too much.... not very often imo!!!

xx
 
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Caru

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I think it sounds better in breaks inspired music (hip-hop, dnb, nu-skool etc.) than it does over house or techno.
 
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SCR101.5

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Caru said:
I think it sounds better in breaks inspired music (hip-hop, dnb, nu-skool etc.) than it does over house or techno.
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True, but it depends on the dj as well....
Never heard techno more alive than when played and scratched up by djs like Dave Clarke/ Claude Young in the late 90s (before we entered the digital age).
 


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