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15 Levels of Turntable Scratching: Easy to Complex | WIRED
Turntablism is the art of using the turntable as a musical instrument. DJ Shortkut explains turntablism in 15 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. Shortkut starts with the very basics of scratching all the way to complicated techniques like beat juggling. Director: Tim Cruz Director of Photography: Grant Bell Editor: Cory Stevens Talent: DJ…
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spector3881
June 27, 2022 at 7:32 pm
Let’s get the mortician guy to embalm a body in 12 levels of complexity. Like my comment so wired notices.
DJ AUDIO1
June 27, 2022 at 8:11 pm
Shortkut is a living legend. I am so happy to see this.
Smitty Werben Jagermanjensen
June 27, 2022 at 8:21 pm
You’re the Gabriel Iglesias of DJs 🔥
Don John
June 27, 2022 at 8:27 pm
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DJ AUDIO1
June 27, 2022 at 8:31 pm
Future civilizations will find this video and be amazed. 🙏🙏
L0000NEY
June 27, 2022 at 8:50 pm
Dude has got mad Skills.
Jeff
June 27, 2022 at 9:07 pm
Skratch Piklz!
Walther Kentzler
June 27, 2022 at 9:12 pm
Gotta send this to DJ Khaled.
Pig Benis
June 27, 2022 at 9:26 pm
I bet ladies love that hand action
Touch. Me. I Will Turn You ONN
June 27, 2022 at 10:06 pm
It’s like an episode of ‘how it’s made’. Knowing very little about DJs , this was fun to watch. Good explanations
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June 27, 2022 at 11:02 pm
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June 27, 2022 at 10:55 pm
This brings back awesome memories of the mid-2000s and C2C dominating DMC.
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June 27, 2022 at 11:33 pm
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June 27, 2022 at 11:34 pm
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June 27, 2022 at 11:35 pm
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Moocah King
June 27, 2022 at 11:12 pm
Very fun you worked with Shortkut for this video, biggup!
Phil Pritt
June 27, 2022 at 11:14 pm
What a great teacher!
quiks groove
June 27, 2022 at 11:17 pm
I love this
Kevin Luo
June 27, 2022 at 11:19 pm
There’s so much nuance in every art form. Nice editing with the text too.
Janet F
June 27, 2022 at 11:22 pm
👍for more respect for turntablist DJs!🔥
BGB thabun
June 27, 2022 at 11:26 pm
This was a totally awesome episode, I love this person, as much as I love the whole concept of turntablism. I just went and checked wikipedia, and I was disappointed that there was no entry for shortkut. His knowledge and skill was demonstrated amply in this video.
Shamika🔥F-'ck M'-e - Check my P'ro'fi-le🔥
June 27, 2022 at 11:27 pm
There’s so much nuance in every art form. Nice editing with the text too.
Johan Sidén
June 28, 2022 at 12:11 am
Thank you DJ Shortkut at WIRED for putting this out! 🙂
pinfarmer
June 28, 2022 at 12:11 am
Leverl 16: …and a microphone.
Patrick Buswell
June 28, 2022 at 12:17 am
I was lucky enough to see him live a few times. The guy is a legend! Thank you wired for this video
♥️KeshThara♥️Fan
June 28, 2022 at 12:48 am
This was a totally awesome episode, I love this person, as much as I love the whole concept of turntablism. I just went and checked wikipedia, and I was disappointed that there was no entry for shortkut. His knowledge and skill was demonstrated amply in this video.
Hugh Jazz
June 28, 2022 at 1:24 am
I’m a metal guy and an avid collector of vinyls so as such I really don’t know what to make of this. Quite interesting to watch though.
Khushi Art & Craft
June 28, 2022 at 3:46 am
I love this
Irish Rebel 76
June 28, 2022 at 4:10 am
That was awesome!
Dead0Grateful
June 28, 2022 at 4:27 am
This was amazing and has me looking up turn tables 😅
Kari 𝔽**СК МЕ - СНЕℂ𝕂 𝕄𝕐 Рℝ𝟘𝔽𝕀𝕃Е💛
June 28, 2022 at 5:31 am
I was lucky enough to see him live a few times. The guy is a legend! Thank you wired for this video
Groovekun
June 28, 2022 at 5:58 am
This is dope, I knew DJ-ing was hard but it’s actually pretty technical.
Joy 🔥 I WANT SЕХ 💋 F Uc_k me
June 28, 2022 at 6:52 am
This is dope, I knew DJ-ing was hard but it’s actually pretty technical.
Maggie Pie
June 28, 2022 at 7:21 am
Are there DJs who control the cross fader with their feet, the same way many instruments have pedals?
Ryan Ellis
June 28, 2022 at 7:40 am
That’s really interesting, I wonder too now
Black Bingo
June 28, 2022 at 8:41 am
DJ nowdays use their Macbook and Mcboobs.
Žanas L.
June 28, 2022 at 9:52 am
I’m sorry that I dint knew about you. You’re good!
It’s a pity you chose to live a short life.
Evan Greene
June 28, 2022 at 10:58 pm
short life?
Jason Fong
June 28, 2022 at 10:19 am
Shortkut the legend!
NeoZone
June 28, 2022 at 10:54 am
Bravo! I love how its broken down so concisely!
Family Adventures
June 28, 2022 at 10:56 am
I need sub
Kenji Takk
June 28, 2022 at 12:05 pm
imagine him playing dj hero
Gabriel Ghent
June 28, 2022 at 2:42 pm
The legend Shortkut!!! For those who don’t know, this man was part of an influential group of Bay Area DJs in the 90s called the Invizibl Skratch Piklz, which included other legendary scratch DJs such as Q-Bert, Mix Master Mike, D-Styles, Yogafrog, Flare, and Disk. The level of influence these guys had on modern DJing cannot be understated. Couldn’t have picked a better DJ to break down the theory of turntablism and scratching! Thank you Wired for this video!
DJ Carlo Atendido
June 28, 2022 at 3:31 pm
This is so awesome! Kudos to Shortkut and the team!
Carlos Cervantes
June 28, 2022 at 4:03 pm
I love how he intersperses a little bit of hip-hop history, crediting the creators of various techniques.
eifelitorn
June 28, 2022 at 5:36 pm
18:15 why did the beat stop there though ? Isn’t the crossfader on the right vinyl which plays the beat?
Christina
June 28, 2022 at 7:10 pm
Most likely he has the crossfader on reverse, and it is called hamster scratching
Christina
June 28, 2022 at 7:10 pm
Some prefer the fader reversed
keyvan mcvandi
June 28, 2022 at 5:46 pm
lame
D Nice
June 28, 2022 at 7:23 pm
The drum scratch using the volume control instead of the crossfader definitely gives it a unique sound. The crossfader gives it a more halted sound where the crossfader sounds a bit more fluid.
nobody exceptme
June 28, 2022 at 9:18 pm
if ya’ll haven’t seen this man in action on twitch u don’t know what u are missing. He be turnt! All kinds of jams going off, keeps the party/vibe going for hrs. You will not be disappointed if u tune in.
dj 8-ball
June 28, 2022 at 11:56 pm
Dope!
clokwize
June 29, 2022 at 2:30 am
If Qbert was Ryu in the Skratch world, Shortkut would’ve been Ken
al201103
June 29, 2022 at 2:50 am
As soneone who listened to hip hop back when it was Electro, this was fresh, wild, fly and bold.
Alyssa Fundal
June 29, 2022 at 3:55 am
This is actually so COOL omg I didn’t know it could get this complex lol
Chris Pearce
June 29, 2022 at 5:10 am
So… Is it best to stick to using the crossfader regularly or switching to hamster as I progress? It looked like you switched for a minute there
Tan Zai Xuan
June 29, 2022 at 11:10 am
I think it’s a matter of preference.
Melo-D also switches between both styles
Geograph
June 29, 2022 at 7:50 am
“The first direct-drive turntable was invented by Shuichi Obata, an engineer at Matsushita (now Panasonic), based in Osaka, Japan. It eliminated belts, and instead employed a motor to directly drive a platter on which a vinyl record rests. In 1969, Matsushita released it as the SP-10, the first direct-drive turntable on the market, and the first in their influential Technics series of turntables.” I wonder, how phonographs will evolve in the next 50 years)))
Per S
June 29, 2022 at 9:05 am
ULTRA-cool. Thank you.
IT WASNT FRED K
June 29, 2022 at 12:00 pm
This is sICK
David Bentley
June 29, 2022 at 1:03 pm
Wonder why he didn’t recognize DJ Starscream when discussing the transform scratch?
Valen Dreth
June 29, 2022 at 4:05 pm
Incredible! I love seeing DJs scratch hamster, it’s always insane I wanted to switch for a while but I feel like it’s just way too complicated
Phuccjoo Mann
July 5, 2022 at 5:08 am
I scratch hamster because I learned watching all the qbert videos 😂. I would say I can scratch above average with either hand. TBH If I was to do it all over again I would learn regular instead hamster.
Dranomoly
June 29, 2022 at 4:39 pm
Very nice! Would have love to have this 20 years ago!
Mr. Rigor Mortis
June 29, 2022 at 7:19 pm
😳 I never knew how deep scratching was. I just thought it was awesome and unfortunately started it started to fade away out of mainstream rap and hip-hop. Now a days DJs just pick songs and yell outside.
deej jeffs vlog
June 29, 2022 at 10:03 pm
wow 👌 👏 😍 👍 I’m learning again
Kylee 💦F-'ck M'-e - Check my P'ro'fi-le💋
June 29, 2022 at 10:48 pm
This is dope, I knew DJ-ing was hard but it’s actually pretty technical.
Dianna 🥂T[A]P Me!! to Have [𝐒]𝐄𝐗 With 𝐌𝐞
June 30, 2022 at 12:10 am
if ya’ll haven’t seen this man in action on twitch u don’t know what u are missing. He be turnt! All kinds of jams going off, keeps the party/vibe going for hrs. You will not be disappointed if u tune in.
Ana 🔥 I WANT SЕХ 💋 F Uc_k me
June 30, 2022 at 1:32 am
if ya’ll haven’t seen this man in action on twitch u don’t know what u are missing. He be turnt! All kinds of jams going off, keeps the party/vibe going for hrs. You will not be disappointed if u tune in.
nwg
June 30, 2022 at 9:22 am
turntables are awful
BUTT3R GAMING
June 30, 2022 at 11:25 am
Mabuhay 🇵🇭🌻
sean ocean
June 30, 2022 at 2:42 pm
Thank goodness he isn’t using hamster mode. I love beat juggling but scratching with normal cross fader position has always been difficult for me.
Bernard
June 30, 2022 at 3:05 pm
This is awesome. Btw anyone know the best at 13:09 ?
Jason Caputo
July 1, 2022 at 8:13 pm
Love watching the beauty of the “hand and platter dancing” we get to see in the top down view. Anyone know if that top down view was/is ever projected on a screen during performances?
Deep respect to DJ Shortkut, for his skill obviously, but especially his ending statement. So humble and nurturing.
Isaac Jensen
July 1, 2022 at 10:30 pm
Get Harry Mack on here to describe the “levels” of freestyling.
Invox
July 1, 2022 at 10:49 pm
I have a earing condition that I cannot stand woffer beats… They really increase my anxiety, so it was really hard for me to listen to this.
Although it was extremelly interesting.
Klever
July 1, 2022 at 11:23 pm
Great job!🤟
David Wong
July 4, 2022 at 6:26 am
Other levels
– full body stunts (nose, back, under the leg, butt, 360 spin, feet)
– in tandem with another DJ
– incorporating effects
Jonathan Haggard
July 4, 2022 at 6:49 pm
Katamari
Daniel Magayon
July 5, 2022 at 12:03 am
Thank you so much for this lessons I always watch dj who mash up songs bit this one gave me techniques as a newbie appreciate this lesson so much
Black Magic
July 5, 2022 at 1:27 am
This dude can scratch and explain it, legend fr
ban_one
July 5, 2022 at 11:48 am
Amazing! I would’ve needed this video 20 years ago
Paul Mason
July 5, 2022 at 12:09 pm
What a legend. I got to see shortcut and ISP back in the day. Fresh 97 Folkstone, England.
Djzoebeatz
July 5, 2022 at 12:51 pm
NEED YA’LL HELP TO REACH 1K SUB IN ORDER TO GET MONETIZED PLEASE HIT LINK DOPE STREETS BEATZ ON DECK..
care Bears
July 5, 2022 at 8:14 pm
Thank you very informative.
AM_GenY
July 6, 2022 at 12:24 am
Love this video! I’ve been waiting for this for 18 years
ST ST
July 6, 2022 at 3:15 am
Idol legend!!!
Jeb Boyle
July 6, 2022 at 4:36 am
It would be helpful if you mentioned that you are reversing the crossfader for some of the scratches. A noob looking for tips would have a difficult time catching that.
Cliff Booth
July 6, 2022 at 4:38 am
15 levels under 19 minutes. My mind is still spinning.
Spartacus
July 6, 2022 at 5:09 am
Who invented the Flare?
Funghyfresh
July 6, 2022 at 11:35 am
DJ Flare
kenni zuka
July 6, 2022 at 5:26 am
why does he go hamster for the crab and the flare scratches?
0000Quanta
July 6, 2022 at 8:25 am
Boy that scratch was making me ITCH!
Jungle Riddims
July 6, 2022 at 8:56 am
Nice 👌 comprehensive tutorial. Great job! Thanks man.
Marc
July 6, 2022 at 9:50 am
Yes!
Positive T
July 6, 2022 at 2:32 pm
ShortKut is our hero!! Legend in full effect!
Trey Hudson
July 6, 2022 at 5:52 pm
Uhhh…not always 4 beats to a bar. 😳🤘
djlemma
July 6, 2022 at 9:04 pm
And then there’s the level where you do a 1-handed handstand on a spinning turntable as your finale. (Look up DJ David’s 1991 DMC Championship routine if you haven’t seen it)
Reagan the DJ
July 6, 2022 at 9:31 pm
This guy is a legend!
Troy Miller
July 6, 2022 at 10:32 pm
Thumbnail looks like Timbaland
Isaac Alonzo
July 7, 2022 at 10:02 am
NGL now it cannot be unseen.
djflashb
July 6, 2022 at 11:27 pm
Shortkut is the man
Rhys Tomlinson
July 6, 2022 at 11:33 pm
Genuine question(s) – I must be missing something really obvious to everyone else… But how does a record make 2 different sounds at the same point on it??? Example 0:41 – 0:44 “Fresh” and “Ahhh” demo. What am I missing? Are the Fresh and Ahhh samples the only 2 sounds on that record? Or does it constantly repeat those 2 words, or is it the whole song on there??
Daye Gordon
July 7, 2022 at 1:35 pm
He’s using a digital vinyl system, so it can change what sounds are played by the record w/o having to flip platters or change plates
GRIFTY P
July 7, 2022 at 6:08 am
shame to not see trick mixing in here like JROCC or pbwolf are both pretty nice with
Sam Zungs4
July 7, 2022 at 9:51 am
He let it look so easy
Mr Danny Lane
July 7, 2022 at 10:38 am
What a beautiful demonstration of the importance of technique.
Karl May
July 7, 2022 at 11:26 am
Dude who taught me to scratch made me learn beatmatching, flares and crab scratches straight off the bat. I can’t dj, but I can do a bunch of difficult tricks. It’s like how I used to fail all the easy parts of maths exams but i’d always get the complex reasoning part right. It’s neat, but it doesn’t help a lot.
Dave G
July 7, 2022 at 4:29 pm
Awesome demo, well explained!
Mike4life
July 7, 2022 at 4:57 pm
Amazing content, keep real djing alive 🙏🏼
luis monello
July 7, 2022 at 8:37 pm
dj shortkut is a living legend
Cathode Ray Mission
July 7, 2022 at 9:04 pm
Always relegated to drumming back in the day. Where DJ Disk at?
Josh Walker
July 7, 2022 at 9:56 pm
The Piklz were so ahead of their time.
mateos vargas
July 8, 2022 at 2:17 am
He looks like an Asian bizarre
Jake Ireland
July 8, 2022 at 7:28 am
This is legitimately better than most turntablism focused channels. Huge ups dude
Matthias Kort
July 8, 2022 at 10:51 am
OMG! This is the Video i´ll need my whole life so badly! THANKS MATE!!!
official rapprod
July 8, 2022 at 12:21 pm
amazing video….thank you
Davor Čihak
July 8, 2022 at 3:32 pm
Great job!
Skratchgonzo
July 8, 2022 at 4:14 pm
Hamster army 🐹
ganus
July 8, 2022 at 5:38 pm
Amazing!
Dustin Moye
July 8, 2022 at 7:27 pm
Amazing video and explanation!
Jason Hayes
July 8, 2022 at 8:47 pm
Please tell me that you use modern pressed records and not vintage art.
Bozhidar Nizamov
July 8, 2022 at 8:50 pm
This has to be the best tutorial I have seen recently (on any topic)!
Service Stuffs
July 8, 2022 at 10:08 pm
Wow! Very talented!
birddogfreemann
July 9, 2022 at 4:23 am
DJ Baby Face.
Zachary Harley
July 9, 2022 at 4:27 am
Props to DISK! Much love SHORTKUT!
Carlos Mare
July 9, 2022 at 4:30 am
NIce Set homie! Makes me want to dust off the 1s and 2s. lol
Joshua Christofferson
July 9, 2022 at 4:48 am
I DJ’ed for a few years during college around the late 90’s & 00’s but was never able to do even the smallest scratches LOL
Dirty33Beats
July 9, 2022 at 5:59 am
Scratching Crazy ! Learning scratches is difficult learning how to scratch on beat on time is rough too ! Beautiful video shout out to the scratch deejays out there that actually know what they’re doing . This is not learned over night ! Takes years of nerding out I can do all these scratches but timing on beat whole different story✌🏽scratch Deejays
Rick Mendoza
July 9, 2022 at 9:31 am
Anyone Remember Wash Your Trash?
That was what my friends and I watched during late middle school and early High school. Or even the Shiggar Fraggar Show CD’s =/
Pavendax
July 9, 2022 at 10:14 am
this man good at explaining and he know all the history and how it worxs
Shadow
July 9, 2022 at 10:23 am
You are absolutely brilliant!
RUN IT R.E.D
July 9, 2022 at 11:05 am
Legendary 🔥💙💎
john starks
July 9, 2022 at 11:12 am
13:30 Youtube Search “DJ Magic Mike This D.J. Cuts Different Ways” to hear most if not all of these techniques performed in a professional level song.
rabokel
July 9, 2022 at 12:22 pm
If there isnt one already, one should write a scratch hero game like guitar hero. Dre? You listening? 🙂
DoubleBass
July 9, 2022 at 12:25 pm
this was really cool and broken down really well. inspiring. thank you.
Zhao-Ski The Prodigy
July 9, 2022 at 1:20 pm
Thanks for explaining the crab and orbit. Those are hard to crack!
Svenni H
July 9, 2022 at 1:51 pm
Super informative. And a killer show off at the end! 👌
FATHER OF CAIN
July 9, 2022 at 2:09 pm
Thanks @djshortkut for the name drop for the Crab scratch! If ya know, you know. PEACE!
josef2012
July 9, 2022 at 4:50 pm
Looks like Shortkut kut out the yayo 🤣
Jaime Cruz
July 9, 2022 at 5:24 pm
Is the fader set to reverse?
Flapjack
July 9, 2022 at 5:53 pm
This was really awesome, and this dude seems super chill. I’d like to hang with him on a Sunday afternoon.
IDDQD Sound
July 9, 2022 at 6:24 pm
Send this to people who say DJs aren’t musicians
Jacob Adkins
July 9, 2022 at 6:38 pm
FRESH.
OOFatality
July 9, 2022 at 9:11 pm
🔥🔥🔥
Valley Robot
July 9, 2022 at 10:30 pm
Increase complexity
Ian B
July 9, 2022 at 10:46 pm
Best scratch tutorial I’ve seen
yob720
July 9, 2022 at 11:54 pm
I always wondered what DJs were doing when scratching. Well done.
Bird Beats…. hahaha.
MATTHEW FRANZ THE DJ
July 10, 2022 at 12:16 am
DOPE
TEARZ ARE EXTREMELY DOPE SOUNDING
ONCE YOU GET THEM GOOD
bbbbFUNK
July 10, 2022 at 1:42 am
DJ Flare: “Am I a joke to you?” lol this video is amazingggg tho
Guillaume Couture-Lévesque
July 10, 2022 at 3:23 am
This makes me want to break out my copy of Wavemasters again. So good.
ungoyone
July 10, 2022 at 5:22 am
Wavetwisters?
Tyler Kepple
July 10, 2022 at 3:33 am
Qberts story about the crab scratch origin is funny and some what different, tho maybe he was just yanking everyone’s chain with the story he told for lulz. He basically said something about a misunderstanding between the words crepe and crab when he was out traveling and was in a restaurant in a foreign country I forget which. So according to qbert it’s actually the crepe scratch lol.
phoenixjim0527
July 10, 2022 at 5:09 am
This just makes me think of wrecking needles on record players.
Jeremy Calvin
July 10, 2022 at 6:11 am
Dj khaled need to watch and learn this
Kyle Ramboyong
July 10, 2022 at 7:34 am
Right in the end was satisfying. Wow
Brandon Palmer
July 10, 2022 at 10:39 am
Yo! This is the best turntable vid I’ve ever seen. It’s so good.
My interest is officially piqued!
Jonathan Espinal
July 10, 2022 at 11:39 am
Gotta know your history kids!
A B
July 10, 2022 at 11:41 am
I had no clue there was such organization to the craft, like patented moves
Osama Al-Humaimidi
July 10, 2022 at 5:22 pm
well well well, how the turntables
Kees-Jan Dijkstra
July 10, 2022 at 5:35 pm
Thanks man!
Cold Skool Beatz
July 10, 2022 at 8:38 pm
Thumbs up just for that intro.
Matthew Encina
July 10, 2022 at 9:58 pm
Love the lesson and history. Thanks for doing this!
Pascal Julisyahri
July 11, 2022 at 1:43 am
Here before this hit 5m views
Pascal Julisyahri
July 11, 2022 at 1:44 am
Here before this going boom
Carlton Saves
July 11, 2022 at 1:49 am
I’ve been mixing for years but never felt comfortable trying to scratch. These guided steps is really helping me see how to get into it little by little. Guess it’ll take some trial and error, but this tutorial was fantastic. Thank you
p
July 11, 2022 at 4:58 am
turntablism has a few gods and shortkut is definitely one of them. someone at WIRED knows their stuff!
garfeeble
July 11, 2022 at 5:13 am
i wanna learn this now
Maggai
July 11, 2022 at 9:31 am
This is so cool to see explained! This has always been somewhat of a mystery to me. Very interesting that the crossfader basically acts like the guitar pick of a guitarist, or the fingers of a bassist. Now I want to try it!
Taka
July 11, 2022 at 12:12 pm
Hi. Short
Alvin Koeswanto
July 11, 2022 at 12:25 pm
Wow! I never knew that DJing can be so complex. Thanks Wired! Also thanks DJ Shortkut for the detailed explanation.
DJChazNYC
July 11, 2022 at 2:49 pm
big bro Shortcut always keeps it funky. 🙏🏽 much appreciated for the culture
Felix Paul II
July 11, 2022 at 3:16 pm
Bruh, One- Click Flare and the Orbit is why I quit trying to learn to scratch. 😂😂😂😂😂
But big ups to getting Shortkut to do this!
Daniel Startek
July 11, 2022 at 3:41 pm
FAT DJ scratches his A$$!
JMJC
July 11, 2022 at 7:25 pm
Fool.
Steven Sternberg
July 11, 2022 at 5:46 pm
Im not sure if I’m mistaken, but it looks like you changed the settings of the crossfader while doing the crab? So that the fader is on the opposite side
JMJC
July 11, 2022 at 7:25 pm
Yes you’re correct. Short used to always cut in reverse, but seems to have changed to regular lately, which is quite difficult to master both techniques.
TheAaron3dg
July 11, 2022 at 5:51 pm
Amazing view into that world! Very interesting to see a master explain their craft
JayJax DJ
July 11, 2022 at 6:16 pm
I love this !!!!
phonologic
July 11, 2022 at 6:46 pm
I’ve been listening and watching Skortkut scratch for 25 years. He was a major influence, along with the Piklz into getting me started with scratch djing. The funny thing is Qbert or Mixmaster Mike were the showmen, and Shortkut would generally be considered the ‘Ringo’…this is one of the first times I’ve heard him explain scratching and it’s miles clearer and easier to understand than the many vids I’ve heard listening to Q, Babu, or D-Styles trying to explain the techniques.
spottydj
July 11, 2022 at 7:20 pm
Where is the beat scratch ? Edit , level 13 ! Thank you
JMJC
July 11, 2022 at 7:21 pm
Nice to see him give Disk credit, but no shout to Flare?
vinman
July 11, 2022 at 7:40 pm
Long live 1210,s
Jacob Heidrick
July 11, 2022 at 8:12 pm
That’s cool he went in and added overdubs to the speaking to help flesh out the info
Esrom
July 11, 2022 at 10:14 pm
510
bryn nicholas
July 11, 2022 at 10:36 pm
Hey wicked vid! Been cuttin a long time myself. Was interesting to see a break down and indepth tutorial like this. I still have problems with the juggling but ill blame that on never having the loot for 2 turntables!
Will
July 12, 2022 at 1:04 am
Beat juggling was the first thing someone taught me. And something I found a lot easier than scratching of any kind. So I was surprised to see this as number 14!
thisdudeHector garsia
July 12, 2022 at 1:22 am
Straight Bay Area legend! Remember seeing him DJing at Hank Lopez (San Jose Ca) for Break Dancing events (Best of the Best) in the mid 90’s love my Bay Legends.
jdisco1
July 12, 2022 at 3:15 am
This is SO much better than ANY British/English tutorial
wxb200
July 12, 2022 at 3:33 am
DUDE!
Charlie Ricker
July 12, 2022 at 4:18 am
Cool stuff, one of my buddies was into turntableism when I was younger, it looked real easy until I tried to make some of the sounds he was making. It’s not as easy as it looks. This video explains very well how difficult it is.
Brian Shirley
July 12, 2022 at 6:17 am
This is cool, gotta be honest
Cletus Kasady
July 12, 2022 at 10:22 am
This is so cool 🔥
Kenshin
July 12, 2022 at 1:01 pm
The explanations are spot on and done by a legend. But since this is targeted towards rookies, i feel that some words about how he uses his crossfader and especially him using it in hamster mode would have been pretty much beneficial to say the least…
Nolesy
July 12, 2022 at 2:25 pm
@5:10 the pacman eating wokka sound
Nolesy
July 12, 2022 at 2:29 pm
What i love about the hip hop culture is the level upping, just as a bboy there were easy moves progressing to harder and the transitioning of the move turntablisn has unique “moves” and they can be used to the turntablists whim
And competiting… Its like a layer within a layer of hip hop
Buniverse
July 12, 2022 at 2:33 pm
Real nice, explained so well and a sick beat as well
skrilla wins
July 12, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Legendary!!!
Justin Hughes
July 12, 2022 at 6:33 pm
Great video!
jon culp
July 12, 2022 at 7:09 pm
This is what I wish DJs were doing at live concerts.
amine mahjoubi
July 12, 2022 at 8:16 pm
looks like asian Bizzare
Gavin Strange AKA Jamfactory
July 12, 2022 at 8:33 pm
This was epic!!
Elkin Marenco
July 12, 2022 at 10:02 pm
Search for DJ ANGELO – Funky Turntablism to see what is a great scratch session.
Marlon King
July 12, 2022 at 10:35 pm
Awesome breakdown. Thank you
Tuberz Tv
July 12, 2022 at 10:41 pm
I’ve always wanted to know more about this and Shortkut is so good at explaining it!
djspock5150
July 13, 2022 at 1:36 am
Shortkut & ISP awesome for over 25 years now hahah! Thanks for making this y’all!
mechanik
July 13, 2022 at 5:54 am
Invisibl Skratch Piklz vs Klamz of Death went viral on VHS.
Superman04p
July 13, 2022 at 6:01 am
Love those Mark 7s…. Pops had MK2s when I was a youngun… 2 words.. The Standard!!
UBZUKKI
July 13, 2022 at 7:32 am
Brilliant
Dirty Diesel
July 13, 2022 at 2:28 pm
My goodness, this was insane!
yashbrownz
July 13, 2022 at 3:33 pm
Definitely not a music making genre that I know well, but I can instantly tell this guy is a legend. Big ups would love to see him back again for a diff vid
brian.illuminated1
July 13, 2022 at 5:53 pm
Anyone remember DJ Magic Mike? He had an album called, The Royal Posse. There was a track on it called, def and direct. Hands down, my favorite scratching, ever.
Seb Ozz
July 13, 2022 at 6:51 pm
This is not real music, learn to play an instrument if you want to call yourself a musician
Andrew Song
July 13, 2022 at 8:27 pm
hip hop created their own musical instrument. what other musical subculture can say that?
Christopher LaPlante
July 13, 2022 at 8:41 pm
I wish they had mentioned when they switched the crossfader reverse on. I noticed it right when he was talking about the crab scratch. It would have been good information for beginners.
Wild Banana
July 14, 2022 at 2:35 am
Imma watch DJ Khaled go ham on the turn table and see how it goes! 😂🤣
GPU Audio Admin
July 14, 2022 at 8:19 am
Awesome video!
Stingray
July 14, 2022 at 8:59 am
I’ve been doing this since 1998. Much love to Wired for giving our artform some much needed attention. If there are any folks with questions about all this, please reply and I will answer!
MixTechTV
July 14, 2022 at 6:21 pm
Did you ever have a problem with being able to do some scratches with one hand and not the other and visa versa? I can scratch with both hands but I can only do certain scratches with my left and certain with my right.
Stingray
July 14, 2022 at 7:30 pm
@MixTechTV You can cross your hands over and cut on the other side so there isn’t a huge need to do it, but it’s a huge flex if you can. It’s, not easy though. My scratch vocabulary on my regular side is pretty high, I took a little time to learn some easier cuts with my other side, knowing the mechanics of the cuts is easy once you got them on one side, but getting your hands to do the motions is another story. There are a few ambidextrous scratchers out there, and it’s very impressive to watch.
Snoop
July 15, 2022 at 4:59 pm
very, VERY new and was gonna pratice some baby scratches. wanted to use the “fresh” and “ahhh” any idea where i could get a sample of these sounds to practice with. sry for such weird question
Stingray
July 15, 2022 at 6:32 pm
@Snoop Welcome to the crew! I am also having a tough time finding digital copies of my old battle wax. I DID find that D-Styles has his STD breaks up on his bandcamp, which should include those sounds, but it isn’t free. I will keep looking and if I find something I will reply.
CuNimb
July 14, 2022 at 11:47 am
You’re thinking, well ok. Then the guy goes into God mode!
DJ TLM TV
July 14, 2022 at 3:10 pm
Salute to the legend Shortkut! Great video Wired👍🏾👍🏾
MixTechTV
July 14, 2022 at 6:16 pm
The Legend has spoken. By far the best and one of the easiest tutorials to follow. I’m proud to say that I’m at level 8 and I’m working on level 9 and 10.
Skougi
July 14, 2022 at 7:47 pm
Do you guys ever connect up additional faders to add in other effects modulation beyond mixing L/R? Say a LPF so you can only let lows in on one scratch, but full spectrum on the rest in a combo. I hadn’t seen a crab scratch done before and its multi-fingered technique made me wonder what you could do with additional faders modulating other things. Absolutely brilliant video! Thank you for the music. 😀
Musa Sibeko
July 14, 2022 at 8:34 pm
🙆🏾♂️🙆🏾♂️🙆🏾♂️I’m a 2000 baby nothing’s as interesting as this in today’s music, djing or production. Flawless 🔥🔥🔥
Tony Ganzer
July 14, 2022 at 9:27 pm
Really fantastic knowledge drop. And kudos to the producer and editor for highlighting the craft in an engaging way!
Soulhope85
July 14, 2022 at 10:02 pm
i was never the guy for scratching but with this i can better understand what it means to be good at it and i appreciate it. good video!
DJ Goose
July 14, 2022 at 10:44 pm
Great tutorial executed flawlessly 💯💥
Natsu
July 15, 2022 at 12:36 am
That was fresh
El Sam
July 15, 2022 at 3:31 am
True professional man
DJ Destruction
July 15, 2022 at 8:46 am
I’ve been cutting and scratching since the 80’s and this by far is the best tutorial. I’d recommend this video to anyone wanting to learn this art form. Big up Shortcut! 👊🏼
Sigit Lincah
July 15, 2022 at 5:09 pm
Man, the last level really looks like a game. The way that we saw all the levels when he play, similar to when someone pull of combo trick in tony hawks pro skater 🤣
Tim
July 15, 2022 at 7:42 pm
I’m a “traditional” musician, playing guitar and drums. This was so cool, though. I think a lot of people overlook the artistry involved in scratching at a high level. Awesome look and appreciation gained!
abdulla abdukadyrov
July 15, 2022 at 11:22 pm
SHORTKUT LEGENDARY
jose tortorella
July 15, 2022 at 11:44 pm
Well well well, how turntables…
Mike B
July 16, 2022 at 1:49 am
This guy has some *AMAZING* skills, turntablism is as much as an art form as playing keyboards, guitar, singing or mixing down a tune. 💯 respect for this guy. 🙏👍
homskillet
July 16, 2022 at 2:50 am
This video is so dope. He’s a great teacher. I always had an interest in scratching but never knew the amount of technique and intention that goes into it. So much more respect for all the masters out there now.
jsaenzMusic
July 16, 2022 at 3:10 am
Shortkut baby! I remember watching Skratch Piklz and X-Men DJ videos in my youth. Man….miss those days AND my 1200’s! Keep living the dream homie!
ShogunOrta
July 16, 2022 at 3:46 am
Scratchdratics!
Kubaxis
July 16, 2022 at 4:04 am
amazing!
Otis Ashby
July 16, 2022 at 4:28 am
Invisibl Skratch Piklz forever
2_Face Unknown
July 16, 2022 at 7:40 am
I didn’t knew bizarre had a twin brother.
Joaco Prudente
July 16, 2022 at 8:36 am
Nyce
Tom.Allez213
July 16, 2022 at 12:24 pm
I like how Shortkut was thorough with each lesson. Definitely a true legend. This brings back memories watching shigger fragger show and all the videos they used to put out in the 90’s
Ben LaRoche
July 16, 2022 at 12:49 pm
Does the whole disk just say Fresh and Awwww over and over again?
Ben LaRoche
July 16, 2022 at 1:00 pm
Skratch School has a video about the Digital Vinyl System, the actual disk just sounds like a sine wave.
dasyochannel
July 16, 2022 at 1:56 pm
This guy is Just 2 Hype. He’s going places
mriv111
July 16, 2022 at 2:32 pm
You forgot to mention how you flip the fader in reverse for your transforming half way through the video (starting at level 9) and that not all mixers give you that option;) Great video tho👍🏼
Pri yon Joni
July 16, 2022 at 7:01 pm
This looks hard. Great job Shortkut!
Danny Parks
July 16, 2022 at 7:05 pm
While this doesn’t look like something I’d like to get into, this video definitely gave me a lot more respect for DJ’s
B R
July 17, 2022 at 1:05 am
If anyone wants to see this guy in a mind blowing performance youtube x-men vs inisibl skratch piklz 1996
Gabriel Gonzalez
July 17, 2022 at 6:49 am
A superb review of essential of turntable and scratch skills and techniques…. Shortkut’s presentation was flawless
Baranidhar S
July 17, 2022 at 9:37 am
I just want to say, thank you!!
Groovyshiveye Shiz
July 17, 2022 at 1:38 pm
I saw the thumbnail and i legit thought it was Bizzare frim D12 😂
goku son
July 17, 2022 at 6:22 pm
This is DJ’ing, not letting a computer mix beats and songs for you. In the words of my generation, “WORD!”
ArnoldVeeman
July 17, 2022 at 7:56 pm
I am a big fan of hiphop and rap music, went to countless of concerts of many amazing crews/bands.
One thing I never understood is how one actually did this scratching. I knew it sounds cool but that was it.
Over the many years I learned how to play all kinds of instruments and even studied music composition and orchestration which is what I do for a living now.
But… scratching was still a mystery until I found you/this video.
I am not aspiring to be a scratcher/turntablist but to actually see how it’s done is a different story. Enlightening too!
Thank you for sharing this information. I know I could have found tips and tricks anywhere else, but today I stumbled across your video and it amazed me, realizing that this was a blind spot for me.
Awesome 😃🤘🏾
Seb Plamen
July 17, 2022 at 8:47 pm
Sand gringing you!!!
Seb Plamen
July 17, 2022 at 8:51 pm
Tnx btw… Nice.
Tony Tarantula
July 17, 2022 at 9:25 pm
This guy is a legend. He has to be a cyborg.
ISLANDBUZZ
July 18, 2022 at 1:31 am
i always love a good back scratch
Ole Kaarvaag
July 18, 2022 at 1:41 am
I never considered turntables as instruments, but they clearly are. Weird instrument, but an instrument nevertheless.
The crab scratch feels like a mix of playing an instrument and speedrunning. Like it’s literally the motion recently-ish discovered used in Tetris competitions.
The Roober
July 19, 2022 at 8:32 pm
Yes! its very much like the rolling technique used in Tetris!
Arty Lee
July 18, 2022 at 3:47 am
I remember when transforming was new. It stil sounds F-f-f-f-fresh!
AVB313Peace
July 18, 2022 at 6:04 am
Salute to Wired and the legendary Shortkut of the Beat Junkies, Invisibl Skratch Piklz & Triple Threat DJs. Dropping hip-hop history while demoing some dope turntablism.
Русский я не
July 18, 2022 at 7:37 am
I don’t know much about DJing (if that’s a word) but he’s making it all look so easy and rudimentary, but I’ve also seen this man play and it looks anything but easy.
Paul Fornage
July 18, 2022 at 7:57 am
I’ve got a platypus controlling me
Lorenzo Dienaar
July 18, 2022 at 3:33 pm
The Gabriel Iglesias of DJ’ing
Gti Jason
July 18, 2022 at 5:34 pm
Could there be a better man for this job than Shortkut ? If so not many
Kidd Cavalier, DJMC, and Li'l Gas
July 18, 2022 at 8:24 pm
I appreciate that he introduces basic music theory in this.
James OKeefe
July 18, 2022 at 10:38 pm
I would love to hear about the entire history of this. Amazing!! Master of the craft, wow.
Louis-Alexandre Simard
July 19, 2022 at 1:04 am
Documentary named Scratch. Featured DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Q-Bert, Bambaataa, Premier, A-Trak
James OKeefe
July 19, 2022 at 10:53 pm
@Louis-Alexandre Simard thank you for this!!
TOAPY & FRIENDS(😎'and DJ BONY JOE!)
July 19, 2022 at 4:26 pm
BadassI Shortkut.. saw you in Arizona in the 90’s I think it was at that one club in Mesa I forgot what it was but you drum scratched there was so awesome… it was so cool how drum scratching you did sounded on the big speakers
Dijoux Fred
July 19, 2022 at 7:14 pm
clap clap!! that was very inspiring, thanks!!
Jack K
July 19, 2022 at 9:26 pm
A legend laying down knowledge. Killer content.
muchodj
July 19, 2022 at 10:34 pm
Nicely done
BB_TeeHee
July 19, 2022 at 10:48 pm
I’ve seen you do this for skate boarding and other things but can u do this for scootering
Raphael Bocobo
July 20, 2022 at 6:20 am
makes me wanna break out the super seal again!
Twisted Tea Fate
July 20, 2022 at 8:09 am
Wired please do 15 levels of chess!
Louis Peppie
July 20, 2022 at 11:11 pm
WOW!!!!
Trovant - _|_ living stone _|_
July 22, 2022 at 4:23 am
R:A.C. Espinosa
July 22, 2022 at 12:50 pm
Respect the Wise Man.
André
July 22, 2022 at 2:30 pm
🔥🔥👏👏
Gleidston Filipe Santos Silva
July 23, 2022 at 12:08 am
Love Transformer Scratch. Really sounds like a robot in disguise. And the Crab looks like it’d really impress people if you did it to them.
Alpay Kasal
July 23, 2022 at 5:11 am
What a legend!!! Thanks for this, was so good.
Chiu Brian
July 23, 2022 at 10:40 am
thx for sharing!!!respect!!!
Gamal Kevin
July 23, 2022 at 12:33 pm
17:04 this part was amazing 🤯
Dj Bydu
July 24, 2022 at 1:20 am
Beatutifull My man 🥋🥋🥋
Roderick Lane
July 24, 2022 at 7:53 pm
That was a dope tutorial by a legend!
Paul Michael
July 25, 2022 at 1:16 am
I bet DJ khaled was watching this
h c s
July 25, 2022 at 10:17 am
This is great and I loved all the detail, but I have to say I’m still pretty confused about the purpose of the crossfader. A bit more detail here would’ve been great.
Ross Avery
July 25, 2022 at 6:52 pm
Your teaching style is straight and to the point, I love it, thank you for making this, I’m doing some research before potentially getting a DJ controller, and this makes it seem doable.
Wray Bowling
July 25, 2022 at 10:19 pm
I was head over heels with turntablism recordings in high school 20ish years ago but never learned how it was done. So neat to finally get the master class
Brian Scoggins
July 26, 2022 at 5:49 am
Maaan you took me back to Uncle Jams Army good info on point
INSEN JOJO!
July 27, 2022 at 12:39 am
this was A-tier video
TastyScotch
July 27, 2022 at 12:50 pm
Amazing vid. My friends and i used to try and be DJs, but i could never figure out scratching. After watching this vid, i finally know why 😂
Jay Tronik
July 27, 2022 at 9:22 pm
holy sh!t, I’ve been kinda doing it wrong for many years :)) , but then again, that is not my greatest talent to begin with. Still, you explained it better, than anyone I ever heard before.
LEE TOYO
July 28, 2022 at 11:40 am
Thank you professor !
Thomas Walton
July 29, 2022 at 3:11 pm
20 years ago me and my best friend sold weed so we could save for a 1400$ pair of techniques and thought it would be easy but we had no idea what we were doing lol wish this guy was around then
Andrew M
July 29, 2022 at 5:49 pm
By far the best tutorial i have seen on scratching. Easy to follow and the explanations are spot on! Thank you so much!!!!
Kenneth Francis Kapawan
July 30, 2022 at 8:06 am
Never knew it’s this complex, and by looking at the comments this guy is one of the legends, RESPECT
fazlie
July 31, 2022 at 8:20 am
this really reminds me of street fighter combos lol..
ham timestretch
July 31, 2022 at 9:00 am
This tutorial reminds me of the SHURE turntablism VHS.
Lost soul
July 31, 2022 at 9:06 pm
She must be a happy gal
thevizualassassin
August 1, 2022 at 8:14 am
There are SOOOO many ill turntablists out there. But, Shortkut, D-Styles, Jazz, and Rhettmatic are my favorites
thevizualassassin
August 1, 2022 at 8:33 am
Dont expect to get this stuff overnight people. There are still Tablist who been in the game for 30 years that still practice their 2 click Flares on the DAILY.
DENMARK DE GUZMAN
August 1, 2022 at 1:54 pm
13:23