Dance and Trance Music Society

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EDUCATION!!!!!!!!!!!! the first few tricks he does are beat juggling! easy aint it!? now im pretty sure someone like tiesto could NOT do that, just as any DnB dj couldn't do that (well actually maybe not, hype did represent the uk in the DMC championships)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=axJZzeYGb60&search=dmc%20champion

2. The beat jungling in that video may look impressive (with his hands flying all over the place) but frankly, in terms of how good it sounds, it's the weakest part of the whole video. I mean, i'm no hip-hop DJing expert but some person in the comments has said "step it up kid basic scratchs. weak juggles try again sorry 4 playing!" Don't look at me... i never said it.

3. Check out Eddie and try and tell me it's not technically impressive. In my view, it sounds a lot better too. Remember too that he's doing this live, in a large club, in front of a big crowd, with CDs and he's doing it with a hard house record in one and introduces a Tiesto track in the other. I've no doubt a lot of the mixing in this set is beat matched aswell. All in all - not easy.

5. And you've actually shot your own argument in the foot by pointing out that a DnB DJ represented the UK in the DMC championship. It just goes to show, dance DJs can mix it (if you'll pardon the pun) with the best of them. (Admittedly, my sources do claim that he used to be involved in the hip-hop scene in the late 80s but arguabley that just goes to show that the skills are transferable - theoretically, in both directions.)

yea, i agree crab scratching is basic aint it? I think that guy actually won the DMC chamionship, ill have to double check. Basically, when people like craze are judging, who gives a toss what some lil **** says?

How the hell can you say that wasn't impressive? and you dont even mix and you say you wasn't moved at all!? i was sitting her watching and thinking, '**** me, that boys got some serious skills'.
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youtube is down, so i couldn't watch it. Seriously though m8, if it turns out to be beat matching and simply mixing two tunes together (on cds) then il probably just leave the argument where it is. Unbelievable, it really is!

well..........
public vs djs (which includes craze). need i say more?

ok cool, im watching the first one now, im just pausing it as it goes and wrting what i see him do.

basically, the first 'trick' he's doing doing ~ he has both channels open and is essentially 'cutting' it up, but he's doing it differently, hes cutting the volume on one deck while rasing it on the other (as i write this i realize the 2nd cd hes using probably has samples on it) Cutting the volume distorts the sound a bit, it sounds best one done on vocals, which is what he's doing. BTW, hes doing this with samples, not another tune. and hes playing about with the treble, mid & bass.

I dunno what he's doing with that scratching, never tried scratching on cd decks, although hes not using the cross fader, basically he was using a cd with samples and effects and scratching them, he wasn't using a cross fader. Also, the second he puts the second cd in, he mixes it straight in, i mean it does it instantanously, i admit that maybe he did beat match it that fast, but i doubt he did..................

all this stuff that this eddie bloke was doing, did it impress you? seriously? now that i've exlained what he was doing, does it take the magic out of what he was doing some what? there is no way you can compare that to the hip-hop dj i showed you. Ill watch the second one now.

it sounds good, but its not difficult to do.

the mere fact that this eddie bloke is jumping on the table kinda proves that what hes doing doesn't need his full concentration. bah, try and get him to do everything he just did on cds on vinyl,

yes! hes an entertainer! super-skilled dj? HELL NO.

the blokes probably good live, aint that skillfull though.

ok cool, im watching the first one now, im just pausing it as it goes and wrting what i see him do.

basically, the first 'trick' he's doing doing ~ he has both channels open and is essentially 'cutting' it up, but he's doing it differently, hes cutting the volume on one deck while rasing it on the other (as i write this i realize the 2nd cd hes using probably has samples on it) Cutting the volume distorts the sound a bit, it sounds best one done on vocals, which is what he's doing. BTW, hes doing this with samples, not another tune. and hes playing about with the treble, mid & bass.

I dunno what he's doing with that scratching, never tried scratching on cd decks, although hes not using the cross fader, basically he was using a cd with samples and effects and scratching them, he wasn't using a cross fader. Also, the second he puts the second cd in, he mixes it straight in, i mean it does it instantanously, i admit that maybe he did beat match it that fast, but i doubt he did..................

all this stuff that this eddie bloke was doing, did it impress you? seriously? now that i've exlained what he was doing, does it take the magic out of what he was doing some what? there is no way you can compare that to the hip-hop dj i showed you. Ill watch the second one now.