It's Not Going Very Well (Piano)

CHIRP!  Loose AF cause I'm a newb and using control vinyl with Traktor which is a little latent, especially when I was trying very fast pulls to very slow pushes, the pitch didn't dive as much as it should have, but I was compelled to use the ahh-fresh clip and don't have it on vinyl. There has to be a website about scratching called a wiki-wiki.

Finally Gettin' The Chirp (Scratching)

Outtake of session of me practicing scratching over really really good funky badass music, try not to think about the messy out of phase scratching...
Tracklist:
London Funk Allstars - Chicago
4Hero - Twelve Tribes
London Funk Allstars - Chun Li 
9Lazy9 -  Bad Boy
Giallos Flame - Keoma
ABBA - Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother
Howie B - Switch (Depth Charge Mix)
Add N to (X) - Electric Village
Alexanders Dark Band - Jimmy's Stroll
Adrian Younge - Chicago Wind
Yusef Kamal - Joint 17
Jaga Jazzist - Animal Chin
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Ethio (feat Michael Leonhart)
Jay-z - 99 Problems

PS-I am starting to love my NI X1

Melodramanic Funk Part 2

An excellent Hip-hop playlist created by the great George Bowles:

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL17rF8twitIvY9EWX-Bytxyw58StJ6FF0

Mixed & tweaked out by DJDHD.  

01 - Del the Funky Homosapien - Corner Story
02 - MF Doom - Questionmark (ft. Kurious)
03 - The Pharcyde - Splattitorium
04 - Genius-GZA - Labels
05 - Dälek - No Question
06 - Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
07 - Dälek - Echoes Of...
08 - Del the Funky Homosapien - Style Police
09 - Genius-GZA feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Masta Killa & Inspectah Deck - Duel of the Iron Mic
10 - Gang Starr - Soliloquy Of Chaos
11 - Dälek - Ever Somber
12 - Del the Funky Homosapien - Ahonetwo, Ahonetwo
13 - Del the Funky Homosapien - Miles to Go
14 - Viper - I Like The Way
15 - DJ Krush - E.A.R.T.H.SOS
16 - DJ Krush - Escapee (feat. A.S.A.)
17 - Dälek - Trampled Brethren
18 - The Pharcyde - Devil Music
19 - Mick Harris - Sidewalk

George's Exceptional Hip-hop Playlist (DJ Mix)

DJDHD - George's Exceptional Hip-hop Playlist (DJ Mix)

Apex breaks mixed by Derivative Narrative.
Live, uncut, no post fx, recorded just like so.
*There is a lot of J.Saul Kane happening here...
Tracklist:
Alexander's Dark Band - San Fran Funk
Alexander's Dark Band - Jimmy's Stroll
Alexander's Dark Band - Zeus Guitar
Depth Charge - Hubba Hubba Hubba (Knife in the Bag)
DJ Food - Dark Aeco
Chocolate Weasel - Intervals
The Sabre's of Paradise - Towtruck (Depth Charge Mix)
Mr. Oizo - Miaaaw
Dual Tone - Dub Radiation

**I need a better 2nd table for scratching, skips all over the darn place...

Mental Breaks Vol. 1 (Instrumental hip-hop)]DN[

Mental Breaks Vol. 3
THE.  BEST.  BREAKS.  
Jel - Eclip
Jel - Montro
Alec Empire &  El-P - Shards Of Pol Pottery (Hard Mix)
Jel - Yer Bells
DJ Shadow - Back To The Breaks [Outtake]
Jel - Livestock Rock
Shawn Lee - Rock Steady
Jel - Shock Lock
Jel - Yuki
Shawn Lee - Low Riders In Space
DJ Food - DJ Food - Dark Blood (MLO Nu Blud 2 Mix)
Jega - Bluette
DJ Food - Consciousness (Ashley Beedle Version 2: Ultraconscious)
Jel - Slight
El Michels Affair - Bring Da Ruckus

DJDHD - Mental Breaks Vol. 3

Mental Breaks Vol. 5  (Jumping To Perfection)]DN[
BEYONDER-LEVEL BREAKS, carefully destroyed by ]DN[
*Now that I no longer sound like I am dicking around, I can start dicking around.
Tracklist (I will not finish filling in the playlist...)
Bullet (Rehung By Depth Charge) - The Hanged Man (Monkey Swerve Mix)
Jel - Nma2
Jel - John Brown's Birthday Suite
?
Jel - Near East Bounce
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Bolero
?
Depth Charge - ?

DJDHD - Mental Breaks Vol. 5 (Jumping To Perfection)]DN[

TITANIC BREAKS, skillfully arranged by ]DN[
*Music that will "take you away!"; without consent.
Tracklist:
Massive Attack - Future Proof
DJ Krush - Zen Approach
El-P - The Jig Is Up
Andre Gurov - Green Stimulus
Spectre - Only In The Darkness
Bagman - Rock 'n' Roll 
Techno Animal - Fistfunk
Beak - Wulfstan II
Bullet (Rehung By Depth Charge) - The Hanged Man (Monkey Synth Mix)

Mental Breaks Vol. 4 (Cal Gone)]D Turntablism N[

It's a piano solo from [Derivative Narrative]
12-29-2021

Rusty Nail ]D Piano N[

Outtake of record scratching practice using the 80's classic "Magic", from the Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton John
.  
Ruining a beautiful song!  Unlistenably annoying.
1-15-2022

Magic (Tragic Mix By DJ]DHD])

Yeah boy!  I did this to compare to the first scratchy thing I posted after 10 weeks of casual practice; I started 12 weeks ago but was unable to use the mixer for at least 2 weeks during that time.
https://soundcloud.com/cantorwont/finally-gettin-the-chirp-scratching?si=a1c2a998184c405db8c804688e404e0d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
The ubiquitous ahh-fresh sample plus a breaks loop leftover from something else I did right before this still loaded in my DDM4000's mediocre loop sampler;
TANGENT: the sampler sounds fine and is super versatile.  It is mediocre because it is supposed to create loops in perfect bar-lengths of your choice, it does not do that, it's pretty much way off.  That said, I am now skilled at punching in a loop's start and stop manually, adding to my value as a DJ.
I still don't have the 'ahh-fresh' sample on vinyl, instead I am using time-coded vinyl and Traktor 3.  I sense a tiny amount of latency, which can have a cool unexpected organic feel to my increasingly exceptional, robotic fader work at the cost of loose needle-to-vinyl timing.  I am not making an excuse for any sloppiness, I know that I am still a little off in timing, however I am a stating with authority that I am tighter than this with straight up vinyl.  Only using my Vestax PDX-2000 on the left, the right table skips too much for now.  I plan to post another track using this sample again in April 2022 for comparison, if it as good as I think will be I will call it, "Oh...fresh!  My ego is writin' checks!
1-17-2022
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)╝)H) - Uhh...fresh

*UPDATE* This is stylie as fuck.
This post is a treated version of the ESSENTIAL hip-hop track from Ultramagnetic MC's, "Poppa Large"
First of all, this is my first time scratching this song and record, this is still just practice using a PDX-1000 and the loop sampler in the DDM4000.  I left everything in, it is UNCUT, and very long, but really shows off my scratching skill at this point in time, also the beat juggling from 6:45 to 7:30 is pretty brain-melty.  The flow is still 100% intact and is in my opinion very listenable.  Kool Keith's voice is very good for scratching!
2-6-2022
[Derivative Narrative]

Ultramagnetic MC's - Poppa Large (DJDHD's Demix)

THIS IS A MANIPULATION OF THE SONG "THE NEW STYLE" FROM ICONIC ARTIST 'BEASTIE BOYS'
This is 100% fucking around, I am comfortable with my level of scratching and using some sampler loops, it is time to expand on that idea, this is the first song I abused by pushing the scratch/loop thing to the next level.  Its quite a mess, but the idea of short on the fly loops to scratch against works, especially if its not easy to isolate an instrumental loop.  I WILL tighten this style of Djiing up, and I expect something weird and amazing, go ahead and quote me on that.
2-8-22
[Derivative Narrative]

Beastie Boys - The New Style (DJDHD Scratch & Sampler Experiment)

THIS IS A MANIPULATED VERSION OF THE BEASTIE BOYS SONG "PAUL REVERE"
2nd go at the quick, on-the-fly sampling loops and scratching, very messy, but a good foundation for improvement.
2-8-2022
[Derivative Narrative]

Beastie Boys - Paul Revere (DJDHD Scratch & Sampler Experiment)

*This post is a manipulated version of the crucial underground rap song   "Apartment 223" from Dr. Doom.
I am almost able to contain myself from just scratching for 15 minutes, my most refrained song manipulation thus far...turned out pretty good, the song feels the same as the original.  Some new tricks tossed in with the looper.  Live, no editing or post fx, just my PDX-2000 & DDM4000.
2-2-22
[Derivative Narrative]

Dr. Dooom - Apartment 223 (Tanked Mix by DJDHD)

Messin with the breaks track "Holy Calamity" from Hansome Boy Modeling School.  NOt great, but there's some neat moments.
2-25-20222
[Derivative Narrative]

Handsome Boy Modeling School - Holy Calamity (DJDHD Shameless Indulgence Mix)

This is a silly, song ruining, annoying manipulation of the EXCELLENT track from Pharcyde called "Officer".  
Live, no edits, 2 decks, 1 old ass mixer, last minute and a half is transformer scratching.
3-3-2022
[Derivative Narrative]

Pharcyde - Officer (DJDHD Vocal Shred Mix)

Happy accident of piano practice overlaying a sweet af banananipulation of Virus from Deltron 3030.  Live, no edits, no post production.
3-4-2022
[Derivative Narrative]

Deltron 3030 - Virus (Covid 2022 Interuption By DJDHD)

Very cool manipulation of the song "Toxic Bird Cage" from the artist Reanimators.
This is sick.  Lot less scratching, more manipulation, effects and sampler trickery.  Live, uncut, no post fx sans some volume management.
3-9-2022
[Derivative Narrative]

Reanimators - Toxic Bird Cage (Oxytoxin Mix By DJDHD)

Awesome treated version of the killer track "Cairo Cairo" from one of my absolute favorite artists, Shawn Lee.  
No sampler in this one.
3-21-2022
[Derivative Narrative]

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Cairo Cairo (feat.Natacha Atlas)(DJDHD Lab Test Mix)

3rd post of scratching the same sample over the last 6 months or so.
New table (NICE Mixars LTA, I LOVE IT)and needle (Ortofon VNL), still ironing sound quality issues out, but felt that I have progressed enough to post a scratch progress report with the old "Ahh, Freshh" sample synonymous with scratching.  Still using Traktor Pro 3 with a Behringer DDM4000 mixer, and an upgraded 'Infinity' crossfader.
3-29-2022
[Derivative Narrative]

DJDHD - The 3rd Ahh, Freshhh Scratch Test

DJDHD - Mental Breaks 11
1 - Ikebe Shakedown - Last Stand
2 - Depth Charge - Bounty Killer
3 - Octagon Man - Baka Monkey Doll
4 - Meat Beat Manifesto - Moving Pulse
5 - BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Six Degrees (Instrumental)
6 - The Electric Peanut Butter Company - Going In Circles
7 - Renegade Soundwave - Black Eye Boy
8 - Depth Charge - Django
9 - Adrian Younge & Ghostface Killah - Rise of the Black Suits (Instrumental) 
10 - DJ Scissorkicks - Dusted
11- Trans Am - Prowler '97
Live mixing, live selection, all vinyl, no edits or post fx. 
3-29-2022
[Derivative Narrative]

DJDHD - Mental Breaks 11

Live, uncut, spontaneous tracking mix of the new-to-me Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Moods and Grooves record. 
FYI, all scratching is me.
1 - Cha Love 
2 - Garden Funk
3 - P Walk
4 - Theme From Andrex
5 - Brighton Rock
6 - Praying Mantis
7 - Igor's Revenge
8 - 26
9 - The Noose
10- 60's Swinger
11 - Windy City
4-22-2022
[Derivative Narrative]

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Moods & Grooves (DJDHD Mix One)

Lovely music from the 1983 A-Team episode, "The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas"
So groovy!

A-Team Studio Band - The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas

Been awhile since I played Bass, noteworthy, noisy distorted Bass solos.

Entropica - Free Bass 1 - Part One

Breakbeat jam based on the undeniable force of nature we all feel from the man, the legend, the unstoppable...
8-24-2024.

Chimonis AF

Dark and dirty breakbeat techno soundtrack music

Digging In The Bins

A blackened and unknowable vast psychedelic-atmospheric-ambient-doom-noise synthesizer arrangement.
9-7-2024

What You Cannot See

Version One of a track I intend to add to.
2-22-2025

Pris Stratton

Spaced out, bass'd out industrial-electro-clash-dub from Jupiter's grooviest moon. 
2-22-2025

Io Electro Dub

Bells and no whistles this time.  Bittersweet, nostalgic progressive breakbeat techno.  
2-22-2025

Lunar Irani¥m Mines

808 cowbell melody breakbeat with cowbell that satisfy without ever paying off in full. 
2-22-2025

The Surly Shuffle

Unbalanced industrial-breakbeat loop transitions into a progressive, psychedelic groove.  Awkward rhythms.
2-22-2025

Exit's Tragedy

Edited down takes/sessions from drum machine/sampler performed and recorded 3-2-2025.  Unfinished material I will use in the near future.

Review notes that could be interesting if I actually split it into an ep:
The Third Teenth recording fade out on gameshow audience  -  Cut bass on all tracks not needed
1 - sretch lower high bass, add more synth melodies and pan
2 - power noise beeps sample vox "its over", keep beat add bass hits and some spatial noise
3 - 459 - very basic, continue samples with delay and degradation, CUT 610 to 621, around 640 add repetitive mechanical highs, spice up with some noise
4 - 754 BAASSSSSSS Power noise electro techno. more yelling desperate vox samples pingpong delay, cutups, change up sample at 9, add arp keys at 929, 1010 add beeps
5 -  cut 1330 -  1352 - big live drums with distorted carrier tone and noisy brush highs, good development, beeps, gets big beat dub breaks OPEN BOOK, GUITAR?, ADD DRUMS? 16 has noise 1617 add beeps back
6 - 1630 nice steady distorted break with rimshot 2nd rhythm  beat gets more impact, and delayed, arps, SCRATCHING? 1850 breakdown add new sample (maybe nonsense insane ) sweepy high alarm like keys byouu byou, 2039 fade in scary bassy vocal chanting
7 2100 lead in wih scray vox chant - add ethnic world religious shit, add screams after 22ish

Drum Breaks Jam Take Three 3-2-2025

I have absorbed a wide, eclectic variety of music for decades, and am spewing out my personal blend.

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