DJ Hip Hop & Scratching Taster Course

Experience Code: TRS623

Description

Do you know the difference between a Crab and a Flare? You will after a DJ scratching taster course in our inner city underground record store! Learn the basics of scratching and the history of hip hop from a working Sydney DJ with years of mixing experience. Are you ready to battle?

If you've ever pulled a record back and forth and liked the noise, then you've been hooked by scratching! But there's a lot more too it, as you will learn with our hip hop and scratching taster course.

Your lesson will be conducted exclusively on vinyl records. This is how scratching was invented and the fundamentals are best learnt without digital bells and whistles to distract you! Your new-found knowledge and skills are then easily transferred to digital media.

Once your lesson starts, you will learn that there are literally hundreds of different ways to scratch, each with its own name but all made up of the same underlying basic moves, and you will get to try many of these on the day. You will also see how you can make records say things by scratching samples in certain ways and learn about beat-juggling in order to create new rhythms from old ones.

You will learn about who invented scratching and why and hear stories of some classic battles that have happened at the world scratching championships.

We provide all the tools and equipment for your DJ scratching course and have the largest range of battle weapons - records with scratch-friendly samples on them - in Sydney. We will even show you the correct way to set up turntables and speakers at home.

The bonus of one-on-one scratching sessions is that you can learn at your own pace. If you want to stick to one area of interest, you can! But most importantly, you will have fun. There's no right or wrong way to scratch or beat juggle, so after you learn the basics, it's all about creating your own style!

Venue:

Darlinghurst, NSW - a short 15-minute walk from the Sydney CBD.

Valid For:

1 person

Guidelines:

DJ scratching courses are suitable for anyone. No experience is necessary. If you are keen to learn, we will teach you! While introductory sessions are available, intermediate and advanced classes are available also. Please advise of your preference when activating your voucher.

Numbers:

The price quoted is for one person. You will be one-on-one with your tutor during your lesson.

Session Length:

This experience is available Mondays and Tuesdays 6pm - 8pm, Wednesdays and Fridays 7pm - 9pm and Saturdays 9am - 11am, excluding public holidays. Bookings are essential and are subject to availability. The duration of your scratching lesson will be two hours.

Extra Info:

Sessions will take place on a pair of Technics 1200 turntables, professional Vestax DJ Mixer and JBL 700 watt speakers. Your tutor is a working DJ with extensive industry knowledge and experience.

This experience voucher is valid for six months from date of purchase.