Comments on: Scratch Tutorial Tuesday – Chirp Scratch

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Scratch Tutorial Tuesday – Chirp Flare Scratch — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:08:27 +0000

[...] The Chirp Flare scratch is a “combo” scratch combining a chirp then a flare. You can one click flare or 2 click flare then chirp. Please see the other scratch tutorial videos for how to flare and chirp. [...]

By: Studio Scratches

Studio Scratches — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:04:02 +0000

Hey DJ Live, thanks for stopping by!

By: Dj Live

Dj Live — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:36:51 +0000

Thank You for your tutorial ! and for the Scratch History !
I like a lot the short-e scratch

By: dj jeff

dj jeff — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:21:42 +0000

Just in case you guys didn’t know..

There are actually 2 DJ Spinbad’s,the man from Philly invented the transform,not the one from NYC..

Peace!

By: Studio Scratches

Studio Scratches — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:24:04 +0000

Awesome knowledge sharing going on here, keep it up, you are educating me! – Short-e

By: Kevin Lie

Kevin Lie — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:21:46 +0000

Thanks Jeff! I didn’t know that record by Robbie B and Jazzy J! But that’s exactly what I’m talking about, using this kind of platform to learn from each other.

By: dj jeff

dj jeff — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:15:09 +0000

Yeah Kevin you’re right..Rock the house was the first popular record to include the transformer and chirp scratches…

Before that you had artists like Hitman Howie Tee,DJ Jaz from philly (formely Jazzy J),Grand Dragon KD (Steady B’s dj at that time),Cut master DC and Cash Money that recorded those scratches on wax…

I must say the first record that really showed off the chirp from beginning to end was a jam called “Boogie Down” by Robbie B & Jazzy J from 1986..I still play the song up to this day.

By: Studio Scratches

Studio Scratches — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:11:25 +0000

Awesome reply Kevin!

Thanks for taking the time to contribute to that, we look forward to seeing you around here more often.

- Short-E

By: Kevin Lie

Kevin Lie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:36:42 +0000

Just some additional information of which I’m sure most of you are already aware: the chirp scratch was most significantly popularized by DJ’s Cash Money and Jazzy Jeff. Jazzy Jeff introduced it in the song ‘The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff’ on the album ‘Rock The House’. In this song the Fresh Prince invites Jazz to scratch in certain ways, like making the record burb and making it sound like a bird, ergo the chirp scratch. funny sidenote: after the chirp Smith tells about the time his DJ got struck by lightning and turned into an autobot: “he got on the wheels of steel and began to … transform!! Jazz didn’t actually invent the transformer scratch, but it sure was a cool way to introduce it and he did make it sound more funky than Spinbad had done before him. Man I love that record!!

P.S. As I’m just 24 years old, I was only 2 years old when all this happened, so it’s all second hand knowledge that I’m sending out. But I do think it’s very important to know your history and I welcome everybody to correct me where I’m wrong or add to what I say.

Keep up the good work, I love these tutorials and practice beats!