From the monthly archives:

April 2010

RIP Dee Swift

by Short-e - Studio Scratches on April 28, 2010

in Scratch News

It is with great sadness today I learnt of the passing of David Holmes aka Dee Swift. Dee is a true legend in the scratch scene and one of the nicest guys you’d ever meet. Although we never met in real life, I spent many an hour chatting scratching and bigger life stuff to dee [...]

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The Art of Beat Making

by Short-e - Studio Scratches on April 25, 2010

in Crate Diggin,Production,Video

Check out this beatmaking video by Vin Roc. Pull up a chair sit back and relax. Some words from the man himself: This is a short film/music video I made in support of an instrumental album I’m working on called “Beat Freak”. The joint is called “Believe”. I made this at a time when I [...]

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Scratching Style

by Short-e - Studio Scratches on April 1, 2010

in Scratch Life Coaching

Found this quote from a convo I was having with Tumkan about scratching “styles” a while ago and thought I would share it with you. “Scratching involves so many different aspects, the pressure you apply to the vinyl, the speed of your hands, your arm positioning, your height, table height, all these small variables, give [...]

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