[AlphaTrion]

"How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records" by Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster

This book is essential reading for DJs old and new. It covers mixing, beatmatching, how to read a crowd, how to make it in the industry, basic scratching. The most valuble thing in this book are the elements of DJ'ing that are rarely discussed to newbies...things like mixing harmonically, song structure, basic musical understanding, and a lost art...reading a crowd. Most djs today take a very "fuck you crowd...I'm gonna do what I want" which is the wrong attitude to take. You need to work with the crowd...not against them. That way they trust you, you can play what you want after you've strung them along with what they want.

There's extremely valuble amounts of information and history in this book and is a VERY easy read. I read it less than a day and comprehended everything perfectly. It costsa about $15.00 and i found it at Barnes and Noble.

[puertolumbian]

tight work man. ill look into that. so it has how to do certain scratches and all that too right?

[AlphaTrion]

Yeah, but that's not a real big focus. It only shows the most basic scratches. it shows babies, tears, flares, orbits, and crabs. But you should still get this book even if all you care about is scratching. A lot of younger cats today pay no attention to the fundamentals of dj'ing...beatmatching, mixing, crowd control, etc.

If you want to learn how to scratch you wanna get one of the videos that DMC has released. I forget the name. Or go to http://www.asisphonics.net and check "TheEver" Scratch tutorial.

[PhillyBBoy88]

Thanks for the deal and the advice haha ill try to pick that book up for ma bro, most likely try the library cause im broke as hell =/... anyways that links not bad too.

[ultrasnatch]

or you could just teach yourself its so hard you need to read a book

[**Deathwish**]

do you reckon theyd have that in australia??

[AlphaTrion]

I'm sure you could. If not check Amazon.com or something and order it.

and Ultrasnatch...yes...you could teach yourself but there's a lot of things in this book like reading a crowd and how to play out properly that just can't be learned on your own without a good bit of embarrassment.

[**Deathwish**]

aight, cool... im'ona look into that