by DJ Rob Swift | Jul 1, 2022 | Uncategorised
“You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.” ~ Miles Davis I’m 4 decades deep in studying the art of Scratching and when I summarize all of the ideas I’ve personally collected from it’s framers (GrandWizzard Theodore,...
by DJ Rob Swift | Jun 28, 2022 | Uncategorised
If your scratches lack emotion or personality, the #1 reason for that is when you practice, you’re focusing the majority of your time and energy into drills or memorizing scratch patterns. It’s not that you lack talent. It’s that you’re not spending enough...
by DJ Rob Swift | Jun 20, 2022 | Uncategorised
The information disseminated in our latest Brolic Army DJ School blog serves to help our students contemplate how to generate and maintain financial stability in their DJ careers. DJing is fun, but developing ways to secure your livelihood as a DJ makes LIFE FUN. So...
by DJ Rob Swift | Jun 2, 2022 | Uncategorised
Typically when scratching, your audience is experiencing a combination of two sounds. Your scratches and the beat you’re scratching to. These aspects of the music you’re projecting to people’s ears are happening simultaneously but also separate from...
by DJ Rob Swift | May 16, 2022 | Uncategorised
If you’re a DJ with a residency in 2022 and you’ve asked yourself, “Am I being underpaid?” then you are. What’s more, you’re not alone. Most of your colleagues have to DJ a minimum of 4 residencies per week just to cover today’s rising cost of living. Simply do the...
