The history lesson here is interesting. I’ve always found that my dominant hand was best placed on the fader, and the weaker on the record. I wonder why that could be? ?
Thanks Rob for breaking this pattern down to the basic fundamentals. You were correct regarding the “mind fuck” when it comes to mastering the hand independence but I’m getting better at after every practice session.
Man!! I LOVE HOW ROB just. BREAKS it down. Now I hear so much more in the music and be able to create more juggles and be more unique. I finally started creating my own little style. I always started with the 1 now I’m starting my juggles on the 2 or 3 or whatever I hear that funky. I’m understanding the layout of a song and the count. Thank you bro!!!!!!!
Another awesome lesson, I started this today and initially struggled with hand independance but after an hour or so of repetition it started to click and its almost normal now, however again at times i dont pull it off cleanly enough to progress to adding my own flavour just yet, but ive only been at it today, i didnt expect to get it going so quickly .
Im enjoy this so much, and finally feel Im learning beatjuggling properly! And the history got me searching for more. The thing sometimes get tedious its to search for the songs used and mentioned for practice, because some doesn’t even appears on iTunes and searching on the web its get virus for sure 😀 haha!
Wow so much useful info in this one lesson! Looking forward to these drills keeping me busy the next few weeks!! You’re not just a master of the techniques but also how you teach them and “break it down” so meticulously as well! THANK YOU.
I see the “building process”! With practice, I can have these first two root moves down rather quickly. I love how the first root move is consistently used to perform the second. Great job explaining Rob, and thank you so much for choosing to share the history along with the teachings. You didn’t have to do that, but on behalf of all learners I am grateful. 💪🏿
I watched this video from beginning to end for five days straight. Each day I just worked on a segment (breakdown w/right hand, breakdown w/left hand, breakdown & back spinning w/o the needle on the record, etc…) for 30-60 minutes (after work). But the most helpful portion of the video were the tips (i.e. back spin at the same tempo as you breakdown) & now I am able to execute the breakdown pattern (Is it great…NO, Is it good…NO, but I am seeing tremendous progress in the span of 5 days).
To all my fellow dj’s…enjoy the process (making mistakes, getting frustrated, etc…) & stick with it. You will get better.
Hey Phife, think of it this way. You’re breaking down 3 sounds. The 1st kick, the 2nd kick and then the 1st snare. After you breakdown the snare you let go of the record and after you hear the fourth and fifth sounds (the 2 high hats) you swap over to the opposite turntable and repeat the same record hand choreography. Maybe looking it that way will help you understand it’s not 4 taps but 3.
Great Lesson/video, look forward to practicing these techniques. I had never heard of Lightning Rich, nice to get the history behind where these techniques came from. Mush Respect 👍
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