Watching your youtube videos on this pattern really got me into beat juggling. The way you break it down into levels makes it really approachable. I love this pattern because it’s so funky! Thanks Rob!
Once you learn the “Snare” pattern a paradigm shift takes place and your brain has an easier time with the hand choreographer involved in more advanced movements.
Yo Rob! Man, I’ve been trying to figure out beat juggling since I got my first set of 1200s back in ’95. I could never get anything beyond a backspin and fills. I became a fairly decent scratcher, but here I am, almost 44 years old and I FINALLY executed this pattern after practicing for three days with your video. The way you approach this lesson, and your ability to transmit the knowledge and technique needed for someone with a LOT of bad habits to succeed is pretty phenomenal. You are THE MAN. Thank you so much!
your tutorials are so in depth and concise that i picked this up in just over an hour , i also almost have it clean on the other side the same day, happy is an understatement
With the Another One Bites the Dust example, that’s straight beat track with four kicks in a row really. When starting on the 4 without that staggered kick similar to The Bridge Is Over, how does it work in the same way? There aren’t really any in-between sounds that I feel dominate, so are you letting the first turntable go with a 4-1 and then the second with a 4-1-2-3 or something else?
“so are you letting the first turntable go with a 4-1 and then the second with a 4-1-2-3”, yes Ross. That’s what I’m doing. Keep working with it. It’s going to click at some point. Promise.
I see that you are using the biggie track and the bridge is over track and doing the pattern successfully with both tracks. Will this same technique using 2 different tracks work if they are different BPMs? Say you want to do the snare pattern with a track that’s 90 BPM and another that is 80 BPM?
I encourage you to experiment and find out on your own. I can give you the answer but I want you guys to make mistakes and see where those mistakes take you.
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.
Hi Rob. When you was recreating Steve Dee’s patten you started off with a kind of tripling up the snares. I’ve been trying to figure out that move. Could you at some point do a video on how that was done please.
Hi Rob. When you was recreating Steve Dee’s patten you started off with a kind of tripling up the snares. I’ve been trying to figure out that move. Could you at some point do a video on how that was done please maybe in a future tutorial.
At the 06:27 Steve is using a the Whodini “Five Minutes of Funk” mega mix version. At 07:52 Steve’s flipping a song called “Somethin’ Funky” by Big Daddy Kane.
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