Don't Skip the Baby Scratch! How DJs Scratch and Add Variation

Don't Skip the Baby Scratch! How DJs Scratch and Add Variation
The baby scratch is more important than you think. It's easy to gloss over the baby scratch as it seems so simple, don't do this! In this baby scratch tutorial, I go over how to baby scratch for beginners and also how to add variation to our babies using fundamental principles.
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Start 0:00
How to Baby Scratch 0:56
Add Variation to your baby scratch 3:57
Babies drags & scribbles 7:06
Backwards 7:41
Limitations with no fader 8:34
Pitching 9:20
Pauses 10:29
Vocal scratching 11:05
Babies as Transitions 12:19
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[@dustyrhodes1655]

Really enjoy these videos man! Great explanations.

[@johnfig3196]

Thanks for the video.

[@curtiskelley7903]

Very Fresh 🤙🏾

[@Redpillenthusiast]

Great video

[@TheImperiumsFinest]

We need you back Si! Invaluable advice

[@SiHargreaves]

Ok, you got me.

[@jerevale6104]

Im back after few years to scratching and I needed tutorial like this to conect the flow and improve baby. Very well explained, tnx man. Greetings fom Croatia, salute🫡

[@mark-gv3js]

You explain turntablism very well my man... I remember practicing my backward tears. I used to run home from school. I had a realistic turntable. I used to spend up to 2 hours a day.. I used to listen to DJ . Chuck Chillout. DJ Red Alert. And imitate what I heard... as you can guess made many mistakes

[@lightspeedentertainment3466]

Loved This video!

[@SiHargreaves]

Glad you enjoyed it! Trying to muster the will power to keep going with this series

[@DjMossy]

Great vid Si. Thank you 👊🏼

[@SiHargreaves]

Big ups

[@RavenSWE]

Great video, especially using babies to transition between scratches, will definitely practice that!

[@SiHargreaves]

Heh yeah it deffo helps, I only really started doing that later on myself.

[@michaelwilkinson4001]

Love the video and great explanations in all key areas! Gonna be a massive help for me cuz just like many others Ive jumped from one scratch to another and never truly focused on any lol looking forward to seeing your future videos! Much respect

[@SiHargreaves]

Glad it helped! More on the way for sure.

[@techsavvyhero]

Awesome video! I really like how you do a demo on the deck after illustrating a point on the mic. Plus the variety of babies you performed (different timing) helps a lot for creativity. Thanks again Si! Keep em coming..

[@SiHargreaves]

Ya been watching these back and I still think I'm talking too much. Gonna try and do more showing than talking in the future.

[@TheRasteri]

sick channel bro, can't believe I wasn't subbed already :)

[@SiHargreaves]

Ha cheers mang, I've watched a few of yours too mate :)

[@music_ph7783]

Great video. Your the Master.

[@SiHargreaves]

Wow, thanks haha

[@petes6817]

Great video Si. In January I did some deliberate baby scratch practice, 15 mins every day. When I started I thought it would be boring but it turned out to be great fun and I started to think about the baby scratch in a different way. I guess I now respect it a bit more as a technique. I'm really glad I spent the time on it.

[@SiHargreaves]

Ah nice. Hopefully more people see this and try the same thing.

[@jon-rossennest6879]

Awesome video! I just started scratching and I have been thinking that rather than rush on to 'cooler' scratch techniques I should slow down and work on baby scratches. Your video is a huge encouragement! Thanks!

[@SiHargreaves]

Go for it! You can do so much with just a couple of scratches is you know what you're doing.

[@paulwheeler6888]

Big fan of your channel bruv

[@SiHargreaves]

Thanks mang, appreciate it

[@daveb8795]

I needed this video! Been going back to the basics lately to correct some bad habits. You are the man Si.....Thank you! So good.

[@djrelentlessone6981]

Totally agree

[@SiHargreaves]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much

[@DJUnKuT]

love your videos man, def need to work on the basics, i feel stuck

[@SiHargreaves]

Ya keep at it! Just find a tech inquest and drill it and drill it until it becomes second nature.then you cam apply the same concepts I talk about here

[@DJUnKuT]

@@SiHargreaves Tech inquest ?

[@Shmack_]

Love the videos. Hopefully you come back

[@SiHargreaves]

Very soon! Just looking for a new stable job. Once I've got that I'm going to complete the scratch series

[@EazyTDJ]

Loving your videos, may I suggest Q&A scratch videos, am sure many djs here would love to learn from you. Sure there are many out there, but I'm theres a different approach you can introduce. Surely that may help you reach that 10k milestone

[@SiHargreaves]

Yeah I've thought about it mate, could be good for watch time if people keep coming back to em for sure

[@BocaNejra]

Lol as a teenager I also used to scratch with my hoodie zip man, I think that's how I really started to want to become a DJ haha. BTW nice record on the back, is that the soundtrack of Planete Sauvage movie? really loved that classic french animation movie, very psychodelic!

[@SiHargreaves]

Yeah man, repress unfortunately. Quasimoto for the win

[@goddamnsam]

Nice one! great tips on the baby and really helpful ideas. what is that record you are always using ? its a cut and paste thats out of print? cheers

[@SiHargreaves]

Bit late with this one, the record in this vid is "Simiah the Alchemy Files"

[@loofs3]

I have serato DJ pro controller, My sticker mark is at 12:00 is there a way to move it a little over to the 1:00 position?

[@DJ-Jit]

Hey there, what's the setting on your tonearm, anti skating, and stylus/needle? It looks so stable even with the heavy scratching. My needle keeps skipping constantly. Appreciate the videos

[@SiHargreaves]

Hmm, I can't remember, just grabbed a clip from a random one

[@mark-gv3js]

I always think of scratching as a conversation... between me and the timetable

[@SiHargreaves]

Yeah nice. Good way of looking at it. Except the conversation is with aliens haha

[@mark-gv3js]

Most definitely...

[@mybraa835]

[@WazzyTV]

is scratching always 4/4 timing?

[@SiHargreaves]

I wouldn't say that no counting triplets over a 4/4 beat is a nice way to add some interest. I guess some cuts are naturally 3/4 if you repeat them over and over eg boomerangs

[@binarybotany3218]

Planet Sauvage!

[@ralphtalentscount6535]

Awesome video! Well explained and you got some nice gears! 🙌 Would you be interested in playing your music on Sessions?