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Posted by gzf on Jul-12-2004 16:29:

spinning a record on your finger like tiesto does..

hi

i've seen it live and in some videos, he takes a record puts it on his finger and spins it around for some time at (relatively) great speed..... soooo i tried to do that but it simply doesnt work.

is it that he has just super-slim fingers where he puts the record and spins it? because mine are definitely too big..

or is there some trick like he uses a stick or a cigarette filter(i tried that but it doesnt work well or at all)?

any ideas? thanks very much

Posted by cryo on Jul-12-2004 16:47:

Re: spinning a record on your finger like tiesto does..

quote:
Originally posted by gzf
hi

i've seen it live and in some videos, he takes a record puts it on his finger and spins it around for some time at (relatively) great speed..... soooo i tried to do that but it simply doesnt work.

is it that he has just super-slim fingers where he puts the record and spins it? because mine are definitely too big..

or is there some trick like he uses a stick or a cigarette filter(i tried that but it doesnt work well or at all)?

any ideas? thanks very much

are you talking about spinning it on your finger like you would spin a basketball ? if so im sure your just bored and wanted to learn but i dont really think thats important to do/learn when DJing

Posted by gzf on Jul-12-2004 17:19:

Re: Re: spinning a record on your finger like tiesto does..

quote:
Originally posted by cryo
are you talking about spinning it on your finger like you would spin a basketball ? if so im sure your just bored and wanted to learn but i dont really think thats important to do/learn when DJing

yes exactly like that.. well it isn't THAT important but it looks impressive.. at least to me

Posted by `pr0digy on Jul-12-2004 17:43:

Okay, I think the whole Superstar DJ worship thing is going a bit overboard... Maybe you should concentrate more on the music

Posted by TwoPlow on Jul-12-2004 18:06:

I learned by doing it with the big rubber anti-slip mats whilst I was bored.

Posted by Freak on Jul-12-2004 19:49:

easy
Practice!

Posted by opianstate on Jul-12-2004 23:24:

maybe he has really long fingernails that fit in there

Posted by subtledreamer on Jul-12-2004 23:30:

quote:
Originally posted by `pr0digy
Okay, I think the whole Superstar DJ worship thing is going a bit overboard... Maybe you should concentrate more on the music

hahhahahah, niceee

its no longer "i wanna DJ like tiesto"
its now "i wanna spin records on my finger like tiesto"

Posted by _-MIl0 on Jul-12-2004 23:38:

[lameness] i wanna spin like tiesto ^^ [/lameness] but i dont get it is it spining it so that your holding it in the grove or so that it spins with the record verticle?

Posted by gzf on Jul-13-2004 00:54:

quote:
Originally posted by `pr0digy
Okay, I think the whole Superstar DJ worship thing is going a bit overboard... Maybe you should concentrate more on the music

hey, it's all about appearances -- music has NOTHING to do with the DJ business

spinning as in putting the record on your finger and then rotating it while mantaining it on the finger (without it falling down that is)

it just looks so cool........

those of you who actually replied in a mannerly fashion, could you please give some details on how you achieved to do it?

because I have no idea how to start.. my fingers are to damn big

Posted by on Jul-13-2004 01:40:

regardless of how "cool" it looks... its not something I wanna do with my records that I have spent FAR to much money on, to have one go crashing to the floor, or onto my TT's or some stupid thing...

Posted by cryo on Jul-13-2004 05:50:

i think you should just stick to doing when your playing basketball...

Posted by idoru on Jul-13-2004 06:51:

A couple of people mentioned they didn't know how he was spinning it, or maybe I just misread it, but...

If you watch the TiC DVD, I forget which part, but he takes a vinyl off and spins it without putting any effort into it. He just puts it on his finger, and spins the side.

Posted by Desert_Storm on Jul-13-2004 06:58:

dude that's lame... i once saw some guy spin it vertically not horizontally like in the pic...
now THAT's impressive!

Posted by beats and beeps on Jul-13-2004 16:37:

What kind of phones is tiesto using in that pic?? I cant tell what brand from that shot...if anything from the look of them i'd have to guess stantons???

Posted by dj chex on Jul-13-2004 16:43:

Tiesto is using POS stanton dj-2000 headphones. Just because he's using them doesn't make em good.

Posted by beats and beeps on Jul-13-2004 16:57:

haha, dont worry i wasnt by any means saying that those phones were any good...i didnt even say tiesto was good...

Posted by dj chex on Jul-13-2004 17:27:

lol

Posted by Nemesis44 on Jul-13-2004 18:17:

If you want to do that then just make sure you get some of the skin from your fingertip in the hole. Then spin... practice a bit, it really isn't that hard.
If that's what you want to do then do it, don't let other people control who you are, if you do that then you will never succeed as a DJ.

DJing is as much about personality as anything else. And to me, the fact that you noticed what other DJs do (Not just spinning) shows that you have an attention for details and don't mind asking questions.

Old Chinese saying regarding the asking of questions...
Better to look stupid for five minutes than to be stupid for the rest of your life.

Only time these things go wrong if you take the credit for ideas that aren't yours. But just do what feels right and enjoy.

Cheers
Nem

Posted by gzf on Jul-13-2004 18:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Nemesis44
If you want to do that then just make sure you get some of the skin from your fingertip in the hole. Then spin... practice a bit, it really isn't that hard.
If that's what you want to do then do it, don't let other people control who you are, if you do that then you will never succeed as a DJ.

DJing is as much about personality as anything else. And to me, the fact that you noticed what other DJs do (Not just spinning) shows that you have an attention for details and don't mind asking questions.

Old Chinese saying regarding the asking of questions...
Better to look stupid for five minutes than to be stupid for the rest of your life.

Only time these things go wrong if you take the credit for ideas that aren't yours. But just do what feels right and enjoy.

Cheers
Nem

best reply, EVER
thanks

Posted by Freak on Jul-13-2004 19:46:

The advanced version of this is as follows:

Spin it on your finger, hold it above the spinning platter and drop it (while its still spinning) so it lands straight on the spindle first attempt..
Takes loadsa practice.

Caution: Dont practice with your favourite records- i broke a few years ago when learning this, from them missing and hitting the tonearm etc...

Posted by 3xx3r7 on Nov-22-2004 03:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Freak
The advanced version of this is as follows:

Spin it on your finger, hold it above the spinning platter and drop it (while its still spinning) so it lands straight on the spindle first attempt..
Takes loadsa practice.

Caution: Dont practice with your favourite records- i broke a few years ago when learning this, from them missing and hitting the tonearm etc...

Especially, if you do it with those thick promos/test pressings.

Posted by Zyntherius on Nov-22-2004 07:07:

I can spin a recond with my dick

Posted by amartinathome on Nov-22-2004 14:50:

I can't believe I just wasted 120 seconds of my life reading this thread.

Maybe spinning records on your finger is covered in one of those cheezie "How to DJ" DVD's. You can really learn a lot from those, like how to hook up a turntable (a red and white wire, how confusing), move the crossfader (this is an advanced move). Why isn't there one of those "DJing for Dummies" bookes yet (you know the yellow ones)? A must for every DJ on my Christmas list.

Shoot me now please.

Posted by onceler on Nov-22-2004 16:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Zyntherius
I can spin a recond with my dick

You're dick fits through the little hole in the middle of a record?

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