Right, Lets hit the nail on the head with this subject. Eddie Halliwell is a really amazing DJ. He has allot of trick which he performs really well and he can really work a crowd and looks more than comfortable doing it.

On to the main issue. His scratching abilities to someone who is into dance sound amazing. However to a turntablist who likes their breaks he's nothing special. The fact that he's successfully crossed genres with his scratching abilities have earnt him a somewhat god like reputation.

To all the people into thier hip hop and breaks etc. The scratches he does are completely different in the sense that their is more work with the vinyl(however it is a very simple rythm to maintaine hence why he can do it for prolonged periods). The main thing behind the sratch is the chirping on the crossfader

B0000000B0000000 Represents the beat
1000111110001111 Represents the on/off on the fader @1/8th beat intervales)

The hand action on the vinyl is forward/backward*2 over each beat (This scratch is called a chirp)
To end the scratch have the deck turned off and the last beat on the scratch sequence use ur natural hand action moving forward and release the vinyl whilst smacking the croos fader over for that beat and then back into the original track for the start of the next section. This is in essence what halliwell does. The rest of his scratching comprises of little scribbles on the vinyl and fader. I have been lucky enough to witness halliwell on stage doing this many times. It is purely timing the crossfader which makes this work and this type of scratch only works well with tracks 140bpm or above.

I have given u an example below of how its done. The first half of the clip is me scratching and the second from Eddies bosh CD.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/ianknowles007/example1.mp3
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It taken me ages to get this scratch right but when you do it becomes second nature. Want to scratch like halliwell - follow this guide and PRACTISE every chance u get.

Please feel free to post me feedback

Great post Mr. Knowles,

Another DJ to check out if you want to hear really fast scratching is DJ Magic Mike. He plays Miami Bass Sound style beats and scratches like a demon on top. He matches Halliwell in speed but beats him in techniques.

Cheers
Nem

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