how should i practice to be like that? :O
omg i am amazed by what he can do!

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Any vids of this? What kind of tracks/music does he scratch over?

I can see how James Zabiela would scratch over breaks 'cause it fits in... but I don't think Halliwell spins breaks, no?

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halliwell spins trance, hard house some hard trance and some techno

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i prefer hearing scratch over breaks or some disco house funk. djbattle.net has some good vids of people scratch'n to breaks

Yeah Eddie Halliwell is great
he used to be into hip-hop before he made the move to hardhouse/trance/techno 'cos he thought that genre lacked energy, however he incorporated what he learned in this, so maybe you should buy some hip-hop/scratch records and start practising.
Use this site http://www.asisphonics.net/theever.html to learn different scratch techniques and ask questions on the futureproducers.com forum (they have a "scratching" forum). Can't help more than this 'cos I don't scratch myself lol, good luck

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the problem is, he isn't that good at scratching!

i agree it always sounds good, but its always the same scratch. he did a new one recently at some ibiza night, but i can honestly say its the 3rd scratch i've heard from him in 3 years (and i used to see the guy nearly every weekend).

my mate challenged him to a scratch-off once, he refused lol.. kristoph would have killed him.

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Originally posted by tu_face the problem is, he isn't that good at scratching! i agree it always sounds good, but its always the same scratch. he did a new one recently at some ibiza night, but i can honestly say its the 3rd scratch i've heard from him in 3 years (and i used to see the guy nearly every weekend). my mate challenged him to a scratch-off once, he refused lol.. kristoph would have killed him.

Well I never saw him live unfortunately, but he's one of the DJs I respect the most solely for his performance in his Essential Mix set which I think is one of the best sets I've ever heard technically speaking. And in that set I think there are a lot of different scratches (though I'm no expert in techniques so I can't really tell )

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scratch off?

The basic concepts of scratching are the same regardless of style of music. I suggest you get a video on how to scrath - hip hop web sites are full of them.

Once you have the method down you can then go ahead and adapt it to your particular style of music - i.e creating your own sound rather than copying Halliwell)

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Originally posted by benoitfan Well I never saw him live unfortunately, but he's one of the DJs I respect the most solely for his performance in his Essential Mix set which I think is one of the best sets I've ever heard technically speaking. And in that set I think there are a lot of different scratches (though I'm no expert in techniques so I can't really tell )

yes he is quality in that set and i agree technically it is a wicked set. the scratches are just little variations of the same scratch

vswede: yes, my mate kristoph asked him if he wanted to have a scratching competition to see who was the best.

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Originally posted by tu_face the problem is, he isn't that good at scratching! i agree it always sounds good, but its always the same scratch. he did a new one recently at some ibiza night, but i can honestly say its the 3rd scratch i've heard from him in 3 years (and i used to see the guy nearly every weekend). my mate challenged him to a scratch-off once, he refused lol.. kristoph would have killed him.

I have to agree with you Tu_face... you are spot on. His turntablist skills are minimal and gimmicky in my opinion.

I started as a Hip Hop DJ in 86 and have been doing it for a considerable amount of time and can tell you that he really isn't all that. He maily just uses chirps with little variations. He never flares, crabs or orbits and I have never heard him beat juggle. He may be able to but I have never heard it.
It has to be said however that he uses what he knows quite well so it sounds effective and it's also quite easy to impress really monged out people on the dancefloor with some well placed scratches.

The thing that makes Halliwell good is definately not his scratching ability but the energy/enthusiasm that he puts into his sets. I met my wife to be on a night that he was playing so he will always have a special place for me.
He is also a really nice bloke and that goes a long way in my book.

Cheers
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im sorry for being rude but how the hell can ya say eddie halliwell isnt to good at scratching jesus man you tell me who can scratch as fast and in time for over 5 mins non stop man your living on a dreamwork eddie great his mixing skills are excelent and its very rare he fucks up, hes a great dj and i think there should be others like him