Updates and fader caps

Hey what’s up visitor! So I’ve still been djing all this time and I’m getting better and better at scratching. It’s a lot of fun and a very cool hobby. I like it a lot. Music moves me deeply and I love the drum. Scratching is like learning to play guitar or piano. You manipulate the pitch of the sound sample to make different sounds and vibrations of the tone. The more intricately and uniquely you can do that, the better it sounds.

I recently picked up some new slipmats. I bought some beatjunkies mats off someone online. They are great slipmats and work very well. I like them even better than my Dr. Suzuki Skratch mats. They work very well on their own and don’t need a slip sheet. Another thing I wanted to mention is that I’m noticing I seem to “scratch better” when using the Innofader fader cap as opposed to a fader cap I bought online. They are both plastic, but the size and feel of the Innofader cap feels better and makes me want to scratch as opposed to the other one which is kind of bleh. Maybe that’s me being weird or superstitious like a athlete with some weird pre-game ritual or a certain sock he’ll only wear when playing.

We’re still in the throws of a pandemic but hopefully we are on the tail end of it. Whatever “they” were testing and getting data on.. hopefully it’s over and we can get back to some normalcy. I don’t agree with taking a vaccine and wish everyone who does the best. My mother-in-law took it but she’s in her 90s. I pray she’ll be ok and everyone else who decided to trust the powers that be and take it. I don’t trust them as much given their track record, so I’m taking a wait and see approach. Best of luck to you reader and stay sane and safe!

Update after a while…

Boy it’s been a minute since I posted. We got a new president. We’re still kinda on lock down and the world has definitely changed a lot over the last year or so. People are dying from COVID for sure, but perhaps some are overreacting about it. A lot of us didn’t realize people die from the flu by the thousands every year. I know I sure didn’t know that. I hope we all make it through this COVID situation and come out to a better place in the world. Hopefully some people bettered themselves through this situation or found themselves. Some people didn’t make it due to COVID or taking themselves out and I feel for both. Life is not easy, but I pray if I’m ever in a situation where I feel I want to end my life, that I reach out to someone to get a different viewpoint on things. I know it sounds cliche but the sun will come up tomorrow. Always remember that. I do believe the creator understands the shortcomings of humans and would not banish someone for not being able to take the stresses of life anymore. On a lighter note, I have 2 DJ setups going in my living room now. One with my Numark Scratch and 2 Gemini decks, the other with my Reloop Elite and 2 AT 1240XP decks. Of course the Elite based setup is my main baby. Having a lot of fun learning to scratch and I’m finally making a breakthrough it feels like. I’m starting to “get” how you want to manipulate the pitch of the sound to get different sounds and make it sound cool. Peace and all that to anyone who reads this and take care of yourself. Cya….