spinning drum blog

Dj Elephant Power offers up a silly, crazy and clever juggle and scratch turntable creation.

DJ Radar takes his craft to Carnagie Hall with Raul Yanez featuring the Red Bull Artsehcro Symphony Orchestra

Asisphonics: Great content rich turntablist resource, includes scratching tips, articles, reviews and forum
asisphonics.net

Battlestyle.org: "BattleStyle.org is an ongoing project being developed to allow the exchange of independent production, open communication and education."
battlestyle.org

Backspin: Unofficial Technics Turntable page
backspin.org

Cool-Dj.com: Who’s who in the "cool" dj world and some dj tutorials – check out Dj Craze’s mix and scratch workshop online.
cool-dj.com

Cuttin Class: Transformer low down from Remix mag’s Cuttin Class tutorial remixmag.com/ar/remix_cuttin_class
DigitalScratch.com: "The information source for the digital turntablists.
digitalscratch.com

Dj Ebook: Learn the skilz in this free online djaying ebook.
recess.co.uk/start.html

Dj Equipment Guide.com: Tips, tutorials, reviews
the-dj-equipment-guide.com

Dj battles.com: Online turntablist magazine
djbattles.com

Dj Source: From the UK – info, tutorials, musc forums and radio
djsource.co.uk

Dj Tips & Tricks: What to look for when buying dj gear DJ-tips-and-tricks.com

FAQ about TechnicsSL-1200 mk & SL-1210 mk2ss: Answer some questions about your technics.
music.hyperreal.org/dj/sl1200.html

DMC Championships: News, battle stats photos & competion recordings
dmcworld.com/technics2005/home.asp

FAQ about Technics SL-1200 mk & SL-1210 mk2s: Learn something about your technics.
music.hyperreal.org

How to do Beat Mixing with an Mp3-player How to measure Beats Per Minute; BPM Counting; How to use BpmDj:
bpmdj.sourceforge.net/beatmixing.html

Hip Hop Directory: Hip Hop online resource
hiphop-directory.com

Simulated Skins: From Robin Smith’s scratch tutorial in remix remixmag.com/mag/remix_simulated_skins/

Skratchworx: Articles, and scratch tools in this dj devoted tech savvy site.
www.skratchworx.com/

Take Notes: Scratch notation info from Remix’s archives on findarticles.com.
findarticles.com

Taxonomy of Scratching: Timothy Wisdom’s break down and classification of the fundamental scratches
imothywisdom.com/science/djtaxonomy

Turntablism: What is it? Essay from prefect sound online mag furious.com/perfect

Vinyl Drumming: More from Robin’s smith tutorial concentrating on this basic but key technique
remixmag.com/mag

History of Sampling & Turntablism: "The practice of copying music traces back to the dawn of man…"
superswell.com

The History of Turntablism: Point form history tour (too bad the site’s background graphic makes it hard to read)
btinternet.com

The Power of Funky: Site dedicated to all things Technics
members.tripod.com/funkymusic

Turntable History: What is a turntable & how does it work
enjoythemusic.com

The Turntable: C-Theory’s hip hop rooted analysis of the turntable & it’s practitioner
ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=382

Turntablism WikiDj Radar hosts this extensive resource on turntable history and techniques djradar.com,/a>

The Turntable Factory: Classic turntable dealer offers tips on maintenance & repair
theturntablefactory.com

Changing the technic 1200s’ LEDs from Red to Blue: The run down from Dj Depot
djdepot.com

Penny and Giles Fader Repair:
coopersound.com

Project Blue: Another how to change your red LEDs to blue
stumpymoose.com/blutechnics

Replacing/Changing your RCA cables on the Technics 1200:
djdepot.com/changing_rca_cables_technics_1200.html

Technics 1200 Pitch Calibration:
massive.com/in_tune/technics_pitch.html