Brolic Army DJ School by DJ Rob Swift

  DJ Rob Swift leads this Brolic Army DJ School course on Advanced Scratching techniques. Expect to learn scratches such as DJ Disk’s “Orbit Flare”, The Invisibl Skratch Piklz’ “Crab Scratch” and other techniques. Each Brolic Army course is updated regularly with new tutorials on a regular basis! In line with DJ Rob Swift’s typical teaching style, he focuses his tutorials on both the history and the execution of these techniques. Rob Swift aims to empower the next wave of DJs in becoming active participants of the culture, passing down the knowledge for generations to come. Advanced Scratching is no exception. “This was very clear, concise, and easy to understand. This in turn makes me more excited to practice now that I know what to focus on. Thank you Sensei Swift!” – Nedimthedream Advanced Scratching is for students who have strong foundations in the techniques of DJing and scratching techniques. Check out our other courses such as Basic DJing, Basic Scratching and Training C...

  “You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.” ~ Miles Davis I’m 4 decades deep in studying the art of Scratching and when I summarize all of the ideas I’ve personally collected from it’s framers (GrandWizzard Theodore, Grandmixer , Jazzy Jay) to the latter pioneers (Cash Money, Dr. Butcher, Q-Bert, D Styles) I’d say if you want your scratches to carry a deeper meaning, connect your heart to your hands and head! “I look back to vids from 20 years ago of Q transforming and he makes it look so easy with so much swing. Even to this day I can do more technical scratches but can’t transform anywhere near the level of what he was doing then from a pure rhythm point of view. I honestly don’t think I could ever achieve that.” Let me preface my response by first saying, please don’t what I’m about to say as an attack on @bustascratch because it’s not. That said, what he wrote about being able to “perform technical scratches but [he] can’t Transform anywhere near the leve...

  If your scratches lack emotion or personality, the #1 reason for that is when you practice, you’re focusing the majority of your time and energy into drills or memorizing scratch patterns. It’s not that you lack talent. It’s that you’re not spending enough time working on your own personal expressiveness. Scratching is about self expression, PERIOD! Free your mind. Stop thinking “Military Scratch” this, “2 Click Flare” that… By all means, get the basic movements down but when you practice, stop thinking about the names of the scratches and just flow. If this sounds like a familiar issue, you’re not alone. Here are 3 important tips on how to develop your own unique voice as a scratcher 1. Ornamentation Spending time understanding how to place your scratches during a solo is crucial. Whether you’re going as short as 4 bars or as long as 16, understand that your ultimate goal is to tell a story in that time. So work on how to be spontaneous in structuring your scratch solos into 3 p...

  I’ve never been one to gloat BUT… If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked “Rob, what is the secret to Beat Juggling…” or “Yo, I’d love to get together with you and practice my beat juggles…” I’d be writing this article from inside my vast Westchester, NY estate. Specifically, inside the library quarters. On a dumb long table. Hand carved out of Macassar Ebony wood. Straight up yo! But I rarely have a nickel on the occasions I’m approached about the mystery of “Beat Juggling”. Therefore, I’m forced to write you this article from my Jackson Heights apartment. In my living, on my black leather bachelor couch. I’ll make it to Westchester one day though, ha! Aight man, back to Juggling. Battle season is right around the corner. Thus, I know many of y’all are locked in your bedrooms, training for what comes down to 6 minutes of your best stuff. Six minutes man, that’s all you got and you gotta make the most of it. So with that, the following article will impart my 10 basic pri...