The idea for this came in two parts. The first is that I am also an MC and love to kick freestyles over instrumental beats, and the second is the Speed Booster at QSU [Located in the Training Dojo area of the Lessons, the Infamous Toadman plays a beat from Qbert's SP-1200 and increases the tempo by 1 BPM every 4 bars until it reaches twice the original speed. He also dances and smiles for you].

I wanted to combine these two ideas and create my own Speed Booster using some beats that I love to skratch with. So I did, and it really helped with getting some skratch techniques in double and triple time. So, I wanted to share it with rest of the world. If it works for me then it might help others as well! 

The idea for this came in two parts. The first is that I am also an MC and love to kick freestyles over instrumental beats, and the second is the Speed Booster at QSU [Located in the Training Dojo area of the Lessons, the Infamous Toadman plays a beat from Qbert's SP-1200 and increases the tempo by 1 BPM every 4 bars until it reaches twice the original speed. He also dances and smiles for you].

I wanted to combine these two ideas and create my own Speed Booster using some beats that I love to skratch with. So I did, and it really helped with getting some skratch techniques in double and triple time. So, I wanted to share it with rest of the world. If it works for me then it might help others as well! 

There's a new lesson in Level 2, it's a variation of the Stewie skratch called the "Stewie Swirl" - don't forget to try the looper tool on the lessons too! Set the In and Out points and watch whatever little section you want on repeat. Also don't forget to submit for the Stewie Skratch Battle, deadline is Monday, June 23!

Lessons --> Level 2 --> Stewie Swirl

And the winner of the Freddy Battle is… DJ Adex! He had the best overall demo of this unique skratch combo, although there were some great other entries as well. Since these winning entries are linked to from the official Lesson Page, it's really important that we can see what both hands are doing. Congrats to Adex, be sure to check out his video from the Freddy Skratch lesson page in Level 2! 

Here's a tip: be sure to record your video at an angle that shows both your record and fader hands so we can see everything you're doing. Students are going to be studying all these videos forever so we want to make it as easy for them as possible.  

Next Battle: The Stewie Skratch - Deadline to submit is Monday, June 23!

We have also uploaded an official Stevie Skratch lesson in Level 2, find it in the curriculum:

Lessons --> Level 2 --> Stewie Skratch

We had a chance to interview Niels Hlawinka, who has created an iOS video game that features DJ Qbert as a character! Niels lives in Germany and spends his time skratching when he's not designing websites and building cool apps for FatSack Games. 

ADA: How did you come up with the PHONGO character?

Niels: In 2005 I had a little online clothing store besides my main job (I always loved cool street fashion) where I imported underground clothing labels to support and sell in my country (Germany). It was then that I created the company name as Phongo-Clothing Co.

The name comes from Phonograph, meaning turntable, and with the G it brings a little bit of craziness to it.

We had a chance to interview Niels Hlawinka, who has created an iOS video game that features DJ Qbert as a character! Niels lives in Germany and spends his time skratching when he's not designing websites and building cool apps for FatSack Games. 

ADA: How did you come up with the PHONGO character?

Niels: In 2005 I had a little online clothing store besides my main job (I always loved cool street fashion) where I imported underground clothing labels to support and sell in my country (Germany). It was then that I created the company name as Phongo-Clothing Co.

The name comes from Phonograph, meaning turntable, and with the G it brings a little bit of craziness to it.