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Christ man, if you honestly believe that you have to scratch to be a DJ you need to go and get your head checked out. I've won 2 DJ competitions against a variety of DJs, including turntablists, playing House and Techno - go figure, I don't scratch and I don't need to scratch, you've just been fed Mixmag propoganda that Eddie Halliwell is the best thing since sliced bread, he can do one scratch and thats it, his programming is among the worst in the industry, anyone with any sort of sense knows that he is extremely average...
i have 3 things to say to this comment:
1. turntablism is alot more difficult than beatmatching and mixing, and turntablists are highly underrated
2. if you beat a turntablist in competition using beatmatching and mixing skills, then whoever threw this competition deserves a slap... you shouldnt even be competing against someone from a completely different category
3. anyone ever hear of Dj Swamp? he was Beck's dj (you know "im a loser babaaaay, so why dont you kill meeee") and is a turntablist GENIUS.
all that being said, im not a turntablist, i beatmatch, mix, cut, and add in, however i do admire good turntablists for choosing the more difficult, less famous road