VIDEO: DJ Woody’s scratching from a vinyl POV

Ever wondered what a scratch performance looks like from the vinyl's point of view? DJ Woody applies blu tack and his skills and films the results.

It’s always nice to see an alternative point of view on all things DJ. But it’s especially refreshing to see a different angle on videos as well. So instead of watching hands on vinyl, this particular one from our favourite DJ Woody looks at a scratch performance from the vinyl’s perspective.

Now you might think that such jaunty camera work might be the province of expensive nanotechnology. But no — this isn’t so much blu ray as it is blu tack and his iPhone that made this a practical reality. Makes a bloody change from all that played out 3D waveform fodder.

DJ Woody Scratch POV vinyl

I hope this doesn’t start a trend, because it did make me feel a tad queazy and disoriented. Then again, racing games on my iPad have much the same effect. Either way, good work Woody. 

 

Mark Settle
Mark Settle

The old Editor of DJWORX - you can now find Mark at WORXLAB

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9 Comments

  1. I loved seeing “wrist-cam” in concert when DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist were doing the hard sell tour in 2007. I thought it was a really nice way of showing the record being picked out of the crate, put on the platter and cued up. A really neat little journey which I hadn’t seen portrayed POV style before…

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