Gold Voltron Speaks
Thu, 10/17/2013 - 10:16am
He's a mystery wrapped in a riddle... Maybe not quite, but I've always wanted to describe someone that way. Regardless, I first became aware of Gold Voltron in 2009 when QSU first launched. He was always positive and encouraging, and always uploading beats for us to skratch to. He also had a quirky sense of humour which felt right at home, and quickly became one of the most well-known characters on QSU. Not only was I seriously impressed by the level of his skratch skills, but also his knowlege of beats and music is insane! I learned a lot just through the stuff he posted, but always wanted to interview him for the blog - I had a lot of questions! So finally after years of procrastinating, I sent all the questions I had - and thankfully he answered them all! So here it is, Gold Voltron speaking on just about everything I wanted to know - enjoy it nerdz!
New Skratch Theory Lessons: Syncopation & More!
Wed, 10/16/2013 - 1:53pm
Topics: qsu
Greetings - we come in peace! There's a new 2-part lesson on Syncopation that just went up in the Skratch Theory section - this is a very important concept that we discuss a lot around here, it helps you to break out of old patterns in your skratching and sound less predicable on where you land your sounds... Definitely not to be overlooked! Find it in Skratch Theory or just click on the pic to jump to it!
UPDATE 10/18/13: Got some more lessons to announce... In Skratch Theory:
In Real Instrument Skratching with Alex Sonnenfeld:
Reverse Tear Battle / Bubble Battle Winner
Tue, 09/24/2013 - 11:46am
"I've never seen anyone do Bubbles like that." - Qbert
And the winner for the QSU Bubble Battle… Byone! This guy has been around here since we first opened QSU, quietly submitting some of the freshest videos for over 4 years now (speaking of fresh, check his artwork below). Congrats man, you def earned those headphones! Also we've added your video to the Official Bubble Lesson page and gave ya a nice badge on your student page, aww yea!
The Next Battle will be on… REVERSE TEARS! That's right, Reverse Tears Only! This will definitely get you thinking outside the box… stretch your mind and really see what kind of crazy patterns you can come up with. The Deadline is Monday, October 14 6pm PST - just submit your entries into the Battle Category - Good luck and always remember to have fun with it!
The Bubble Battle / Clover Tear Winner
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 5:08pm
Well, I'm back… what a trip (figuratively and literally)! So you probably already know from the Welcome Video who won the Clover Tear Battle, but let me be the first to Officially Announce In Writing that the big winner is… DJ Pekoe (with a honorable mention going out to DJ Catch, big ups)!
Pekoe is murderously insane with both hands, he's been around QSU since the beginning and never fails to impress… be sure to check out all the videos on Pekoe's page!
Next up - it's The Bubble Battle… whoever has the best variations on this fun little skratch will win the highly valuable (and resellable) HD 25 Sennheister headphones, plus your winning video will be featured on the Official Bubble Lesson page until the end of time… which hopefully won't be anytime soon.
The deadline for The Bubble Battle will be Monday September 23… good luck! Please note: you should always submit your Battle Entry videos in to the Battle Category when you click on the Submit Videos Tab up top. For any questions, just email me at Adam@artistworks.com or CustomerService@ArtistWorks.com, we'll help ya out!
Also - we got some new lessons up (Updated)! Check em out:
- Level 2: Bubbles
- Level 3: Chirps to Crabs
- Level 3: Slice to Transformer
- Level 3: Red Light District & Salt Water Crabs
- Level 5: Prizm Drumming
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