The 2014 QSU Valedictorian is DJ E-Na
Fri, 03/06/2015 - 6:54pm
"Everybody was dope, it was the hardest battle to pick... But the 2nd place guy, a close 2nd, we didn't even know who to pick out of these two guys. If you notice, everybody was dope but who was super clean though, was Kurteek. So Kurteek gets Salutatorian, a close 2nd - he almost won! Congratulations Kurteek!
"First place… who won on style and grace, smooth, and very musical, lyrical - all categories, it was just so sick. It was so fluid, it was beautiful! Congratulations, the Valedictorian for 2014 is E-Na!"
"For those who didn't win, and you guys are all winners, in 3 months we'll have the Battle for 2015 Valedictorian, June 29th… Train hard y'all, good luck!" - Qbert
Here's what E-Na had to say:
"It feels great, I'm still in shock...But I would not of come this far without QSU, the students, and the relationships I've built with DJ's and Skratchers worldwide. Most importantly I need to thank my family for putting up with me and the amount of time I spend skratching 'ahhhhh' and 'fressssh'."
Interview with DJ E-Na
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 6:29pm
Tell us about this new album, where did the idea come from?
The idea came from me making my decision to no longer be a Soldier. It was an extremely hard decision to willingly give up a steady paycheck, and a job I enjoyed doing for an uncertain future of possibly having to live with friends or family and have pretty much no income. It was a huge risk I took and it caused a lot of stress. So I started looking into meditation, and later the chakras. During all that research and practice I saw meditation as a great way for me to get back to being me when I was feeling down and out. However, I noticed there was a more therapeutic feeling involved in just zoning out and becoming one with whatever beat I was scratching to. With that being said, it’s somewhat common knowledge that talking about your issues or concerns can help you through troublesome times. My problem is I’m not good at sitting down and talking to anyone about my feelings, but when I make music it all just leaks out and I need to share it so I can get feedback so I can continue to grow.
Turntablism Feature: "Scratch Obsession"
Wed, 01/14/2015 - 5:44pm
Attention turntable enthusists and skratch nerds: what we have here is a really great article from Dan Leach (aka Danno9999) titled: SCRATCH OBSESSION, or Plato and the Art of Sound-Time - featuring DJ Woody, DJ Chile, Jon1st, Alex Sonnenfeld and more. Dan goes deep into the crazy world of skratching what make it such a unique form of music. It contains some interesting analysis and media, including some fascinating slow motion footage of the crossfader. Check the link to read it and peep DJ Woody's exclusive routine for the occassion below, which as you'll learn in the article contains 435 crossfader movements and 333 vinyl movements!
"Well, it's a very strange musical instrument where you have the power to grab sound and play with it's time, pitch, move it backwards, etc. Not to mention that it sounds super ridiculously funky and insane and bizarre and groovy all rolled in one, times a zillion other things it can do that are yet undiscovered!" - DJ Qbert
Battle Winners / 2014 Valedictorian / New Qbert mix
Wed, 01/07/2015 - 1:29pm
Happy New Year, 2015 is here! First want to extend congrats to the winners of the recent battles. For the 1 Click Prizm battle, the win goes to Collin. For the Fade battle, we have a tie - and since the top 2 entries each received the same amount of comments from other students, they've each won: congrats to Akiko Luv and Collin! You're winning demos will live on to inspire students to learn these skratches far into the future!
Now for the next announcement: The Battle for 2014 Valedictorian is on! This is your chance to submit a 1 minute video of your craziest best skratching and become the next QSU Valedictorian. The winner joins an elite group of past winners: Zeke (2010), Primo (2011), DJ IQ (2012), Mr Cerdan (2013). 
To win, you gotta pull out all your best combos and cuts - but also be sure to have a clean video that has a good camera angle, good sound, and please limit your video to 1 minute! Here's a hint from Qbert, "The Valedictorian should have some kind of melodic stuff" in their skratching, so keep that in mind when you practice.
Remember, the challenge is to have the best overall video - just give it your best shot and submit it to the Battle Category with the title "Valedictorian 2014". The deadline to submit is Monday, February 23 - don't sleep!
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