the abilty to read grooves

check it out if you cann read groove from a record you have a remarkable abilty read this :

http://skepdic.com/vinylvision.html

Lord Finesse mentioned being able to read grooves on the record in the DeepCrates movie... sometimes you can tell there is something interesting on the record by the "rhythmic patterns" in the vinyl grooves... when i dont know a record and im taking a chance with it, i usually inspect the vinyl grooves to see if i recognize any trace of a "rhythmic pattern"... im not sure if it holds much weight in my actual decision of buying the record, theres a lot of other more important factors that help me decide... but if im iffy on a cheap record that im unfamiliar with, and its not gonna break me if i cop it, "rhythmic patterns" MAY influence me to buy the record!
ive been surprised by what ive brought home after deciding on a purchase in this manner, ive also been dissapointed by this process too... i for sure havent got it down to an exact science myself, but it is another way to inspect potential record investments... when you spend enough time examining and buying records, any subtle technique of inspecting records is useful...

even back in the day, i always used to notice the "rythmic patterns" on the track PAUL REVERE on BeastieBoys, Licensed To Ill, it always stood out to me... check it out, its a pretty easily noticable pattern from that backwards drum break!

but yea, i conciously started peepin for this "phenomenon" after hearing about it from LordFinesse on DeepCrates... Finesse is a legend in this hiphop schit IMO... maybe one day i can read grooves as good as him

being a dj you can read a groove inthe record by the dark spot's that's your break, i have been doin that for yrs but i think what they are talk about inthe article is that the dude can read the notes of the song in the record,
LF does the same as any dj who's been spinin long enuff you can read breaks in the records.

dj e.d.e wrote:being a dj you can read a groove inthe record by the dark spot's that's your break

I'm not even a DJ and I've already learned that "trick" a long time ago. Not always a break though...

tru ....low points.....high points.....breaks.....intro's

dj e.d.e wrote:being a dj you can read a groove inthe record by the dark spot's that's your break, i have been doin that for yrs but i think what they are talk about inthe article is that the dude can read the notes of the song in the record,
LF does the same as any dj who's been spinin long enuff you can read breaks in the records.

Read the notes of the song??? That is ballistic!! IS that humanly possible?
Sounds iffy to me...

DeepDig8 wrote:

dj e.d.e wrote:being a dj you can read a groove inthe record by the dark spot's that's your break, i have been doin that for yrs but i think what they are talk about inthe article is that the dude can read the notes of the song in the record,
LF does the same as any dj who's been spinin long enuff you can read breaks in the records.

Read the notes of the song??? That is ballistic!! IS that humanly possible?
Sounds iffy to me...

ok not actuall notes but here;s what he said

Lintgen did not claim to read individual notes in the record grooves. "The trick is to examine the physical construction of the recording and look at the relative playing time of each one of the movements or separations on the recording"

thats more or lwessreading notes dont you think

dj e.d.e wrote:

DeepDig8 wrote:

dj e.d.e wrote:being a dj you can read a groove inthe record by the dark spot's that's your break, i have been doin that for yrs but i think what they are talk about inthe article is that the dude can read the notes of the song in the record,
LF does the same as any dj who's been spinin long enuff you can read breaks in the records.

Read the notes of the song??? That is ballistic!! IS that humanly possible?
Sounds iffy to me...

ok not actuall notes but here;s what he said

Lintgen did not claim to read individual notes in the record grooves. "The trick is to examine the physical construction of the recording and look at the relative playing time of each one of the movements or separations on the recording"

thats more or lwessreading notes dont you think

No, I'd more consider that reading movements, especially in classical
the grooves are softer and kind of fade in and out of each other. But I don't think he would be able to be like "yo, this groove is in e flat." ju know?

Sweet article tho...love stuff like that

i use the licking method. i find a record, give it a good lick, if it taste like pu$$y then theres a break.