You Rock Brother!! You cover almost everything. I have been in the mix for over 15 years and I Second your teaching facts 100%. Your a good guy for doing this. Not many of us would.

Dear Mr. ellaskins, I would like to extend my deepest "THANK YOU" to you for creating, and subsequently sharing the "Ride the pitch" video series on the world wide web for any young aspiring disk jockey to learn how to tame the beats. Thanks you once again, Mr. ellaskins! Your mastery of the craft has been a real inspiration to me in my endeavors to achieving perfection! Sincerely, Kalin G.

So many thanks !, comments like this help so much and make me want to do more ! thanks , johnathan,dj tutor

The only thing I am having problems with pitch riding right now is determining by sound, which record is too slow or fast. Kinda sucks when you move the pitch in the wrong direction once the beats start decoupling. I can usually keep the beats in alignment for 30 seconds or so, but not long enough for what I am mixing. Anyway, this is the most frustrating part of beat matching for me.

go see some early vids i did , namely without touching the platter, and you will see why!

Thanks, i'm having great fun doing the vid's! johnathan dj tutor

Man, you are awesome! I love your youtube show! I'm a complete beginner, but I've made up a lot of ground thanks to you. Cheers! - TB

O yes!!!, quality !!!

im drunk watchin ur videos again. ellaskins = dj god!

just un plug from the l dk the r plug and from the r dk the l plug from the back of the mixer , so you will have a similar thing to split cue. all the best johnathan

Amazing!!I love your leasons!!Greats from Brazil!! Keep working!! Peace!!

to mack460, just start with the basics, like counting bars and taping feet to the music.

thank you for putting this up this has helped so much especially since my friends don't want to teach me thabks man

Agreed!

Good information,

man u are awsome. How much is one of those toys. I want to be a DJ but i need help i need a price so i can saved. THX MAN keep it up

mabe thats why i have a real hard time remembering what i have learned. but music seems better when drunk ... (to me)

How can I teach a 7 year old to DJ. I learned by watching and listening. I can tell he really wants to learn! Where can I start. It comes naturally to me...

Another great vid. Keep it up! Big thumbs up from Australia :D

CHEERS FOR VIDS MATE. DAVID LIVERPOOL

you are so right dude..

Stardust and Daft Punk ... isn't it? great house music!

to rushnju, thanks !, If people honestly think is's easy then they will get a shock! respect to you! j

@baalpeteor Beatmatching isnt really easy because people learn things at a different pace. Some may take hours, months or even weeks to get it right. Deejaying is a hands on thing, the only way it can become easy is by practising alot. As the old saying goes practice makes perfect.

Sincere thanks!

Great video mate really helped keep them coming

First i thought it was waterman by olav basoski, because that has also been released on positiva records. Therefore it has got the same case (that blue/black/white cross on the left). :) keep it up jonathan!

somebody didn't take care of that record on the right. but nice job on the tutorial awesome stuff keep up the good work.

to marioc81, to be honest bpm counters are only as good as the person that uses them!you will always need to use your ears

yo can you do a how to beatmatch video, cuz all the ones ive found suk. And yur videos always make sense. And i dont think i found one yur 1,000 count of videos. jus this one. :\ if ther isnt one can you make one?

Legend!! great help

@KushPizzaSleep You mean why is Ellaskins cocking his head when mixing? He likely has a lollipop headphone (ie a mono headphone) wedged under his ear. One ear listening to the 'pop the other, out listening to the master on the speakers - split cueing

good luck

so is he looking at the beat level on the mixer? or listening to the monitors carefully

if it falls back you just push it forward to match the snare or the kick. you just kinda tap iT forward ITS Easy

I think it's usefull :) Thanx for this!

Isn't it really difficult to match two songs with different tempos? 'Cause you have to adjust the speed

You have to touch the record sometime tho say when i am playing in a club record deck aint always next to the mixer (out of arms reach)then you got bass, mid to worry about need 4 arms somtimes and extentions.. like the vid tho teaches the basics. trying to learn more advanced techniques like 3 deck mixing ect Check out my vids see what you think.. Type in dj jordan king always willing to learn! keep up the good work!:)

thats the whole point of the tutorial...