{"id":1355,"date":"2016-08-25T19:01:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T18:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.djcity.com\/eu\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2016-08-25T19:01:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T18:01:03","slug":"watch-grandmaster-flashs-lecture-on-the-development-of-hip-hop-djing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.djcity.com\/eu\/watch-grandmaster-flashs-lecture-on-the-development-of-hip-hop-djing\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Grandmaster Flash’s Lecture on the Development of Hip-Hop DJing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nGrandmaster Flash (credit: grandmasterflash.com)<\/span><\/p>\n

DJ and hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash<\/a> recently gave a lecture at New York’s Hot 97<\/a> on the development of hip-hop DJing. The presentation came just one week after the debut of The Get Down<\/a><\/em>, a new Netflix series that explores the rise of hip-hop in the late ’70s.<\/p>\n

The hour-long lecture focused on Flash’s technical contributions to hip-hop DJing, including the “peek-a-boo” system, which combined a microphone mixer, preamps, and a studio mixer. As Scratch DJ Academy’s book On the Record<\/a><\/em> states: “this new setup enabled [Grandmaster Flash] to preview the combined sound of two records through headphones before it went through the speakers.”<\/p>\n

Flash also explained and demonstrated his “quick mix theory,” which was made possible by the peek-a-boo system. Quick mixing enabled Flash to extend the drum break of a song indefinitely so that crowd could keep dancing to it. The technique was not only a major advancement in hip-hop DJing but led to the development of rap music.<\/p>\n

While the innovations that Flash discussed were introduced over 30 years ago, they are still considered standard DJing techniques today.<\/p>\n

Watch the full video below.<\/p>\n