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Dj Shiftee’s Technological Turntablism Tabernacle

Written by Dj Shiftee on April 17th, 2011 138 Comments


Greetings, DJ TechTools.  My name is DJ Shiftee.  Don’t believe me? Check my birth certificate!  Signed and sealed by the state of New York – DJ Morris Shiftee (my middle name is Morris). It seems we have a common passion, DJ Tech Tools.  We both love Tech.  Yes, this infatuation is mainly because Tech is an excellent abbreviation for Technology, but we also love Technology, so everyone goes home a winner. I will be contributing semi-regular (read: every month or so) tutorials on some of my favorite technologically infused performance tricks in a new series: Shiftee’s Technological Turntablism Tabernacle.

Here’s the first installment: a technique I affectionately call “Plooping.”
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