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dj 8-ball
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Приєднався 14 лют 2011
Former champion here to share DJ related vids & stories as well as video game clips and info!
For the DJ's: old skool and new stuff here primarily from me. Check out my "DJ Stories" section for back stage type stories from back in the day!
For you gamers: Working full time? Got adult responsibilities? Can't play for 6+ hours anymore? This is the place to be cuz I am in that same boat! Specializing primarily in Tekken and Soul Calibur, check out the my advise on how to at least have some fun and hold your own a bit!
Key DJ Titles:
1992 Disco Mixing Contest (DMC) West Coast Champion
1993 New Music Seminar (NMS) World Champion (sponsored by Supermen Inc.)
Honorary member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz
For the DJ's: old skool and new stuff here primarily from me. Check out my "DJ Stories" section for back stage type stories from back in the day!
For you gamers: Working full time? Got adult responsibilities? Can't play for 6+ hours anymore? This is the place to be cuz I am in that same boat! Specializing primarily in Tekken and Soul Calibur, check out the my advise on how to at least have some fun and hold your own a bit!
Key DJ Titles:
1992 Disco Mixing Contest (DMC) West Coast Champion
1993 New Music Seminar (NMS) World Champion (sponsored by Supermen Inc.)
Honorary member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz
East Bay Clash #16: DJ 8 Ball vs Fist of Fury (losers quarter finals)
Losers quarter finals match between me and Fist of Fury. To be fair, FoF is def a high level player (I think he might even have been a former Madhouse champ), not to mention King (imo) is extremely strong and I am actually intimidated by King's throw mixup game and fear his Heat Smash. However, FoF graciously admitted he has almost zero knowledge of the matchup in which I took full advantage of. Respect to Fist of Fury!
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Rev7 Test Tone Review
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I test out my two best known test tone routines on the Pioneer DDJ-REV7. I've only had the controller for a month and after initial setup and accessory procurement, about 2 days of actual test tone routine practice. So will it be able to handle the speedy tempo switching? And what suggestions do I have for future REV controllers after trying it out? *cough* DJ 8-Ball special edition *cough* Let...
Tekken 8 - Zafina come back
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Always fight back! Even with a "low tier" character. ;-)
E Bay Clash #12 DJ 8 Ball vs Dharc
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Loser's Quarter Finals. Again, didn't do too bad considering only a few days in with Zafina 1.04. I still can't read Reina well tho.
Go Sugar!
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Sugar FTW! Note: Leroy auto ki charges whenever Sugar hits. I was NOT taunting!
East Bay Clash 12 - Tekken 8: DJ 8-Ball vs Weavey (Winners Quarter Finals)
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My second Tekken 8 tournament with Bay Area Madhouse. Still getting used to but really liking Zafina v1.04
Tekken 8: E Bay Clash 10 - Free Palestine vs DJ8Ball
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My first tournament at Bay Area Madhouse. Was my 2nd match of the night and was sent to loser's bracket. Unfortunately I wasn't able to play in that bracket because someone STOLE my spot (I didn't hear my name called and someone pretended to be me...and lost). Didn't do too bad tho considering Free Palestine took 2nd place. The final round where I got KO'd while grounded was actually because my...
Corsair Tekken 8 Showdown 2-2-24
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My first Tekken 8 tournament. Only had about 1 week of very limited practice (Victor) and still not used to the PS5 controller. Wasn't expecting to do well but apparently I was told I didn't do too bad considering the game was out for only 1 week and everyone is just having to make adjustments.
DJ 8-Ball on First Cut: Pt.3
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Another couple of minutes of my time as the DJ on KRON's First Cut on Saturday Mornings. Fun times!
DJ 8-Ball & Rhettmatic freestyle skratching @ASR Clothing, Japan 1995
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Vintage footage of my 1995 trip to Japan for Vestax. Our group (Q-Bert, Shorkut, Rhetmattic, Key Kool and I) did a show at a place called ASR Clothing in Japan. Actually it was a pretty dope spot cuz it had hip-hop clothes, biking & skateboard gear (also with an indoor halfpipe), records and even a little burger grill.Rhettmatic and I did a little unscripted freestyle skratch session in between...
DJ 8-Ball on First Cut: Pt 2
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More footage of my time when I was the DJ on KRON's First Cut TV show. Yes, I had to use a 19" Numark 1975 mixer! I think either I another DJ was either borrowing my Vestax 05 at the time or it was out of commish.
DJ Stories - The Craziest Incident at one of my Gigs
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Here's a story about the craziest incident that ever happened at a gig I was at back in the 90's. Thankfully there was no tragedy but still cray cray. I also have a new green screen that I'm starting to learn more about when it comes editing so I apologize for the quality issues. Guess I shouldn't have worn blue either eh? Enjoy!
DJ Stories - Mobile DJ'ing in the 90's
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We are now in a generation of DJ's that don't know what it's like to use vinyl, carry record crates or spend hours setting up and breaking down. And some of them want to know what it was like before the laptops, controllers and self powered speakers. Here are some stories of what it was like for ME "back in the day," overall DJ'ing in the 90's and a tiny origin story of how I became part of my ...
DJ 8-Ball on First Cut : Pt 1
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For a few episodes I was the DJ on KRON's First Cut show in 1996. It was never meant to go past the first time I was on but the producers and crew really enjoyed having me around and gave a little extra to the show. This is the first episode I was on and I believe I had to borrow the Vestax mixer from another DJ. And yes I had a pony tail at the time! Shouts out to my old softball team "Deuce D...
DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball's story of the G Thang test tone
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A little back story of my G Thang test tone routine and how it actually led to me being in the 1993 NMS World battle. Be sure to checkout ua-cam.com/users/MichaelShum for more vintage DJ footage and pics!
DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball - What About Iron Man?
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DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball - What About Iron Man?
DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball at the 1992 DMC US Finals
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DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball at the 1992 DMC US Finals
DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball at the 1992 DMC W Coast pt 2 - the finals
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DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball at the 1992 DMC W Coast pt 2 - the finals
DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball at the 1992 DMC W Coast pt 1 - the roadtrip and eliminations
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DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball at the 1992 DMC W Coast pt 1 - the roadtrip and eliminations
DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball's History of his Don't Stop the Rock routine
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DJ Stories - DJ 8-Ball's History of his Don't Stop the Rock routine
DJ 8-Ball Rane #72SecondChallenge Routine
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DJ 8-Ball Rane #72SecondChallenge Routine
Sound In Motion (DJ 8-Ball) Battle Zone 1993
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Sound In Motion (DJ 8-Ball) Battle Zone 1993
SoundTronix (DJ 8-Ball and Charles Angeles) DMC 2011 routine practice
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SoundTronix (DJ 8-Ball and Charles Angeles) DMC 2011 routine practice
i love hearing these old stories, keep em' coming brother. Peace
DOPE
i love it ! MORE MORE
Cut it up def !
YOU STILL GOT IT BROTHER!! Good stuff, glad to see you're doing well. MUCH RESPECT DJ
Yoooo what up!!! Ian't believe I'm just now finding your channel 🫡🫡🫡
Salute!!!
Did u try the Rane performer at a local shop
@roymoxley2587 I have not. It wouldn't matter tho because the pitch slider is in the wrong position for test tone skratching.
Madness
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Thank you for sharing man
Shout out to QA out there who ever lived the "Grandma's Boy" life. --Sony 1st / 3rd party QA PS2 Launch.....old' school Foster City
8ball your a goat! Need more stories this is cherished history
8ball your a goat 🐐
8ball your a goat 🐐.
Wow dj herc!!
Because I was so caught up in the battle moment, I didn't even look at the person checking them. Right after my buddy had to tell me who it was! Lol
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even got the 8 ball haircut
Lol yeah now! Back then tho I was rockin the flat top with pony tail look!
I think Filipinos have something special encoded in their DNA that makes them awesome turntablists. Someone needs to do a scientific study.
Ironically, I work in an industry where I have to run and monitor studies! Well, medical, but the concept on how it's done would be the same! Lmfao
@@dj8ball1993nms I expect a report of your findings by the end of the month lol.
@angrykermit3192 Lmfao on a similar note. During the DMC World post meet up, one of the Australian DJ's pointed out that even the Filipinos in Australia sound different in their skratching. He also proposed a study. Lmfao
@@dj8ball1993nms I think we're onto something here lol. Speaking of Australia, isn't Australia's DJ Dexta a Filipino?
@@angrykermit3192 Sorry don't know.
I can't watch this video without thinking of the fucking lockdown! I hated that shit. By the way, I was wondering, what did you think about your little battle against Mixmaster Mike at the '93 Supermen battle? I thought you beat him, but it was a tie, right? I thought Mike's second set was a bit of a mess. He used it in the '94 Dream Team set as well, right? I would have tried to get into that battle myself, but I didn't start battling until '97, when the battle had ended.
It was really hard to think about things other than my routine with my battle against Mike! As a matter of fact, the entire final round previous to that was like a foggy dream. I didn't even know it was the finals! As for when battling Mike, all my concentration was on remembering my routine and praying my needles don't skip. Looking back at it, it was fun and glad it was Mike since we both knew each other. Ironic it was SF vs SF in the end.
@@dj8ball1993nms Did you make a video about your battle against Noize in '94? I've got an old interview with him in a British Hip hop magazine called Hip hop Connection, from '95, in which he was talking about it. He said he rented an apartment in Brooklyn, and stayed there for a week before the battle. By the way, why did that battle end? I'm sure Noize would've crushed his opponent if he'd been able to take on the champ in '95.
@BUBZ3T I was working on a script about that battle and then tragedy struck me and my family one thing after another and have yet to fully recover. Once things get up and running I've got both the 93 and 94 NMS stories on deck!
3:30 This year I believe yesterday I finished making my own laser from scrach and It was an inspiration from you because in 2022 I won an ugly sweater contest in High School and I won a $25.00 Amazon gift Card. And I bought an RG laser with different patterns for $20.00 for the laser. When I open the box for the laser, built quality was bad, the cord looked like it was about to break but the laser turned and the effect was amazing. I then I saw this video 3:30 and I did the same thing put the amazon laser in a box made out of wood from HomeDepot paint the whole box in white with the laser inside without taking the laser out and all you have to do is just plug in and play and enjoy the show. And What's also cool is that you can be creative and use what you even though its in bad condition u can find a way and fix and be happy what you have.
Wow. That is some cool ish! Sorry I got this comment so damn late!
Hi whats name this song at 0:07
The scratch was on Q-bert's 2nd battle break record (Bionic Booger Breaks). I can't tell what the instrumental is, but looking at it, the record appears to be a Wicked Raw Beat. Unsure what volume or track tho.
House Of Pain - Shamrocks and Shenanigans
Hello DJ 8-Ball you are the king of test tones I have something to ask u I just started learning and using turntables when covid happened till today. And my Grandfather owner 2 technics 1200mk2 turntables but I started to learn with 1 turntable because my dad only had 1 shure needle until I saw your dj battles. But I also do use a numark 2 go dj controller and I was like hey I can practice tones on the controller but its also not the same because u would mostly see tones on viny and on turntables. Do U think I show try to do tones on a controller. Please let me know. But by all means your the king of Tones Should I do it on a tiny controller.
Hey! So long as the controller has a slide pitch I don't see why not! I'm actually now using Rane 12's. Altho different controllers may respond differently. For instance, I can't do my "Don't Stop the Rock" routine on a Rane 12 due to either the hardware or software not moving as fast as the note change. Best thing to do is try it out and see what works and what doesn't between different controllers and 1200s. 😁
@@dj8ball1993nms THANK U DJ 8-BALL
8 ball did u ever own old school disco lighting when u got the turntables
Of course! Well, mostly DJ lightning that was popular in that era (Derbys, Helicopters and Lasers etc). I guess you can say Mirrorballs, strobes, pinspots and beacons were from the disco era. 🙂
wow ur famous
I still do setups like this I don’t like the led fixtures and moving heads to expensive & they can break easily.
Damn, thanks for this.
The test tones you did were bad ass 8ball!
yo 8ball im going to trip u out , Do you remember the R-Ranch there was a blond 13 year old white boy that loved to help set up with you guys and i did a little dancing too but anyways looks like your your doing well congrats. I'M surprised i havent heard the story about the equipment van breaking down next to the bull coral on the way to the ranch. Dude you have to post the iron man mix you did at that battle you won state champ . Oh by the way my name is Brian ring any bells????
Yoooo! Whaddup Brian! I mos def remember you! And yes, I also remember our car breaking down on the way back to the Ranch at 2am coming back from Denny's! Hope all is good with you!
yo 8ball im going to trip u out , Do you remember the R-Ranch there was a blond 13 year old white boy that loved to help set up with you guys and i did a little dancing too but anyways looks like your your doing well congrats. I'M surprised i havent heard the story about the equipment van breaking down next to the bull coral on the way to the ranch. Dude you have to post the iron man mix you did at that battle you won state champ . Oh by the way my name is Brian ring any bells????
Wow! I totally remember you dude! We used to even give you rides into town with us to play at Scandia! Hope your doing well. DM me on my FB when you get a chance.
ok so im english, back in the day i managed to get a ripped copy of the 92 usa dmc final (god knows who i got it off) and your was one of the stand out sets on that tape. i must have watched it a hundred times. but what ive always wanted to know is what was that track you were juggling (you show it in this video at 5:56)? i have since heard it once on mainstream radio here but despite spending thousands on records i have never come across it. edit: also thanks for this insight into what that night was like. such a great story too. id like to hear a bit more about how you got to end up with all those tracks in the set on 45. at that time the only thing i could think of that would get a crowd hyped was to play some records on 45 as rave music was getting faster and faster some of the older tracks became useful to play at double speed. but i never competed only doing a few routines in my normal dj set. but when i saw your 92 set i was like "wow man he is out there doing it". that set was inspirational to me just as much as a lot of the guys who placed or got a dmc or itf win.
@nobby styles Hey! So the track I was juggling throughout that routine was "Portrait of a Masterpiece" by the D.O.C. It sped way way up to 45rpm (not sure what pitch it was at). And why 45rpms? The theory was the faster the juggles, the more juggles I can fit into a section. That's it. Not to satisfy a particular genre. It was all about trying to squeeze in every bit of trick ppssible in that 6min set. Speeding things up allows one to condense things down at the cost of possibly sounding less funky. 😉
@@dj8ball1993nms amazing, thanks so much for teh reply.
whatever happen to Samantha?
From DDR?
@@dj8ball1993nms yeah lol
She's doing good. Once in a while I might catch her at the office or on the phone being her mom is my insurance agent. Heh
RIP baby Truffle! Daddy loves you sooooo much! 😭
Excuse me Is that DJ Rectangle’s battle record?
Yes it is.
@@dj8ball1993nms ok thanks 🙏🙏🙏 The Vol.3??@@
@@dj8ball1993nms really really love this Routine very much
I think it's Vol. 2 actually
masterpiece of turntablizm
I’m assuming you guys didn’t get paid that night 🤪
Actually, I'm thinking we all the DJ's still did given the incident happened near the end of the night and the guy already collected the $$$ from the door. Then again, I honestly can't remember that part. LOL
Interesting 🤔 That’s are old softball team ‘Duece Duece’ 🤩
I believe I still have the jersey!
So dope! Thanks for sharing.
LOL
What’s up bro, I have my own podcast. I was wondering if you would be interested in doing my podcast? I’m a stand up comedian and long time DJ myself and fan of the turntablism movement and culture. Definitely, would love to have you on.
Sick story again. Damn and i thought dragging round 2 dex, a crate of wax and mixer was hard enough. I look forward to more
Only ONE crate? LOL We averaged 6-8! LOL
@@dj8ball1993nms Haha, yeah that was usually just for one/two hour sets and was just my crate no tthe rest of the crews. I'd always have to bring a mixer as normal mixers seemed wack after being on a vestax. I was actually in a crew with a big sound rig, but nothing on the scale of you guys, that's nuts what you all did. They were all Dance music/D N B djs and i'd be stuck in the chill out room amazing ppl on ecstasy with cutting and scratching and nice hip hop, lol.
Love these stories! I grew up in the bay area and left in 1987 to join the service.
MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU MAN LOVE WATCHING YOUR CLASSIC DMC BATTLES!
Thank you very much!
Havin fun out there!!! Nice work, homie.
Awesome bro, I definitely enjoyed the G thang backstory of how it came about. Oh yeah, thank you for the shout out. Much respect!
So cool that you're sharing these classics video's with us! Thanks bro!
Super dope set 🤙
Hell Yesssss!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Clean 🧽
thanks Cesar as always ! keep 'em coming :)