Look up scratch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Scratch may refer to:

• A mark or indentation on a surface: Abrasion (mechanical)

It may also refer to:

Music[link]

Recordings[link]

• Scratch (album), by Kaela Kimura
• Scratch (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 2001 documentary Scratch
• Peter Gabriel (1978 album), a self-titled album also referred to as Scratch
• "Scratch", a song by Morphine on the album Yes

Artists[link]

• Scratch (musician), American hip-hop artist
• Scratch Orchestra, an experimental musical ensemble
• Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae and dub artist
• Scratch band, a band that plays fungi music
• Scratch Track, an American band

Techniques[link]

• Scratching, moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable
• Scratch (guitar technique), the technique of playing dampened guitar strings
• Scratching, a technique/variation of graffiti

Other media and entertainment[link]

• Scratch (magazine), a hip-hop magazine
• Scratch Radio, a community radio station in Birmingham, England
• Scratches (video game), a horror adventure game released in 2006

Films[link]

• Scratch (film), a documentary about disc jockeys and hip-hop culture
• Scratch (2010 film), a short film produced by Breakthru Films

Fictional characters[link]

• Scratch (robot), in the TV show The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
• Scratch (Gobots)

Computing[link]

• Scratch (programming language)
• preliminary or tentative work, such as the *scratch* buffer in Emacs and the directory /tmp ("scratch area")

Sports[link]

• Scratch golfer, a golfer with a handicap of zero
• a term in cue sports, such as pool
• a term used in sporting events to describe the deviation of what was scheduled. Most often used in Horse racing to describe horses who cannot run but were scheduled to
• Scratch track (disambiguation), several meanings
• In ice hockey, a scratch is a player who does not dress for a game. Only 20 players (22 in international competition) are allowed to dress for a game, so players who are injured or otherwise not going to play (the latter being a "healthy scratch") are considered scratches.
• Scratch race, a track cycling discipline

Biology[link]

• "Scratches" is a synonym for mud fever, an infection found in horses
• Scratch reflex, a response to an itch

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Jazzy Jay, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States, November 18, 1961), also known as The Original Jazzy Jay or DJ Jazzy Jay, is an American hip hop DJ and producer. He has collected roughly 400,000 records.

Jazzy Jay performing at NAMM

Background[link]

Jazzy Jay was born into a Gullah family in coastal South Carolina. He moved with his family to New York City at a young age and took up the drums, his first instrument. He began his career in hip hop in the 1970s in The Bronx, New York, the epicenter of hip hop culture during the first decade of its development, at the age of 13. An early member of Afrika Bambaataa's Universal Zulu Nation, he was a protege of Bambaataa as well as his older cousin, Kool DJ Red Alert. Beginning as a Zulu King dancer in the early 1970s, Jay later became a Universal Zulu Nation DJ and was a member of the Zulu group Jazzy Five, with which he recorded the single "Jazzy Sensation."

Although Jazzy Jay began performing primarily at street parties, in the 1980s he began DJing in New York clubs such as Negril, the Roxy, the Ritz, and Danceteria. He also hosted a hip hop radio program on KISS FM and in 1984 he played himself as The Roxy's DJ in the influential hip hop film Beat Street.

Jazzy Jay and Afrika Islam performed some of the first DJ team routines, and teamed up to battle both Grandmaster Flash (solo) and Grand Wizard Theodore (solo).

Origin of Def Jam Recordings[link]

Around 1984, Jay met Rick Rubin and assisted him in laying the foundation for what would become Def Jam Recordings. The label's first official single was the single "It's Yours" by T La Rock and Jazzy Jay. Jay later introduced Rubin to Russell Simmons, creating one of the most important partnerships in hip hop production. Jazzy Jay also put out Def Jam's third 12" in 1985, entitled "Def Jam" b/w "Cold Chillin' In The Spot," which featured Russell Simmons on vocals.

In 1986, he participated in the recording Planet Rock - The Album, which was certified gold.

Also a producer, Jay founded Jazzy Jay's Studio in the Bronx, where he produced early recordings by Diamond D, Fat Joe, Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, and others. He also began his own label, Strong City Records, through a partnership with Rocky Bucano.

Recent times[link]

More recently, Jazzy Jay was featured in the 2001 turntablism documentary Scratch. In the film, he displays his extensive LP collection (kept in the basement of his home), which he claims comprises at least 300,000 to 400,000 records.

In 2000, Jazzy Jay was inducted into the Technics/DMC DJ Hall of Fame. He sometimes performs together with another hip hop pioneer, Grand Wizard Theodore.

He is also interviewed extensively in the 2003 hip hop documentary 5 Sides of a Coin.

He was featured in the 2004 song "Rock And Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2" by Handsome Boy Modeling School giving a background on himself and on rap as an art form.

He narrated a walking tour of The Bronx, "Hip Hop," by Soundwalk,^[1] that won the 2004 Audie award for Best Original Work.^[2]

He lives with his wife and three children in Brooklyn, New York. In 2011, his older daughter, Jazmine Byas, graduated from the prestigious Eastman School of Music and is pursuing a career with her oboe.

In 2012, Jazzy Jay confirmed to work on his next collaborative album with DJ Phix. He claims "I'm just tryin' to get back to my roots, DJ Phix is the nigga who's gon help bring me back". The album will be released in late 2013.

External links[link]

• Jazzy Jay on Myspace
• The Original Jazzy Jay - profile
• DJ Jazzy Jay at the Internet Movie Database
• Jazzy Jay interview

Notes[link]

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Michael Schwartz
Background information
Birth name	Michael Schwartz
Also known as	Mix Master Mike
Born	(1970-01-16) January 16, 1970 (age 42)
Origin	San Francisco
Genres	Turntablism, hip-hop, rap rock
Occupations	Disc jockey
Instruments	Turntables
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Grand Royal, Capitol
Associated acts	Beastie Boys, Invisibl Skratch Piklz
Website	www.mixmastermike.com

Mix Master Mike (born January 16, 1970)^[1] is an American turntablist and contributing member of the Beastie Boys.

Life and career[link]

Born Michael Schwartz in San Francisco, California, Mix Master Mike is of Jewish and Filipino descent.^[2] He first came to prominence upon winning the 1992 New Music Seminar/Supermen Inc. DJ Battle for World Supremacy in New York City, becoming the first West Coast DJ ever to do so. In the same year, his turntablism collective Rock Steady DJs won the DMC World DJ Championships, establishing Mix Master Mike as one of the pre-eminent DJs in the industry. This success was followed by triumph in the 1993 DMC Championships, this time as part of a duo with DJ Qbert.

Mix Master Mike and DJ Qbert subsequently founded the turntablist group, The Invisibl Skratch Piklz with DJ Apollo.

Mix Master Mike's most high-profile work has been with hip-hop group the Beastie Boys. Mix Master Mike worked with the boys on Hello Nasty (1998), To The 5 Boroughs (2004), and Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (2011). He also appears on the Beastie Boys single "Alive", which was released in 1999 in support of The Sounds of Science retrospective anthology. For the studio to world tours, Mix Master Mike is now effectively the Beastie Boys' resident DJ, having replaced DJ Hurricane, who was preceded by Doctor Dré (not to be confused with Dr. Dre) who replaced Rick Rubin known as DJ Double R.

In 1994, after winning three consecutive DMC World Championships, it was rumored that Mix Master Mike and Q-Bert were asked to retire from further competition, so as to avoid monopolizing the title.^[3] This claim is disputed by the DMC World Championship Website. After retiring from the world of competition turntablism, Mix Master Mike and Qbert became judges for the 1995 DMC Championships.

Mike has also helped fellow DJs produce their own albums, most notably, Wave Twisters, by DJ Q-bert.

Mix Master Mike is known for his heavy-hitting bass and intricate scratch routines. Mike's solo album Eye of the Cyklops won best electronic album in 2000 at the California music awards.

In 1995, he was honored with The Grand Wizzard Theodore lifetime achievement award from the International Turntablist Federation. He has collaborated with artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Tommy Lee, Rob Zombie, Fela Kuti and Joss Stone, among others.

In 2002, Mix Master Mike contributed two tracks to Red Hot + Riot, a compilation CD created by the Red Hot Organization in tribute to the music and work of Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti, that raised money for various charities devoted to raising AIDS awareness and fighting the disease and featured many other contemporary hip-hop and R&B artists. He remade classic Fela Kuti songs, "Interlude: Gimme Shit" and "Water No Get Enemy."

Mix Master Mike is often credited with inventing the Tweak Scratch. The scratch is performed by moving the record back and forth while the platter motor is stopped. The inertia of the platter causes the sounds to slow and drop in pitch in an unusual manner. He is also well known for the unusual technique of using a wah-wah pedal, an effect most commonly used by guitarists, with his turntables.

Mix Master Mike is featured as a secret character that can be obtained through a cheat code in the 2002 snowboarding game SSX Tricky. He also contributed the song "Patrol Knob" to the soundtrack of the NTSC and PAL versions of the 2000 game Jet Grind Radio.

Mix Master Mike is one of 9 artists who participated in thetruth.com’s Remix Project, in which he remixed the Sunny Side song “Tough Love”.

On March 9, 2010 Mix Master Mike was a guest on the Cool Tricks segment of Yo Gabba Gabba. In December, Mix Master Mike provided scratches for a cover of Frank Zappa's "Willie the Pimp", which appeared on the iTunes compilation The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle 2010, featuring rappers Darryl McDaniels and Talib Kweli and singing by Zappa's son, Ahmet Zappa.

In 2011, Mix Master Mike has joined Travis Barker for a few performances promoting Travis' debut album Give the Drummer Some - On February 10, 2011, performing "Can a Drummer Get Some?" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Travis Barker, Game and Swizz Beatz, and On March 7, 2011, performing "Saturday Night" on Conan with Travis Barker, Transplants and Elvis Cortez. It was then confirmed that Mix Master Mike will be performing with Barker again, joining Barker on his I Am Music Tour supporting Lil Wayne, through March–April 2011.

In June 2011 it was announced that he was to present a Saturday night show on the alternative radio network Xfm from 6pm-7pm for an initial 13 week period commencing July 9.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Juko (1991)
• Anti-Theft Device (1998)
• Spin Psycle (2001)
• Bangzilla (2004)
• NaPALM ROCKETS (DubStep) (2010)

EPs, singles, and Mixtapes[link]

• Neck Thrust One
• Rescue 916
• Terrorwrist Delivery Service
• Memoirs of a Serial Wax Killer
• Mixmasterpiece: Muzik's Worst Nightmare (1996)
• Surprise Packidge (1999)
• Eye of the Cyklops (2000)
• 30 Minute Massacre (2001)
• Return of the Cyklops (2002)

Mixtapes[link]

• Live! Beatdown volume 1 (2006)
• Neckthrust One
• Rescue 916

References[link]

External links[link]

• beatLawrence.com Interview
• Mix Master Mike at the Internet Movie Database
• Mix Master Mike official fanclub and website
• Meeting with Mix Master Mike on OC-TV.net
• Mixmaster Mike featured in HHC Digital's DMC retrospective