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Easy Mo Bee on Beat-Matching by Hand | Philadelphia

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0:00A: Would they even try mixing the vinyl? And do it even matter to them?

0:07B: I mean, I got a lot of vinyl and stuff like that. So I mean, I would, I’d be interested in doing it. It’s just I never tried, but definitely would be interested in obviously doing that. ’Cause I mean, it’s part of the tradition, right? So I think it’s a big, you know, a big thing to do.

0:22A: The only difference is A lot of the stuff like beat matching that you could do, you know, because over here you’re playing the track, let’s just say it’s 92 beats per minute. You can hit a button and match this side, this, this, uh, turntable, this side to 92 automatically. And y’all seen me, if, if you was up there earlier when I was DJing, seen me pushing the record and adjusting the I was pitching it out.

0:52B: Yeah.

0:53A: So that they both running on the same speed.

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