Scratch like the best DJs in the world
Learn faster, with less time practicing
Master scratching through a proven curriculum that teaches you what to learn, when to learn it, and how to practice for maximum progress.
Built by a qualified Psychologist, Learning Designer and DMC Vice Champion. Mr. Big Mouth Co-Founded one of the UK's largest Turntablist communities and runs the Talking Turntablism Podcast with national and international DJ champions.
✓ 40+ Scratch Techniques
✓ 40+ Scratch Patterns & Combos
✓ Structured Step-by-Step Curriculum
✓ Musicality Training
✓ Powered By Decades of Research Into Human Learning
✓ Lifetime Access & Monthly Subscription Options Available
Trusted By DJs Around The World
200+ active students worldwide.
75,000+ followers across social media.
Thousands of DJs taught through courses, workshops and events.
2025 UK DMC Vice Champion & 2023 BeatTrekkers Champion.
Co-Founded the UK's largest and most active Turntablist Community - Scratch Cafe
Why DJs Plateau
Many DJs put hours into practice and don't seem to get any better.
This is NOT because they have reached the limit of their natural talent.
This is because their approach to practice isn't challenging them anymore. Their brain has checked out of the learning process.
There are 5 main reasons DJ plateau:
- Practice doesn't deliberately attack their weaknesses. It focuses on repetition of existing skills
- They are learning without a roadmap. They can't measure progress and don't know what to focus on next
- They are collecting techniques, rather than learning to scratch like a musician
- They are confusing activity with learning. Knowing and doing are very different
- They are trying to learn too much at the same time. Your brain learns much better in smaller chunks
The problem isn't effort or a lack of 'talent'.
It's having the right system, right roadmap and right support.
A Complete System For Scratch Mastery
This isn't a random collection of tutorials.
Every lesson builds on the last.
You'll learn:
✓ The right techniques in the right order
✓ How to make scratches sound musical
✓ How to combine techniques into real patterns
✓ How to practice efficiently
✓ How to keep improving long after the course ends
No guesswork.
No overwhelm.
No wasted time.
Just a clear path from beginner to expert.
Scratch Like A Musician
Most DJs stop at technique. The best DJs master all four.
Technique
Can you perform the movement correctly?
Timing
Can you place it in different rhythms?
Tonality
Can you control pitch and accents for musical expression?
Tempo
Can you perform it cleanly at speed?
Every technique in the course is taught using all four dimensions so you get maximum musical value from everything you learn.
You'll also learn how to apply musical concepts that make scratching memorable
✓ Repetition
✓ Call and response
✓ Contrast and the power of silence
✓ How to make it funky
✓ And much more...
Imagine Being Able To...
✓ Freestyle with confidence
✓ Create your own scratch combinations
✓ Scratch musically over a variety of music and in different styles
✓ Learn new techniques faster
✓ Build battle-ready scratch routines
✓ Sound like the Elite DJs you look up to
Start Your Scratch Journey Today
Whether you're touching turntables for the first time or trying to break through a plateau, this course gives you the roadmap.
Check out the course content below. You can preview a module in each section so you can get a feel for the content and my teaching style
- Welcome to the Learn to scratch course (3:09)
- Training tools - scratch samples, instrumentals and speed trainer
- Setting up your DJ gear for scratching (14:36)
- How to learn faster than anyone else (10:39)
- The psychology of high performance: Get yourself into the right mindset (2:44)
- Deliberate practice through the stages of learning (17:23)
- Measuring your level and progress (0:53)
- Understanding beats and rhythm (11:59)
- Understand the scratch notation used in the course (3:25)
- Baby Scratch (and Slices and Scribbles) (27:14)
- Forward Scratch (aka Release Scratch) and Backward Scratch (19:21)
- Stab Scratch (23:03)
- Tear and Clover Tear (15:00)
- Connecting different techniques (9:44)
- Beginner scratch rhythms: starting to write your own phrases and freestyling (18:03)
- Beginner scratch along (6:24)
- Transform Scratch (41:11)
- Chirp Scratch (17:24)
- Chirp Scribble Combos & the Joe Cooley Scratch (3:22)
- 1 Click Flare Scratch (12:38)
- Combo: Chirp Flare and Double Chirp Flare (9:30)
- 2 Click Flare Scratch (Orbit) (15:56)
- Combo: Chirp 2 Click Flare (3:09)
- OG Flare and Reverse OG Flare (8:50)
- 3 Click Flare (14:27)
- Crab Scratch (6:31)
- 2 Click and 3 Click Twiddles (10:47)
- More intermediate combos (15:28)
- Making scratching musical (37:05)
- Intermediate scratch along (5:45)
- Travelling 2 Click Flare (10:57)
- Boomerang Scratch (7:22)
- 6 Note Autobahn Scratch (6:07)
- 9 Note Autobahn Scratch (8:13)
- 3 Note Combinations (1:27)
- Swing Flare Scratch (6:29)
- 4 Note Boomerang (6:20)
- Slow Autobahn Scratch (7:14)
- Tazers & Lazers (8:27)
- Faderless Scratches (10:39)
- Scratch in reverse to double your repertoire (2:33)
- Upfader scratching (8:47)
- Scratching with phrases (21:40)
- Scratch Drumming (20:17)
- COMBO CATALOGUE: Advanced scratch patterns (28:46)
- Scratch rudiments for battle shredding (13:29)
- Delayed 2 Click Flare (9:03)
- Expert Combo: Boom Flare (4:09)
- Delayed 3 Click Flare (5:59)
- Crescent Flare (4:25)
- 12 Note and 16 Note Autobahns (7:21)
- Making combos from 4 note patterns (5:16)
- Hydroplane (Faderless technique) (9:07)
- Waves and wave combinations (16:14)
- Polymeter, polyrhythms and unusual syncopation for expert scratchers (21:32)
- COMBO CATALOGUE: Expert scratch patterns (12:17)
WHY LEARN FROM MR. BIG MOUTH...
Mr. Big Mouth's mission is to help today's DJs to make use of every creative option they have to inspire and entertain audiences of all kinds.
20 years experience as a Scratch DJ & Turntablist
Qualified Psychologist, specialising in high performing talent and learning with over 10 years experience leveraging applied psychology to enable individuals to break through learning barriers and reach their goals faster
Co-Founder of the Scratch Cafe, Bristol's monthly scratch jam event
Co-Founder and Co-Host of the Talking Turntablism podcast with national and international DJ champions
Co-Founder of the Unstoppable DJ Battle
2025 DMC UK Vice Champion
2023 BeatTrekkers Metaverse Battle Champion
Music Producer with releases on Toast & Jam Recordings and Thick Boy Records
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