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Rewind Selectah! Don’t stop till the very last drop!
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And yes, she is learning to scratch. Her father cringes every time she puts her finger down on a limited edition vinyl and takes it for a little push and pull.
One of the two turntables is missing a slipmat (the one she is placing a Dancehall compilations called Punany. Um, yeah, she says that’s her ‘very best’ record. Anyway, I told her she couldn’t use the turntable without the slipmat. She climbs down from her DJ booth after thinking for a moment. She heads over to the sacred paper towel cupboard, pulls and rips two towels off the roll. Climbs back to her booth and figures out how to get the papertowels on to the turntables in place of a slipmat. "is this good?" she asks. "yeah it’s good" i smile at her. "perfect". The dance party begins.
B and I debated whether or not to put his gear out in the open at this house. We had a designated studio space in AZ. My feeling has always been, a child learns by watching (which she has done since she was 2 weeks old). And then a child learns by doing. "easy for you to say" he says to me. "it’s all my gear not yours." "Many a time I have let her write love stories to Cody Maverick (Surf’s Up) on my laptop, " I remind him. "Yeah, and she’s busted two computers," he reminds me.
But in the end he decided put it all out, whether it be for Mia to learn the trade, or because his cold ass is sick of making music out in the garage, it seems to be working out.
Mia’s Old Skool Mixed Tapes available upon request.
