DJ Raedawn : Inventor of Scratch NotationÂ
In the Winter of 1999, dj Raedawn Phoenix invented the first known documented System of Notation for DJ music. He self published this book, calling it âThe Fundamentalsâ, and presented a physical copy to filmmaker John Carluccio and industrial designer Ethan Imboden with whom he had heard were working on a similar albeit unreleased system. These 3 skratch enthusiats joined forces to create the system known as the âTurntablist Transcription Methodology 1.0â and released the book on February 17, 2000 at Symphony space in New York. The Turntablist Transcription Methodology ,known as âTTMâ, has been featured in such media outlets as CNN, TIME, BLACKBOOK magazine, SCRATCH the Movie, CSI, XLR8R and many More.
