I'm originally self taught on vinyl turntables. i'd say you can only teach yourself to a certain distance, then you need input. get some tutorial vids, or go on youtube, or just check out around the net for resources. hands on is good too, so check out your local places or meet up with some other DJ's. this site will eventually help you with that It sounds like from your post you wanna get into turntablism and scratching and shit eh? look for the dj qbert training vids, and get some of the dirtstyle scratch tool vinyls, like scratchy seal and shit like that