...by Keone Madrid & Mariel Martin.
Very inspirational.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Something I'm Proud Of...
Some of my favourite dancers;
Rocko Luciano (Boxcuttahz -> America's Best Dance Crew)
Lyle Beniga (Vanessa Hudgens, Cassie)
& Fao Phong Cao (founder of The Vibe)
...all spotted rockin' my "iCanFeelTheVibe" shirt I designed for The Vibe in Norway.
BonusGFX is going somewhere!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Yayer!
Top 10 As Of Now
So here's my current top 10 tracks (in no order):
1. Need U Bad by Jazmine Sullivan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHV5PyPiFjg
Never really payed attention to Jazmine Sullivan but after seeing Shaun's piece to the song, I've been obsessed with it ever since. Yeah I'm hella' groupie.
2. No Other Love by John Legend ft. Estelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHwxigD9yLw
Sounds a lot like "Come Over" by Estelle but that's not why I like it. I love Legends voice. Me and Darryl made a piece to it, turned out pretty nice.
3. Geek To The Beat by Zion I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdy52kIR3ss
Love the beat, hate the intro. Been wanting to use this song for a piece.
4. Unusual You by Britney Spears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqhsIESV_jc
They play this song at my work so I slowly got into it. I like the dark feeling to it. Don't know why though haha...
5. Breakdown by Wale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0O7dhbSYm0
Beat is hype. Loves it.
6. Love Making 101 by Lloyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI2OJS37aSM
Love this song and the whole mood of it. Wanted to make a piece to this, too but Dee beat me to it! Haha
6. Quicksand by Ryan leslie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sQiQnrzgo
They also played this song at work but...for like a week? Never heard it again after...weird. I love this song, it's so upbeat and charming.
7. Help by Lloyd Banks ft. Keri Hilson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwpO4au5MQU
Old song but I Love Banks' swag on this. Keri Hilson is dope on this.
8. Patiently Waiting by 50 Cent ft. Eminem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlMVSxFall0
Eminem kills his verse. Whenever I hear it, my creative fluids start flowing haha..
9. City Is Mine by Drake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTF8-Ehweic
Love Drake's voice. He's a sick writer, too. Never fails to impress me. Dude's Canadian, that's a plus haha...
10. Spaceship by Kanye West ft. GLC & Consequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTjugAgCR6M
I freakin' LOVE Kanye. He's still my favourite rapper and artist out right now. But this song has been one of my favs for a very long time. I still love the music he puts out now, too. He's a real artist in my opinion. I noticed his evolution as an artist and how his music has grown from College Dropout to 808's & Heartbreak. Dude's not afraid to try new things and express what he feels. I can relate to a lot of his songs, too. Oh and I check his blog daily. I love his taste in music, fashion, girls, art, etc. He's one of my biggest inspirations.
Trying New Things
I'm trying a new method/process of making choreo........by not making any! I've been so into the whole "making choreo" game that I felt like I'm re-using shit over and over again because I'm always trying to make new pieces and I end up not liking it. As creative as I feel I am, sometimes I'm not and I fake it by doing something I've done before or going for a feeling that I've already incorporated in another routine I've made.
So what I've done is delete ALL my songs from my iPod and refilled it with rap music only. Not rap music with dope beats or even anything that's choreo worthy. But rap music that you can just listen to. Just sit there and enjoy it and not want to dance to it. I'm draining everything out because when I had R&B or any kind of dance song, I would freestyle or choreograph in my head. What I'm doing now is using these rap songs to pretty much think of new ways to interperate a move to a certain beat, word, song, etc. So far it feels like it's working.
I've been a HUGE hip-hop head before so I know what artists I like and such. I use to listen to only rap and not R&B which is almost opposite of what I do now haha. Now that I'm so into rap right now, it's so refreshing to hear R&B whenever I get a chance to. I just hope this new process helps me in the long run haha. Alright I'm done for the night, fred ut!
So here's my current top 10 tracks (in no order):
1. Need U Bad by Jazmine Sullivan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHV5PyPiFjg
Never really payed attention to Jazmine Sullivan but after seeing Shaun's piece to the song, I've been obsessed with it ever since. Yeah I'm hella' groupie.
2. No Other Love by John Legend ft. Estelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHwxigD9yLw
Sounds a lot like "Come Over" by Estelle but that's not why I like it. I love Legends voice. Me and Darryl made a piece to it, turned out pretty nice.
3. Geek To The Beat by Zion I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdy52kIR3ss
Love the beat, hate the intro. Been wanting to use this song for a piece.
4. Unusual You by Britney Spears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqhsIESV_jc
They play this song at my work so I slowly got into it. I like the dark feeling to it. Don't know why though haha...
5. Breakdown by Wale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0O7dhbSYm0
Beat is hype. Loves it.
6. Love Making 101 by Lloyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI2OJS37aSM
Love this song and the whole mood of it. Wanted to make a piece to this, too but Dee beat me to it! Haha
6. Quicksand by Ryan leslie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sQiQnrzgo
They also played this song at work but...for like a week? Never heard it again after...weird. I love this song, it's so upbeat and charming.
7. Help by Lloyd Banks ft. Keri Hilson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwpO4au5MQU
Old song but I Love Banks' swag on this. Keri Hilson is dope on this.
8. Patiently Waiting by 50 Cent ft. Eminem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlMVSxFall0
Eminem kills his verse. Whenever I hear it, my creative fluids start flowing haha..
9. City Is Mine by Drake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTF8-Ehweic
Love Drake's voice. He's a sick writer, too. Never fails to impress me. Dude's Canadian, that's a plus haha...
10. Spaceship by Kanye West ft. GLC & Consequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTjugAgCR6M
I freakin' LOVE Kanye. He's still my favourite rapper and artist out right now. But this song has been one of my favs for a very long time. I still love the music he puts out now, too. He's a real artist in my opinion. I noticed his evolution as an artist and how his music has grown from College Dropout to 808's & Heartbreak. Dude's not afraid to try new things and express what he feels. I can relate to a lot of his songs, too. Oh and I check his blog daily. I love his taste in music, fashion, girls, art, etc. He's one of my biggest inspirations.
Trying New Things
I'm trying a new method/process of making choreo........by not making any! I've been so into the whole "making choreo" game that I felt like I'm re-using shit over and over again because I'm always trying to make new pieces and I end up not liking it. As creative as I feel I am, sometimes I'm not and I fake it by doing something I've done before or going for a feeling that I've already incorporated in another routine I've made.
So what I've done is delete ALL my songs from my iPod and refilled it with rap music only. Not rap music with dope beats or even anything that's choreo worthy. But rap music that you can just listen to. Just sit there and enjoy it and not want to dance to it. I'm draining everything out because when I had R&B or any kind of dance song, I would freestyle or choreograph in my head. What I'm doing now is using these rap songs to pretty much think of new ways to interperate a move to a certain beat, word, song, etc. So far it feels like it's working.
I've been a HUGE hip-hop head before so I know what artists I like and such. I use to listen to only rap and not R&B which is almost opposite of what I do now haha. Now that I'm so into rap right now, it's so refreshing to hear R&B whenever I get a chance to. I just hope this new process helps me in the long run haha. Alright I'm done for the night, fred ut!
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