...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!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
This Week Is Crazy
Sunday, we had rehearsals.
I came late and we stayed later, felt like we got a lot done.
Monday, we had the Master Class workshop.
Kolanie's class was dope again. His second time at DREAM and he taught another fun class. Glad he came back, loved his choreo and energy.
Stephane's class was pretty cool. His style is like Nick Wilson (plus he's tall and white, too). His musicality is unique in a way, I didn't expect it. Fun class overall.
Jayson's class...hella' tiring. Even though the movements were easy, it was all about how clean you danced it. His class was pretty much everything Jenn said about it. He teaches you how to dance clean. I was nervous at first, I thought he'd teach fast and call people out for their mistakes (which he did, just not personally). His choreo was somewhat simple, someone difficult, overall fun. I would love to train under him, he really seems to know what he's doing.
Shit, we also had rehearsals before and after the workshop...you can imagine how tired we were.
Tuesday, first day of Free Dance Week.
It was fun and a great way to start the "free week" off. Me and Joe started a piece to What It Is by Sophia Fresh and Andrew assisted us which was cool. It was hard to make choreo because we're used to making stuff hard and...I guess somewhat intricate with a lot of energy but this is Hip-Hop 1, it has to be easy. The choreo itself starts off hard but slows down at the end which I personally thought was cool. All the new faces pretty much got the choreo, I was impressed. Andrew will be continuing the piece next week (the crazy beats start to kick in from where me and Joe left off)
Deerawk taught next...his class was HARD! Really advanced and energetic. His musicality is on-point as usual. Pretty gangster class, I'm excited to learn the rest of it. I fluked like half the dance and ended up in select group. Yezzur! Always kill the parts you know, if you forget something, get back into and KILL the rest of it!
The rest of the week is gonna' be tiring. Fortunately (and unfortunately) I'm not working tomorrow (I need money though) so I get to sleep in. Have rehearsals and classes, too. Thursday is gonna' be hella' busy. Friday...should be chill. Saturday might be interesting. It's all rehearsals from there.
Whatever, I'm tired. Fred ut!
I came late and we stayed later, felt like we got a lot done.
Monday, we had the Master Class workshop.
Kolanie's class was dope again. His second time at DREAM and he taught another fun class. Glad he came back, loved his choreo and energy.
Stephane's class was pretty cool. His style is like Nick Wilson (plus he's tall and white, too). His musicality is unique in a way, I didn't expect it. Fun class overall.
Jayson's class...hella' tiring. Even though the movements were easy, it was all about how clean you danced it. His class was pretty much everything Jenn said about it. He teaches you how to dance clean. I was nervous at first, I thought he'd teach fast and call people out for their mistakes (which he did, just not personally). His choreo was somewhat simple, someone difficult, overall fun. I would love to train under him, he really seems to know what he's doing.
Shit, we also had rehearsals before and after the workshop...you can imagine how tired we were.
Tuesday, first day of Free Dance Week.
It was fun and a great way to start the "free week" off. Me and Joe started a piece to What It Is by Sophia Fresh and Andrew assisted us which was cool. It was hard to make choreo because we're used to making stuff hard and...I guess somewhat intricate with a lot of energy but this is Hip-Hop 1, it has to be easy. The choreo itself starts off hard but slows down at the end which I personally thought was cool. All the new faces pretty much got the choreo, I was impressed. Andrew will be continuing the piece next week (the crazy beats start to kick in from where me and Joe left off)
Deerawk taught next...his class was HARD! Really advanced and energetic. His musicality is on-point as usual. Pretty gangster class, I'm excited to learn the rest of it. I fluked like half the dance and ended up in select group. Yezzur! Always kill the parts you know, if you forget something, get back into and KILL the rest of it!
The rest of the week is gonna' be tiring. Fortunately (and unfortunately) I'm not working tomorrow (I need money though) so I get to sleep in. Have rehearsals and classes, too. Thursday is gonna' be hella' busy. Friday...should be chill. Saturday might be interesting. It's all rehearsals from there.
Whatever, I'm tired. Fred ut!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
In Case You Didn't Know
Jenn Galo is fuckin' sick.
Treat U Good - Lloyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsAPCSg-JA
Baby Boy - Beyonce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE8IXDZ21z8
(Jenn & Gerwyn collabo)
Trust A Try - Janet Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUDDXh35TV4
(year end show teaser)
Don't Speak - No Doubt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT-cwlyo0eI
C.O.L.O.U.R.S. - The Cool Kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJD0mo81Bxg
(featuring me, somewhere)
Secret Place - Danity Kane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONOi0Mln1uA
How versatile is that?
Treat U Good - Lloyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsAPCSg-JA
Baby Boy - Beyonce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE8IXDZ21z8
(Jenn & Gerwyn collabo)
Trust A Try - Janet Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUDDXh35TV4
(year end show teaser)
Don't Speak - No Doubt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT-cwlyo0eI
C.O.L.O.U.R.S. - The Cool Kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJD0mo81Bxg
(featuring me, somewhere)
Secret Place - Danity Kane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONOi0Mln1uA
How versatile is that?
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