BLOG #2 (What I've experienced during Reading Break)

So this is what happened almost every week… I don’t know if it counts as a RELATIONAL performance practice but this is where all the performers gather… and I got to see other performers perform, or I should say, collaborate with other performers as well. I’ll go to Chris’ house every Saturday from morning all the way to evening with the rest of the Korean music people. We basically gather together to make good music, a lot of times none of us are serious, everyone just started out to have fun, play random notes, rhythm on the KORG keyboard etc… I found out that it’s better to make a good track when you don’t think about “I want to make a good track”. Its that “chill” feeling that allow us to let go and have fun, sometimes unexpected result will come just like that! Probably the studio space inspired us greatly, usually it took us 20-30 minutes to make one track, once we lay the melody down everyone start writing rap lyrics/ Chris song write his part, another 20-30 minutes pass by and we take turn record the track. The result is usually great. On average we can make up 2 songs in a day, sometimes better 3, or even 4. There are few times we just made up a beat but everyone was either wasted from drinking or too lazy. We just play the instrumental over and over again and do whatever? Maybe get more wasted or have couple round of friendly freestyle battle (make up rap quickly in mind on spot to verbally attack other rappers). The picture you see on the top is me battling my friend Na-T (Korean rapper) on the right. I forgot what I was saying but from the look of the crowd must be something funny or offensive against Na-T hahaha… Of Course he bite me back after. Yeah… It could be pretty useful might as well practice our skill up, who knows? Maybe I’ll need it one day when I attend a real freestyle rap battle or even use the verse I spit into one of my raps. We seek creativity with a lot of different methods.
I’m actually quite happy we make a lot of songs since we’re together, we got like 12-15 tracks, enough songs to make up one album! Just like how Na-T told me if during summer break we can record everyday we could potentially make an album every week! This is crazy!




This is a DURATIONAL art practice. I went to the EVE’s concert during reading break (They are new local Asian band formed in Canada, I personally know the vocalist and the guitar player) @ UBC for this event called Evolution. Every year this event ask bunch of local bands to perform, they play a lot of Japanese heavy metal / rock music there. Personally I think EVE is probably the most well organized band and their skills are definitely at professional level. The band play the music really well, it sound just like any pre recorded rock record you would play in your stereo – they are THAT good. The Vocalist SID is crazy too, he really know how to control his voice when he is screaming his lung out. As a rap performer myself I know this is really hard to do when I raise my voice a lot on stage rapping, but he pull it off 100%
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUykZUDL8ME&feature=channel_page

As you see in the performance clip, the band are doing great, I love his sadistic eyes contact with the audiences while he was giving out his best on stage. The way he pause and keep going reminded me a lot of Joker in Nolan’s version of Dark Knight. You got to see it live to understand how great it is :D

Anyways… COMMUNITY BASED art work is coming really soon, I’m actually going to catch a street basketball performance this Friday! Stay tune!

More information about Tbeezy:
http://www.wretch.cc/album/turbulance87
http://www.youtube.com/tbeezyflow