Ken Swift On Music

Music is the key to everything that a Bboy or  Bgirl does and has ever done. Music should be the first intent for you to want to actually move. Without music there would be no dance, and if there is no music and you are dancing then there is a problem. When I share what I know, first thing I talk about, the biggest thing I talk about is dealing with music. Music is the key to everything that you would want to accomplish, music should define the way you dance. When it comes to the art form, a lot of people think they are Bboys but they are not. Music has to define the way you Top style and Toprock. The song should dictate the way you are suppose to feel. There are songs that make you feel very relaxed, there are songs that make you real funky, there are songs that make you real aggressive. Every song that comes on should define the way you approach the song and that’s what people are suppose to do. If I see you attacking a song that says when you listen to it “chill~get funky~” and you are aggressive,　I can tell that you are not understanding the art, art is about letting the song dictate they way you should dance, and the music is the key. But there is a time for Breaking and there is a time to chill. The Bboys does not have to Break to every song that comes on. The Bboys should Break to the song that they likes; that he likes to Break. So, the misconception is like “we go to the jam and we break all night.” NO. You should chill, and when you hear your song then you should Break it. If you like every song, then you Break every song. But back in the days, parties; there were maybe 3times that would play Break only. Maybe 3 or 4, because mostly it was  Disco parties, playing Disco music, people hustling, ladies and men dancing, they having a nice time and then they might do a one of those… MFS beat(뭐지??), Love is the message(노래제목인듯), they might throw something like ‘Give it up or turn it a loose’ or ‘Just begun’ and that was the moment for the Bboys and the Rockers to come out, but when that record was over, that was it you stopped. Because the music will change back to Disco, Hustle or whatever so the music dictates everything. If the DJs are playing ‘Apache’ and you are doing House music, we can already see it. They are playing a nice House song, and you are spinning on your head, to me it’s about context, so music should define what you are doing.

Ken Swift

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Ivan On Music

There’s one style of a dance called the ‘movement’ and there’s one style of a music called the ‘sound’ that’s if you really want to break it down. But It’s a repetitive or the reaction in the moment that becomes some what of a expression. Music is expression to me. Your heart beat is the first recorded drum, it just depends on how you express that. When people do the robot and when they are popping, they go, ( pops with his hand on his heart ) because they are expressing the first recorded drum, the heart beat to the music. Music in general is a form of expression or the guide line to a physical and a visual instrument. That’s basically part of a ‘Urban Action Figure’ with the rhythm and dance, I’m a physical instrument. ‘Urban Action Figure’ in the dance is a physical instrument. You could dance to the high hat, the snare, the bass line, the lyrics, the scratching, it’s very important to disect every track or every instrument in the music to your advantage when you battle. That’s a battle!

Ivan

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