4 posts tagged “qotd”
What work of art (film, book, record, whatever) changed your life?
Submitted by bodhibound.
Not exactly a work of art, but an art on it's own; Hip Hop.
I was never a smart kid, not exactly diligent or hardworking. Since young, I've always been that average kid just passing by. Just that usual classmate you must've had back in the days, you know the kid who don't talk much, usually pass his tests by 1 mark or two, average in class, and just very quiet every time.
That was me. See I grew up around parents who nailed in my thoughts that - "don't have friends because they will never be there for you and they're bad" and I live by that so I was a pretty good kid in my parent's eyes. Never really had any friendship attachments, never really talk, well, exactly like your typical "hi and bye" kind of classmate - nothing more.
My only attachments? Family and cousins. We're very close, I love going to Johor Bahru and just stay at my cousin place for my June Holidays. It's just fun hanging out around them - they're the only friends that I have.
About that time around Primary 5-6, I got introduced to music. I have a crazy cool Uncle, my dad's only brother, who used to be a English Teacher, sometimes he would come down to my place and tutor my siblings and myself. Aside from that, he's also an avid guitarist. He gave us guitars, score book and all. But I never really got along to playing it, never really like it I guess. But to my brother, guitar came to him naturally so it's almost amazing how he got so well playing it.
So now we have these 2 brothers trying to play music getting introduced to you know, rock/metal music. At first, I find fascination in Metallica, Nirvana, SlipKnot, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Soulfly, POD, etc. About that time to Cable TV and internet became accessible so now we have MTV and Sound Galaxy (downloading music, yo).
And there I saw him. Eminem, he was the in-thing back then. You know, I would download his stuffs, then get to know Dr Dre, then Snoop Dogg, then study alittle back to get to know NWA, Tupac, etc. Just like guitar came naturally to my brother, Hip Hop was really natural to me. And from there - I just kept on going.
Because I was never close to anyone in Singapore, naturally I spread my love for hip hop first in Johor Bahru, where my friends (cousins) are at. I still remember my first ever Hip Hop gig/party at Skudai Parade, JB. It was mad fun. I always have a lot of ideas in my mind, and it helps that I'm living in a environment that's very resourceful.
At around 12-13 I created my first documentary on this JB breakdancing crew, Bionics Crew. It was just a small time crew from where my cousin live at but the experience was great. I made CD copies of it and distribute it to their network.
Around that time too I started Divine-Aura - a small time online hip hop forum. At around 15-16, I released Voices from Beneath Volume 1.
Around that time too I started to run a 4 part lesson on Rap Fundamentals.
At 17 I joined partnership to come out with Resurgence print media. Later I took over it and gave you www.rsg-online.com with the help of 2 of the best editors I could ever have.
At 19 I organized my first show.
From a nobody, I became somebody. Hip Hop helped me a lot. I didn't have an aim before, yes, no ambition or whatsoever but I created one. I was a helpless EM2 student dropped to EM3 then moved on to Normal Technical stream then ITE before I actually entered Polytechnic. Honestly, I doubt I could do that if my mindset wasn't right, if I wasn't working towards something. Hip Hop influenced me enough to gave me an ambition. Right now, I speak better than most of you, at my age, I've achieved things more than people at my age would, and frankly, I'm very thankful for that. I would not be here right now if hip hop wasn't there.
I don't live Hip Hop but it has been there for me long enough to help me reinforce myself.
Have you ever recycled an old computer or laptop? Where did you take it, and what steps did you take to protect your personal information?
Not really. I live in a house full of unused computer, spare graphic cards, cpu, ram, monitors lying around. More or less, it's close to a computer junkyard. It just run in my family, my dad and brother are computer enthusiasts and together we just love to mess around with those PCs and trying to tweak our systems to the limit using minimal parts. It's crazy fun.
If I ever got the chance (and money) to do up an old PC back, I would install Linux on it and make it a Media Center for my room. Huge hard disk space, crazy cooling system, fast cpu, 2 gb ram, graphics with dvi/tv out, creative audio, and damn, I'll have my enjoyment.
But all that it's about 1000$ away so I guess I'll never find enjoyment. -__-
What's your musical horoscope? (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)
- Jamie Scott - When Will I See Your Face Again
- Jamiroquai - When you gon learn
- Illmaculate - Ms. Music
- Mas Que Nada (Ma-sh Kay Nada) by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
- Jack Johnson - People watching
- Thelonious Monk - 'round midnight
- Mr Scruff - Blackpool roll
- Alleycats - Layang layang terputus talinya
- Jeff Healey Band - While my guitar gently weeps
- Coldplay - Talk
That some crazy mixed up collection of music, I know.
What's your cure for the common cold?
A good ol' big fat peanut butter sandwich with a big cup of hot milo. Oh yeh.
