JESSIE: What's up everybody!
Welcome back to STEEZY's channel!
It's your girl, Jessie!
GHOST CLAY: And Clay!
JESSIE: I'm just kidding, Clay has the day off today..
TODAY, we have another episode of Reverse Choreography for you!
This episode's featured dancer is none other than Tony Tran,
who created choreography to NO music,
and then we had producer 6TH STREET
create a custom track to match those moves!
Let's get into it!
TONY: Hi my name is Tony Tran,
I've danced for Kaba Modern,
JabbawockeeZ,
and currently dancing with the Kinjaz.
I wanted to incorporate..
some sort of like- prop.
So I just decided to-
specifically make a hat for it!
[chuckles]
There's actually like a combo in the beginning
where it's kinda like this..
[demonstrates]
..and I grab the hat and twist.
The challenging part for this is-
trying to match my moves
with the BPM..
because there are in-between moves where
y'know- I wanna go fast or slow,
but I have to make sure it's on that sound,
that BPM.
I enjoyed dancing to no music
because I like the freedom to just be-
on my own pace and just kind of take my time..
That was a really cool and
relaxing- process I guess.
6TH STREET: Yo! What's going on!
My name is Richard,
I go by the name of 6TH STREET,
I'm a music producer based out here in Los Angeles.
I've been making music for about 3 years now.
I typically like to write
future bass/trap music-
kind of more in the feels-y realm.
I'm REALLY, really excited to be here today
cause I'm a HUGE fan of STEEZY,
and I'm a HUGE fan of Tony Tran-
the worlds are coming together-
and it's kind of crazy..
Tony Tran- was actually one of the reasons why I started dancing-
about 10 years ago..
And it was when he was on America's Best Dance Crew
with Kaba Modern-
I remember seeing him on stage and I'm like,
"dude, that guy's really cool!"
I wanna be just like HIM!
Alright- so, the process for..
this track-
the hard part, I think for me, was the beginning..
where I was trying to find..
a vibe and a genre to commit to.
I also was thinking about, um-
how could I make this song really true to me as well and,
one thing that's-
been in my mind a lot is-
kind of just- the state of the world these days..
There are wildfires ALL around the West Coast,
COVID is crazy right now,
and the world is kind of a mess.
And, I was thinking about the imagery of..
this, like- apocalyptic world..
and, putting the story in apocalyptic relationship-
inside of it as well.
Essentially what-
I was doing was SCORING a dance piece
and I was trying to create a vibe and a world..
I think it's cool cause it just goes to show that you can be inspired by-
anything.
Awesome! So I'm gonna take you guys into the project.
In the choruses, I really wanted to focus on
this idea of call and response.
So- you'll hear that there is a lyric that's being sung,
and then there is a response-
which is like an instrument.
[Song: Baby... baby...]
[bells chime]
So that's the uhh-
main focus for the chorus
is that call and response idea.
Another one of my favorite parts of this track-
what really gave it sort of the vibe,
were the chords that I wrote for this track.
And tho- that's the uh, the flute lead as well.
I think this is a..
cashmere flute lead or something like that.
All those like- weird glitch-out
and like, twisting effects and stuff-
I did that mostly cause I wanted to-
highlight some of Tony's movements.
He does some like hat trick-
Altogether, you have LOTS of moments where it really highlights his-
his movement here.
Yeah! And-
I really like this-
harp at the end!
That's about it!
It's pretty!
Hope you guys like the song!
See you guys later!
[chuckles]
TONY: That was tight..
[chuckles]
Siiickk!
That was tight!
Whoaa!
Oh my gosh..!
That really just happened..
[laughs]
Whoa..
I have no words for that..
[laughs]
I WILL say THIS..
That's something that I would listen to for sure!
[laughs]
That was tight. [laughs]
That was dope!
Man, the song was beautiful-
it's cool-
it's something that I really would listen to..
What stood out to me was the..
the vocals..
I was- thrown off by that.
This whole "vroom" thing or-
[demonstrates] this thing is-
pretty cool, I thought-
that was dope.
DEVIN: If you heard the track PRIOR to learning the choreography,
do you think you would've choreographed it differently?
TONY: Yeah I would totally choreograph it differently.
I would- play more to..
the vocals.
But..
I mean..
Is it possible to re-choreograph??
[laughs]
I mean that's tight! [laughs]
Just wanna say thank you STEEZY
for having me-
inviting me to..
be a part of this project.
Peace out! Thank you so much for watching..
Sweet.
JESSIE: Thank you all so much for tuning in to our third episode of Reverse Choreography!
You can find these two guys on Instagram- here.
You can also find a link to this song in the description box below!
And if you have suggestions for different dancers
or producers that you want to see in future episodes
then leave a comment and let us know!
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