JESSIE: What's up everybody!
Welcome back to STEEZY's YouTube channel!
It's your girl, Clay!
CLAY: And your boy, Jessie!
JESSIE: And you guys seemed to really enjoy
our very first episode of Reverse Choreography
with Franklin Yu and TungFuHustle,
so we're BACK today with a brand new episode!
Today, we have dancer Martha Kwon
creating a choreography to NO music,
and then producer Mizu creating a CUSTOM TRACK
to Martha's choreography.
Let's get into it!
MARTHA: Hi, my name is Martha Kwon!
I've danced with Maker Empire,
ACA Hip Hop,
and most currently I'm with Culture Shock Los Angeles.
I take inspiration from sounds that
I ALREADY know that I like..
I tried to-
add what I felt like would be a climax-
right- and like what would be a buildup..
I had a really hard time
keeping track of-
like the pattern that I wanted to use..?
So I ended up making my own-
soundtrack..
um- this is really embarrassing but..
[laughs]
It's-
completely unfamiliar territory
trying to-
imagine sounds..
with your body..
The main difference is,
you have no crutch.
It's just as gratifying because
you technically don't need the music
to make movement and to enjoy it
and to find just as much fun and happiness.
MIZU: What is UP STEEZY?
My name's Mizu,
I live in LA, California.
Producing music for about 6 years,
and recently got hit up by my good pal, Clay..
about doing this reverse-
choreo challenge!
So, without any further delay,
let me show you guys how I broke down the track.
Alright, so there's three parts of this track.
Part one is the intro.
Martha's like- chill,
she does a lot of like-
hit on the ONE,
milk out the next move..
Swag.
Part two is where Martha TURNS it up.
So, we come in with this-
bounce.. some fat 808's.
Some rapping going on.
What's fun about producing is you can-
make your own samples..
The "[exhale sounds]"
is actually- me.
It's a nice BACKGROUND sound that gives another groove
to the dance.
Part three is when-
she wants to have some fun.
The thing about-
producing songs like this where sections change-
you have to give the listener a chance to ADAPT.
I do this by-
giving a little preview of what the third section is supposed to sound like..
She did this little like- stalling move right here
The first time I saw that,
I just imagined a clock ticking.
I'm all about being
creative with my sounds- like for example,
you can hear me go
Oi ["hey"]
in Japanese.
And the final section,
we got that future bass going on.
Instead of using hats,
which was like the obvious choice,
I did a little arp that goes "Brrrlllup!"
With that being said,
I just end the song with-
a little head nod..
So overall, this was a lot more challenging than I expected-
but I wanted it to look more natural-
once everything started to come together,
I was like,
"this is the right move"
like I can't go back anymore-
I've gone too far.
That's- definitely one of the hardest parts about
producing music-
once you get to a certain part,
it's kinda hard to un-hear or unsee
what you did..
Something I learned while making this track was just-
you gotta experiment- like no matter what.
A lot of us get in a routine when we've
been doing something for a long time-
so..
I really enjoyed-
this challenge and- you know?
Martha when you watch this,
I hope I did your choreo justice..
Hope you guys enjoy it!
MARTHA: Oh..
[squealing noises]
WhoOOAA-HO-HO
Aahh!
I didn't breathe
for like-
however long that was..
There's a whole outro??
There's an INTRO
and an OUTRO??!
OH my God..
[laughing in background]
This goon-goon-goon-goon-goooshh..
The way he used it
and the sound that he used to emphasize it
was like..
beautiful- it's gonna make me cry...
[laughs]
If.. this were something that were pre-released,
I probably would've been-
a lot more aggressive..
Shout out to Mizu for making a super dope-
UGH I'm still like–
I'm still sweating over it-!
But shout out to Mizu for making such a beautiful track-
thank you so much for watching,
peace!
JESSIE: Thank you all for tuning in to our second episode of Reverse Choreography!
You can find these two on Instagram,
and you can find the song in the description below!
CLAY: And we'll see you in the next one..
[shoots imaginary gun]