SSK (Serius Selambe Krew) Documentary

Defining Their Style

Here you will witness as our local Rap group answer these questions about their music style, Hip-Hop

Questions being asked:-

1.) what's a dj? What's a mix tape? Basic music theory in hip hop? (Explain 1 bar is 4 beats etc)

2.) History of the turn table and how hip hop started. 

3.) how is this style of dj'ing different from others? How is hip hop differentiated from other forms of electronic music 

4.) how is ur dj'ing different from others? What special thing do you bring to the table? 
What is      SSK's style in expressing themselves through the art form of hip hop 

5.) how do you write your music?  

6.) what are your methods for getting creative sounds? What is your style in getting inspiration?
7.) what's the message of your band? What image do you portray yourselves as?

8.) do you believe that there should be strict categorization of musical styles? 

9.) what about pop culture and radio music?  

10.) how is hip hop nowadays different from back in the days?  

11.) how is the music industry in Malaysia? 

12.) how is the hip hop scene in Malaysia? 

13.) advise for newcomers who want to pursue music?

    His answers? Please refer to the video, MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

ENJOY!
Do look out for their videos on YouTube, they're pretty awesome. :)
And the DJ? He's my amazing cousin, sir DJ Jocular, hihi.

This will be my last post for my FID of the year of 2012. I would like to thank my lecturers, and a very special thanks to Mr. Charles for showing me all the different styles and varieties of art, thank you! :D 

Dota Batik

To start out my Batik, I was trying to find some tracings that could fit the size of the cloth I was using. Unable to do so, I decided on settling with beach scenery. I then found a photo of two coconut trees, and thought it was a great idea to use it. I added the sand and the sea using all the imagination I had, adding in a sun and whatever I could think of. At the time, I hadn't come up with a plan on what colours I was to use. I then realized how .. plain my Batik looked. So I added a nice big flower, and a couple of coconuts by the sea. At the left top part of my Batik, as you can see, is an abstract drawing that I intended on making into clouds at first. And on the right side, also was very plain, I tried to come up with so many things to draw there and finally decided that putting the word DOTA instead of my own name would be way better, since I love Dota... a lot. Hahaha :P

The different colours I used came to me at random. I used what I thought would look best. The clouds that didn't really turn into clouds are the colours green and black, because of this gaming brand that I like! Their signature colours are green and black, so you get the point, right? (Yee Zhe and Kelvin would know) hahaha. I didn't wanna colour the word Dota in black, because I thought that it would dominate the whole photo and attract all the attention. So I used a more subtle purple, to create my very own (some.. strange sort of) colour wheel! HEHE.