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11 years ago
Hi friends! I know I said I've been away and busy but I need to post this! This is from my amazing friend, 
the_remix who found these amazing quotes.
"Like anything you want to get very good at, practice is essential. A good start is too practice your basic moves, get them down, but not just by doing the moves, always practice them on the music. At least 30 minutes a day, make sure you practice hitting, dimestops, basic steps, basic waves, etc.
Also practice just dancing. What I mean is just groove to a beat without thinking of popping, many cats that get into popping never really danced before, so finding that rhythm doesnt come as easy. A great way to do that is just to take steps on the 1 and the 2, get the feel of that.
Once you build a solid foundation, then you can start building your "house" the way you want to. Having the basics is having a stable foundation to build on, having the rhythm allows the tools you use to build your dance to become more efficient. Having a daily practice session makes sure you keep progressing and in turn you start "creating" your approaches and feels.
Welcome the mistakes you make, a lot of things I have come up with are from making mistakes and finding new ways of doing something. If you practice with the idea that there is only ONE right way of doing something, then you will reach a wall if that one way doesnt work for you. Progress gets halted, and many people get frustrated and eventually stop practicing.
Popping is not an exact science, its an ART FORM, so what might work for someone else might not work for you, the best thing to do is find what WORKS FOR YOU and emphasize it. Don't be afraid to try new things, ideas, styles, moves, etc. This is what keeps it FUN.
-Wave-o-matic
"Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own."
-Bruce Lee
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
-Bruce Lee
One last video! This is from
skyryd3r
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO-j1oJW440 - "Dreams"
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smilingsammi out.
the_remix who found these amazing quotes."Like anything you want to get very good at, practice is essential. A good start is too practice your basic moves, get them down, but not just by doing the moves, always practice them on the music. At least 30 minutes a day, make sure you practice hitting, dimestops, basic steps, basic waves, etc.
Also practice just dancing. What I mean is just groove to a beat without thinking of popping, many cats that get into popping never really danced before, so finding that rhythm doesnt come as easy. A great way to do that is just to take steps on the 1 and the 2, get the feel of that.
Once you build a solid foundation, then you can start building your "house" the way you want to. Having the basics is having a stable foundation to build on, having the rhythm allows the tools you use to build your dance to become more efficient. Having a daily practice session makes sure you keep progressing and in turn you start "creating" your approaches and feels.
Welcome the mistakes you make, a lot of things I have come up with are from making mistakes and finding new ways of doing something. If you practice with the idea that there is only ONE right way of doing something, then you will reach a wall if that one way doesnt work for you. Progress gets halted, and many people get frustrated and eventually stop practicing.
Popping is not an exact science, its an ART FORM, so what might work for someone else might not work for you, the best thing to do is find what WORKS FOR YOU and emphasize it. Don't be afraid to try new things, ideas, styles, moves, etc. This is what keeps it FUN.
-Wave-o-matic
"Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own."
-Bruce Lee
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
-Bruce Lee
One last video! This is from
skyryd3rhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO-j1oJW440 - "Dreams"
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smilingsammi out.
-Blue