WHOOP THIS!

It’s 3am and I have a killer migraine. I’m currently editing a promo for Zodiac USA/Dillards.com… Can’t fully focus on editing so I’m dabbing between  making visuals on my desktop and doing some final color correcting on my laptop…

The edit is coming along well, I made this 3D title for the video a while back. I haven’t really gotten the chance to animate it and render it out… I don’t think I will, I’ll probably save it for the next Zodiac USA project we do.

Here’s a screengrab of Melissa from the edit.

Here’s another screen grab of a visual I’m working on. I’m planning on releasing a visual mixtape(soonish), but I just need a DJ to smash some tracks together for me. If you think you’ll be down for the challenge, feel free to email me some of your work at whoopi@whoopthis.com

My Saturday took place waaaay south from LA… San Bernadino south. I was invited over to help out with visuals at Nocturnal Festival, a huge rave that consist of every genre of music(DnB, Dubstep, Electro, House, trance.. etc.) with tons of amazing artists. This is my second time working a rave(on the production side), my first being EDC. Working Nocturnal was just as crazy, but definitely way safer…

VJ Tek(Brien) of Rabbit in the Moon invited me over to VJ with him and DBlock(Dan) at the Queen’s Ground stage. I actually met both Tek and Dblock at Coachella. Tek was the one who helped me layout the clips I created for Jason Bentely’s set in the Sahara tent.

…Wandered around a bit when I had some free time.

We had some pretty nice fire dancers on out stage killing it!

Dblock killing it.

Rabbit in the Moon performed an amazing set. It’s really hard to explain… but I would say it’s something mixed with the production of The Lion King(the musical) + heavy bass warped with the underground culture. To get a better idea, feel free to check out the vids on Youtube.

Nocturnal was definitely a blast. Crazy how I jumped from being an audience member last year to being on stage this year. Super thanks to Tek and Dblock.

CHECK OUT THE GALLERY HERE

I think it’s crazy what a lot of my high school buddies are up to these days. Some are still in school, but the others are out on their grind and having a blast! My two friends from back in the HS-days, Amika and Austin, also known as “Tropic Thunder“, have been hustling on their music like craaazy!

(photo cred: Quinn Wedin)

If you’re not too fond of the Myspace link I posted above, feel free to lurk their SoundCloud account. You can also download their EP and extra tracks !!!HERE!!!

Ed Banger’s member, Dj Mehdi, got his on spot on The Creators Project. Check it out below…

August was…. Meh(could’ve been better). Click the picture below to check out the pics I took with my iPhone in the month of August.

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Lately, I’ve been making sure to stay as busy as possible. Besides from my normal job at Apple, I always try to stay productive(creatively) by working commercial shoots, doing freelance work, and building up my portfolio so I can better my chances of going to Calarts next Fall. I’m stoked to say that I’m successfully staying busy/productive and I’m loving every bit of it.

( Day 2/3 of this week’s commercial shoot)

My buddies Danny and John(12th Planet) invited me out to The Well for John’s music video shoot for his song Reasons(Doctor P Remix). It was all fun and very tiring, being in a dubstep music video is a WORKOUT!!!!!

The video is going to be sick!!

Check out the rest of the gallery HERE