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GardenersCardiff answers:

Just enjoy class! Learning the choreography faster will come with time and practice! It’s not something your gonna be good at right away. Don’t compare yourself to other dancers that’s not going to help. They have been dancing for way longer so it wouldn’t be fair for you to compare yourself to them. As for getting the moves exactly how the teaher does them, well after a while you’ll prob catch in to her style of teaching and some of the moves will get familiar. Hiphop is a type of dance where you need to have your own style, so don’t worry if you don’t look exactly like the teacher (for the most part) because it’s ok to add a little bit of you to the moves 🙂
Maybe this isn’t the best class for you if your with kids who have been dancing for years and the teacher teaches to fast. I would talk to you teacher about that If It is still just frustrating after a few more weeks. She knows best. Dont be to hard on yourself after only your second class!!!!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Unless you have ALOT of money to spend on that I’d recomend just buying the studio piece by piece. Im a hip hop producer/emcee it’s taken me about ten years of blood, sweat, tears and saving to aqcuire my studio equip…and I only have a humble setup for professional standards(that’s a generous statement.)
Is your son into rapping or beats more?
If it’s rappin get your kid a cheap mic and pro-tools. Then upgrade to better mics latter.
If it’s beats get your kid a beat machine or beat making program. I recomend either MPC’s or Roland MC 909. A program might be the best route for starters, I recomend reason.
A cheap mic can be about $50 i’d say, pro-tools mini is like $200.
MPC’s and MC909 are like $500-$2,000. But Reason is only like $300.
Even if your kids more on the rhyming side, with reason your kid could make his own beats and write raps to it. I started when I was 13 on this thing. So I relate. Pro-tools is one of the most crucial tools to making a track recorded and sounding official but with just that your son wouldn’t be able to actually make any music. You can go to guitar center or sam ash(Music stores)to get info but keep in mind they work off commission. If you give your budget/price range and what particular facet of hip hop your child is most into that could really help. If you or your son have any other questions let me know.
PS
What artist does your son like? That can help me get an idea of what kind of style he likes/what type of equipment he would need.
PSS
on the remark about your kid out-growing it. Not nesecarrily true AT ALL!!! I started at 13 and am 23 he may be the next timbaland or Kanye West…you never know. If nothing else it shows your kid your support him and believe in him and that’s worth the money and something you should always do. The best investments are made in children(especially your own)cuz investments are for the future and children are the future.

GardenersCardiff answers:

When i was younger, MTV was switched on daily in my household. So i grew up with most popular tracks in that time (1988-1992), until i started listening to my own taste in music.
I started listening to most early 60’s and 70’s motown and stax music, because my mother was a huge fan of it.
I think it had a huge influence in my music taste, although i also listen to most other genres besides hip-hop and R&B.

I’m from 1984 so most influences came from the late 80’s/early 90’s rap artists. I remember A Tribe Called Quest “Can I Kick It”, Slick Rick “Children’s Story” and De La Soul “Me, Myself and I’ were probably my first hip hop likings. Along with LL Cool J’s “Momma Said Knock You Out” and Naughty-by-Nature “O.P.P.” were hits back then and caught my attention.
The first 2 hip hop albums (CD’s) i bought were 2pac “Me Against the World” and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “E.1999 Eternal”. I also remember owning Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic” album on cassette.

These are probably the reasons why i started listening to hip hop. Happy to have witnessed hip hop in it’s prime in the 90’s and early 2000 (in my opinion obviously).