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See our posts about waacking and funk music below. 

Credit: Nishi Myster

Starring: Princess Lockeroo + Bad Queens from Osaka, Japan. 

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A night out with WAACKING - new lifestyles through dance.

Far away from busy cosmopolitan streets, in the corner of night disco bars, a new form of life emerged, swiping away those  stress of workplace and interpersonal relationships. Here you can imagine yourself as a completely new character, have your own spotlight and there you go, to the best taste ever you can offer your fans down the stage.  

Strike. Pose. Strike again. Take on your new personality. Sassy, cutting-edge or gentle,  ladylike etc. They are all yours. Drench yourself into the music and make it visible. Waacking is nothing other than “making people see the music they hear” – as our waacking legend Tyrone Proctor, a former Soul Train dancer explained about this mysterious form of dance. Wearing a new character or not, you have to be playful with your music, first.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316lhv1S_W0

Strong strike and pose, charismatic personality and most importantly, genius musicality of Tyrone Proctor on a night TV show. We will go more on details with this legend in our next post. 

However, take it easy with the music. Have fun and enjoy it. To understand your music is not much easier than to get to know your fiancé, even more challenging especially with your patience. Take time and blend yourself in a circle, like our old legends used to do on Soul Train, you will have more fun than you have ever had with music in your entire life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk681TTujUo

Just lines and lines, circles or even mess of Soul Train dancers.

  And if you have time, be passionate and decorate yourself. Be a diva if you can. Put on your best clothes. Create a fashion show out of an ordinary night club. In this field our Princess Lockeroo is the best which can be seen.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXY78wneuA

“Night life” – the music suits best for representing Waacktropolis Underground Dance Party

  The charming and charisma of a waacking dancer can never be enough for a night out. You have music, you have your stage and the night go on and on. There are not much theory to work on, nothing but a few definition which has been posted above and the hugh rest of your part, which is to discover what is being hidden inside and how fabulous it is. Have a taste of waacking and you will continue forever being a life-artist on stage.

Composed: Trang Bui

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TOP 5 FUNK SONGS FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAY

Today we select 5 of the best funky song that can lighten up your mood and get you up right away with these music. Enjoy it and don't forget to check out the next 5 collections of legendary funky music from our editors! 

Boogie wonder land by Earth Wind and Fire (1979)

“Earth, Wind & Fire is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, jazz, rock, funk, disco and gospel. They are one of the most successful and critically acclaimed bands of the twentieth century

  Link:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jLGa4X5H2c

2.       Think it over by Cissy Houston ( 1978 )

“Cissy Houston is an American soul, gospel singer. She led a successful career as a backup singer for such artists as Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, and is now primarily a solo artist, and has won two Grammy Awards for her work. She is the mother of Whitney Houston, aunt of Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, and a cousin of Opera legend Leontyne Price.”

Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwK67UvWPJs

3.       Let it whip by Dazz Band

“The Dazz Band is an American funk music band that was most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning "Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" (1984). The name of the band is a portmanteau of the description "danceable jazz".

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7-tWEEejU

4.       I want you back by The Jackson 5

“The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five, sometimes stylized The Jackson 5ive), later known as The Jacksons, were a American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana. Active from 1964 to 1990, the Jacksons played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, pop and (in the 1970s) disco. he Jackson 5 was one of the biggest pop-music acts of the 1970s”

Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Q80mk7bxE

5.       Hot Stuff by Donna Summer

“LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known by her stage name, Donna Summer, was an American singer andsongwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the United States Billboard album chart and charted four number-one singles in the United States within a 13-month period. “

Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IdEhvuNxV8

Composed by: Ngan Hoang.

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