Your favorite color band
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Your Favorite Color
We got to know Huntington Beach based band Your Favorite Color and the inside to the five member. YFC opens up to us about the road they took to coming together as a band, their name and the pursuit to following their dreams. Check out what they had to say and watch their rooftop session cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide.”
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Interview
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1. Finding the right members for a band is always crucial, what were your backgrounds before coming together and how did you guys eventually form Your Favorite Color?The band started with the lead vocalist Matthew Warren. Matt moved to Huntington Beach California from Lehi Utah at the age of 15. Due to lack of friends and social interaction, he instead spent a majority of his time surfing. Through surfing, Matt met the lead guitarist of the band ‘The Shakes” named Cameron Peinado.
Shortly after connecting with one another through their shared love for music, Cameron invited Matt to play for his band called the ‘White Wheeled Indies’ (WWI). This was Matts first band which Including Cameron, consisted of their bass player Casey Nunes (current bass player for the ‘Lanitarians’) and their drummer, Luke Fuhrman. Matt played lead guitar, but was only present in the band for two performances before the group broke up. With Matt having a new found love for music, but no clue what to do with it, Cameron showed him how to create his own at home studio. It was there where he learned to make songs on his own using garage band. After a about a year of writing, Matt wrote a song called “Heartache” which lit the spark of what was yet to create the band, ‘Your Favorite Color’. Matt released the at home demo of ‘Heartache’ as a solo artist and it happened to catch the eye of his prior drummer for (WWI), Luke Fuhrman. Luke was instantly in love with the track, but saw greater potential for what it could become.
Luke and Matt worked together and used there resources to make the songs playable live by using backing tracks and an old worn PA system. But, it still wasn’t enough and they needed more members. Then came a good friend of theirs named Ari Miranda. At the time, Ari was 17 years old and had left Huntington Beach on a solo journey to Hawaii due his need of Independence and hunger for exploration. Although Ari found a large piece of himself in Hawaii, after about seven months of living there he decided that he had o outgrown the island. Ari moved back to Huntington to join Matt and Luke in there journey. Now that Matt and Luke had a third member, they decided they were ready for the eyes of world, but still needed something to call themselves. By going through countless names for weeks they decided on ‘Your Favorite Color’, which derived from one of Matt’s original song demos called “Your Favorite Color Is Red and Mine Is Blue”. Matt, Luke and Ari then played their first show at Chain Reaction Studios in Anaheim, CA.
Since then, the band has grown exponentially gaining a fourth and fifth band member named David Silveria,(son of the original drummer of the Rock band Korn) and Nichola Neighbors, a good friend of Ari’s who grew up playing complex sheet music on the piano. David brought a very pleasant and epic Muse/Interpol feel to their music, giving it just the right amount of electricity that the band needed. Nicky on the other hand, added a contrasting dark 80’s goth tone to the music through his collection of synthesizers and wide variety of musical inspirations.
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2. What was it like choosing the band’s name and what does the name mean to you?When Matt released his first song demos of YFC, he called the project Peri. But, shortly after Luke had joined the band they decided that they needed a new name. After running through countless amounts of names, Luke came up with one that he loved called “Polaroid Sunset”. Matt liked the name too and told Luke that’s what they would call themselves, but frustratingly called Luke the following day insisting that the name should be Your Favorite Color.
The name came from one of their songs called “Your Favorite Color Is Red and Mine Is Blue”. Throughout High School, Matt constantly had short exciting flings, but was also getting his heart broken all the time. To him the song title resembled the acceptance of difference between two people or two things and the frustration that comes with achieving this mindset. The band also has a desire to make songs that all sounded unique to themselves and can stand in alone in a collection of music. Therefore, their songs all have there own “color” or “tone” and could be played in any sort of mood or setting. Hence, the song title was title then translated into the band name Your Favorite Color.
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3. What are some dreams each of you are chasing, or the group as a whole?Reach and inspire as many people as possible, help people take their lives less seriously and remind them to enjoy the journey one step at a time and help bring clarity to people minds through our music so they can connect and feel understood.
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4. At REVOLT we encourage others to move forward in the direction of their dreams, how do you stay driven in the pursuit of following your dreams?Staying true and genuine to ourselves and each other, remaining humble and respecting one another.
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5. Music, much like wine, is a medium to connect and talk with your fans. What message or feeling do you hope people get when they hear your music or see you perform?We try to act goofy and not take ourselves to seriously and hope to inspire to do the same. By doing so it can help people take live one step at a time and enjoying the journey.
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6. What are some of the highlights and challenges of writing and creating music?We think the highlights and challenges are actually mixed. There is five us of in this band and it can be struggle to write the perfect song. But once those five pieces fit together in harmony, it becomes something we are most proud of and want to share with the world.
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7. Following your dreams can be exhilarating but sometimes difficult, were there any obstacles that you had to overcome in order to continue the pursuit of your dreams?There is always challenges getting to where you to be. Instead of looking towards the future and saying “I can’t wait to do this or play this”, we are excited about what is right in front of us. All the opportunities we’ve had is part of the dream. This journey is the dream.
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8. We are excited to hear more from you guys, whats does the future look like for Your Favorite Color?We are planning on releasing multiple EPs in the months to come so we can grow our fan base and reach more ears. I think once we have done that, we will be able to hit the road and bring a live experience to people around the country.
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9. What advice can you offer other aspiring musicians?Enjoy what is right in front of you. Don’t dwell on what’s to come.
Musicians are given a gift that takes patience to spread. It is okay to get frustrated if something does not go your way. One door may close but another one will always open.
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Your Favorite Color – “Heartache”
FFO: Coin, Phoenix, The 1975
Best Enjoyed with: Sunshine, Rolled down windows, and Waves
“Heartache” hits on all cylinders.
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NOC for drawing "Your favorite doll" | Outline of a drawing lesson (middle group) on the topic:
Abstract of the GCD of the educational field "Artistic Creativity".
Drawing. Topic: “Your favorite doll”
Tasks
Educational: To teach children to create an image of their favorite toy in a drawing. Continue to learn to draw large, full sheet. To consolidate the ability to convey the shape, the location of the parts of the human figure, their relative size. Practice drawing and coloring.
Developing: To develop imagination, speech, independence, initiative;
Educational: To instill a love for drawing. Raise children's interest in art.
Materials: Half a landscape sheet or A4 sheet, colored crayons or pencils.
Intersubject communication. In the process of playing activity, consider the features of different dolls. Talk with the kids about their favorite dolls: what the child plays with the doll, what she is wearing at the same time, where she sleeps, what she feeds, etc.
GCD progress
Educator: Guys, a guest came to us today. Do you want to know who it is? You will find out if you can guess this riddle:
I am a good toy,
I will be a girl friend,
I can sit in a stroller,
I know how to close my eyes.
(doll)
Children's answers.
Educator: Well done guys, guessed the riddle correctly. And our guest's name is Masha, and she came to visit us not alone, but with her best friends. See how different they are. Here is a doll - a young lady, a doll - a soldier, a doll - Barbie and these are old dolls that used to be made of wood, straw, rags.
But boy dolls are, first of all, toys. So with them you can play a lot of interesting games.
Tell me please, do you like to play with dolls? What dolls do you have at home?
How do you play them?
Children's answers.
Educator: And now, guys, let's imagine that a good wizard has bewitched us, and we have become big dolls and play a little.
Physical education about a doll.
The pupa is standing,….. The pupa is sitting, The pupa is getting up,
The chrysalis is walking,... The chrysalis stomps, The chrysalis claps,
The chrysalis jumps, The chrysalis closes its eyes, and quietly falls asleep.
Educator: Well done. Children, but you and I can not only play with dolls, but we can also draw her. But first, let's look at what geometric shapes the doll consists of. I will show, and you name them to me.
I'll show you a doll,
I'll tell you about the doll.
Here is the doll's head,
With a nose and eyes.
(circle)
The doll has a sundress
With a ruffle and a bow.
(triangle)
Here are the handles of the doll,
(triangle)
Here are the legs of the doll,
(rectangle)
And they are wearing boots.
Educator: They named everything correctly. Well done. Now look carefully at how I will work with the drawing. You need to start drawing from the head. Then we draw a torso, arms, legs. But in order for the drawings to turn out neat and beautiful, we need to warm up our fingers.
Finger game
Fingers played hide-and-seek,
And they removed the heads,
Like this, like this, like that,
And they removed the heads.
(Rhythmically bend and unbend fingers)
Children do the work, those who fail, the teacher helps.
TOTAL: Educator: Oh, guys, what good fellows you are! You did a very good job today. Look what funny and beautiful dolls we have drawn! You like? And our guest, Mashenka, also liked it. Let's hang them at the exhibition, and when your dads and moms come to visit us, they will also admire them.
Decl R.I.P. | Graffitimarket.ru
Kirill Tolmatsky, better known as Decl, became a real superstar of the early 2000s: his commercially successful musical product initially sounded like a kind of anthem of youth - recklessly, energetically and in a new way for the then listener. For many, the music created by Kirill was a ticket to the world of rap.
Young guys looking at the main representatives of the culture could not even think that they could turn out the same way as their idols, because everyone was an order of magnitude older than them. And Decl showed everyone that a 14-year-old guy can do no less than an adult and became an example for many.
The debut studio album of the Russian Decl - “Who? you" came out in 2000.
The album was a huge success among young people, in particular because of the unusual sound for the domestic listener, and sold over a million copies. For this album, Decl received the Record 2000 award in the Debut of the Year nomination. At this time, Decl becomes the face of a long Pepsi advertising campaign "Pepsi, pager, MTV"
Video clips were released for the compositions “Friday”, “Who are you?”, “Party”, “Blood, my blood”, “Hope for tomorrow”.
“I got sick from graffiti on the walls, I stole cylinders, bombed wherever I wanted.” — Decl, Bab.B Hope for Tomorrow Alliance
Who are you? Who are you? Here is my question,
Are you on your own or are you walking the same path with me?
What is your favorite color or color scheme?
Do you like the colors of my flag?
Maybe Rock attracts you or the soviet stage?
Do you collect fashion posters on the walls?
What rap group doesn't hurt your ear?
Are you a racist or are we kindred spirits?
Who are you an active person or an amoeba?
Do you want to be a rapper, a thief, a prosecutor?
How confident are you and what time is it
Do you need to get into hip-hop credibility?
Is there enough strength to go from beginning to end?
Or in vain, it turns out, I asked you such nonsense? Who are you?
Did you figure it out yourself or help me? Who are you?
2001 - Street Fighter
Decl's second album "Street Fighter" also became very successful; for him, he received several awards, including Muz-TV, UNESCO (best cover of the year), "Stop hit" and "MTV Music Awards" (Russian viewers' choice) awards.
During this period, the characteristic composition is "Letter", for which Decl and Marusya received the Golden Gramophone in 2001.
Quotes from Kirill's tracks are still used by the community, and video clips for some of his singles are perceived as nostalgia for a recently bygone era.
After two successful albums, he quarreled with his father, who was his producer, and a new page began in the history of Decl.
2004 - Detsl a.k.a. Le Truk
The third completely new album under the laconic name "aka Le Truk", which marked the birth of the new Decl as an independent artist. Decl no longer collaborated with his former partners in studio work (in particular, Vlad Valov), and wrote all the texts himself.
Among the composers of the album were A. Karpunin, MC Beat, DJ Shooroop, Dj Tonic, Max Homich, Dj 108th, Dj La. Decl himself also acted as a sound producer. The album contains many live instruments and female vocals (Karina Serbina, Knara).
Songs such as "Let's drink", "Legalize" and "There is a God" became real hits. Video clips were shot for all three songs, two of which received heavy rotation on MTV. The animated video for the song "Legalize" was banned from television due to the song's controversial subject matter.
He recorded 5 more albums, but they were no longer as successful as the previous ones. In total, Decl released nine studio albums during his musical career. The last album - "It doesn't matter who's at the helm" - was released in 2018.
"Hip-hop was invented in order to suppress aggression within society, within the youth, because there was a constantly tense situation in the black quarters. Battles and graffiti were invented so that young people would leave excess energy right there on the dance floor."
Decl about three main things
First, the world is a mirror, and all our actions are reflected in it. Second, don't do what you don't want to be done to you.
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