Ali sets himself a 30-day challenge to learn to freestyle rap (2021)
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2021-03-17) · owner: Ali
About: Michael Gendler, Ultra Speaking, Gavin, FlowFam
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-08 | milestone | Ali has a freestyle rap coaching session with Gavin from FlowFam; he is learning to freestyle rap, he jokes, to increase his street credibility, and Gavin takes him through exercises to unlock flow. | A STUPENDOUSLY Productive Day in my Life 00:05:23 |
| 2021-03-17 | launched | On day one Ali has his very first freestyle rap coaching session with his friend Michael, one of the founders of Ultra Speaking, who has been freestyle rapping for over eight years. | Is Learning to Rap Useful? 00:00:31 |
| 2021-03-17 | milestone | On day 12 of the rap challenge Ali feels things becoming easier but knows he needs tons more practice; the next day he has a session with Gavin from FlowFam, a community that helps rappers get into flow. | Is Learning to Rap Useful? 00:02:32 |
| 2021-03-17 | outcome | After 30 days of trying to learn freestyle rap, Ali says he is obviously still not very good, but it is a work in progress. | Is Learning to Rap Useful? 00:13:08 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2021-03-08 · A STUPENDOUSLY Productive Day in my Life — Ali has another freestyle rap coaching session with his friend Michael, who runs Ultra Speaking, a public speaking course Ali has been doing for the past few weeks. — 00:08:02
- 2021-03-17 · Is Learning to Rap Useful? — Ali: Learning to freestyle rap was Ali's second 30-day challenge; he found it a really enjoyable journey and made some progress, though he does not think the pros have anything to worry about yet. — video description
- 2021-03-17 · Is Learning to Rap Useful? — Ali recently decided to learn freestyle rap, something he had never thought of doing; as a doctor and productivity nerd he always wanted to be the next Ed Sheeran. — 00:00:00
- 2021-03-17 · Is Learning to Rap Useful? — Ali: In the first week of the rap challenge Ali tried to practise ten minutes a day in the shower but felt super self-conscious, though only his housemate could hear, and found the week really hard. — 00:01:06
- 2021-03-17 · Is Learning to Rap Useful? — Ali is learning freestyle rap mainly because he thinks it is cool and he is a fan of learning cool stuff, even though he will never become a freestyle rapper or make money from it. — 00:02:32
- 2021-03-17 · Is Learning to Rap Useful? — Ali: For the next 15 days Ali practised freestyle rap wherever he could, even on the podcast with his brother, fitted in more sessions with Michael, and found getting into flow a little easier as things started clicking. — 00:07:02
- 2021-03-17 · Is Learning to Rap Useful? — Ali's fourth lesson: freestyle rap can be learned; with zero experience it seemed a black box, and though he is nowhere near Chris Turner and Harry Mack, a little time working on it cracked the black box. — 00:10:20
- 2021-03-17 · Is Learning to Rap Useful? — Ali's final rap session is with Michael and Tristan from Ultra Speaking in a YouTube live stream, playing Blind Slideshow, a game of rapping about random images as prompts. — 00:11:11