Strife.tv right now is probably the only Youtube channel that does not follow all the trends of other bboy broadcasting networks. Sure they cover battles, and make coverage videos of events, but that's not what they're all about; they document the culture and educate people with the guests they have. Strife.tv's crew cover events in 3 main areas: USA, Korea and now the UK.
Strife.tv first started in 2008 covering BOTY USA, and was founded by Erich, Ari and Mitchel. Since then quite a few members have now joined, not all of them being camera crew - some of which are regular personalities. Off the top of my head, those that are down with Strife.tv are:
Daniel, Mitchel, Loan, MisLee, Minhzy, ManOfGod, KBE, Ari, Erich, Atomic Goofball, Maresco, Just-Roc (from AOM, not FLGZ), Peppa, Luis J, Aerospace and Doy.
I'm the newest recruit. Have been since August.
I knew Daniel since roughly start of 2010. I added him on Facebook when Strife were booming with footage from Korea. I wanted to tell him I love what he does (and still do), but also wanted to ask him about TIP's army situation (since he was in the know with it, and I didn't know anyone else who was, I asked him).
And over time we kept talking, got to know each other better, and it was roughly the end of 2010 when I asked him if he wanted battle footage from the UK. He said to me "Sure, why not? You're a funny guy :)". But since then it took a while for anything to be produced, it's not like I had to go through some sort of MZK induction process but I still had to have knowledge in a few things before I could start producing footage for Strife.
The first battles I put out for Strife.tv had some big names in them, so I was happy I was able to provide some people that haven't been shown on Strife before. First battles I took were from Castle Rocks this year.
Second set of videos I put out have probably been the biggest production I've done yet. A newly started tradition of Strife.tv is we cover our journeys down to, during, and after an event. We call it the STRIFE.LIFE. It was agreed between Strife.tv and BadTasteCru that I would film the top32-top8 battles and post them up, and I made a STRIFE.LIFE video of Just Jam.
There's only 2 members of Strife.tv that reside in the UK, myself and Doy. If you don't know of Doy's work, my god! ( http://vimeo.com/user701078 ) In the UK, Doy is the main guy when it comes to trailers - and the same for Strife - and I'm the guy with the battles! (Although recently I've been stepping into doing trailers as well).
But on a serious note, I'm truly blessed to be a part of Strife.tv. Not only have I learned so much from Daniel and others about filming etc, but it has also gained me status in the UK scene (not that I didn't have one before). I've had people credit me for the work I've done covering some of the UK's events, and it's great being recognised and appreciated for your contribution. I've had B-Boys I've looked up to (and haven't spoken to before) come up to me to say "Hi", since working for Strife. It's great to be part of a WORLDWIDE movement!! I wouldn't have had the success I have right now if it wasn't for Daniel and Strife.tv.
There's quite a few members of Strife.tv that I have yet to talk to but I can't wait for the moment that happens!!
From what I've learned from Strife, and from my own filming experiences, I could do this for my whole life. I think I will! This could turn into a job, I'd love it if it did!
Thanks Dan, for everything! :-)
*Signing Out*
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