Things in LA have been even crazier than before, as I’ve started to do tons of different auditions, performing at various places, producing music, and of course – Getting Buck. Literally every single day is non-stop, and it’s awesome to see that a lot of my content is really started to take off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQb1jTcW7ZQ
Kicking this post off with music, like I usually do, I’ve had 3 recent releases since the last post. I haven’t been producing as much as I normally have as I’ve been filming a ton so that takes up a lot of time, but I do have a lot more music coming up.
The first release is a track called Wub With Me, which is a blend of Reggae, Moombahton and Dubstep:
The next release is FSTVL SEASN, which is an electro house banger to kick off festival sesaon:
And lastly, here is a remix I did of Deep in the Night by SNAILS and Pegboard Nerds. This one hits extremely hard, so be ready:
Continuing along with music, I actually started a new Youtube series called The Freccero DJ Journey. On this series I’m going to be documenting what I’m doing to make a name for myself in the EDM/DJ industry, and my goal is to demonstrate to people what works and what doesn’t. I feel like a lot of my strategies carry over to other industries too, so it’ll be interesting to look back on all the videos thus far. Here is playlist of the series (it starts with the most recent episode):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6_h3BCPalWXTPaLoNqNkuBdfTLeZYsx
Now jumping into story mode, I last time I left off at CRSSD Festival, which was my first ever pure techno festival. It wasn’t my exact cup of tea being honest, but I had a really good time and it was a crazy weekend overall.
The next weekend I ended up going to Vegas, as I got invited to the opening of Wet Republic, officially kicking off Pool Party season. Wet Republic has gotten ranked one of the best pool parties in the country numerous times, and although it was a bit smaller than I pictured, it was an insane time.
The first night I ended up going to Hakkasan to see JAUZ perform, and he absolutely killed it. I also did a Traveling Bucket List episode about Hakkasan, you can watch it below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZTzrPfcvyk
The next day it was time for Wet Republic, and it was a very eventful day overall (to say the least). First off, I ended up buying tickets to Derren Brown, who’s performing in the United States for the first time. He’s a magician/mentalist from England, so I’m flying all the way from LA to New York just to see him perform. I wrote a blog post about my favorite performances by him if you want to see his style, as he’s absolutely incredible.
After getting the tickets, I went to Wet Republic. I showed up, and right away, the bouncer says “Sorry sir, that tank top isn’t allowed.” And I said wait…on the site it says tank tops are allowed and those guys over there are wearing tank tops. To which he replied, “Yes, but not that tank top.” (I was wearing a white fitness tank top).
He goes, “You can either check it in for $10 and get it after, or throw it away.” I said wait – I can walk in shirtless, but not wearing it? What if I just put it in my pocket? And he said “That can’t enter the premises, but you can easily walk in shirtless.” At this point I said screw it, and just threw it away and went to get searched.
I had a combination lock on me, and when they saw that, they said that they already had lockers inside. I said perfect, and then they stopped me. “No combination locks are allowed inside.”
Are you kidding me.
So then I grabbed my tank top back (luckily there was nothing else in the trash, it was completely empty), and left. I found a random bush outside, wrapped the lock in my tank top, and then hid it there. Where I was staying was easily a half hour walk from Wet Republic, so it would be an hour round trip.
I finally get inside, and now I’m like okay – I’m in, nothing to worry about. Like I said above, it was pretty crazy, and I also made another Traveling Bucket List episode about it. Here’s the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvmIKlhCA5w
While inside, a bouncer came up to me and said “Sir, are you leaving?” And I was like no…? Why do you ask.
“You’re wearing socks, and unfortunately, socks are not allowed in the premises.”
…really.
He was really cool about it, and he even said to me that it was a weird rule that they had, and follows up with “I’m going to politely have to ask you to remove your socks.” So I just asked if I could hold onto them, because I’ve had a weird time with Wet Republic already, and he goes “Sure, but we never had this conversation.”
Continuing along with this eventful day, I then get a call a few minutes after, and it turns out that I got booked to do Parkour and Free Running in a fitness commercial. Now I can’t say too much, due to a NDA that I signed, but it was for a major electronics company and there’s a good chance they’re going to put the commercial on both TV and Online, which means I’ll probably be on TV this year. Pretty awesome.
Now switching gears to fitness, along with the commercial, I recently signed up with two casting agencies and I’ve been getting tons of auditions for both Parkour/Fitness roles and acting roles. I never thought I would go in that direction, but I figured hey why not – it pays well, and getting paid to do flips is pretty sweet.
I’ve been working on my Tricking game a lot more in addition to building more muscle mass, which can be a bit tricky to balance. I’m also getting close to doing a full splits, which is sick. Here are some videos of what I’ve been working on:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRt4QNiljTk/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSe1TMnlkr7/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSNDDWVFhgh/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSFA5kSlYmn/
The next Friday after I filmed that commercial was St. Paddy’s Day, and I’m not going to lie, it was a bit of a letdown. In places like Boston and Chicago, St. Paddy’s Day is a massive festival with thousands of people, but that definitely wasn’t the case here in LA.
I went to Casey’s Irish Pub Festival in LA, as I heard that it was the best St. Paddy’s Day festival in LA, and while it wasn’t horrible, I ended up leaving after 10 minutes of being there. It was only a block or two long, and really didn’t have that much going on. Not hating on Casey’s or anything, but it was nothing compared to other cities. Oh well.
The very next day I ended up going to The Comedy Store to see Chris D’Ella with one of my good friends, and Kevin Nealson ended up performing. I got to meet him after the show actually, and he was an extremely nice guy, which is pretty awesome. What’s funny is that I definitely partied harder the day after St. Paddy’s Day than on the actual day haha.
A weekish after I also ended up cracking over 2,500 subscribers on YouTube and 800,000+ views too:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSFcmXplJsF/
It’s crazy how much my online content is really starting to blow up, which is awesome to see. The next week I ended up having 4 different auditions in addition to training, working on more music, and more. I also ended up partying at the Bungalow in Santa Monica, which is a pretty awesome spot to check out:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSSUHS5l5Wg/
Even with this week coming up, I got booked for a bigger fitness role, and I also have 2 different auditions for Parkour roles. Every day is pretty much non-stop, and insane. There’s a lot more coming up, and this year is looking more epic every day.
