Otis Funkmeyer gettin' down at Photosynthesis 2010

[Igrewupafukinscrewup]

future and rashaad are my homeys, you know houdoken and relic? leme know if your ever up on the east coast

[WoodOnWheelsTV]

I actually thought this was really good, it was clean, smooth and you seem to have a lot of moves.

[poppingtv]

@WoodOnWheelsTV thanks bro!!!

[WoodOnWheelsTV]

Hahaha! Jabawockeez?! Are you fucking kidding me? None of them are even close to being as good as Otis!

[waveomatic]

Otis, what happened?????

[BrownBearCity]

dude i cant get sick of your videos! KEEP GOING SON. your popping is so freggin unique. farouttttt man!

[poppingtv]

@BrownBearCity thanks broticus that's wassup!!!!!

[poppingtv]

@BrownBearCity it's funny this comment keeps staying marked "Unread" in my message list! I think it's a sign that I am going in the right direction!!! I really appreciate it again :) :) lol!

[BrownBearCity]

@poppingtv I am merely a figment of your imagination.

jks ENJOY POPPING!

[poppingtv]

@BrownBearCity I LOVE IT! A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION!!!! LOOOOLL! THE DIMENSIONAL SHIFT IS WELL UNDERWAY!

[scarhawkz]

Watch videos of real robots (from the 80's). They jerk to a start from a standstill, move fast from one position to another, and jerk to a halt, wavering a bit. They move one section at a time, stacking complex moves as a string of simple ones. The whole point of the robot dance is to look unnatural, you have too much hippie/trance in your moves. Tap your inner nerd.

[goodtimesagoogoo]

You're not bad, but I would work on some isos. Check out Les Twins

[Unknownwoot]

You gana loss your ass by them dumbass... you just think you all dat shit white assho..

[poppingtv]

@Unknownwoot If you type like that and call me a dumbass, then I'm just like.... gonna reiterate how amazingly stupendously awesome I am, how much better I am than you could ever possibly be at anything and everything, and then leave you alone...

[Unknownwoot]

Dude try to vs jabbawockeez and tony tran if you soo best dance in the whole world...

[poppingtv]

@Unknownwoot homey ill fuck them up and ill fuck you up and all yall cant see me what!?!?!? that's what im saying boy.. what!?!??! what it do homeboy... homeskillet.. homefry... that's how it is and that's what it be cuz that's how we do

[MJFanatic96]

the master in action and btw the "best dancer in the entire world" is Michael Jackson and will be Forever ^_^

[poppingtv]

@MJFanatic96 that's sweet dude

[synergestic]

Your wearing shorts, so I guess you should have done more of robotics, waving, tutting instead of boogaloo, which doesn't really look good in shorts.

[Doberman847]

I Bet you Get a lotta ass With Your Dancin??

[awesomekiller123]

@Doberman847 is future wife jenny

[mah6786]

Thanks for all the videos. If I had to change one thing, I'd clean up the isolations, especially the arms. It kind of ruins the illusions if they move like they would naturally.

[coolhandpopper]

Wow. I'm surprised by all of the negative comments man. I think it looked good. I mean, considering you were standing in the dirt, probably at a festival of some sort, wearing shorts and is this your type of music? etc etc etc. it wasn't a professional quality video so... It's hard to see and judge with all those variables. I've seen some of your other vids and they looked really nice. Don't listen to the haters. You got a good dance!

[jewelcitydevil]

Dude Otis you are off the chain. You are definitely one of my favorite dancers to watch. You hope to be as good as future and rashaad, but I hope to be as good as you my friend. You are f**king dope, keep up the good work.

[vhilaireatyahoo]

@jewelcitydevil I agree completely... i learned everything i know from otis...lol... seriously...his vids have taught me everything i practice now... thanx dude u friggin amazing

[howardizzle]

don't you have a lot of popping friends? I think youtube isn't that great in terms of getting help, you should just session with your friends and it seems like your friends are pretty "up" there in terms of popping skills.

[icravevtec]

feel weird offering advice since i watched your videos for advice myself. to me, looks like your arms are too loose and relaxed, get a lil more 90-degree to clean it up a bit. but your musicality & rhythm is absolutely sick and i keep watching this vid over and over again bc of it.

[skiingpoppinridin]

watever u do, dont shave the beard! Its a proven method to enhance your dancing, lovemaking, and just being a cool dude in general..seriously i would never shave if i didnt have to get a real job when im done with college..

[bigfish12345]

Seems like you dont feel it at all ... you just think over the moves you gonna do next altho you teached me i should feel it ...

Im not in position to give critism im just learning ( from you ) but honestly seems like you just think " what am i gonna do next " instead of just lettin you flow from the music

[Furby511]

This made me smile. Keep at it!

[dragonninja598000]

The problem that I see here is that the entire freestyle was kinda stuck in a few realms of popping. Which is cool because that's probably what your most comfortable with. I think freestyling to lyrics might help. Like listen to the song and incorporating popping but also play off of what the lyrics are saying. I think you might need to add a little like for a lack of a better word or description swag. I think looking at freestyling, grooves, & choreo might help. I hope this was helpful.

[FatBoiSonny]

Watch some of these videos from a guy named Pacman on youtube, he made some tutorials and his poppin is intense

[ScreezeyVids]

There's alot of people that are dying to be able to do exactly what you can do at that level, top notch man.

If you can make a video freestyle of waving that'll be cool.

(not the tutorial)

[FunkySoulStory]

That is the ground zero of boog style. Old school shit nigga ! I like it. Otis is really inspiring. Nah, I got to practice now. :p

[tenchichrono]

Hm... Otis... Just keep dancing and trying different things. You do need to start grooving more. I'm right there with you man. Trying to improve any chance I can get. At least you got guts to put your video up for people to critique so props there.

[synergestic]

I think you were quite good. I only feel that your attire wasn't fully appropriate for popping, I guess.

[PMJustinY]

dimestops mr funkmeyer . if u have a nasty dimestop you got nasty control and a nasty hit, swear to gah.

[thisisblasphamy]

*than*

[thisisblasphamy]

also you dont want to be "as good as"

you want to be better then.

[thisisblasphamy]

dont think boog is for you man.

think thats your prob.

you're friends with jrock and all of dem no?

make em teach you scarecrow and puppet that might fit you.

if you dont wanna do those styles, then why even give to spits what others think? enjoy the style you enjoy then

[RetroTM]

Calling yourself "the best dancer in the entire world' is a bit overrated, don't you think?

[poppingtv]

@RetroTM

it's a joke man. did you watch the end of the video? I feel pretty discouraged right now. i guess jokes don't always come off on video... but I aint gonna stop makin em

[RetroTM]

@poppingtv I enjoy your videos, nothing wrong with that. But I don't think it's a well-placed joke ;-)

[lefundoof]

@poppingtv don't get down. i've been following you for a while. if you're in socal i would sesh with you

[DieBlutgrafin]

You need to work on your hits. Some of the isos here are actually pretty sloppy too. I also think you could do with trying other styles of popping. Not just boog.

Also try to work on continuity. Follow through with different concepts as you're dancing, and blending styles. Right now everything seems kinda chunky and broken up

[poppingtv]

@DieBlutgrafin I literally don't know HOW to do what you're suggesting... do you have any advice on how I could do that???

[DieBlutgrafin]

@poppingtv

Well what I see a lot of here is a lack of commitment to moves. The best way to think of it is as a progression. You can do it more with and without music. Just experiment with concepts, how you put things go together. Maybe start slower, then incorporate it to the music. You have sick rhythm, so that part won't be hard.

I use tuts in my dance. People seem to think of them as flashy, but everything is even doper when you can make things make *sense* with the rest of your poppin.

[DieBlutgrafin]

Sorry if that's vague. It's just that it's different for everyone. Experimentation and watching others for concepts (not biting of course, just some principles behind movements) I find really helpful.

[emanthechamp]

I think for you to get better you have to stop stressing poppin so much and just dance in general. Not isolations and stuff just dance. Try house, hip-hop, even jerking. Don't be so popping minded all the time. Don't wake up everyday like you gotta pop and don't specifically think that every time you dance that your getting better at poppin. Hear music and just try new things and I think you will grow. Don't enjoy it so much that you can't enjoy it.

[2010scalp]

@emanthechamp co-fucking-sign. He should try to experiment more. Trying other genres, like you said, could inspire him to fuse elements together to develop his own unique style.

[poppingtv]

@emanthechamp that's a scary thought for me.... to be honest...

[emanthechamp]

@poppingtv yeah but I think this is probably the best advice you'll receive. It's not the moves you just need to let yourself become a dancer. you can be a popper without being dancer. Those guys you mentioned do many more styles than poppin. Even buddha stretch knows how to jerk.

[voltrumiks]

@emanthechamp why exactly jerking ? it sucks.its probably good for grooving though

[TheExpressWay]

@voltrumiks LOL you answered your own question :P

[emanthechamp]

@voltrumiks It just dancing in general. It's also good because it helps with your ground grame too. Don't say any dance is too dumb to do.

[Jstroman221]

@poppingtv I see you otis keep doing your thing. been a while since you made a vid. learned a lot from you...

[RedRobot2point0]

Well you're on beat and going through the moves but show some groove, rhythm, bounce. Keep goin :)

[XXRavethedrummerXX]

That was good! Ummm, maybe more isolations? I'm a newb at popping so...

[mito1984alvarez]

do that ish otis!!!!!!!!!! whoot whoot!!! lol

[Frostwire120]

idk just me but i cnt really see the htis it sorta looks like dimestopping but i kno you are hittting cuz of your chest but other than that sort of your hits