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Fais ft. Afrojack Niveau 3b | Song 6 | Lesson B Worksheet

1 Afrojack’s artists

a Luister naar de tekst en lees mee.

Ravitez started his musical career six years MC Ambush grew up in a musical family. ago, after he got his first DJ set from his His dad was a popular DJ. Before he father. He realized DJ’ing was his passion started singing and rapping, Ambush and he wanted to do it for the rest of his played the saxophone. He toured the life. Now, he is travelling the world with world, but he also helped young talents. Afrojack and is playing his music at big He gave courses and helped them with festivals like the Sunburn Festival in India. writing, recording and performing.

Valentine is a young DJ/singer/producer Rui (26) is a DJ and producer, born in who has loved music ever since he could Portugal. He taught himself how to play breath. At a very young age he started piano and also how to make beats, write playing the piano and playing the guitar. songs and produce. When he was around 13 years old he started DJ’ing inspired by Afrojack.

Wall Recordings Wall Recordings is an international record label. DJ/producer Afrojack started Wall Recordings in 2007. The company is based in the Netherlands, but also in the US and Japan. The label is very good at finding new talent and making these new artists famous and successful. Are you a singer, a DJ or do you have another musical talent? Send us your CV and a demo and maybe you can join Wall Recordings as well!

b Lees de zinnen. Over wie gaat het? Zet de naam erachter. Kies uit: MC Ambush – Ravitez – Rui – Valentine.

Hij heeft zichzelf alles geleerd. Hij helpt jonge talenten. Hij kreeg een dj-set toen hij zes was. Hij speelt piano en gitaar.

c Beantwoord nu de vragen over Wall Recordings. – Waar is Wall Recordings goed in? – Waar is Wall Recordings gevestigd? – Wat vragen ze aan artiesten?

2 Musical instruments

a Schrijf het Engelse woord voor het muziekinstrument onder het plaatje.

b Lees de tekst over de artiesten nog een keer. Schrijf dan op hoe ze muziek maken. Kies uit: sings and raps – plays the piano and the guitar – plays the piano – plays the saxophone. 1 Valentine 2 Rui 3 Mc Ambush and .

3 Our fact sheet

Werk samen met een klasgenoot. Kies een van de vier artiesten. Maak een factsheet over deze artiest. Doe het zo: – Lees de uitgebreide tekst over deze artiest in de bijlage. – Zoek in de tekst de informatie die je nodig hebt. Praat Engels met elkaar. Gebruik de pagina met Words and phrases. Hier staan de vragen die je geleerd hebt in Lesson A. – Vul de factsheet in. Kun je informatie niet vinden, zet dan een –. – Knip de foto van de artiest op het knipblad uit en plak die erbij. Versier de pagina.

Tip: Kijk nog eens naar de factsheet over Fais uit Lesson A. Die kun je als voorbeeld gebruiken

Fact sheet

About the artist Artist name Real name Date of birth Place of birth Musical instruments Other musical activities Favourite artists Three interesting facts - - -

Plans / dreams for the future

4 Your own label

Stel, jij hebt een platenlabel. Welke artiesten zouden daar dan bij mogen? Noem er vier. Schrijf achter iedere artiest waarom je hem of haar kiest. Je kunt de woorden uit het kader gebruiken.

great – cool – favourite – artist – pianist – award – performance – singer – sing – write

Example: Fais, because he is cool and he is a great singer. He has got a lot of talent too and I like his music.

5 Your favourite artist

Misschien mag jouw artiest ook wel bij het label van Afrojack? Kies een van je artiesten uit opdracht 4 en schrijf een korte tekst over die persoon. Je mag er ook een foto bij plakken of tekening bij maken. Schrijf: – zijn/haar naam – waar hij/zij vandaan komt – welke muziek (instrument) de artiest speelt – nog iets anders (zelf bedenken)

1 Valentine

Valentine is a young DJ/singer/producer. His real name is Valentijn Hoogwerf. He was born in Amsterdam on 9 October 1996.

Valentijn has loved music ever since he could breathe. At a very young age, he started playing the piano inspired by John Legend. When seeing John Mayer perform, he decided to learn to play the guitar.

His musical career started at Kinderen voor Kinderen. After that, he played in several musicals, like Beauty and the Beast and Tarzan. He entered talent shows, like Popstars and The Winner Is. He was also a voice-over actor. He did a voice-over for Pokémon and other programmes.

When he was around 13 years old he started DJ’ing inspired by Afrojack. Now he has signed up to Afrojack’s Wall Recordings. He feels deeply honoured about this. He is really looking forward to the future. His biggest dream is seeing people love his music and sing along.

2 Ravitez

Ravitez (real name Chico de Reus) was born on 12 March 1993. He’s from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Chico began listening to house music when he was 12 years old. In 2010 he got his first DJ set from his father and started his musical career. He realized DJing was his passion. He wanted to do it for the rest of his life. Now his hobby is his work.

He met Afrojack with the help of Sam, a good friend Ravitez used to play football with. Afrojack saw his talent and Ravitez joined Wall Recordings. Of course, Wall Recordings is Ravitez’s favourite label now! And Afrojack is one of his favourite artists. Other artists he likes are: Coldpay, Axwell and Ingrosso.

Ravitez and Afrojack made two singles and together they went on a world tour. Ravitez played Afrojack’s music on big festivals like the Sunburn Festival in India and Tomorrowland in Belgium.

His personal highlight of 2016 was playing his own song together with Afrojack at Ultra Music Festival. His dream is to play solo at the big festivals. He wants the whole world to listen to his music. And he hopes to enter the top 100 of DJ Mag within 2 years.

3 MC Ambush

MC Ambush (Melvin Howell) was born on 30 August 1973 in Landsthul, Germany. He grew up in a musical family in New York. His dad was a popular DJ. When Melvin was at school, he played the saxophone in a band. Later he discovered hip hop and started singing and rapping.

After finishing school, Melvin joined the army to earn money for his musical career. He went to the Netherlands. There he was introduced to Chuckie, a young DJ who needed an MC (rapper). Then Melvin became MC Ambush. He loves to rap; his greatest rap influences are Rakim, Biggie and KRS. Jay Z, Nas and Biggie are his favourite artists.

MC Ambush toured the world with live bands that play all kinds of music. He has seen many places, but the Caribbean Islands are special to him. They feel like paradise! MC Ambush also helped young talents with their hip hop skills. He gave courses and helped them with writing, recording and performing.

In the future, he wants to make more music. He has also planned a lot of performances with some of the most popular DJ’s.

4 Rui

Rui (26) is a DJ and producer. He was born as Rui Reis Maia in Villa Franca De Xira, Portugal on 2 April 1990. Rui moved to the Netherlands at the age of 2. His father’s record collection influenced Rui’s passion for music.

When Rui got older, he noticed the R&B/hip hop producer and singer Ryan Leslie. Then he knew: this is what I want to do. He started to teach himself everything. He learned how to play piano, but also how to make beats, write songs and produce.

After a long time of hard work, Rui met DJ Apster. He introduced Rui to Afrojack. Afrojack believed in his talent and signed Rui to his label Wall Recordings. Rui’s first single, Million times, was very successful.

Rui likes different styles of music. His favourite artists are: Fleetwood Mac, Coldplay, The Weeknd, Calvin Harris and of course, Afrojack. He does a lot of production and composing work for Wall Recordings. His ultimate goal: he wants the whole world to sing his songs!

Words and phrases

Words to know Musical instruments artist artiest guitar gitaar pianist pianist saxophone saxofoon play the piano piano spelen drums drumstel favourite favoriete violin viool performance optreden keyboard keyboard piano lessons pianolessen trumpet trompet singing lessons zanglessen electric bass guitar basgitaar award prijs be good at goed zijn in plans plannen successful succesvol future toekomst join meedoen more meer write schrijven other andere

Phrases We need to know what his real name is. We moeten weten wat zijn echte naam is. Can you find that in the text? Kun je dat in de tekst vinden? Yes, here it is. His real name is ... Ja, hier staat het. Zijn echte naam is …

It is new to me. Het is nieuw voor mij. We went our separate ways. We gingen onze eigen weg. It actually worked. Het werkte echt. It is time to work together. Het is tijd om samen te werken. I want more. Ik wil meer.

We need to know ... We moeten weten … ... where and when he was born. ... waar en wanneer hij geboren is. ... what musical instruments he plays. ... welke muziekinstrumenten hij bespeelt. ... what other musical things he does. ... welke andere dingen hij doet met muziek. ... who his favourite artists are. ... wie zijn favoriete artiesten zijn. ... three interesting facts. ... drie interessante feiten. ... what his plans for the future are. ... wat zijn plannen voor de toekomst zijn.