Funk-Ay down to the socks. Big Gigantic is an instrumental livetronica, hip-hop and jazz musical group based out of Boulder, Colorado. Comprised of saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken. Big Gigantic and I share a concern for and devotion to our community. We as well share a very free spirited attitude within ourselves. I strive to have the character and the uniqueness in my life that Dominic Lolli and Jeremy Salkin do. Two years ago I participated in the big gigantic food drive in Denver at Food Bank of the Rockies. I spent a day getting to know Dom and Jeremy, while filling food orders as well as driving some crazy forklifts! Not only do we share this experience, we also discussed the passion with both have when
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At Rowdytown 2014 Dom brought the Eagle Crest High School marching band to play live on stage at Red Rocks! We discussed the pleasure we have when teaching kids new things and how it inspires us, “The smile on their face when they finally master that new song.. that’s the sh*t man no better feeling in the world than that.” The gratitude of knowing you helped a child learn something new is better than anything else. It’s these moments that will help me forward in my succsess getting to talk to the people that inspire me about the things we both love. Speaking of things we love Red Rocks plays a large role in both Big G’s life as well as mine, and though none of us were born on the stage of Red Rocks but we all call it home. Big gigantic has been headlining Red Rocks shows for four years now. The bond that Big Gigantic has with its Colorado family is greater than any other Big Gigantic …show more content…
Getting to tour the world is not something that many people get the chance to do let alone for a career. The uniqueness of getting to consistently travel and experience different cultures is something I strive to do. Yes I am still in high school and there's nothing unique about that lifestyle, nor am I a professional saxophonist…. yet. I want to tie whatever career I wind up in with traveling and experiencing like Big Gigantic does. Not only in the lifestyle itself are they unique but even the music itself is unlike anyone's done before. In an interview for their short movie “Dream Big” Doom says, “Because I was literally the first one doing it, I had no idea what the f**k I was doing,” he admits. “But it can be super flexible.” That's the great things about starting something new and having your own thing, you can have no idea what's going on but there's nobody to tell you that you’re wrong, because they’re
At Rowdytown 2014 Dom brought the Eagle Crest High School marching band to play live on stage at Red Rocks! We discussed the pleasure we have when teaching kids new things and how it inspires us, “The smile on their face when they finally master that new song.. that’s the sh*t man no better feeling in the world than that.” The gratitude of knowing you helped a child learn something new is better than anything else. It’s these moments that will help me forward in my succsess getting to talk to the people that inspire me about the things we both love. Speaking of things we love Red Rocks plays a large role in both Big G’s life as well as mine, and though none of us were born on the stage of Red Rocks but we all call it home. Big gigantic has been headlining Red Rocks shows for four years now. The bond that Big Gigantic has with its Colorado family is greater than any other Big Gigantic …show more content…
Getting to tour the world is not something that many people get the chance to do let alone for a career. The uniqueness of getting to consistently travel and experience different cultures is something I strive to do. Yes I am still in high school and there's nothing unique about that lifestyle, nor am I a professional saxophonist…. yet. I want to tie whatever career I wind up in with traveling and experiencing like Big Gigantic does. Not only in the lifestyle itself are they unique but even the music itself is unlike anyone's done before. In an interview for their short movie “Dream Big” Doom says, “Because I was literally the first one doing it, I had no idea what the f**k I was doing,” he admits. “But it can be super flexible.” That's the great things about starting something new and having your own thing, you can have no idea what's going on but there's nobody to tell you that you’re wrong, because they’re