MATT B - BEHIND THE BEATS
OTB International Film Awards 2022 Winner | Best Documentary Short Film | Matt B - Behind the Beats
Official Selection The Paus Premieres Festival 2022
DJ & Producer: Matthew Baltazar ( AKA ) DJ Matt B
Directed & Produced: Jose Angel
Cinematographer: Jose Angel
Chicago House Music DJ & Producer tells his story of how music saved his life from gangs, drugs and violence in his neighborhood. If you were to look up where House Music was born, from the Deep Disco days to the WBMX days the answer would be Chicago. Chicago is also where Matthew Baltazar better known as Matt B was also born & raised. Matt has played at almost every club/venue in Chicago. From coast to coast and many cities in between, playing alongside some of the globes biggest djs/producers such as Harry ‘Choo Choo’ Romero, Erick Morillo, Felix Da Housecat, Oscar G, CZR, Derrick Carter, Green Velvet/Cajmere, Bad Boy Bill, Gene Farris, Mickey ‘Mixin’ Oliver, Paul Johnson, Ron Carroll, Dj Funk, Steve Smooth, the entire Ghetto Division and many more up and coming djs/producers.
BAD BOY BILL - FUNKY MUSIC
OTB International Film Awards Official Selection Best Music Video
Directed & Produced: Jose Angel
Cinematographer: Jose Angel
Actress / Model : Rimanelli Mellal
Filmscore Soundtrack: Funky Music - Bad Boy Bill, Milty Evans & Brian Boncher.
Bad Boy Bill began his DJ career in 1985 during the Chicago house music movement of the mid to late 1980s. He worked with Mike "Hitman" Wilson and Julian "Jumpin" Perez of the WBMX DJ mixing team, known then as the Hot Mix 5. Bill's popularity grew out of DJing parties throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as opening for the Hot Mix 5. Between 1987 and 1995, Bill produced a series of promotional mixtapes under the name "Street DJ Promotions." These tapes were distributed out of Bill's car to local Chicago area record shops, flea markets, and DJ gigs. These mixes included: Hot Mix #1–17, Non-Stop Hip-Hop, Flashbacks Vol. 1 & 2, Classics Vol. 1–3, Street Style 1 & 2, and Gettin' Wicked. Bill has been credited with the idea of mass-producing mix tapes unlike before, and was apparently inspired by Andre Lopez, owner of the Hot Jams record store. This caught the attention of the Recording Industry Association of America and music publishing houses who were not paid any royalties from the use of copyrighted music on the vast number of mixtapes being produced and sold throughout Chicago by these many DJs. Bill then became a part of the licensed-mix movement and started Mix Connection Multimedia (MCM). He has been generally credited with being the first Chicago DJ to produce legally licensed mixes.
Apple Podcast Interview: Nicoletta Marinakis “Anything Is Possible with Faith”
Directed & Produced: Jose Angel Artwork & Photography: Jose Angel
Nicoletta Marinakis is a business woman, women's advocate, entrepreneur, published model, health & wellness coach and the list goes on of the variety of talents that she holds. Coming from a family of Greek descendants and living in Chicago really set the tone for her for what was to come as she was navigating through her life to find her purpose in life. Very early on Nikki fell in love with modeling, acting and arts and let's not forget Chicago is her hometown so it only made sense that she was going to enjoy every moment she could to dance on the dance floor anytime she heard any of her favorite DJ's or music producers play House Music or Disco House. As the time passed she would be crossing paths with a world-renowned international award winning & published documentary photographer from Chicago Jose Angel and the rest was history in the making, that's when her biggest opportunity of her life would come around. One of her biggest accomplishments as a model at 24 years old was to be on the spread of a major AD campaign on a CS magazine thanks to a great friend Leonard Goldberg from Geneva Seal Fine Jewelry. That's when she realized that anything that she put's her mind to she will accomplish and make it happen no matter what..........
tHINK sHORTS fEATURE INTERVIEW
Chicago House Music DJ & Producer tells his story of how music saved his life from gangs, drugs and violence in his neighborhood. If you were to look up where House Music was born, from the Deep Disco days to the WBMX days the answer would be Chicago. Chicago is also where Matthew Baltazar better known as Matt B was also born & raised. Matt has played at almost every club/venue in Chicago. From coast to coast and many cities in between, playing alongside some of the globes biggest djs/producers such as Harry ‘Choo Choo’ Romero, Erick Morillo, Felix Da Housecat, Oscar G, CZR, Derrick Carter, Green Velvet/Cajmere, Bad Boy Bill, Gene Farris, Mickey ‘Mixin’ Oliver, Paul Johnson, Ron Carroll, Dj Funk, Steve Smooth, the entire Ghetto Division and many more up and coming djs/producers.
Think Shorts feature interview
Simply put, Charles Little a fitness expert. He has been an athlete his entire life. After a successful 4-year starter career at Dayton University with the Dayton Flyers, Charles played professional basketball overseas for more than 5 years. Upon returning to the states, it was only natural that his profession led him to training athletes and inspiring others to get healthy and pursue their dreams. After training at some of Chicago’s best gyms, Charles has an impressive client line-up boasts of NFL and NBA players, champion amateur boxers, celebrities and college athletes.