CHINA 2026 TOUR
Jackoo Personal Diary
this tour means a lot to me
especially in the year of 2024 we ,me and my team has gone to china before with another band for 12 days and that trip despite there were great moments.
it was outweigh by the tragic that we called"miscommunications"
there was a lot we/me weren't prepared for this "new world " country. it was not easy in many ways
it ended with some members leaving our team so this year when we was contacted by "our ground" organizer. we was ready to go back for a "revenge"
to make good memories in china outweigh the last time....
as you know by now id like to not tell all the stories because of 2 things ,privacy and laziness
we did really well on the fjaka festival show we was ourselves and people really open to understading with us
it was quite a great atmosphere
the 2 other shows i did a solo show first one opening for "Misterk" in Wuhan
i got to say i felt a little out of place playing there but i wanted to put myself in a situation where im not comfortable so it could balance my ego ya know and also teach me to understand different people too.
so i performed with my brother, Zambug . first time us brother perform together
all songs was a miss except one song of Zambug it has some CHinese in it and people kinda dig it. So we learned that for Hiphop in China, if u have a song in Chinese at least audience can understand u and react more...
moving on to the second show at fjaka
like we said it was great
the only issue that happened was when we about to perform
suddenly an acoustic guitar that i borrow from a friend of a friend decided not to work, we even switch out battery ,it totally didnt work.it was working when we soundchecking. and because it didnt have a guitar strap
i diy my belt + shoe laces turn it into a strap but at last minute the guitar decided to not workso...Tullatulla said. "you have to make a decision" so i decided to scrap guitar and had Joe (saramong) cover for me the best he can...
the next day tho we had to send saramong back home because that was the only paid job .
the other show i have in Chengdu i was paying for train and hotel myself since we already in another country we might as well do MORe.
so the nexrt day we stayed in Wuhan one more day to watch my another's brother/Genius of Lepyutin
what crazy is that he played at the same festival. and we did not come from the same promoter.at home genius kept telling me he going to Wuhan but i didnt think of anything until i realized wait a minute he played around the same day is it Fjaka
and BAM
brothers perform seperately in the same festival in another country. that's a first for us .proud moment man
then next day we got on a 10hrs train ride to chengdu then that night me and Zambug performed solo experimantal set together at GONG
tbh it wasnt the best for us
because it was underground. we had to control the sound ourselves and it was a lesson learned for us because when we soundcheck it was great but when we played the sound feels different and also my 2 mics keep echoed and it totally didnt sound at its best.
Me and ZB def lost confidence. we was in our head. so we didnt do at out best
i felt bad for the people that coming thats all
hopefully i can come back and redo better next time...
although i find playing a solo set totally different than a band set.i dig the growth in both though.
the next day Jeff lined up a "DCtv" gig for me
a Hiphop live session channel. which again totally out of my place but he got it so i went
it turned out better than i expected, ZB recored his 2 songs alone but i knew i didnt want to record alone. i far more enjoy when there's someone else to do music with
so i did a song that ZB is on as well (new song lol**)
at first i was so skeptical if the people there will think im wacked or not since i aint got no hiphop swag at all. i came in with a colourful kid hat.
but turned out they was bumping when i did my song and also the guy who recorded gave compliment on the beat "which i made myself so it boost my confidence a lil bit.
that should be out soon,
outside the box for me but good growth
there was some more interesting event happened this time too but not anything i can share out here but all and all i can say is
-no journey is ever all good there's always some "bad". but i know for a fact that bad made that good much gooder.
so GROWTHi
m getting used to this GROWTH
after this trip my confidence is back and i am prepared to come back to china for a tour to so im preparing for thattt!!!!! <<
📸PICS
most PHOTOS in COUTESY of FJAKA FESTIVAL