About Us

“Dire” is a Visayan word for “here” and “Husi“ is a Manobo word for “friend.”

We are a youth organization, a creative social enterprise, an artisan collective, a band of world musicians, a training hub, and a fair trade advocate.

If that already sounds a bagful, wait and see, because we believe that with faith and dreams, we could be so much more.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

ARHTT ATTACK!!! A.K.A. Tingbirds

The first sound is like a frog in the evening, it goes pripit prrriippipit. The second sound is more like bass, it goes dubbb dubdubbb. And the third sound is more like freestyle, pwrrhettt pwrrrheeet phewww.  I’ve heard that routine 4years ago by then a 2009 Brgy. Carmen got talent winner Johnrey Yap a.k.a. tingbirds.  That got talent winner is now the king of CdO’s beatboxers and a force that started the organization for human beatboxers in Cagayan de Oro, the CdO Beatbox.

Human beatbox is a vocal percussion that creates different tune from the mouth. It is also the fifth element of hip-hop. Probably you have of heard of human beatboxing by watching talent shows on TV. One is Beatbox Gore who was one of the grand champions in ABC 5’s Talentadong Pinoy. I remember Beatbox Gore because he was running his 8thconsecutive win when we crossed path in Talentadong Pinoy in the Dome, SM North, Quezon City, my group were shortlisted and we went to manila to compete on national TV, but that’s for another story, next aRHtt attack I’m going to reveal my experience with national talent shows, but as of now, there’s also this Australian Got Talent champion, beatboxer Genesis, a true brown Pinoy who proved to the word about Filipino talent at its finest. There’s a lot of beatboxers if you search on YouTube, but the thing is… we have it here in our city also.



When tingbirds visited Dire Husi 4years ago, he became one of the talents in the organization. Performing on different venues all over the city and Northern Mindanao, tingbirds honed his talents and his performing skills. CdO beatbox came into being after liked passion youngsters gathered to further promote the love of beatboxing. Dire Husi Initiatives, Inc. became its adviser and mentor and tingbirds became its first president. With the likes of Immabeat, Kent, Lawrence and Garbalz who recently performed in Limketkai Mall rotunda, audience are amazed at hearing different beats like techno, dub step, robotics and even hit songs being rendered just using vocal prowess.  Tingbirds performed in malls, parties and big gatherings that he impacted on many youngsters that wants to learn beatbox, it is his dream to make a big beatbox battle that will challenge upcoming beatboxers to excel in beatboxing.

Presently Tingbirds is a student in Xavier University and also the frontman of a ska band the Patatas Band. For parties and events just txt 0917-31-99-429 and ask for tingbirds. Tugtugtag tutug tutug tak, I've gotta move it move it ,I’ve gotta move it move it, I've gotta?... (All) move it!!!.. Wala ba kayong mga kamay diyan…

(The author Rhyan CasiƱo, is the Chairman of Dire Husi Initiatives, Inc. and the Northern Mindanao Representative for Visual Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts )

ARHTT ATTACK! Urban Life Section Gold Star Daily Newspaper June 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

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