Rathyna's Birthday Bash

Some Drifting At Adams

Rathyna's Birthday Bash/Drifting from Eddie Luchembe on Vimeo.

An Amerikajin Film

My first Video at Amerikajin Custom Fabrication

An Amerikajin Film from Eddie Luchembe on Vimeo.

Music as a Tool

One of the earliest arts created in humanity is music which has carried through us and developed to be one the clearest extensions of our inner selves. But not only is it an extension of our selves but a tool to look back and forward in our lives. We associate melody and harmony with experiences. Not only can we associate music with our inner-selves and memory but also music has a tendency to create emotions. If youve been to a concert your emotions can be dictated by the DJ, Band, and Performer but lets not stop there when you watch a movie the most climatic scene is in accordance to a certain track that can either put you at the edge of your seat or provide you with a jaw dropping disposition and everything in between. So as an editor for films I try to capture my audience not only by the scenes that I provide but also by music that I tag along with my work. But the hardest part is finding that one song that fits the emotions in which your are trying to dictate. And as a producer I take this single task as one of the most important decisions prior to final cut, as an painter sketches his master piece and is halted by the decisions of what color a editor or director is faced with the same important decision but instead of color, we paint our canvas with music. (As you can see Benini Stephane video at Silverstone)

Focusing Your Lens

As a teenager, I grew up looking for some one to look up too and aspire for. One of the most influential events in my life wasn't my high school graduation but the first time I attended a drift event which was actually the one of the first d1 events hosted at Irwindale Speedway. Driving up to the parking line I was immersed with people that shared the same craze that I did and for the first time in my life I felt part of something that was bigger than me, The Drift Scene, I had never seen a parking packed full of S13s, that are almost twenty years, but treated like they were driven right off the Nissan dealers lot. But that could have kept my tank full but no Tsuchiya had much more things planned for me. As I walked through the ticket line I could see a man with a weird hair style not that many people paid attention to him but some how I had a some kind of intution that this man had a lot to do with the Motorsports industry, I turned to my friend to ask him if he knew who he was and til this day I havent heard my friend sound more excited it was Tarzan Yamada (pro drifter, pro time attack driver, and shop owner), I didn't have a camera with me but I did get a autograph from him, which I cherished til this day, the one thing he said with his heavy accent was "have fun and follow your dreams " and from that day I have made that one statement my motto in life and it has put me in some exciting and interesting situations. So the whole point of this short story was that growing up in America we all need some one or something to focus your lens and for me that day help me manually focus my life to see clearly what is important in life and it was pretty simple find what makes you happy in life and see how close you can get to the clipping point.

My First Blog

Having been raised in Southern California, I was constantly surrounded by a diverse and creative environment, and from that I've found my passion in short film making. There has been alot of influential subjects in my life that have provided me my path way, for example one the biggest names in the European Footage Directors, Stephane Benini, has provided a new outlook on how certain events in the motorsports industry should be seen, also Anton Duong with his work in the Formula Drift series but there is so many excellent editors and directors out there that it would take me forever to publish my first blog. If you decide to follow my blog I would like to say thank you and I hope you enjoy my journey of following my passion.