Meeting Snoop Dogg :)

I feel like every time I come on here to write I say I'm sorry it's been awhile and I'm going to start writing/blogging more regularly and then it ends up being ages again before I post something new so this time I won't say that and make promises I'm unable to keep - but I really do hope to figure out how to keep my blog updated with regular posts. My schedule lately has been SO hectic and all over the place! I have been working non-stop with many days being 8-12hours! what can I say my body/brain just isn't used to it! lol!

ANYWAY - if you follow me @ShahiraBarry on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter then you already know that the other week I met the one and only Snoop Dogg! So I thought I'd write an entry about what that was like!

It can be simply summed up as this- it was AWESOME (yup I'm in America & I use that word now, hahaha) no but really it was unreal! definitely up there with one of the best days ever!

How it came about...
I was put forward for a casting a couple of weeks before hand and totally forgot about it... then out of the blew I got a call from the producer of Snoop Dogg's show saying they loved my look and would love to book me on the show for that Tuesday. I was over the moon! and felt like shouting from the roof tops but after writing on my status on facebook that I was filming with Cheryl Cole and it ending up being a different 'US' Cheryl only a week or so before hand I wasn't about to tell people my news again until I was on set and I knew 100% it was going ahead!

Everyone who know's me know's that I love Snoop Dogg - I genuinely think he's the coolest! my little Jack Russel is even called Snoop Dogg (with the double G G spelling)! I have been a fan since the early 90's when he first came on the scene! (and I was only born in 1991 - so literally I was a toddler and I became a fan). My mum grew up in Handsworth Birmingham so she didn't have your average "Irish woman of her generation" taste in music... in my opinion: she has the best taste in music!! and she brought me up on Soul, Motown,  Reggae, Rap/Hip Hop. Which also rubbed off on my sister! in the car, in particular, she would blast her music and I guess it just caught on! We all loved his first album 'Doggystyle' in my house and I still listen to it regularly! =One of my favs!

In my teens I got to go to see him live in the 02 in Dublin for his 'One Love' tour with PDiddy! By far it was the best concert I have ever been to. I was right up the front with my friend Abigeal and the show was amazing. Both artists - PDiddy and Snoop were the perfect balance for eachother because Snoop's performance was laid back while PDiddy was jumping all over the place and going 90! I remember looking up at the stage and wishing to be apart of something so big one day! I didn't want to be in the audience I wanted to be on the stage and involved! It was definitely a mile-stone in my life and encouraged me to pursue my true dreams!

One of my statuses about being on set with Snoop last week was blown out of proportion and spread through the Irish media so I thought I should briefly address it. The status was that I didn't smoke weed with Snoop Dogg. Firstly lets clear up that it is not illegal in California and also come on people Snoop Dogg is absolutely known for his love of smoking - it is mentioned in every song he sings and every interview he gives: it's fact! However what I only meant by my status (which was not intended to cause controversy) was simply that I felt fairly uncool that I didn't smoke with him because most people I know would 100%.. given half the chance, even if they didn't smoke.. simply because it's Snoop Dogg! I have no problem with what anyone chooses to do with regards to smoking/not smoking or anything else at all for that matter-I am not a judgmental person and actually a lot of my friends smoke - both in Ireland and in Cali! However, I don't even smoke cigarettes-I just never have and in that case let's face it I'm sure a single drag of Snoop's joint would leave me goosed for a week!lol! Anyway there was no harm done it was just exaggerated a bit and made out by the media to be something it wasn't so I thought that should be addressed.
Also some people have asked me what I think with regards to the Snoop-Iggy Azalea row that was happening on social media during the week.. all I can say is it's none of my business-I like both of their music, I don't know what was going on between the two and I don't care :)

On Set 
Anyhow I arrived to set that Tuesday morning really excited.. not even about filming but about meeting Snoop! Although I was also a little bit nervous about meeting him because I hoped he would be nice...after--all if he wasn't it would ruin my dogs name ha and my love for Snoop's music all through the years of growing up!..no pressure!lol!
I did two sketches for the show and he wasn't there for the filming... I was glad because I had no idea what I was doing, lol! anyway I was sitting back in the green room talking to the other 3 girls who were booked on set with me and I heard Snoop's voice come through the corridor! He came straight into the room and his presence was just as I expected - super cool and down to earth! He gave me a hug to greet me and I immediately felt like I knew him already. He was so nice and we all started chatting! when he started filming I got to stay and watch which was great! I couldn't stay around for very long because I had to rush home before I headed to my next booking that day which was a music video for SchoolBoy Q. I chatted to Snoop loads and we took loads of selfies! lol! he was the person who suggested we take a picture so it didn't feel unprofessional at all as it can feel on some other sets with different artists. This was different - we were all friends and just chilling and it was amazing because he was above and beyond my expectations as a person! I can't say enough how cool he is! he even said I'm welcome on his set any time and that we should all hang out again! I told him how I always had a feeling I would meet him and my friends used to laugh at me when I'd say it... which is totally true by the way! I literally have always said "some day I'm going to meet Snoop Dogg" and people have thought I was crazy/big headed etc... but I didn't mean it in a "super-fan" way or even that I fancy him-I don't. It's simply just that I think he is really cool, I love his music, and I just genuinely always had a gut-feeling that I would meet him one day! Believing is Achieving!
Now the ultimate dream is to record a track with him.. lets see if that comes true some day :) fingers crossed, lol.

Happy Halloween Month Everyone! 

 

I dressed up for the first time this year on Saturday - I was Pocahontas! It was one of the girls birthdays and it was fancy dress theme. The party was in an absolutely amazing mansion in Beverly Hills - which was equipped with a moat, shark tank, fire pit, waterfall and so much more! then we took hummer limos to the Argyle which is a nightclub in Hollywood. I couldn't stay out too long as I was booked on a calendar photoshoot on Sunday for MegaFone but I had an absolute blast Saturday night-I love fancy dress!

#hummer-limo #fun 🎉🎉 #nightlife #losangeles #hollywood #Beverlyhills #video #beyonce #jayz #jammin #friends #happy ✌️

A video posted by Shahira (@shahirabarry) on Oct 10, 2014 at 2:11am PDT

Lots of Love, 

Shahira Xo 

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The highlights of my week... what I've been up to...

Hey Blog Readers! 

So I was trying to think of what to blog about and then I thought.. well I've done a lot of cool stuff this week so maybe I'll just write a diary piece on what I've been up to. Let me know - Do you like updates/diary entries? if so I might make them a habit or at least keep you up to date every now and then!

Anyway, here we go! Today (Thursday as I write this) I woke up with a really sore throat (I felt it coming on last night) and I'm really feeling stuffy and horrible like I'm getting a cold :'( everything aches! I'm not really surprised as my body is probably adjusting and trying to catch up to my new environment - this move has been both mentally and physically exhausting! I have been SO busy that I am absolutely wrecked! Life here is x100 the speed of my life back home in Galway/Ireland... When I think back to Ireland now I think of a really calm, easy going, relaxing, place.. whereas LA is full speed ahead and for me it's been so hectic! but kind of hectic in a good way because I am glad I've been kept busy! it's a weight off my mind! Anyway, I'm definitely not surprised I'm sick! I've been working nearly every single day and it's been absolutely roasting (September seems hotter than August!) most days I am on set/in studios and I go from the extreme heat outside to absolutely freezing studio conditions. The temperature change is massive and I could tell early on that it was an environment for a cold/flu.. and here we are! lol!

ANYWAY, I pulled myself together on time to audition in the afternoon! It was a callback audition - So I realllyyy wanted to nail it! I managed to make myself feel better (cough=painkillers) and my audition actually went really well!! (fingers and toes crossed). It was an audition for a commercial/TV advert that will air in the UK and Ireland! ... YUP come all the way to the USA and have a UK/Irish commercial interested in you, LOL! I hope I didn't sound too stuffy because by the time I got home I was feeling worse than before...I genuinely think it took all my energy to pull myself to the audition! Lets hope it pays off!

I've worked all week on smaller jobs but I guess the two biggest ones I had this week was on Saturday I shot a series of commercials/TV Adverts for the EMA's (European Music Awards). I'm not sure when the EMA's are on but you'll probably spot my mug on MTV in the run up to them! I was playing a CRAZY Nicki Minaj fan..... Like literally I was chasing her car and everything!... It was very comedic but I just hope people who know me realise it's acting and not that I've come to LA to stalk Nicki Minaj, haha, I mean don't get me wrong - I do like Nicki+her music but not that much! = I don't like anyone that much! haha! Anyway we shot in and around a studios in DownTown Los Angeles (It was the same studios where I worked on a Maroon 5/Adam Levine video the other week). It was a long but fun day and I made some really lovely new friends! I'm making friends on almost every set I'm on: it's a really great way to meet like minded people!

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On Tuesday I was on set of a MOVIE (eeek my second movie in two weeks! lets keep'em coming!). It's a Universal movie called 'Straight Outta Compton' it's produced by Dr.Dre and Ice Cube (Ice Cube's son  play's him=he's super cute and really nice btw!) . It due to hit cinemas in 2015 and tells the story of the group NWA emerging from Compton in the 1980's/90's revolutionizing pop culture with their music and stories about life in the hood. I was booked a dancer! it was a 12hour day so of course it wasn't that glamorous: my feet were in bits by the end!! and I was SO tired zZz! BUT it was still one of the most interesting days of my life! Everyone who know's me know's I love hip-hop and my mum brought me up on rap music as well as Soul/Motown and reggae (super cool mum) so I was actually really interested in the story behind the movie and I am SO excited to watch it! all the characters looked like the real deal and I just kept staring at them imagining what it would have been like to really be in that situation back in the day and to be a part of something so massive! one of the main scenes of the day was EasyE meeting with Ice Cube in attempt of getting the group back together and this meeting went down in a New York city night club in the early 90's. Sadly we all know EasyE is no longer with us & I was quite young when he died so it was amazing to see his character being played out right in front of my eyes. Not to mention Dr.Dre was in the MOFO'Building! while I got the sense it would have been unprofessional to approach him for a picture while I was there to work and it was really busy it was SUPER COOL just seeing him stroll around bts making sure everything was running smoothly! To me he is one of the coolest!-seriously... he is a self made billionaire and the first of his kind to emerge from rap music! If that's not inspirational I don't know what is! it was a pleasure to be in his presence and as my sister said to me today on the phone.. "some people would literally pay to be there.. and you're there getting paid and doing what you love" yup that felt good!! needless to say my sister is a Dr.Dre fan (who isn't?) and a kid of the 80's/90's=the revolutionary period of hip hop music!

I also got to visit the Noh8 HQ for a photoshoot (eek) which was so fun & a great experience! but I think that was last week (my days are confused) anyway pro.pics soon! :)

Anyhow, I'm going to hit the hay because I have another early call time (working at Warner Brothers again tomorrow) and I need to feel better from this cold or I won't be able to go = I need an early night! zZz! hopefully I feel better tomorrow and keep your fingers crossed for me and the audition I had today! eeek! :)
In other news I'm moving into my permanent LA home on Wednesday (YAY-Finally the renovations are complete) so when I have it set up I may give you a video tour (if you'd like that??) or take pictures for a blog :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Lots of Love, 

Shahira Xo

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