Interviews by Christina Chou and Andrew Lo
Written by Jason Lee
At the turn of the millennium, a small group of young Asian American hip hop fanatics could be found in an empty LA parking lot freestyling to instrumentals they downloaded off of the internet. These kids were bred in Koreatown. They dubbed themselves “MCees Anonymous”.
There were [...]
Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
How to build a rocketship: Far East Movement’s journey to Mars
July 10th, 2011
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Summer Sessions: Fighters cover by danAKAdan of Afterschoolspecial and Kevin Lien
November 5th, 2010
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Yet another shoot from our Summer Sessions project, putting high quality creative videos into the hands of talented Asian American artists through collaboration. Dan of Afterschoolspecial and Kevin Lien perform a cover of Lupe Fiasco’s Fighters.
Arthur Nakane makes it to Vegas on America’s Got Talent!!!
July 1st, 2010
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A few days ago, we uploaded a ridiculously amazing and entertaining collaboration with Arthur Nakane, a street performer from LA who calls himself the One-Man-Band. Needless to say, we were jumping for joy when we finally saw Arthur Nakane on TV.
Updates from Little Tokyo with afterschoolspecial, Kevin Lien, and Smashhitta
June 29th, 2010
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DanAKADan of afterschoolspecial, musician Kevin Lien, and Smashhitta (producer of Michelle Martinez’s newest album, “Adrenaline”, talk about the latest and greatest from the APA music industry.
PaperDoll wins Kollaboration NY!
June 28th, 2010
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After an exciting year of shows, news coverage, and even a feature on a Dayquil commercial, PaperDoll, an indie band with an electro pop rock sound, has recently won Kollaboration NY.
Last summer we covered PaperDoll, a talented pop rock band from New York City. Unfortunately the footage of the interview and performances was lost somewhere [...]
Summer Sessions San Francisco: Michelle Martinez “Impossible” (cover)
June 26th, 2010
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By Vanessa Mancao
Video by Jason Lee
Michelle Martinez performs an acoustic cover of Shontelle’s “Impossible”, accompanied by Summer Breeze on guitar and made possible by the support of TaiwaneseAmerican.org.
Hailing from the Bay Area, Michelle Martinez is a passionate and contemporary vocalist who likes to let her fun and sassy personality translate in her songs. She has [...]
Summer Sessions San Francisco: Alice Tong “Sayin Hi”
June 25th, 2010
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By Vanessa Mancao and Jason Lee
Her genres range widely from acoustic folk to jazz, but her tenaciously elegant voice defines a unique style that is pure, lone, and comforting. When performing live, the rare binary of strength and sweet within her voice reveals an overwhelmingly emotional passion for music that hushes a pindrop quietness wherever [...]
Fawng & Koboei
June 21st, 2010
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Phuong Dao and Koboei Jensen are the dynamic duo that comprises Fawng&Koboei. They are a rap group that features what they say sounds more “pop” than typical backpack underground hip hop but not “trendy” or “mainstream” enough to be on the radio. Dao, originally from Gernany, and Jensen, originally from Detroit, began rapping together when [...]
Turtlist Media covers APAHM tour with TaiwaneseAmerican.org
June 20th, 2010
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Here is TaiwaneseAmerican.org’s coverage of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month concert in San Francisco, produced by Turtlist Media. The nationwide tour featured Asian popstars, JJ Lin, Evonne Hsu, and Vanness Wu. Hochie Tsai, creator of TaiwaneseAmerican.org hosts this exciting video.
Summer Sessions: San Francisco- “You and I” by Michelle Martinez
June 13th, 2010
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Michelle Martinez performs “You and I” off her brand new album slated to release at the end of June. Accompanied by Summer Breeze on guitar and made possible by the support of TaiwaneseAmerican.org.
Hailing from the Bay Area, Michelle Martinez is a passionate and contemporary vocalist who likes to let her fun and sassy personality translate [...]
