DROKU: At what age did you start singing? PAUL KIM: I started singing in the 4th grade, when I was a part of a Christian choir. I don’t think anyone really knew I could sing until high school though, when I joined a group and we performed all over California at various venues. DROKU: How [...]
DROKU: At what age did you start singing and writing music? ALFA G: 13. But I started music at 5. DROKU: How did you start as an artist? ALFA: I just stumbled into it. I wanted to learn songs by my favorite artists and bands, and then realized I couldn’t sound like them. So I [...]
With all the talent competitions on TV, we weren’t sure if we were ready for another “American Idol,” “The Sing-Off” or “Rock Star.” So we were surprised when NBC’s “The Voice” grabbed our attention. We especially love Dia Frampton, the 23-year-old Utah native on country star Blake Shelton’s team. We’ve been cheering for her since [...]
Seriously the Band created their name on the spot, signing up in 2006 for Asian American talent competition Kollaboration. One friend’s constant use – or abuse – of the word “seriously” in every sentence and every phrase permanently implanted the word in their heads and was subsequently scribbled onto the registration sheet and into perpetuity. [...]
Korean American artist Megan Lee is a 15-year-old singer/songwriter, actress and dancer from Southern California. But even though you might see her performing on a popular YouTube or in a TV commercial, she’s just a normal teenage girl (she’s got a huge crush on Justin Bieber) chasing after her dreams. DROKU: How did you get your [...]
“Decipher means to decode, break down and make simple,” explains Danny Chung, better known by that moniker. “When I rap I try to give you another point of view and break down what’s going on and decode the things that are hard to understand, or make you see things in a light that you might [...]
“I was a closet musician because I was surrounded by people who said that a musical career wasn’t good enough for me. There were also many friends who thought I was talented, but told me that I wasn’t good enough to make it anywhere,” says Clara Chung, whose passion for music was temporarily set aside [...]
“I really want to rap these days,” Mike Isberto jokes. Under the rapper name Michael Ray. The singer-songwriter might not be rapping any time soon, but Isberto and his band have been working on multiple EPs since the summertime, including “Fly” released this past October. “This is my true passion,” says the Loma Linda-raised Isberto, [...]
When Jane Lui released her third album “Goodnight Company” in October of 2010 – produced with the support of fans, who raised enough money to fund the record, and distributed digitally for free online – she made a statement about the person that she wanted to be, the artist she had become. “The reason why [...]
May 31, 2010: a shocking event stunned YouTube fans everywhere. On the day that most people were celebrating Memorial Day with sunny picnics and family barbeques, David Choi found out that his YouTube account, “DavidChoiMusic,” was suspended for copyright violations. “I was touched by the support from different YouTubers vouching for me on Twitter,” says [...]
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