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2011, wow! Whatta year! Releases have been off the chain!
-DFD
-Home:Word Deluxe
-Aziatix
-Hopie Spitshard's Raw Gems
-Notorious MSG's Heavy Ghetto
-Tracy Cruz
-Stevie Hoang
-Tablo
-Decipher
-Jerrica Santos
-David Choi
And the year's not over yet!
This week's returning guest, Brooke Taylor is also dropping her debut album on Dec.13! WOWWW!
Due to my monthly bandwidth quota, I'm only able to post up the last 3 weeks worth of podasts up now...but better late than never!
Always at http://bfte.podomatic.com and http://bftemedia.com!
Never let it be said that DJ Mister Vee doesn't take care of local artists!
Star Academie 2012 Competitor, Sarah May Vezeau, joins us for a live-interview!
Will she take home the prize at Quebec's biggest singing competition? Tune in to find out more on how she plans to accomplish that! 10pm EST...on on CJLO.COM / 1690am!
Bay Area Soul-Songstress, TRACY CRUZ joins us in the 2nd hour to talk about her brand-new sophomore album! Sorry, Mister Vee...she's married :(
http://tracycruz.com
July 9, 2011 - Alfa - pop-rock singer/songwriter from NYC
McGill Chinese Students' Society (MCSS) & SWAG Produktion, in collaboration with DJ Mr. Vee, So Smoove Ent. and Nu-Lite Ent. present:
____★★★ACADEMY OF HEROES - MONTREAL★★★____
Originated in Toronto, ON, Academy of Heroes is one of the biggest Youtube concerts to take place in Canada.
For the first time ever, we are proud to bring the Academy of Heroes Tour to Montreal!
The show will be taking place on SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2011.
Purchase tickets ONLINE:
http://mcss.ticketleap.com...
Wow. Kina Grannis is awesome. I'm sure this comes as no surprise to her
300,000+ dedicated youtube subscribers. Before the concert I wasn't very
familiar with Kina other than having seen her in WongFu Productions'
"Funemployed" webisode and hearing a couple of songs, including a duet with
David Choi. With FEW exceptions, most of my favourite music comes from hip
hop artists. After experiencing Kina live, she has indeed become one of
those exceptions.
Petit campus was close to capacity that Tuesday evening with the majority of
the...
On March 11th, 2011, an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 occurred off the island of Japan, triggering a tsunami that made its way across the country's coast and causing immense damage to nearby cities. The disaster took the lives of over 7000 people, and left countless others homeless or missing amongst their relatives.
★WHAT IS THIS EVENT?
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"THE JAM 4 JAPAN ♫" - is a benefit show whose purpose is to support... Japan through musical entertainment. The event will bring together many singing and dancing talents from the local community.
★GET YOUR FREE TICKETS HERE!...
Meesh sent BFTE a youtube shout!
This comes from Ellie (aatheory.com)
SUCKER PUNCH, the action fantasy adventure directed by Zack Synder (Watchmen, 300), opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, March 25.
The film features a number of Asian American talent both in front of and behind the camera. This includes actresses Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung; screenwriter Steve Shibuya, cinematographer Larry Fong and editor William Hoy.
Additionally, Sucker Punch's unique style also incorporates various Asian pop culture influences such as Japanese anime, Hong Kong martial arts films and even Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. You can view the latest trailer for the film...
Montreal Korean pop-group, W, will be joining us as in-studio guests. Mister Vee finally allows pop artists onto his show! :)
Fresh for 2011, you suckaaaaaaaas!
Check the guest-lineup for BFTE in the new year!
Doc Whisper (MC Reppin' SoCal)
Sean Rhee (Bilingual English/Korean MC Reppin' The Westside!)
Andrew Kishino (the artist formerly...
First off...Yes, I am relieved!
For those of you who weren't there (and that's MOST of you), what you guys missed was the Asian equivalent of Live Aid, Wildstyle, Rapamania, Harlem World, Sedwick Ave., and Cedar Park...Pioneers doing it for their community, their art, and culture in Montreal.
I cannot give you a play-by-play of everything that happened, since you just had to be there! But I will tell you what I take away from all this...
For those of you who chose not to attend, because you were skeptical that your own people were capable of rocking a party right, you are absolutely wrong! Not only did we enjoy almost 4...
Jie Song of the Stone Forest Ensemble, in NYC, sent me this trailer for a documentary that he directed. The video is a preface to his "Emerging Face of a Nationless World" project for the 2010 World Expo (Shanghai, China) on behalf of the USA Pavilion.
Check it out!
Suite Delight's DJ Solespin is a big part of why our show exists today! See his blog about Beats From The East!
http://suitedelight.blogspot.com/
Quite frankly, if we had never met in High School and traded rap tapes, he would've never invited me onto his show...and I would've never got the idea to pitch a show of my own. And the podcasting was all him too. Without that, our show wouldn't have grown so quickly either!
Thanks, SS!
Thanks to last week's guest, Ellie (from AATheory.com and seoulbeats.com), our latest podcast propelled us into Podomatic's Top 30!
Ellie's episode ALONE has, so far, garnered 5000 downloads in 4 days!!!
We hope to have the honor of chatting with her again, in the future!
Please also check out BEATS FROM THE EAST' entry on her site, AATHEORY.COM, by...
http://briquesduneige.blogspot.com/2010/07/shout-out-to-djs-at-fantasia.html
Please see the article and candid photo of myself at the dj booth! ;) HIP HOP LIVES at Fantasia!
My debut at the Fantasia Film Festival!!!
If anyone is in Montreal, checking out the Fantasia Film Festival,
I will be DJ'ing at the following screenings:
1) IP MAN 2 - Thurs, July 8, 9:45pm
2) Secret Reunion - Fri, July 9, 7:25pm
>>>>GALLANTS!!!!<<<<<
3) Higanjima - Sun, July 11, 11:30am
4) Alien vs. Ninja - Sun, July 11, 2:05pm
5) Technotise: Edit & I - Sun, July 11, 4:25pm
6) Oblivion Island - Sat, July 17, 11am
7) Van Von Hunter - Sat, July 17, 1:20pm
8) Neighbor Zombie - Sun, July 18, 5:15pm...
So, we didn't win the "best hip hop show" award. BUT...
WE GOT THE BEST SPECIALTY SHOW!
This is my "consolation prize" for not landing dates with any of the fine female artists that I've interviewed/met. LOL ...All jokes aside, I did not get into this business to score a date with Christina Chung, Masia, T-Vu, Brooke Taylor, or Jey Flores...really, I didn't! :)
The fact that CJLO allowed me to become a pioneer in what I do is enough of a reward for me.
I've made a lot of friends, in doing so, and rec'ving an award for trying to be a difference-maker is numero uno!
As for the "best hip hop show" honor, we'll catch you next time :)
Shouts to all the artists, bloggers, activists, artist-managers, and contributors who've helped make this show...
Prior to pitching my show, back in June '09, I had contacted a who's who of Asian/Asian North-American artists, in order to gather support...the very first responders were the Notorious MSG!
They've been supporting my show, since day 1, and I just got this tweet from them...thought I'd post it up here as their words are gold!
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