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17 March 2010 ~ Comments

Smarts, Courage, and Passion Equals Recipe for Ongoing Success, Cool Silly on its way

Smarts, Courage, and Passion Equals Recipe for Ongoing Success, Cool Silly on its way

Taking action is so awesome.

Our mini-album release performance in February 2010.
In my last two posts, I wrote about taking the driver’s seat and grasping control of my career and artistic direction. It is has been an amazing ride in the recent four to six months for my bandmates and me (and it’s just starting [...]

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14 February 2010 ~ Comments

Music plus Entrepreneurship equals Cool Silly album release!

Music plus Entrepreneurship equals Cool Silly album release!

In my last entry, I wrote about achieving some cool feats by taking the driver’s seat and executing with my new band, Cool Silly.
Well, I just took this entrepreneurship project to the next level a few days ago…. how you might ask?

An album release! (mini-album to be exact)
Yep, we just released our debut [...]

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25 November 2009 ~ Comments

Cool Silly, the Brainchild of Tony Chung and Taking the Driver’s Seat

Cool Silly, the Brainchild of Tony Chung and Taking the Driver’s Seat

Last month, I wrote a post on taking the driver’s seat and grasping control of my career and artistic direction.  Well, sure enough, I did just that in the last thirty days and achieved some groundbreaking results.

Since leaving my previous agency last month, I started a pop trio called Cool Silly with two of my [...]

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17 September 2009 ~ Comments

My Music Career Needs Your Help!

My Music Career Needs Your Help!

As you may know, my passion and current career track is being a recording artist i.e. songwriting, performing, and musical arrangement. I love my career and would love to write and perform music for a very long time.
But right now my music career needs your help…
Allow me to explain…
I am competing in a songwriting competition [...]

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12 September 2009 ~ Comments

My Tribute to Michael Jackson

My Tribute to Michael Jackson

As for many of us, Michael Jackson was one of my heroes growing up. I was and still am fascinated by his music, performance, charisma, and giving nature. The day that he passed away, I vowed to myself that I would remix one of his songs as a tribute to his legendary career.
So here [...]

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10 September 2009 ~ Comments

Binary City, my First Film

Binary City, my First Film

This film was shot in 2006-2007 and it was my first time acting in a movie (watch how my eyes flicker in fright when my gun goes off lol).  Nonetheless, it was an amazing, fun, and memorable experience because the cast and crew were so great.
The movie is called ‘Binary City’, you can watch the [...]

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21 August 2008 ~ Comments

How to Record Music with a Computer

How to Record Music with a Computer

Upon request by a few of my readers, I’ve decided to post an entry about how to record music with a computer. I have been recording music in the form of vocals, live instruments, and synthesizers for well over ten years. I started when I was 12 years old by recording on a dual cassette [...]

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06 July 2008 ~ Comments

One Buttock Piano Playing (and more…)

One Buttock Piano Playing (and more…)

I was perusing the TED talks website these last few days and came across an awesome, phenomenal, inspiring, and touching video. If you’ve never watched any TED videos, they are basically talks given by some of the most influential and smartest people on our planet (see: Bill Clinton on rebuilding Rwanda, Google founders Sergey Brin [...]

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17 June 2008 ~ Comments

Stores that are like Humans Attract Me

Stores that are like Humans Attract Me

Funny title yes? Hear me out!

There is a CD store here in Taipei that I visit at least once a month. Only this CD store, not the other CD retail chains. Why only this store? Simple answer: It’s human.
What do you mean ‘human’??
Well, your average CD store basically consists of [...]

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15 October 2007 ~ Comments

Radiohead, What a Bold Move.

Radiohead, What a Bold Move.

Every now and then, some well-known icon will take a bold stance on a global issue. This time it’s Radiohead.
Everybody who listens to music knows that downloading music is more or less killing the music industry worldwide. So what does Radiohead do? They offer a download of their latest album, In Rainbows, on their [...]

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