We here at Wong Fu have crazy love for our buddy Paul Dateh. He was part of our last two ISA concerts and now, is just a cool guy we get to call our friend. This past December he released his first album. If you didn’t get it yet you’re missing out. You can buy a physical copy from CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes, etc. We highly suggest you check it out and support.
However, if you haven’t gotten around to buying it yet, or haven’t got the moolah these days… instead of trying to rip it off some shady torrent Paul is doing something very generous. He’s giving away the entire album for free!! One song at a time, but patience pays off.  Check out the video above for more info and hit the jump for more Dateh (pronounced Dah-Tay)
 

Oh to have the talents of this man.

Dude, this one gets crazy around 1:45.

And snap he can SING. Not…sing…. but SINNNGG.

So kids if you’re stuck in some violin lessons that you despise…STICK W/ IT!!

1000 fans and supporters + Palace of Fine Arts + two FAT spotlights + artists = SUPER AWESOMELY SUCCESSFUL ISA CONCERT

1 GreenRoom Pass =  1 autographed poster = AP
AP x ~80 + 30min til doors open = sore hands

WF + Passion^awesome talent = possible collab in future?

(Tom Neezy + WF x awkward )  + much love/respect = FM’s intro

ISA – Far*East Movement = nothing

Jin^legendary + WF + on stage callout = future music video!!

Paul Dateh + FM + WF + FM street team + Hungry stomachs x 30 + after show + Mel’s Diner on Van Ness = post concert delicious meal

Todd Angkasuwan ^pro mv director + WF + Jin + FM + “Millionaire” + Green Scree / mamaD = new music video production

Day after ISA / (4C the Power + 5 workshops / 1 video production + 10 students + WF) = WF’s first “class”

WF + FM + Jin + Paul Dateh + Passion + (Tom + Jessi Malay)/hosts + (Della + Meme + Glenda)/dance + Linda + Jane + Diana + [(Soompi + AllKPop + AngryAsianMan + ChannelAPA + SlantEye + more) x awesome]/support + 1000 glow sticks + you reading + NG girl in front row = inspiring

BOA. Yeah, for realz. For those that aren’t really into Asian music…Boa is like, the Britney Spears of Asia. I sorta feel like I’m not qualified to write about her as some other more knowledgeable fans <cough> Wes <cough>…but I do know that she’s a huge star, been selling out stadiums for years, can speak a ton of languages, and is about to try to break into the US. Check out her single. Think she can do it? I’m hesitant to believe, but, I definitely hope so.

Today we had a meeting with a young lady who is conducting a study for SAG (Screen Actors Guild) to see if the Asian American market is worth targeting (SAG is THE actors union. All official casting goes through them) They realize that there’s little to no casting of AAs in TV and film (3% of all casting is AA…seriously) so this study is being done to find out if having AAs casted in shows and movies actually makes a difference to AA viewers. We were interviewed and asked about our experiences seeing that most of our audience happens to be AA (a long conversation that might come in another entry), but we spent a pretty long time just talking about what needs to change not only in society, but also w/in ourselves to make a difference.

Events like Kollaboration, like International Secret Agents, like our tours…are all our efforts to prove that we care, and we’re willing to try to create change as long as we can get the support from those watching and listening. I figure if you’re here reading this…we know that we have your support, and that means so much to us. Thank you, really.

See you Saturday? Tickets here.

I’m sure you guys have heard a lot about our next International Secret Agents Concert.  This is the poster I slapped together for the concert.  Borrowed a lot of elements from the first poster, but all in all I think/hope this one is a bit more solid.  It sure was tricky fitting all the necessary information on this thing.  Well, you should find (most) all the details about the event on March 20th in SF on this poster.  Keep reading to see the poster in its entirety or visit www.internationalsecretagents.com to BUY TICKETS now!

[colors are a bit off due to RGB vs CMYK]

It’s a play on words because Eating sounds like Meeting but without the “M.“  And I definitely killed it because I explained the obvious.

Quick recap: Last night we had a good meeting with FM and the ISA team.  The ball is rolling and there’s no stopping it now.  By the way, if you go to school in the Bay Area and want to help sell ISA concert tickets, let us know!  After the meeting, we got some fresh FM gear and then headed to dinner.  Long meeting = brain food, yes please.

New FM X Subcrew cap!  Style points.  Thanks guys!

Hodori in K-Town for some foods.  Definitely hit the spot.

Alright onto today’s happenings.

Following our lunch meeting with David Choi, we continued today with another appetizing get-together with fellow International Secret Agent, Paul Dateh.  Paul is an extremely talented and passionate musician.  Singer, songwriter, violinist.  Try searching “hip hop violin” on Google or YouTube and he’ll be the first item.  How many people can manage to be the first item listed on a Google search?  I thought I could.  I just tried searching “Just plain awesome” AND “Epic Win” but my name didn’t come up.  What gives?  Surely Google is broken.  Surely.

We’ve worked with Paul before and we’ve crossed paths quite a few times but this is the first time we actually got to sit down and talk.  And talk we did.  About a lot of stuff.  From geeky gadgets to future plans and goals.  It was wonderful hearing from another fellow artist that is in the same type of new media/entertainment field as ourselves.  Alright, as much as it sounds like I’m describing a first date…this was totally differ…okay it kinda sorta was first date.  I mean…first Dateh.  Speaking of dates and Dateh’s, Paul just finished his debut album and you can preview it here on itunes.  And for anyone 21+ in the LA area, the release party will be this Saturday, the 31st and we’ll be there to support.  Come out and join us in the celebration!  If you can’t make it, you can still watch the live performances because the whole show will be streaming…on this weird networkz thinger that you can access with an electric-button-box doohickey.  What’s it called?  Teh InTer..Netz?  Yea that’s it.