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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (47049)	12/18/2015 11:48:06 AM
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".....when I run the numbers, surpasses Bob and Scott combined..." LOL! Yes indeed. Well she is a lot cuter than Bob. :)

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (47049)	12/4/2017 3:33:31 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89176

I guess this is my biennial update... To recap: For obvious reasons, I'm a big supporter of free speech and democracy, and typically it's artists who exemplify this in heavily censored militaristic countries. Recall back in 2013 I posted about an all-girl band from Myanmar I was sponsoring, and for whom I eventually got a US (Hollywood) recording contract-- the first such ever. A few years later, I sponsored a semi punk rock band to play at the SXSW festival in Austin, again a first for that country. Happily, four of the five members of the girl band are now big stars with solo careers, but the youngest is without question the country's most popular female artist with 2.6M followers on Facebook (which is probably most of the young people in that country who have access to the net). It seems every other day she's in a fashion shoot, commercial (e.g. Coke), headlining a concert, etc. over there. In the spirit of paying it forward, one of her advertising sponsors just held a contest where the winner got a free trip to Hollywood. So cool. Here's the contest video followed by one of her recent hit songs, which just happens to be in English. After that, which I couldn't resist, is a cute video of a little girl singing along to this song in English even though I'm sure she can't speak or understand the language. After that is a video she did for a condom company, seriously. As for the lead singer of the semi-punk band, who used to work in a small stall in a mall selling custom suits, he is now the head of an NGO called Turning Tables that sponsors other up-and-coming artists-- also paying it forward. [fbv]624731224363966[/fbv] [fbv]1632579643419400[/fbv] [fbv]1375959702529754[/fbv] - Jeff

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (47049)	3/27/2018 11:48:07 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 89176

Update on the referenced post. Ah Moon, just made the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 list. She has 2.5M Facebook followers and is the #1 star there, performing all over Asia. On the list with her is a pro baseball player, pro basketball player, pro hockey player, and Olympic gold medalist. Her first movie comes out in May, produced and directed by another of my guys. forbes.com The trailer: - Jeff

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (47049)	12/17/2019 12:39:46 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89176

Four years ago I posted an update on Darko, the leader of a "punk" band in Myanmar whom I first ran across in 2012 and sought to help. He and his group, Side Effect, were subsequently featured in the very first episode of Anthony Bourdain's award-winning counterculture culinary travel show Parts Unknown. Darko's job back then was manning a small stall in a mall selling men's suits, but he was fiercely passionate like nobody I knew about music. I was able to get his band accepted into the prestigious SXSW festival, got them and their manager visas, and enough money for them to spend a week in Texas. Darko then got hired by Turning Tables, an NGO, that supports music as important self-expression for youth. Darko then created the Voice of the Youth Festival back in 2015. It's really grown into something special. This is from yesterday: - Jeff