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As an immigrant from a colonized, multicultural, & multi-ethnic country (Singapore) who moved at a young age to a blue-collar MI suburb where almost everyone was white, I've always been drawn to fusion styles in art.
Bc what is "authenticity" for someone like me?
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Bc what is "authenticity" for someone like me?
#SocialShimmy
It certainly doesn't involve the trad art forms of my heritage, which I had to research as an adult. I didn't even know about most Chinese festivals because my parents didn't bring them to the US. & I can't speak Chinese. (I can sing in it with practice though.) #DisaporaProblems
So. I'm a singer-songwriter whose music hovers between folk and pop with influences from jazz and traditional Chinese music.
