Ha ha, is the title blatant enough? Jason Mraz was the 'keynote' final speaker at Music MattersAsia 2010 last night. I couldn't help but take a video for the sake of all you faithful etchy blog readers old and new.
Here's the finale when he performed "I'm Yours" live. Including a bit of his intro about how the song spread via the internet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idXfBGasWSc and as you can see, a bit of an encore/reprise/Bob Marley tribute that he did at the end of the talk...Sorry for the video quality, I should have gotten a better seat. :-P I didn't video it, but he did a duet of "Lucky" with an indonesian singer named Dira Sugandhi:
She was singing her part in Bahasa (the main language of Indonesia) from what I gather.also he came to the 'Music Matters Live' music events in LKF that night (unfortunately not to the alivenotdead.com showcase (as far as I know), but I did go up and say hi to him at the California Bar next door after our event ended. pictures from that event forthcoming, but you can see some of my tweet photos here:http://tweetphoto.com/24355950http://tweetphoto.com/24352519http://tweetphoto.com/24339533http://tweetphoto.com/24337275Update 1: HK's ATV network used my video in their English news on May 31st. Check it out here:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Hong-Kong-s-ATV-used-my-JasonMraz-video-in-the-news-last-night-but-took-off-my-watermark--profile-998736.htmlUpdate 2: Apparently I am a news source for examiner.com! :-P
http://www.examiner.com/x-12118-Jason-Mraz-Examiner~y2010m5d29-Jason-Mraz-performs-Im-Yours-at-Music-Matters-Asia-conference-in-Hong-Kong-VIDEOOn May 28, Jason Mraz was a special guest at this year's Music Matters Asia conference, Asia's only music conference held each year in Hong Kong. Mraz appeared at the conference finale for an interview and acoustic performance before an audience of several hundred music industry leaders from around the world.
Jason Mraz talked about the
evolution of his mega-hit "I'm Yours", the 3rd top-selling digital song of the decade, for which he was recently awarded Song of the Year by ASCAP. He then performed an acoustic version of "I'm Yours."
Also, it was reported by
alivenotdead.com that Mraz performed a duet of "Lucky" with Indonesian singer, Dira Sugandhi. Watch Jason Mraz perform "I'm Yours" at the Music Matters Asia conference belowCool!
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