Kollaboration Acoustic 2 Recap

Kollaboration Acoustic 2 was awesome. Started out kinda hectic for me cuz’ I was trying to figure out some details for the Project Michelle segment of the show and then I clumsily went and spilled wine all over my lap right before PK intro’d me and I had to stand up in front of the entire audience (scary). Luckily, I had a clipboard in my lap which shielded things for the most part.

Seriously though… the talent pool has grown so much in the past years with Asian American artists and Kollaboration is a true testament to that. Last year at the Orpheum blew my mind away. And yesterday, at the Ford, only their 2nd Acoustic show ever… wow, there were so many talented artists whom I had never heard of but am glad to have been exposed to, including the Grand Prize winner, Jane Lui… who I got to talk to for a lil’ bit afterwards and was really sweet! I think the highlights of the night for me were: Darren Carter (hilarious comedian), Ken Oak Band (awesome as always), Jason Arimoto (rocked the ukulele and had awesome steez), Jane Lui , and Paul Dateh (talk about blowing away minds).

PK, Roy, and the whole Kollaboration staff continue to impress and inspire me. Special thanks to Christine, Jane, Renee, and Lingie, too :]

The camera on my Blackberry Curve is not so great. Closing act, YouTube phenomenon, Paul Dateh with guitarist, Ken Belcher:

P.S. - By the end of the night, Project Michelle registered 143+ new potential donors at Kollaboration (breaking Kollaboration’s previous record). Yay!!! Let’s hope a match turns up soon!