Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Musicians 

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Tony Joy.  I am a Music Technologist who has worn a few different hats throughout...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? Casey Dunmore. Composer & Producer. 2. What is your ethnic background and what is your...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Dilana Ismailova, and I perform under my real name. I am a professional vocalist,...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Rajinee Buquing and I go by sayang . I'm an artist/singer-songwriter, guitarist,...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Menchie. I’m a music producer, bassist, and music director. By day, I work as a...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? Ashni Dave Ashni (artist name) Singer, songwriter, pianist, composer 2. What is your ethnic...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? I’m Ellie Kim, aka SuperKnova, and I’m a guitarist, producer, audio engineer and indie pop...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Yeji (like “Edgy”) Cha-Beach. I’m the Music Associate Producer at Late Night with...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Daniel Akira Marella. I am a studio/live drummer, but also have my own project...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? Hello! My name is Tyson Dang. My artist name for both social media & solo music (where I...

(Unlike the majority of interviewees, Zona is a young, high-school-aged artist who attends the high school from which I graduated. Most...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Sarab Singh, Drummer/Composer. 2. What is your ethnic background and what is...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? Hello! I'm Claire Marie Lim, a music technologist and electronic musician. Professionally, I...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Royce I-Ping Hsu (徐一平). My main artist name is roycifer, which originated as my...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? Eric Gao (oksami) music producer + CTO of Kaiber, a video generation startup. 2. What is...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Darro (pronounced “dare-oh”) which is also my artist name, and I’m an artist,...

(Unlike the majority of interviews which were conducted via e-mail, this interview was conducted in person, so below is a transcription...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? My name is Nirupam Pratapgiri but I go by ‘Niru’. I work as an artist manager at Red Light...

(Unlike the majority of interviews which were conducted via e-mail, this interview was conducted partially via phone call (questions...

1. What is your name and your profession(s)? Hey, I’m Sam Blakelock. I play guitar, and I’m the co-founder and CEO of Pickup Music. 2....