Don Spike to Produce K-Pop Audition Program in Kenya

[nightfrost75.livejournal.com]

Composer and producer Don Spike will be bringing K-Pop auditions to Kenya.

Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the International Exchange Program, the project team A.S.K (acronym for African Sing Korean Soul) will head to Kenya on August 30 and the audition will last for ten days. Don Spike and saxophone player Shin Hyun Pil along with one or more musicians currently active in Kenya will be the judges for the show.

It’s been revealed that this audition program will not just be a simple show where Korea finds new talent, but an attempt for cross cultural exchange.

Don Spike comments, “The emotion and soul are national characteristics that are imprinted in the music. The biggest goal for this project is to introduce Africa’s emotions and soul. Thurs, rather than introducing unfamiliar African music right away, we needed a new way of effectively introducing their music.”

He continued, “I think that if K-Pop, which is known by Koreans and people abroad, contains Africa’s soul, it would be great. Also, I think that African musicians will be able to naturally convey Korea’s emotions through practice.”

The audition winner will be flown out to Korea at no expense and have the opportunity to record and release a single in Korea. The winner will also not have to worry about recording and living expenses during the trip. To make the deal even sweeter, the winner will also have the opportunity to work and collaborate with the top musicians in Korea. When finished, the single will be distributed worldwide for free.

This is an interesting turn of events. Earlier in 2012, Don Spike made a slew of negative comments against audition programs and their monopoly effect on the music industry.

source: Soompi

This can go a lot of ways....

Comments

[windygables.livejournal.com]

(http://imgur.com/Sz0BM0B)
What.
GL to the poor schmuck that wins this

[confuqued.livejournal.com]

Um.. but out of all the African countries, Korea seems to be the most fond of Kenya.

[uledy.livejournal.com]

I don't trust it.

Also, the project team A.S.K (acronym for African Sing Korean Soul)

Shouldn't this be A.S.K.S.??? Most disturbing part of this article, tbh.

[lovelycandygirl.livejournal.com]

fail

[hinadori.livejournal.com]

Sounds like an embarrassing mess waiting to happen.

[martha-sal.livejournal.com]

lol exactly

[45s.livejournal.com]

Mte. Like I don't know if that's some old head thinking (there are some older Africans IME aren't to fond of black americans.) or what

[e-bone (from livejournal.com)]

This is pm all I thought of when I saw that. And it's interesting that these cats still don't, say, look at the aspiring performers in Korea that already have a multi-ethnic background and can already speak Korean....

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

that would be too easy and logical

[a-perfect-shade.livejournal.com]

that seems to be the whole premise

[nuravecunt.livejournal.com]

When finished, the single will be distributed worldwide for free.

soo will this winner not make any money at all? but idk about this whole thing :/

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

I guess it's not any different from company auditions in LA and Vancouver, etc, except that the prize is better (the winner definitely gets to record and release an original single)? But the language in the press release is pretty cringy.

[runandtelldat.livejournal.com]

Four words: the fuck outta here.

[stephantasm.livejournal.com]

yes

[reelrecnizereel.livejournal.com]

This dude is just looking for a fucking succulent paycheck
And probably some artistic material to steal while he's there "scouting" for talent
I don't trust this at all
He and his crew can miss me with this sketchy b.s.

[martha-sal.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=200woav)

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

KENYA???

Oh lord, here come the racists already. -_-X

[morningtsuji.livejournal.com]

“I think that if K-Pop, which is known by Koreans and people abroad, contains Africa’s soul, it would be great. Also, I think that African musicians will be able to naturally convey Korea’s emotions through practice.”




okay

[falling-cookie.livejournal.com]

but Kenya? of all African countries, that's the most surprising. this whole thing looks like it'll be bad