Podcast appearances and mentions of Sam Tsui

Sam Tsui and Casey Breves are a married, LA-based songwriting duo, who together have written and produced viral music for numerous pop artists, brand campaigns, and their own individual artist projects. They met at Yale singing together in both a cappella and musical theater. Sam was among the first independent musicians to harness the power of Youtube and social media to cultivate an international following (calling themselves the “Samily”), with his creative mashups, covers, and original music videos. 'Eight Immortals' features a collection of self-contained vignettes, each song serving as a modern interpretation of one of the eight classic archetypes from Taoist legend. The album's tracks range from the absurd to the heartfelt, with a catchy, vocal-driven score that invites audiences on a transformative journey. Included in the lineup are songs such as 'So You Want To Be Immortal', '#MyMorningRoutine', 'I Know The Wildflowers', 'Three Treasures', and 'To Cross The Sea', each providing a unique take on the themes of enlightenment and personal transformation.

In celebration of Father's Day and all the different ways fatherhood can look, we've brought Sam Tsui and Casey Breves on the show to share about their journey and outlook on parenting. Sam and Casey are OG YouTubers, incredibly talented musicians, and fathers to their beautiful daughter Elaia. It's clear that music and creativity are core values in their lives, and they're passing it onto Elaia as well through their latest book, Why Do We Sing? We're so excited to hear Sam and Casey's perspectives on parenting through music, celebrating their diverse family cultures through activities like a Mandarin dance class (sign us up too!), and what it means to be girl dads. Become an ABG Bestie to get new audio episodes ad-free, monthly “Dear ABG” AMA videos, discounts on merch, and shout-outs in our episodes. https://abg.supercast.com/  __________________________________________ Hosts: Janet Wang and Helen Wu Guests: Sam Tsui and Casey Breves Editor: Michelle Hsieh Contributing Editor: Haemee Kang __________________________________________ P A R T N E R S • McDonald's: Try the new Grandma McFlurry at a McDonald's near you, and send your grandma a message at sweetconnections.ai • OUAI: Receive 15% off any product using code “ABG” at TheOUAI.com • Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at Quince.com/abg • Pampers: Check out the new Pampers Free and Gentle wipes today! • BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month with code “ABG” at betterhelp.com/ABG __________________________________________ C O N N E C T W I T H U S • Subscribe and Follow us @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Amazon Music/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter/Facebook • Join our Discord channel: https://discord.com/invite/4HxZgwFbhg  • Email: hello@asianbossgirl.com __________________________________________ S U P P O R T U S • Merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com • Donate: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support • More about us at asianbossgirl.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we are joined by Sam Tsui and Casey Breves, the authors of Why Do We Sing. Through gentle rhymes and vibrant illustrations, they take us on a musical journey worldwide, celebrating the diversity of song and fostering empathy. Discover the magic of singing, from Bollywood to Broadway and beyond, as we explore the universal language that unites us all.About the Guest:Sam Tsui (SHOO-ee) and Casey Breves (BREV-ess) are married singers, composers, and content creators who live in Los Angeles with their daughter, Elaia, and cat, Alfie. They are graduates of Yale University, where they met singing in an a cappella group together. With original songs and covers that have been viewed and streamed over a billion times, they've connected with fans worldwide, both online and on tour—and they are now thrilled to be sharing their love of music with fans.They are now authors of Why Do We Sing, which uses gentle rhyming text and a musical adventure around the globe to introduce the magical world of singing—from Bollywood to Broadway to your own backyard. Through depictions of other cultures and people, this book encourages empathy, appreciation of diversity, and respect for others. Sam and Casey wrote the book together and Sam did the illustrations. They have an album coming out, Kids & Family, which is a companion to the book, featuring all original songs.https://www.samtsui.com/https://www.instagram.com/thesamtsui/https://www.facebook.com/SamTsuiMusichttps://music.apple.com/us/artist/sam-tsui/352105098https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWrtsravWX0ANhHiJXNlyXwhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/7lPWuLostTtlIShgm4wpf0?si=pfEZPKQwQXGHRFabGLpQng&nd=1&dlsi=347b2e0c965f4a54https://www.tiktok.com/@thesamtsui?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/SamuelTsuihttps://www.harpercollins.com/products/why-do-we-sing-sam-tsuicasey-breves?variant=41080910217250https://www.target.com/p/why-do-we-sing-by-sam-tsui-casey-breves-hardcover/-/A-90514959https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-do-we-sing-sam-tsui-and-casey-breves/1145185119?ean=2940159634573https://a.co/d/2IIDoau

Singers, Songwriters, Partners, and YouTube stars Sam Tsui and Casey Breves joined the show for a fun chat about their new book Why Do We Sing? Sam & Casey also sang a song inspired by the book! Sam Tsui and Casey Breves are married singers, composers, and content creators who live in Los Angeles with their daughter, Elaia, and cat, Alfie. They are graduates of Yale University, where they met singing in an a cappella group together. With original songs and covers that have been viewed and streamed over a billion times, they've connected with fans around the world both online and on tour—and they are now thrilled to be sharing their love of music with fans.TikTok: @TheSamTsui • YouTube: TheSamTsui • Instagram: TheSamTsui • SamTsui.com

WHY DO WE SING? What a great title- let's put the question to you both- why do we sing?How did the book come about and who did you have in mind as a reader?This book is such an inspirational story about the power of music and family- what influence did your daughter, Elaia and of course Alfie the cat, have on the creation of the book?WHY DO WE SING? also celebrates cultural diversity, which is an important theme in your work, tell us about the genesis of your TikTok series, 1 Song Every Country, where you sing a song from a different country in their native language. How did it come about and what has the response been?While music is what you are most known for, you are true multihyphenates- you wrote the book together, compose music together, Sam did the book illustrations and you also have an album coming out, Kids & Family, which is a companion to the book,  featuring all original songs -some opera, K-pop, campfire songs. What was the inspiration for the album? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.

Lullabies, love songs, caroling, karaoke — have you ever wondered . . . why do we sing? Travel the world and learn about the reasons we sing—to have fun and share our stories; to pass the time and remember times past; and to come together and celebrate! With gentle rhyming text, this musical adventure around the globe is the perfect introduction to the magical world of singing—from Bollywood to Broadway to your own backyard! Sam and Casey also share a passion for global music. Their popular TikTok series, 1 Song Every Country, where they sing a song from a different country (in a native language!) in each video, has a collective 65.5 million views.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

Sobre experiencias de amor en la juventud, siendo adultos, en nuestra última etapa de vida, pero siempre siempre siempre, con algo particular de esa cosa loca llamada amor. Mario Benedetti y sus cuentos de EL MEJOR DE LOS PECADOS, historias llenas de conexiones especiales. Bruno Mars y Anderson Paak, Coldplay, Sam Smith, Elsa y Elmar y Sam Tsui con Casey Breves sonorizan este Librario 110.

The last episode of weird flex was a celebration of the human body and all the sounds it can produce, showing that instruments are not really necessary to make musical textures, sounds and songs. this episode of weird flex is a collection of music, soundscapes and textures captured using everyday noises, sonic features of objects, recycled instruments made from trash, and modified electronics: from a ping-pong orchestra, pencil tapping, balloon rubbing and table banging, to bottle xylophones, modified toothbrushes and vegetable instruments. hope you enjoy it. Tracklist:1 Intro2 The Vegetable Orchestra - Brazil3 Ensemble Atonor - Ping Pong4 Kurt Hugo Schneider - plays Yeah by Usher with oven doors (feat Sam Tsui)5 Fela Borbone - La Alegria De Cantar6 Nicolas Bras - Tin Can Cymbalum7 A Music - Jingle Bells song played with Marker8 Shane Bang & Kevin Ke - Pen Beats9 Stomp Out Loud (excerpt)10 Michael Rüsenberg - Lisboa Horn Concerto11 Rowan Bishop - Feedback Trigger Mozart Experiment12 PS22 Chorus - Cups (When I'm Gone)13 Chase Coley (Artist) Live @ Bangface Weekender 201914 r20029 - Sony Discbitch - Circuit Bent CD Player15 Jeff St Pierre & Phillip Antoniades - Rubber Bell Rock (A Rubber Band Christmas)16 Device Orchestra - USSR Anthem on 5 Electric Toothbrushes and a Steam Cleaner17 Stan Wood plays the Vibraband18 Kaboom Percussion - Disney Medley on Plastic Bottles19 Judy Dunaway - Piece for Solo Tenor Balloon20 Addi Somekh - Blues for Jerry James (Balloon Bass Solo)21 El Naán - Panaderas de Pan Duro22 Savion Glover - Tap Dance Improvisation, Live in The Greene Space23 eva stotz - One Million Steps (excerpt) feat. Marije Nie24 Fran Holland Plays Organ Membranophone "The Vestigial Organ"25 Orquesta de Reciclados Cateura - 5th Symphony Beethoven26 Vanesa Muelas plays Pan and Spoon Castillian Folk Song27 Deyta Meyra plays Imperial March on a Coffee Stirrer28 Graham Dunning - Hand-cranked Programmable Acoustic Bass Banjo improvisation29 Rummaging - Toilet roll tubes in cardboard box, stereo mics30 Crank Sturgeon live @ Le Non_Jazz , Paris (excerpt)31 the VAPE - ZEN 432 Salvador Sobral - singing in the WC feat. WC Fan vibration sound33 It's a Small World - Super Mario Theme - played on Four Calculators34 Ulan Bator Trio - No Sabemos (Tocar)35 Simonas Nekrošius - AIR DRUM36 Xavi Lozano plays Beethoven with a Broom37 Stephen Perkins Trash Can Solo38 Los Pseudopillos - Ámame Con Mesura39 hardvardTHUD - Bohemian Whacksody

Jonathan Shank is the CEO of Terrapin Station Entertainment. He currently manages Maddie Poppe, Scarypoolparty, Victoria Justice, Magic!, Laura Marano, and Sam Tsui, as well as producing the Fresh Beat Band, Peppa Pig Live!, Disney Junior Dance Party, Disney Junior Holiday Party, and Octonauts tours. Shank's current management clients boast a cumulative social media following of more than 60 million fans and have more than 1.6 billion total views. Since 2012, the tours he's produced and managed have sold in excess of two million tickets and grossed more than $80 million dollars at the box office. In addition to music, his clients all enjoy successful careers in film, TV, social media, and fashion.  He also produced and directed a series of high profile sold out charity concerts including Homeward Bound, a Celebration for Ray Manzerek of The Doors, Otis Redding’s 75th Birthday, and a Linda Ronstadt Tribute. The series has raised over $500,000 for Stand Up To Cancer, The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkison’s Research, and The Redding Foundation and featured performances by artists ranging from Don Henley to Andra Day as well as a reunion of The Doors Robby Krieger & John Densmore.  Show Links https://shorefire.com/roster/jonathan-shank

What happens when a relationship ends but circumstances prevent you from splitting? In this touching and illuminating piece by New York Times bestselling author Lou Aronica, a couple has called it quits but are stuck together in an apartment the size of a boxing ring. How do you navigate a relationship when you're confined to neutral corners? YouTube star Sam Tsui brings this tale to life.

Golden Globe winner Kathleen Turner introduces the series. Includes the complete version of the theme song, "The In-Between," written by Sam Tsui and Casey Breves and performed by Alex Blue, Casey Breves, and Sam Tsui.

This week we hung out with YouTube star Sam Tsui! We talk music, Bey-thoven, “who we are is enough,” the upcoming Asia tour, his love of sci-fi fantasy books, and he gives advice to aspiring YouTube stars. Music featured in this episode: “Someone You Loved (Piano Acoustic)” “Fixed” “Gold Jacket” “Shoot the Arrow”

Emily Ehman (@emiehman) returns to the podcast to talk about the newest song ever discussed on Cover Me! It's Post Malone's smash hit "Better Now" from his sophomore album "beerbongs & bentleys." We discuss the summer jams of 2019 in our bonus segment! Covers. by: Bailey Rushlow, Tyler Ward, Alex Goot ft. Andie Case, David Shannon, Sam Tsui ft. Macy Kate, Megan Nicole, Tiffany Alvord, Kids Bop Kids, Mitch Paulsen, Blanks (Style Swap) Spotify Playlist here  Blanks' version here

We got to talk to YouTube Sensation Sam Tsui! We talked about his road to success, meeting Ellen DeGeneres, Bon Jovi and whether he likes Malaysian food, or Singaporean food! This Episode is brought to you by Grab Food! Be sure to get 50% off all your favourite chicken meals from Texas Chicken, Lim Fried Chicken, The Chicken Rice Shop and more on GrabFood from Friday - Sunday. Valid for a limited time only, simply key in BOKBOK when you make your order! All thanks for GrabFood Weekend BokBokBokBuster Follow "Mamak Sessions" on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mamaksessions  Jinnyboy: http://www.instagram.com/jinnyboy  Shu Faye: http://www.instagram.com/shufayewong  Brandon Ho: http://www.instagram.com/itsbrandonho Sam Tsui:  http://www.instagram.com/thesamtsui

In 2016, Red Wing Downtown Main Street hosted a Retail Challenge to bring one retail store to downtown. The competition was so successful that it filled four storefronts! Learn about how we did it, and how you can replicate it in your town. To download the pdf of all the materials Red Wing used to host the challenge, CLICK HERE. To View this Podcast with the presentation slides, go to our YouTube page HERE: https://youtu.be/d47sEl8cWN8 To learn more about Red Wing Downtown Main Street: http://downtownredwing.org/ Intro and Outro Music by Sam Tsui and Casey Breves GUEST INFORMATION Name: Megan Tsui Organization: Red Wing Downtown Main Street, Red Wing, MN Title: Executive Director Email: director@downtownredwing.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DowntownRedWing/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/downtownredwing Megan Tsui has been the Executive Director of Red Wing Downtown Main Street since 2016. She loves working with the local businesses and being their advocate. She recently completed the “Historic Real Estate Financing’ Course offered through National Main Street and the National Development Center. She hopes to use that training to help bring new development to Red Wing’s second and third stories. She lives in Red Wing in an 1875 Italianate Victorian with her husband Kent and their cats and dogs. TRANSCRIPT Megan: Hey, everybody! It's Megan Tsui. I'm super excited to be here today and I'm going to be the guest. You lucky ducks. I'm going to talk about a contest that Red Wing did in 2016 to fill vacant storefronts. We called it a retail challenge and it was really successful and really fun. And I'm going to go over some of the details. I'm doing this podcast a little differently today. If you're listening right now on a podcast, all you hear is audio, but I also have slides and I'll put that up on YouTube so you can actually go to YouTube and watch the whole presentation. If you'd like to, it's meetmedowntownpodcast.com and then search on YouTube and it should pop right up. I'll also link to it off my website, meetmedowntownpodcast.com website. And you'll be able to find it there as well. So, like I said, I have slides and I'm doing the audio and so sometimes I might forget that you can't see what I'm talking about so I apologize in advance. Otherwise, I also want to encourage you to go to the website because I'm going to have a downloadable packet for you of how you can do this in your town. And it has all of the information that we used to make this happen in Red Wing. And you can download it there. It's a PDF that has everything from our criteria, the plan, what we gave away, the marketing, everything. So, it's pretty much a plug and play kind of a download. So I'd encourage you to go to the meetmedowntownpodcast.com and then click on the latest podcast, which right now would be the, How to Fill Vacant Stores Using a Retail Challenge Contest. And you can click and download that kit there and get started on your own, and you don't have to reinvent the wheel, which is something I do not like to do. So let's get started. And again let me remind you, if I refer to something on the slide, I'm sorry, I forgot that not everybody can see. All right, let me tell you a little bit about my town. We're situated along the Mississippi River and it's this beautiful river town, very historic. We have everything you could think of for outdoor fun. You can go fishing, boating, biking, hiking. We have skiing, both Nordic skiing and downhill skiing. You can climb a bluff if you want. And it's just this very idyllic setting right around the curve of the Mississippi. And like I said, there's bluffs and all sorts of beautiful scenery around our town. We have a legacy manufacturing community in this town, I guess. We have the Red Wing Shoe, which some of you may have heard of. They make boots and shoes and, especially for the working, working folks. The Red Wing Pottery is also located here. And then we have Riedell Skates. They make skates for a lot of the Olympians. And these are manufacturers that have been here a long time and are very rooted in our community. And we're really lucky that, especially the Red Wing Shoe is still owned by the same family, as it was when it was started. And so they are very dedicated to our community and to our downtown. Actually, the Red Wing Shoe Corporation is headquartered right in our downtown. So we have a beautiful place to live. We're very lucky. It's idyllic. It's, it's wonderful. But we had a problem in 2016. I mean the recession hit us in 20--, you know 2008, 2009, 2010, and we weathered that a lot. But for some reason in 2016, we had this rash of vacancies that really left some gaping holes in our town. The reason we had some of those vacancies was that some owners retired without a succession plan. They retired and they closed their business and that was it. Some businesses just became obsolete. You know, when in this challenging retail environment, some businesses just can't make it or they just got tired. That absolutely happens. And then we had, we identified a couple voids, one especially in the outfitter idea. We did not have someone who you could, you know, if you were a tourist and you stepped into Red Wing, stayed overnight, you couldn't ride a, rent a bike or anything like that. So we knew that we wanted some sort of a business to be in that, to help fill that void. The other area we knew that we wanted to do to make sure to have some, somebody fill in some way, was Red Wing-themed products. Nobody was doing, you know, the T-shirts and coasters and bags and buttons. And nobody was doing that in our town, and we felt like there was a really missed opportunity to market our town. So, what did we do? We started the Red Wing Minnesota Retail Challenge. This was the primary marketing slide. Again, sorry for anybody who's listening on the podcast. It's basically a very simple drawing of a building in our downtown. And then it just says, “Red Wing, Minnesota, Retail Challenge” on it. And it says, “Do Downtown.” And it was very simple for a reason, because we wanted to make sure to have, to keep the idea of what we were going to do for the retail challenge and the kinds of businesses that we wanted to attract, to have it be pretty, we wanted to be ready for anyone. We knew there were those voids, but we also wanted to make sure that people felt like they could come to our downtown and open a store. So we didn't want to be super specific, I guess, is what I'm trying to say. There were six goals of the Retail Challenge. One was to recruit businesses that would enhance the business mix in downtown Red Wing. Number two is to provide businesses a head start during the toughest year of operation, which is, of course, the first year. Number three is to strengthen the local economy by attracting unique and specialty businesses. Number four, transform empty business spaces into more attractive and beneficial locations. Number five is to build a buzz and promote Red Wing as a great place to start a business. And number six is to display the community's commitment to downtown Red Wing. That's one thing that we're so proud of, is our community loves our downtown. And it’s apparent in everything we do and how much support we get. So it's wonderful. So those were those six goals of the retail challenge. We had very clearly identified eligible concepts. This was an important piece and I'd highly encourage you to think about these very carefully. And again, if you download, if you go to the meetmedowntownpodcast.com website and download that kit, you'll see all this in there and how we communicated these eligible concepts to potential contest entries. One, they had to be a new retail business. It must add to the downtown business map mix. It has to drive traffic to our downtown. Second or third retail satellite businesses from an existing location in another town were eligible. A significant expansion of a current downtown retail business that includes an added business concept. So, we weren't just looking to fund a retail business to get bigger, they had to add something. And then the last one was, this is a retail-specific competition. Service businesses are not eligible. The main difference between a retail business and a service business is that a retail business stocks and sells tangible goods, things you can touch and feel, whereas the service business sells non-tangible products, things you cannot touch and feel. We really wanted to stress and help to define that for folks because we didn't want to waste anybody's time and we didn't want to set anybody up for failure. So we really identified those clearly, and I think that was very important. The next thing we did is, we built an incentive package for folks, the business that was going to win. And there were different parts to that incentive package. So the assets and rent portion of the package was $20,000 in cash to be used to buy hard assets. That was sponsored by the Red Wing HRA, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. They had a special grant program where they could grant funds to a Downtown Main Street and then we could distribute those funds in hard assets. So that's a pretty big deal to a business starting out. There was a low-interest loan from the Red Wing Port Authority that they offered up. And rent and utilities were subsidized by landlords. We asked all the different various vacant spaces, the landlords of those spaces, if they would help to offset some rent and utilities for a certain amount of time. And that value ended up to be about $4,000. And as you know, when you're starting a business, that's a big deal. There was also part, an incentive package of marketing. And that included merchandising and retail consulting, which was a $500 value; social media consulting which was a $1,000 value; cash for social media advertising, 500 bucks. We had someone who donated $500 so that we could do that. Graphic design services, $2,500. Local newspaper advertisements, up to $1,300 value. Gift certificates towards signage, $150. A one-page basic web site, $750 value. And the local radio station donated $1000 in ads. So, what a great way to kickstart a business, was really what this ended up being. All right. We also had legal, financial, and technical aspects of the incentive package. Those included $500 in legal counsel, $500 in accounting and tax services, business consulting, 500 bucks, value of that. We partnered with a bank that waived all the fees for this first set of business checks and endorsing stamp, etc., for $125 dollar value. And then we had some technology support for $150. A few other things that were offered up, and this is where you can really see, we have a great community, the first thing is we, the Downtown Main Street, offered up a one-year membership to our organization. We had one sponsor package for Downtown Main Streets Events for 2017. So, we put on a bunch of events especially the holiday stroll at winter time. And so that was a thousand dollars that we gave so that they could advertise or sponsor something that we were doing. There's a one-year membership to the local YMCA, $572 value. We have a local State Technical College and they offered one free online course for $100 in value. And then we had $2,000 cash to go towards facade improvements. And so what an amazing package we had in a total of almost forty thousand dollars by the time we were done. And we really had to partner with all these local organizations, and they were all really excited to do so and to offer, you know, the why, probably normally wouldn't think of being in the retail, you know, recruiting business. But all of a sudden, look at how that could really help make a family think twice about moving a business to Red Wing or opening up a business in Red Wing. So the timeline for the contest, on March 18th in 2016, we had the initial press release and announcement of the competition happened. By April 15th, we have Phase 1, where there was a business concept and officially the entry form was due. We wanted to prevent people from spending a lot of time on a concept that wasn't going to meet our needs. So we wanted, we had that part of the entry really helped us not waste anyone's time, again. By June 3rd we had, business plans were due. June 24th, that's when the final proposal presentations or the pitch happened and personal interviews happened. And then June 29th we announced the winner of the grand prize. And the business had to be opened by October 1st. We really wanted people to take advantage of the amazing tourism that happens in Red Wing during the fall and then also take advantage of those holiday sales that can really get you through some pretty lean months in the bleak winter around here. So we promoted the contest, like I said before, with a press release. There was a package of information that spelled out everything that was available on our web site. We visited shops in nearby towns that we thought would be a really good fit and fit some of the voids that we had and talked to those store owners about moving here and about the contest and what we could offer. And then we had signs in the window of participating locations and participating vacant spaces that alerted you that this contest was going on. So as you know, one of the biggest things a person needs before they start a business is a business plan. So, Phase 1 is really the business concept. Phase 2 is the business plan. And like I said before, in Phase 1 we really wanted to make sure we weren't wasting anyone's time. So we asked them to define what types of merchandise they were going to sell. What the definition description of, is the market for their retail business. How they will enhance downtown Red Wing and the Red Wing community as a whole. What resources, assets the applicant has and what resources would be needed to develop their concept fully. That included personal finances, etc. What their qualifications were to develop or expand their business, and what similar businesses and how they propose their businesses were different than those businesses that were already in town. And any other information that they might really sell the committee on the concept. So that was Phase 1. We asked for that in writing and got, I believe, 10 different concepts. Phase 2, if you were a business that we felt, or had the idea for a business that we felt, would be a good fit, you moved on to Phase 2 and I believe we had eight move on to Phase 2. Phase 2 was a business plan. And that includes things like the company summary, the products, the market analysis, the challenges, opportunities and strengths, a financial plan, a resumé, any management history, references, how many full or part-time employees this project would or business would employ. And then the finances, of course. We also asked for a community impact summary that asked them how this business would impact our community, because ultimately that's what we were after as much as anything. One of the ways that we help support businesses during this contest is we offered a Business Plan-in-a-day Workshop before that Phase 2 was due. The business plan was due in between Phase 1 when people knew that they could move on in the contest. We offered this Business Plan in a day. It was a six-hour-long workshop about what goes into a business plan, and it allowed people to get started writing their business plans, and then ask questions about writing a business plan. I taught that class and it was really a great way to help people get this part done because it's oftentimes the thing that they put off the longest and yet is the most necessary to actually getting started, to getting up and running. We also had some business writing assistance from the local small business development center in our area and some consulting with their consultant. So it really helped people to feel like they were more ready. At this point, it started to feel pretty real to a lot of these business owners who had said, you know, and for 10 years I want to start X business. And all of a sudden, it's looking like it could actually happen for them. And so we wanted to make sure that they were realistic and had the tools and the resources they needed. We also did a pitch clinic, something that I've done, worked with my alma mater college that, I was entrepreneur-in-residence there, and helped get those students ready for a pitch competition, a business plan competition there. And so I brought those skills and did a pitch clinic for anybody who made it into that Phase 2 and was going to pitch their business to the judges. And so that was a great way for those folks to get used to talking about their business, hone their presentation, get to the meat of the presentation and really be ready for that, that Phase 3, which was the final presentation and the pitch and then interview with the judges on the committee. The judges were made up of some retail business owners, community residents, city officials and then the Red Wing Downtown Main Street Board of Directors. So we had six businesses finally submit and go through the pitch. So of those six, let me tell you who the business was that won. The business that won was Red Wing Bicycle and Outfitter. Again, you'll remember I talked about the void that we had in the outfitter area of a business here in town. And so this is Andrew Peterson and he was the lucky winner. He had had a business, a bike shop, repair shop before in Red Wing and closed it to spend more time with his family and, he said, kind of get a normal day job. And he hated every minute of it. And he really missed his bike shop and we missed his bike shop in town. So he was the winner. And in the slide if you're watching on YouTube, that's one of the members of our Red Wing Main Street Board of Directors and Andrew. And so he has kayaks and bikes and equipment and he repairs bikes and sells bikes and all sorts of outdoor stuff. So that was great. But that's not the end of the story. Well, we wanted to have one retail business started and we had the funds for that one business all identified in the kind of winning package. There were three additional stores that opened as a result of our retail challenge. So three additional stores opened as a result of the retail challenge. Isn't that just crazy! That just blew our minds and we were really, really excited to have one store much less three. So let me tell you a little bit about the stores that opened up during this time. Red Wing did not have a comic book store and it didn't have a game store. So that was definitely one of the businesses we were super excited about that was interested in coming to town. Adam Hansen and his wife Sarah had a little baby, they were living in Minneapolis, and they wanted, Adam had always wanted to have a comic book store. And so they actually sold their house in the Twin Cities and moved to Red Wing to open up River Town Comic and Games. And they bought a house in town, and they really became members of our community because of this contest. They happened to be in Red Wing one day during the, when we were marketing the retail challenge and saw a sign in the window of one of the vacant spaces announcing the challenge. And that's how they got involved. So that absolutely works to put things in windows, etc. You know, sometimes we wonder what, what works and what doesn't. But we knew from their story that it did. So Adam opened his comic book store and the local port authority offered some low-interest loans to the other folks who decided to open because of the retail challenge. Backwoods Framing & Engraving is a big story. Luann Brainerd is the owner of the store and she actually purchased the building. She was a part of the competition. She didn't win, but she purchased the building and received some funds from the Port Authority to help her fix up the building and then open up her framing and engravings shop. She had had it out of her house for many, many years and needed to get it into town. She lived out in the country a little bit. And so it was a great opportunity for her to make the move into Red Wing. And, like I said, she bought a building and then converted the second floor into apartments. And she has one and then I believe she rents out another one. And she did a whole bunch of improvements to that building. It had been a long time neglected building that the landlords just hadn't invested in for quite some time. And so it really helped bring up the value of the properties in downtown because of what she did. So, again, I know the Port Authority helped her with some of the costs of the things that she had and some low-interest loans and some other things that helped her. We had a pop-up store, The Red Wing Mercantile, that opened up for that Christmas, as a 2016 Christmas season, and it was wonderful. It had those, that Red Wing merchandise in it. It had all locally made, you know, regionally made products, and it was just a beautiful store. Unfortunately the woman who ran the store had a family and had, you know, a regular job and so it was just too hard to do both the store and her job and have a family, so she did end up closing the store after the holidays, but it still was, we think it was a great success. There are some additional dollars that were brought in to the contest from the City of Red Wing. Those stores that didn't win the contest received five thousand dollars in seed money. And then again, many of them received an additional low-interest loan from the Red Wing Port Authority. So it was a really amazing thing to see everyone step up and collaborate and get excited about this program and this contest. I've been asked before about how much time did this take, and it took a great deal of time. But what took a lot of the time was getting the contest set up. And so again, if you want to go to the meetmedowntownpodcast.com website, we can help you get through a lot of that part of, what are the goals and all the things you need to convince people to help support the effort by putting in things that you can give away. I'll tell you, though that in Red Wing, this contest happened, the executive director was let go. It's a long story. But this program was 100 percent administered by volunteers and board members. So, if you think about the amount of time, you know, you could have to make this happen. It was really, I think a good way for volunteers and board members to understand how to plug themselves into a very specific contest. And I think that was one of the, a big advantage to this and how we got more than just staff to put this together. I was not the executive director at the time. I had helped in a consulting role with the organization before I came on board as the director, so I was pulled into this contest a little bit too. So it was just such a great way to make this happen without a bunch of staff time. I mean, and because the director had been let go and there was some drama around that, this contest really helped the organization be seen as still very viable and important for our community. There were a couple ripple effects that happened that we attribute to this contest. One, a shoe store from a neighboring town opened up a pop-up store that Christmas and decided to stay. So she stayed for about two years in her store, with a shoe store, and it was really great. It was right along Main Street and it was a beautiful store. And then she had some things happen in her business and so ended up closing it. But we know that, you know, she came because we invited her because we stopped by and handed her something and said, "You should come and move to our town, you know, move your business or open another business in our town." And so she did. And we were really glad to have her in our community, and she didn't take part in the contest but she did open a store. We also had Duluth Trading Company, is a really fun company that does work apparel and footwear and accessories. And we had, during the retail challenge when we were out, when the board members were out trying to recruit businesses to come to town, we'd reached out to Duluth Trading Company a couple of times. And we don't have any idea if our reaching out for sure brought them to town but we know that we did. And then pretty soon after they actually opened a retail store right in our downtown. So, who knows? But we're just going to say that all of it adds up in some way. We can't be sure there's a correlation there, but we're going to say there may be. So here we are about three years later. Here's where we stand. So Red Wing Bicycle and Backwoods Framing & Engraving are still open and they're still in the same locations and I think that they're doing very well. The comic book store is closing this spring and Luya opened up a store in a neighboring town and closed ours. So the shoe store did close. The Red Wing Mercantile pop up was open for one holiday season. But what we've seen is a continued pretty low vacancy rate in our downtown for retail because we think that we learned a lot during the retail challenge and it really helped us to support our retailers and we're continually trying to do that the best we can. So, could you make this happen in your town? I hope so. The biggest takeaways that I want to give you are, the keys to the success in Red Wing were the partnerships. When I've given this talk before, that's kind of when people go, "You know it's hard. Our local EDA or local port authority doesn't understand that, you know, fill in the blank, or we don't have, you know, a group that's willing to give that kind of money, or we just don't have..." And that could be a problem. But I think you just go where you can find the partners that are willing, and a lot of times what happens is the, you know, one partnership leads to another which leads to another. So, give yourself time to build up those partnerships and figure out what are the ways that those different businesses and different organizations in your community can help contribute to this effort. I mean, at the end of the day there were probably 20 different businesses or organizations that supported this new retail business. If he were to come in, you know, let's say he'd moved to town and had, you know, started this business, didn't know anybody. Think how much harder it is to start a business than with when you have 20 different partners behind you either in marketing or the newspaper or radio station. All that stuff adds up to really help support and create an environment in which the business can be successful. I think the other keys to our success was creativity. We were trying to think outside the box, and then we had very clear expectations and guidelines. Because we had clear expectations and guidelines in the very beginning, we didn't have a lot of hurt feelings towards the end. I mean, we, yes the people who didn't win were disappointed and, but a lot of them opened their business anyway. So, we had clear expectations and guidelines. But then I also think, I want to add, that we also created that level of support with the business plan and the pitch clinic and having the consultant from the Small Business Development Center, because those resources then became somebody, you know, people that that business could count on into the future. So, they were not just on their own. So that is how Red Wing did their retail challenge in 2016. And I really, really hope that you will consider doing one in your downtown. I think that they're really fun. It's actually, it's time-consuming, but I wouldn't say it's difficult. And I think it's something that can help change a conversation and a lot of downtowns. And it really puts you on the, the frontlines of filling those vacant spaces. So, it really, the landlords and the building owners, you start to become pretty important to them, which, sometimes it's hard. You know, we can sometimes reach those, those business owners but they may be just leasing this space or something else. But when you do a retail challenge like this and you start to connect to those landlords, all of sudden you become a pretty important resource. So, I think that was another thing that we learned from the challenge. So, I welcome your questions You can ask me questions either in the comment section on the web site, again meetmedowntownpodcast.com, go online and download the packet. It's a PDF that has everything that we used to make this happen and you can steal away, duplicate away anything you want out of there or you can go on social media. I'm on Instagram and on Facebook and you can ask questions there as well at the www.Meetmedowntownpodcast. All right. That's what I have for you today. Have a great day and I'll see you downtown.

This episode I’m speaking with Sam Tsui, Managing Director of Evolution Advisors, a boutique advisory and investment firm specializing in helping corporates and investors find and and execute on deals in Asia. Before that—for about a decade—Sam worked for Microsoft, identifying acquisitions and partnerships across Asia Pacific. Our topic this episode: China’s global expansion. Trump’s attempts to curtail it in recent weeks has riled the Chinese in recent weeks, but can anything stave off the Mainland’s appetite to grow their presence? For some, the thought of a walled-in China as an imperial power may seem like a novelty, but to the people and nations of Asia Pacific it’s a matter of historical record. For thousands of years, the Chinese were on the move, welcoming tribute from its smaller neighbors. Are we seeing the aspirational engines of Chinese ambition beginning to turn again? Where landgrab and patronage served the interests of Imperial China in centuries past, it’s now data that seems the target. We’ve talked about the power and delicacy of data on previous programs. In my discussion with Ogilvy’s Chris Graves we looked at how – with enough data – behaviors can be shaped and manipulated. In our episode with Anurag Banerjee, it became terrifying apparent how data can be leveraged for good and evil. We’ve also spoken widely with the likes of Fortune’s Clay Chandler, The Conference Board’s David Hoffman, and many others about the rise of China Inc. But how real is this? And where does xenophobia enter in? The way the world portrays a country in the eyes of the consumer means something. So it is that as the US and other nations stoke fears on China, reservations naturally rise. How does the growing anti-Chinese rhetoric impact China’s overseas investment strategy? This is the shape of the cultural clash that Chinese capital runs into when it moves overseas. How China reshapes its image abroad may tell us more about its potential for future success than any amount of money it could throw at overseas buying opportunities. As always, thanks for listening.

AFTERBUZZ TV - AfterBuzz TV's Spotlight On edition, is a long form interview series featuring actors discussing their roles and shows as well as their thoughts, passions and journeys. In this episode host Jeff Graham interviews Sam Tsui. As one of the first independent musicians to harness YouTube and social media, Sam Tsui has created and grown a combined social following of over 5 million loyal fans, who call themselves the #Samily. Proving his ability to connect to his audience, the artist has over 500 million views on YouTube for his creative and musical content and has opened for musical talent such as Bon Jovi, Ariana Grande and most recently DNCE. Sam will release his new single “CAMEO” on Friday, September 15. "I’m incredibly excited to share “Cameo” and officially begin a new chapter of my original music. One of the things I love about releasing content digitally is how frequently I can put out music and immediately engage with my fans, but there’s somethin --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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As one of the first independent musicians to harness YouTube and social media, Sam Tsui has created and grown a combined social following of over 5 million loyal fans, who call themselves the #Samily. Proving his ability to connect to his audience, the artist has over 500 million views on YouTube for his creative and musical content and has opened for musical talent such as Bon Jovi, Ariana Grande and most recently DNCE. Sam will release his new single “CAMEO” on Friday, September 15.  "I'm incredibly excited to share “Cameo” and officially begin a new chapter of my original music. One of the things I love about releasing content digitally is how frequently I can put out music and immediately engage with my fans, but there's something really special about releasing a project that I've been working on and perfecting for months. “Cameo” is the first single of several from my album - it's a slightly darker, groovier Sam, but it's still very much me and I cannot wait for the world to hear."

As one of the first independent musicians to harness YouTube and social media, Sam Tsui has created and grown a combined social following of over 5 million loyal fans, who call themselves the #Samily. Proving his ability to connect to his audience, the artist has over 500 million views on YouTube for his creative and musical content and has opened for musical talent such as Bon Jovi, Ariana Grande and most recently DNCE. Sam will release his new single “CAMEO” on Friday, September 15.  "I’m incredibly excited to share “Cameo” and officially begin a new chapter of my original music. One of the things I love about releasing content digitally is how frequently I can put out music and immediately engage with my fans, but there’s something really special about releasing a project that I’ve been working on and perfecting for months. “Cameo” is the first single of several from my album - it’s a slightly darker, groovier Sam, but it’s still very much me and I cannot wait for the world to hear."

Vidya Vox is singer/songwriter with her music videos on YouTube. Born in Chennai and raised in Virginia, Vidya learned Carnatic classical music from a young age. She earned her Psychology degree at George Washington University. During that time she started posting Bollywood + Western pop mashups on her YouTube channel, which grew in popularity and a number of videos have over 2 million hits. Vidya has performed at a number of amazing places including the White House. Today, she continues to make mashups but is also working on her own solo EP of original music. TWEET: Ep. 57: Vidya Vox - East-West Mashups on YouTube Mark the Beginning of #DreamsComeTrue Before music was her thing, what did Vidya think would be her thing? With the success that Vidya Vox has experienced from her Youtube channel alone, it’s surprising to think that she began with a different dream in mind. Her first direction was not music, but medicine. She was working toward becoming a doctor until she got started then realized in a fairly short amount of time that music was a much deeper desire than she’d realized. The transition she had to make to be true to her dreams was significant and it didn’t come without some questioning from her family and friends. You can hear how Vidya made the transition and what she’s learned from it on this episode of Chasing Dreams. Making a change to pursue your dreams can be hard for family. When Vidya Vox decided that instead of pursuing her long-planned career in medicine she was going to pursue music instead, her family didn’t understand right away. She noticed that though they were supportive, they also had a “wait and see” attitude toward her music. But as she’s shown herself to be diligent and has persevered to create some amazing music videos that have been very successful on Youtube, her family has come around. If you’re interested in hearing how she dealt with her family’s resistance to her dreams, you should listen to this great conversation. TWEET: Making a change to pursue your #dreams can be hard for family Everything falls into place if you focus on the art. For any creative who works to create something great, it’s hard to keep your eyes focused on the true art of what you’re doing. Things like success, feedback, resistance - all of them come into play at times and can mess up your mind. Vidya Vox says that what she’s discovered is that when she is able to refocus on the art of what she’s doing and stay in that place of focus, she’s able to create music that is more impactful and all those other things she was concerned about have a way of taking care of themselves. You can hear Vidya’s inspiring story on this episode of Chasing Dreams. There is no shortcut to hard work when chasing your dreams. OK, so you have a dream. So what? The world (and other people) are not going to lay out the red carpet that leads to the accomplishment of your dream. You’re going to have to work for it - and it will be hard work. Vidya Vox says that there is no shortcut to hard work. In fact, the work you put into the accomplishment of your dreams is part of what shapes them - because it shapes you in the process. You can hear how Vidya has applied the principle of hard work to the pursuit of her musical dreams on this episode of the podcast. TWEET: There is no shortcut to hard work when chasing your #dreams OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE: [0:59] Aimee’s introduction to Vidya Vox. [3:03] Why Vidya has moved to Los Angeles. [3:50] The most interesting place Vidya has performed. [6:44] How Vidya learned classical music and how it has morphed into her current ventures. [10:25] What Vidya thought she’d be doing before music became her thing. [11:18] The transition from med school to music - and how her family responded. [14:28] What would Vidya have done if her support system would have rejected her dream? [20:14] An artist Vidya wants to cover that she hasn’t done yet. [21:08] How Vidya chooses the songs that go into her mashups. [24:18] Be careful online: People can be great and they can also turn on you. [29:22] Vidya’s plans to record her own compositions. [30:10] The mashup that is Vidya’s favorite. [35:18] Vidya’s recommendation. GUEST RECOMMENDATION: There is no shortcut to hard work. To stick with it over the long haul you have to stay focused on why you started in the first place. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: http://vidyavox.com Youtube Instagram Twitter Facebook Snapchat Google Plus iTunes Spotify Soundcloud Aimee J’s favorites Kuttanadan Punjayile - Kerala Boat Song (Vidya Vox English Remix) - (over. 3.5M)  [Superwoman aka Lilly Singh commented] Justin Bieber - Sorry | Kandukondain Kandukondain (Vidya Vox Mashup Cover) - (over 3M) Chaiyya Chaiyya / Don't Stop MASHUP!! - INDIA EDITION ft Sam Tsui, Shankar Tucker, Vidya - (over 2.5M) Major Lazer - Lean On | Jind Mahi (Vidya Mashup Cover ft Ricky Jatt, Raashi Kulkarni, Raginder Momi) - (over 7M views) Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do | Hosanna (Vidya Vox Mashup Cover) -  TWEETS YOU CAN USE: TWEET: Before #music was her thing, what did Vidya Vox think would be her thing? TWEET: Everything falls into place if you focus on the #art ~ Vidya Vox, on this episode  

On the latest Pop Shop Podcast, two special guests join the show — singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and musician/YouTube phenomenon Sam Tsui! Michaelson talks about her recent video for “Hell No” (which was made entirely with Snapchat) and more, while Tsui talks about his new cover of Meghan Trainor’s “No,” and his upcoming original music. In addition, the Pop Shop team discusses Drake’s continuing rule of the Billboard 200 with his “Views” album and if Fifth Harmony could go all the way to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Work From Home.” For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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What happens when we let a couple of good friends into the Secret Underground Studio to let them watch as we make our weekly magic? Find out on this week's all-new, slightly naughty episode of the Swish Edition. But first, let us say that, without a doubt, when we titled this episode "Tranny Garden Party," we say that controversial term with the most love we have for our dear friends who make up the "T" in GLBT. There's been an ongoing debate on whether the word is derogatory or not, but when many of our transsexual friends use it, well, we think we can to. Plus, it's fun to say. And we say it a lot this week as we tell the tale of the impromptu tranny garden party that happen Saturday night on our block. We halt the talk twice for two songs we think you'll dig. Sam Tsui is a rising young singer who has appeared on Oprah, Ellen and was featured in a Time Magazine piece. His cover of Britney's "Hold It Against Me" is haunting and his original tune, "Don't Want An Ending," is just as good as anything you'll hear on your favorite Top 40 station. We love this kid and you should check out his music and his entertaining music and comedy videos. Of course we have the latest news from Sean Bugg's Metro Weekly, as well as... Steve visits a psychic Scott gets an iPhone 4...finally Dale's gearing up and sprucing up for the redhead appreciation party Jason has the weird news that made headlines this week We talk about all the celebs being invited to the military ball via YouTube Break down the Lady Gaga/Bette Midler fued Gaga's meat dress is headed to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame You can get fined for walking and texting in Philly Celebrities and athletes: Are they really sorry for the shit they say? We have a new round of Super Gay Bad Libs and We've got a WINNER for our first set of Camp 2011 tickets! Episode 143 is called, "Tranny Garden Party," and it's coming to you with a big hat on and with wine straight out of the box!