Shows
ArtistpreneurEP10 - JazelleJazelle is a singer and song writer who is passionate about her faith and craft.
2023-02-1428 min
ArtistpreneurEP9 - Benny LuoBenny Luo is the founder of NextShark.com, a leading media destination for Asian Americans covering news, business, politics, entertainment, and culture that reaches up to 20 million people per week on social media. NextShark has been cited by The New York Times, Business Insider, The Washington Post, Forbes, BBC, CNN, Fox, and more and has led coverage of anti-Asian violence since the beginning of 2020. Previously, he was the founder of NewMediaRockstars.com, a leading media company covering digital entertainment that was acquired in 2013. In 2018, Luo was inducted into the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Media.
2023-02-0345 min
ArtistpreneurEP8 - Bridget WatanabeBridget is a singer-songwriter from Seattle, WA who appeared on American Idol in 2013 making the Top 20 girls. With songwriting placements for Teairra Mari, Shontelle and Amber Rose, Bridget continues to write and produce into 2021. She is currently writing for an AI girl group AVTR, founded by company Panjandrum.ai, AVTR and voices one of the characters, Tera Bang. Bridget is involved in the behind-the-scenes process and development of AVTR, working closely with the CEO and founders of Panjandrum.ai.
2023-01-3046 min
ArtistpreneurEP7 - Ysabelle CuevasYsabelle Cuevas is a Filipino-Canadian singer, songwriter and YouTuber, known for her covers and original songs on her self-titled YouTube channel. She started posting videos on YouTube in 2016 and has since gained a sizable following due to her powerful and emotive singing style. Her channel features a mix of covers of popular songs and original compositions, and she has also released a number of singles and an album. She is known for her renditions of popular English and OPM (Original Pilipino Music) songs. Her Youtube channel is also known for her duet videos with other popular Filipino Youtubers.
2023-01-2049 min
ArtistpreneurEP6 - Kenton ChenKenton Chen is a singer, actor, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. You can see him on NBC’s Perfect Harmony and HBO’s Room 104.
A graduate of USC Thornton's jazz program, Kenton first gained national attention on NBC’s The Sing-Off. Since then, he has lent his classical, pop, and jazz voice to many projects, most notably Scary Pockets, Stories, and Postmodern Jukebox. He has sung for artists as Kesha, Portugal the Man, Demi Lovato, and Jennifer Hudson.
When he is not performing, writing, or teaching, Kenton enjoys improvisational cooking and NPR.
2023-01-1343 min
ArtistpreneurEP 5 - Jessica LouiseFilipino-American R&B Singer & Songwriter Jessica Louise emerged in the music scene 2016 with the release of her Debut EP, VOICES and a handful of highly anticipated cross collaborations in EDM, R&B and Pop. After accumulating over 1.8 million streams on Spotify and SoundCloud from songs she wrote and was featured in, she began to experiment with new sounds and more vulnerable lyrics. Her latest EP “My Ghost Pet Monster” is an open discovery of what it looks like to go on a journey of finding yourself mixed into Pop & Rnb rhythms and melodies. Jessica is currently working on her firs...
2022-12-1649 min
ArtistpreneurEP 4 - Wesley ChanWesley is co-founder of the film and web production company Wong Fu Productions, whose YouTube channel has earned more than 3.2 million subscribers. His production company released several music videos, as well as films such as A Moment with You and My First Date EVAR! - Awksome Adventures.
2022-12-0848 min
ArtistpreneurEP 3 - Jayne RioFrom Jayne: You may know me as a YouTube artist, or maybe you saw me on American Idol years ago. Maybe you used to follow me on MySpace or maybe you met me at a tradeshow while I was representing one of your favorite brands. Or there's a rare chance you accidentally stumbled upon my site and you may not even know me at all. Either way, I'm happy you're here and whatever led you to my humble abode on the internet, I'd like to thank you so much for coming.
I wear many different hats however...
2022-11-2648 min
ArtistpreneurEP 2 - Anna AkanaAnna Akana can currently be seen on Comedy Central's Corporate. She stars in the film Go Back to China, which premiered in the Narrative Competition at 2019's SXSW film festival. She is the lead and executive producer of Youtube RED's Youth & Consequences, and can be seen in Marvel's Ant-man, Netflix's You Get Me and Freeform's Stitchers.
She's most known for her online weekly show with 2.8 million subscribers and has sold out two North American tours as a stand-up comic playing comedy songs on guitar. Expanding on her passion for music, she released Casualty, a visual album in 2019, followed by t...
2022-11-1845 min
ArtistpreneurEP 1 - Jason Y. LeeJason Y. Lee
Founder & CEO of Jubilee Media
Jubilee Media creates experience to provoke understanding and create human connection. Known for viral series "Middle Ground," "Spectrum," and "Odd One Out," Jubilee has developed an audience of 7M+ subscribers and garnered 3B+ views. As the world becomes more divided, Jubilee bridges people together to create empathy, discourse, and love.
Prior to founding Jubilee, Jason was a consultant at Bain & Company. He also previously worked on the 2007 Obama Campaign and for the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Zambia. Jason is a proud Korean-American raised in...
2022-11-1843 min
bamboo & glassFanded: When Fans Co-Create the Future ft. Travis AtreoThe popularity of particular creators in the zeitgeist doesn't always match up with their realities. When they have thousands if not millions of fans but can't afford their next project, what can be done? Introducing Fanded, created by musician Travis Atreo: a licensed equity crowdfunding portal for musicians and artist to raise money through fan investment for their next creative project. Tune into our interview with him to hear his personal insights into the changing landscape for artists and creators and the gap that exists in their realities.✨Check out Fanded✨Find...
2022-10-0145 min
Black CanvasSinger/Songwriter and Founder of Fanded: Travis AtreoSomething is undoubtedly correct when Taylor Swift personally raves on Twitter about how much she loves a cover of her song. Travis Atreo’s undeniable talent caught the attention of the Global Superstar when he covered a stripped-down version of her hit song, “Style.” Now, Travis is poised to continue his upward ascent with his creative energy and original music.
With over 75 million views on YouTube and well over 270 million streams on Spotify, Travis has been showing the world what he does best. In February 2017, Travis released his first debut EP, “Keep Hope Alive.” With the breakout song “Somehow,” amassing over 25M stream...
2022-09-2748 min
Strong Asian LeadLIVE: Evolving AAPI Representation w/ Karen Tran Wood, Filiz Bahmanpour, & Travis AtreoWe're joined by Karen Tran Wood, Senior Publicity Manager at IW GROUP INC, Filiz Bahmanpour, VP of Product at GRACENOTE (a Nielsen Company),
and Travis Atreo, musician, artist, and CEO of FANDED.
We discussed how publicity can help any and all artists promote themselves and their careers, how data can be used to show us the evolving representation of Asian Americans in entertainment, and why it's important for artists to be themselves in order to have fulfilling careers as expressive artists.
This was a live recording at our...
2022-08-2248 min
PREAM RADIOWorking with Amber, Ailee, and providing platform for musician with Travis Atreo | PREAM RADIO Ep. 4From his background as an artist, a singer, and a music producer, Travis shared with us his life journey, how he ended up working with famous K-Pop artists and his startup platform to help musician, Fanded. Learn more about PREAM RADIO at: https://discord.gg/k-city
2022-07-2158 min
Uncovering POVUncovering the Music Industry Part 3 with Travis AtreoFrom our three part series of Uncovering the Music Industry with Jules & Trace from Filharmonics, we are now joined with Travis Atreo. Travis Atreo is a singer, songwriter, producer, audio engineer and actor originally from Seattle, Washington, but is currently based in Los Angeles, California. He is formerly known as the lead singer of the band, "New Heights." But after eight years with the band, he went off to pursue his career as a music producer helping indie musicians and songwriters make it in the music industry. With FANDED, Travis hopes to help many Asian Americans, especially Filipino-Americans out th...
2022-07-0348 min
Clear & Loud with Josh HarrisThis “Artistpreneur” is Disrupting the Music Industry with his Tech Startup (with Travis Atreo)Travis Atreo is an LA-based recording artist, producer, and artist coach with over 270M streams on Spotify alone and over 70M views in Youtube. He’s the co-founder and CEO of Fanded.com, an equity crowdfunding platform for creatives. Fanded allows superfans to invest and share in the journey of a project with their favorite artist, authors, filmmakers, and more.
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My story of being an independent artist for the past 16 yrs and how that’s led me to create a tech startup aimed at c...
2022-05-1832 min