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You are transported back in time to a smoky 1970s LA nightclub. In front of you a band of young, long-haired revolutionary-minded Asian Americans get on stage, and begin laying into the nastiest, funkiest groove you’ve ever heard this side of Boyle Heights.

At least, that was the vibe I was going for when composing the music for this segment where Bob Nakamura describes the excitement and energy of the burgeoning Asian American movement and founding of Visual Communications. This short music cue is an homage and love letter to the mid-1970s era of the pioneering band Hiroshima, when they were still starting out playing small clubs, with a raw and incredibly funky sound (and the keen-eyed and knowledgeable viewers will spot Hiroshima band members in the film’s montage).

Obviously a funky flute solo was in order, so I enlisted the talent of Michael Birnbryer-Lao aka to transform my plain MIDI flute part into a living, organic solo, and damn did he deliver!

Third Act is now streaming on PBS! So many people have asked where they can watch it, and up until this past week I’ve had to tell them it’s only in festivals. But I’m excited to announce the broadcast premiere.
Anyone can watch it now:

• streaming at pbs.org/independentlens/
• on the PBS app
• on your local PBS station

I’m really honored and proud to have scored this film. In my own clumsy words, I’d say that Third Act is basically a father and son story about a pioneering Asian American filmmaker coming to terms with mortality and a son following in his footsteps but discovering a darker past to his father he never knew about. Throughout the story it weaves the history of the Asian American movement alongside deeper themes of community, family, art and activism.

It’s such a complex story to tackle, but Tad really hit it out of the park with this one. In his own words, it really is the most important film he’s ever made.

Hope you guys give it a watch! ❤️

big shoutout to editor , producers .ka .e.margolin and of course the director himself

It’s streaming on PBS now! So many people have asked where they can see this film, and up until this week I’ve had to tell them it’s only in festivals.

But I’m excited to announce the broadcast premiere of Third Act on PBS.
Anyone can watch it now:

• streaming at pbs.org/independentlens/
• on the PBS app
• on your local PBS station

I’m really honored and proud to have scored this film. In my own clumsy words, I’d say that Third Act is basically a father and son story about a pioneering Asian American filmmaker coming to terms with mortality and a son following in his footsteps but discovering a darker past to his father he never knew about. Throughout the story it weaves the history of the Asian American movement alongside deeper themes of community, family, art and activism.

It’s such a complex story to tackle, but Tad really hit it out of the park with this one. In his own words, it really is the most important film he’s ever made.

Hope you guys give it a watch! ❤️

big shoutout to editor , producers .ka .e.margolin and of course the director himself

come join us Wednesday Dec 17 at !is.yohei (w + )
opening for the amazing
8pm

a little snippet from our rehearsal the night before
song is “Ga Toji” from Yohei’s release Ramen Every Nigh-ay-ay-ight
oh and Yohei has a new record coming out!!