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Frances Mai-Ling is pioneering the genre of Alternative-Classical music; taking classical piano to new level giving it a fresh sound of the traditional and the current trend of rock, pop, alternative. Creating a new genre that is powerful, for people of all ages can enjoy. Since 2001, she has taken her creation of Alternative-Classical merging the sparkling qualities of classical music with the emotional melodic style of many generes, all within an intimate setting of Mai-Ling and her music. She got her first start in show business with her parents magic show , but chose music over magic. Mai-Ling is a trained classical pianist, with only having two years of piano lessons under her belt. Performing a program of original music. Mai-Ling is co-founder of EastWestNow Records. The first record label & collective that promotes artists of Asian Ethnicity. Focusing on artists who are half-Asian. Mai-Ling is HAPAnese (a term she coined being 1/2 Chinese & 1/2 Polish). She is also one-third of "The Shake n' Poe Project", where she write music to the text of Shakespeare. Founder of the creative artists group "Notes & Poets: Bring the Creative Artist to the Stage." She has scored music for theatre and film, along with a various amount of side projects to her credit. Besides a published composer, she is also a published writer and visual artist. Mai-Ling is an independent artist.
In addition to her creative arts efforts, Mai-Ling works with the American Heart Association and its division the American Stroke Assocition. As an Go Red For Women ambassador and American Stroke Association ambassador. Mai-Ling formed the "Take Heart Awareness Cause" in 2005 to help bring her personal crusade of helping create more awareness of heart disease and stroke to the public forefront.. She has been recognized regionally and nationally with the "Heart & Stroke" Hero Award for her "outstanding efforts to create a healthier community, safe from the devastation of heart disease and stroke." She help's create awareness of the #1 and #3 killers among men and women in the United States. A portion of every CD she sells includes information and a portion is donated to the AHA for research and eduction programs.
She is currently working on a new release for the winter and a book project for next summer.
For more information about Mai-Ling please visit her website at www.mai-ling.net
Jan 28, 2009
With all this DTV stuff going on.
Eric has been doing a lot of research and reading about it.
It's not just having an antenna sticking up on your roof.
Although I live in a valley, there are quite a bit of trees around.
The most frustrating thing is that I don't get any of …
Jan 26, 2009
Happy Lunar New Year!
Its the year of the OX...
So don't act like the a bull in a china shop!
Hope everyone has a heathly and prosperous year!