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Submission Criteria

AAPI Musicians is not currently accepting submissions for interviews/features.

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When submissions are open, the candidate *must* be both:

1. A professional, established artist, studio and/or touring musician, composer, producer, audio engineer, backline technician, production manager, or music professor who has worked in the music industry for at least three full years.

 

AND

 

2. An AAPI (at least one-quarter AAPI heritage) who either is currently living and working (or has formerly lived and worked) in America. The candidate needs to have lived in the US for at least one full calendar year at time of the interview (US citizenship not required).

 

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS, CANDIDATE MUST ALSO MEET AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

  • Make at least 51% of their income from music (teaching/performing/touring/etc.)

  • Have released at least 5 original songs/pieces on major DSPs (must include Spotify and iTunes) and have over 10,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

  • Have a music-focused YouTube channel with at least 2,000 subscribers AND at least one (music) video with over 50,000 views alone; OR have a music-focused Instagram or TikTok with at least 2,500 followers AND at least one music/music-related video with over 100,000 views by itself; OR have a music-focused Twitch with at least 1,000 followers and over 50,000 total views

  • Recorded in studio or toured as a musician, music director, producer, composer, audio engineer, backline tech, or production manager for/with someone who has charted on the Billboard Hot 100

  • Composed, produced, or engineered the music for a TV series, film, or Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime/Disney+ show

  • Have been nominated for a Grammy or received Grammy Certificate for having worked on a Grammy-nominated project; have been nominated for a Tony or have performed in a musical on Broadway

  • Have performed as an artist, backing musician, or worked as audio engineer, production manager, or backline tech at one of the following music festivals: Coachella, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, EDC, Ultra, SXSW, Outside Lands, Austin City Limits, Summerfest, and/or Stagecoach

  • Be a Professor of Music at an accredited US university

  • Be an Artist Manager for an act who has headlined rooms of a minimum capacity of 500.

  • Be recommended by someone who I have previously featured for APAHM

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Meet Summer
Swee-Singh
Early in my studio/touring career, I recognized a lack of AAPI representation in the music world--outside of the classical and ethnic-specific (K-Pop/J-Pop/Bollywood) realms--and realized I needed to do what I could to highlight the stories, perspectives and music of some incredible AAPI musicians to inspire the current and future generations of AAPI musicians. The four pillars this project was built upon are identity, representation, perspective, and progress.  More details about this project HERE.

Hi! I'm Summer. I'm a California-based AAPI studio and touring musician (keys / piano), string / orchestral arranger, composer, backing vocalist, music director, and string  / orchestral contractor. I release music under my name (Summer Swee-Singh) as well as with my original project, grp. I additionally am the keys player, music director, and string arranger of JAMS (an all-female backing band for hire) and run my own all-female orchestral ensemble for hire for studio/touring work, Summer Swee-Singh & the Heartstrings. Some of my more notable studio and tour/live credits include Chon, Anthony Green, KSHMR, Bebe Rexha, Circa Survive, Roddy Ricch, Chief Keef, Naia Izumi, Keiynan Lonsdale, Gashi, Mothé, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Thunder Jackson, Alexandra Shipp, Nikitaa, Psychic Barber, etc. You may also read more about me in my self-interview on this blog here.
Proud UC Berkeley alum. Go Bears!

© 2021 by Summer Swee-Singh

All artwork & graphics by Frank Zio

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