Making the Band
When I saw this post at angry asian man about a reality series the making of a band, I had a flashback to that show Making the Band. Does anyone else remember O-Town? And Ikaika? (Ok, I’ll shut up about this now… but doesn’t this say something about bands spawned from reality tv? I digress.)
Anyway, this certainly isn’t O-Town, but “The Making of Seriously” is a cute little glimpse into the journey of 4 Asian American guys who are on a journey into the entertainment industry. They’re low-key guys, like some guys you knew in college who had a jam band on the side. I think this is the appeal - they’re not superstars from another planet - they’re just 4 guys trying to make some music. The episodes are short enough to watch while your boss isn’t looking, and it has a homegrown feel that makes you want to root for these guys. Seriously.
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[...] We’ve talked about this band before. They had their own online reality show. They’ve been getting mad [...]
i think i missed this post the first time around.
but i remember o-town, and how awesome they were!
ikaika was my idol, and after he left the show, i sent bitter emails to his replacement dan miller. on the o-town website, there was a section wher eyou could send questions to the guys, and they would answer the questions on the site. and every day for about 2 weeks, i sent him questions like:
“where is ikaika?”
“what is ikaika doing now?”
“why aren’t you ikaika?”
and my sincere wish was that he would open his email inbox and see my messages and cry.
what i never understood was why ikaika left the group, then joined another boy band called LMNT, with two of the guys who didn’t end up “making the band” - they were finalists, but not included in the final 5. what kind of career move was that? his whole thing about leaving was he didn’t want to sell out…then he joined another boy band…uh…
oh, i forgot to mention i was 21 at the time that thsi happened.
who’s a winner? *raises hand*