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So, a little while back, I had the pleasure of chatting with Josh, Chris, Nathan and Phil, better known as the 4 guys from Seriously. Seriously? Seriously.

I thought it was going to be a little weird, me sitting at home at 11pm chatting with these 4 cool super famous guys, but it wasn’t at like that at all. Like they said, they’re just four ordinary guys who love music. And yeah, they’re pretty funny too.

Delia: hi! so seriously guys…. can we do some quick introductions so we all know who you are?

Phil: Philip Park - Drummer

Josh: joshua baek. bass.

Chris: christopher pham lead singer acoustic guitar

Nathan: Nathan Park- Electric Guitarist

Chris: only vietnamese in the band too. amongst 3 Koreans.

Delia: can you tell me a little bit about how you all came to be a band?

Josh: basically we formed on a whim for a talent show that we didn’t know about till a few weeks prior.

Delia: that was the first time you all played together?

Josh: i’m pretty sure it was either the talent show, or video games at home. we practiced for the show a few times. there was already a set song, so we just had to learn it real fast.

Nathan: we had some previous experience playing with each other though. from church praise team and random jams.

Delia: cool.

Josh: if there’s chemistry it’s easy.

Delia: did any of you have dreams of getting on american idol or anything?

Nathan: fasho fasho

Josh: chris wanted to be the next vietnamese top model, but he ended up just playing there.

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Tags: Interview.

The following message is an uncreative message about new music that is playing on Boston Progress Radio. But at least the music we’re playing is decent.

Christina Chung is an R&B singer from New York City. She’s got a new single out called “Prove It.” I’m not sure what to say about it, except that it sounds like what you’d hear on the radio. Funny thing though, she’s recently been talking about running around New York City naked and thinking about taking her music in a new direction.

Monolidic is a new indie rock band out of Los Angeles, California. I don’t know too much about them, except that they kind of sound like an early The Cure. We’ve got their single entitled “Delirium Tremens” playing on the radio. They have other tracks that sound pretty good too on Myspace.

Seriously. We’ve talked about this band before. They had their own online reality show. They’ve been getting mad Internet press from Angry Asian Man. They have a music video for their song “Irony.” They do rock and roll. We’ve got all the new songs from their latest EP “Seriously” playing on the radio. Their music is pretty down to earth, so enjoy!

The Seriously EP is being released by the Chaos Theory Music label started by Woody Pak. Woody is not only a producer, but also a very accomplished musician and we are pleased to be able to play some of his music here on Boston Progress Radio. He recently released a new album entitled “Hyped Urban Remix.” It’s funk meets urban rap.

Oh yeah and we’ve also got a new remix of Bambu’s “Pull It Back”. This track comes courtesy of Proper Speaks.

Tune in and keep on supporting independent Asian American music.

Tags: News, Online Radio.

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.

Check them out here and here.

Tags: Reviews, Webcasting.