YASMIN YUSUFF
Yasmin Yusuff is one of the most familiar voices in Malaysia, having been on
radio for 18 years,and has beenthe voice for countless radio and TV
commercials, phone-answering services, elevators, and until recently, the LRT
and the KLIA Aerotrain.
She conducted the FIRST
live radio telephone “call in” ever on Malaysian radio at Radio 4. She was voted “Most Popular Radio
DJ” in 1997 by “Malay Mail” reader poll.
Malaysian Music Academy
“AIM” award winner in 1997, in recognition for most contribution to
Radio – the first and only time this award has been given out
“Best DJ Award 2001”
from MACP (Music Copyright Protection body) while at WOWfm.
She recorded 2 albums in
the early 80's which produced 2 number one singles. As an actress, she played
Jessica in the longest running
TV drama series in Malaysia, Opah,
which ran for 15 years. She has also acted in movies, TV dramas, and in a
telemovie co-starring with Kabir Bedi.
She
is one of the most successful Miss Malaysia Universe title holders. She won 3rd
place for Best National Costume at Miss Universe 1978, the first time Miss
Malaysia brought home a trophy. Currently Yasmin is a much sought-after MC, and is also
busy as Lady Golf Captain of the Royal Selangor Golf Club.
Kennedy Michael
& Syuen Toh
Kennedy Michael is a
multi-talented and award winning performing artiste, creative industry
professional, Capoeira Instructor, Fitness Instructor and Music Teacher.
Kennedy began his life in performing arts at the age of 13 when he joined the
Good Shepherd Church Choir and the Young Shepherds Youth Group. It was also
during this time that he joined the Corps of Pipes & Drums of his alma
mater, Setapak High Schook, playing the bagpipes. He learned choral singing
under the tutelage of the late Mr. Kevin De Souza who was then the choirmaster.
Very quickly he got into producing, writing, acting and directing sketches,
musical presentations and plays for all the liturgical events of the church.
Here he met Christopher Khoo, who taught him to play the acoustic guitar and
shortly after they formed the band Sanity Meets The Mind. They went on to win a
number of competitions in the church circuit and played the events circuits
featuring their own songs. They even co- wrote songs for a musical and went on
to record two demo albums for the fun of it.
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Syuen Toh’s involvement with
music began when she was a drummer for her alma mater, Methodist Girls School
(MGS) Ipoh. She played in her school band for 5 years, taking part in various
marching band competitions and performances. At the end of her time in high
school she joined the workforce in 2000 as a London College of Music
Examinations (LCME) Administrator at TVU (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, [Asia Pacific
Regional Office for
Thames Valley University, UK]. Years later, she moved on to explore a different field as Customer Care Officer at Sunway Medical Centre
before moving to her current workplace at UKEduNet Sdn Bhd as Operations
Manager. From there she was seconded to Effectual Links Sdn Bhd, to manage
Professional Development and Educational Projects.
Adrenaline Multimedia Productions Sdn Bhd
A HasBeen WannaBe, having dabbled in a little bit of acting, dancing,
hosting, she settled on radio which she calls the love of her life.
Unfortunately Radio didn’t feel the same, and after it shut down she had to
find different ways of expressing herself.
This gave birth to KAERpediem, a family project for videos on the
infamous YouTube. KAER the initials of the kids since the video idea was
theirs, along with the play on words for CarpeDiem, her wish for them to make
the most of everyday, the videos followed the adventures of the kids. Then the
kids grew up and had their own creative ideas leaving the account to Mum.
Having moved from YouTube to Dtube and blogs on steemit.com, she mostly writes Free Writes
with the FreeWriteHouse on the platform. This is a story that was inspired by
two prompts, Hungry & Sunset.
@KAERpediem
AMRITA SOON
A young
Taylor Swift is what Amrita Soon has been referred to. Telling stories of
falling in love, heartbreak and growing old through her songs carefully crafted
to tug at your heartstrings. Armed with a guitar and a voice that soothes the
soul, her music reflects insights of a journey through the chaos of life. She
was recognized as the 'Breakthrough YouTube Star' by DIGI’s 2013 WWWOW Awards,
and 'Audience Choice' and 'Overall Best Performance' at KLPAC's Short + Sweet
2016.
Amrita’s first EP 'Clues', released in 2014 perfectly written reflecting
teenage love and wanderings will surely catch you humming along to the tunes.
The track, ‘Goodbye’ was included in the compilation album, ‘Rock For Ronan’,
aimed to raise funds for the Ronan Thompson Foundation in support of childhood
cancer research. Since then, Amrita has performed extensively in Malaysia and
in Nashville, Tennessee including having sang at the famous Bluebird Cafe and
featured at The Song Suffragettes.
Amrita released her 2nd album in 2018 titled
‘Familiar Strangers’ which showcases maturity in her writing and an even deeper
connection with the listener through her story-telling. The title track
'Familiar Strangers' is currently number 1 on She Wolf Radio in US, and 9 on
Hitz fm Malaysia's MET 10.
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