Remember about the song I blog about last Friday???

Well, there seem to be an article on it today in The Star... Here is the article:

Sing for unity

IT’S essentially this – over 120 Malaysians came together for one day to record a song and video about unity. The song is called Here in My Home and it’s written by Pete Teo. The project, called Malaysian Artistes for Unity, is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit national unity project that seeks to celebrate cultural diversity and the concept of Bangsa Malaysia.

There are no traditional costumes, no famous Malaysian foods and no touristy backdrops – just people. The song is in English, but has a multi-lingual section in Malay, Mandarin and Tamil.

Some big names make appearances in the video, including non-artistes AirAsia Bhd CEO Datuk Tony Fernandes, football coach, commentator and former national player Shebby Singh, and model/actress Amber Chia.

Contributing to the creation of the song are Afdlin Shauki, Awie, Ning Baizura, Atilia, Jaclyn Victor, Reshmonu, Jason Lo, Klg Sqwad, Altimet, Suki, Daniel Lee and East Malaysians Nikki Palikat (Sabah) and Melina William (Sarawak), respectively.

Although it’s called Malaysian Artistes for Unity, Teo decided he wouldn’t be discriminatory and had a handful of regular people in the video as well – including a florist, no less.

According to Teo, 120 people were involved in the project, most of whom are artistes, the rest are the production crew and the random non-artistes who make cameo appearances in the video.

In addition, Yasmin Ahmad co-directed it – all credit is due to her for the warm, fuzzy, feel-good vibe of the video, which incidentally, was shot at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac),

At a press conference last week, Teo and gang put things into perspective, explaining why they did it. “We wanted to make it look real, to portray Malaysians as we are – in our jeans and t-shirts, just getting together and having fun,” said the recording artiste. “It’s just a song about being Malaysian. It’s to project how we really are,” he said.

The project cost nothing (excluding the phone calls and SMSes to get everyone together), and the entire video shoot took only one day. “This whole thing was done with no money, can you imagine what we could do with real money?” commented participating artiste Jason Lo.

Although the setting is rather urban, and there could probably have been more cultural diversity, their intentions seem noble, plus the song is catchy.

Here in My Home is a pleasant tune. The mid-section, which features a few rap lines, is the best part of the song, but overall it’s a tune you wouldn’t mind hearing on the radio several times a day, which is what Teo has planned for the project.

The song is already playing on radio, and the music video can be downloaded and streamed from various sites on the Internet for free.

Go to www.malaysianartistesforunity.info to watch it and find out how you can get involved.

(article courtesy of The Star Online)