Next Thursday, I’ll be performing at the Key Club in West Hollywood with the fabulous Martin Estrada and Rafael Moreira again! I’m super excited about doing a show there and it would be awesome to see you all. We will be introducing some more new tunes from my upcoming second album as well as some old faves =)

Thank you all for your continued love and support and hope you can all make it!!

KEYREI

Hope you are having a wonderful New Year! My 2011 has started out with some surprises and I have been working on lots of new music that I would love to share with all of you!

Currently, my music videos are on regular rotation on the MNET Television Network: Where Asian Pop Lives and…

Next Wednesday night I will be performing at THE MINT in Los Angeles with some amazing musicians and rocking my new hairdo!!

Would love to see you there!

With Love and Gratitude Always,

Keyrei

February:

On set of "If You Go" with the Syrenz & Outer Circle Crew

Shot my very first music video for “If You Go ft. Roscoe Umali“. This was such a fun experience, especially since I got to work with my close friends from Outer Circle Crew and the Syrenz, as well as my amazing producer, Techbeatz. My closest friends were also on set to support me and the 12 hour day literally flew by! Thanks to Juwan Chung (dir.), Johnny Ching (dp), Dave Kebo, the entire cast and crew and the one and only Dan Rogers for the insane editing job!!

Keyrei ft. Roscoe Umali-IF YOU GO

I also had the privilege of working with August Vouniozs and Charles Beckman, who both directed the official music video for “Mon Amie”. My bff (mon amie) made a cameo appearance in the video, and I got the my pastors’ daughters (the 2 cutest girls in the whole world!) to play the younger versions of myself and my best friend. The cast and crew hiked with babies on board, and even got completely drenched in the freezing ocean to get all of our beautiful shots in 2 days. The kids were so great and cooperative and I sincerely thank their parents for allowing them to be a part of my video!

Keyrei-Mon Amie (Official Music Video)

April:

Performing at the Cinespace

After waiting anxiously for the final edits of both videos, I got to share them with everyone at the video release party held at Cinespace in Hollywood. The response was great and I had a blast performing with my band (Heday Ikumo, Valerie Stern and Spike Phillips) prior to the screening. Here is one of the numbers that we performed with dancers Chereese Mackey and Yasmeen Montes: Photography by Johnny Ching.
Keyrei performing “Therapy” at Cinespace

June:

On set of "Therapy N+TM Mix" shoot

June was a crazy month!! I shot 2 more music videos on back-to-back weekends, both in just about 12 hours each! Thank you to dir. Peter Mascetta, his entire crew and to producer Noah+The Man for making the remix of “Therapy”! Photography by Elan Greenwald.
Keyrei – THERAPY N+TM Mix (official music video)

On set of "Waterfalls"

August and Charles stepped up again for the shoot of “Waterfalls”. We had multiple crews shooting all over downtown Los Angeles for the entire day, and we got our final rooftop performance shot together right at sunset…it was beautiful! Photography by Elan Greenwald.
Keyrei – Waterfalls (official music video)

July:

Performing at the Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills

By mid summer, it felt like I hadn’t done a show in ages and with the production of all 4 music videos behind me, we put together our first organically live gig at the Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills. Here is a medley of what went down the whole night: Photography by Elan Greenwald.
KEYREI – Live at the Aqua Lounge

August:

Uke Jam at Room 5

August was a pretty packed month, too with multiple shows, more shoots and production in gear for my new album due out 2011. The most memorable one of them all, however, was my very first ukulele performance at Room 5 with Marie Choi, Spike Phillips, Heday Ikumo and Phil Parlapiano. We jammed to some of my tunes from “Therapy”, a bunch of my favorite covers and I sampled 2 of my newest songs from my next album, all of which the audience seemed to really enjoy. It was such a cozy, intimate show and love was definitely in the air that night =) Peep our cover of “Bizarre Love Triangle” below: Photography by Elan Greenwald.
KEYREI – Bizarre Love Triangle (Ukulele Cover)

September:

My Bday show at Life on Wilshire

Both vids for “Waterfalls” and “Therapy N+TM Mix” were now ready for a premiere, and my birthday party was the perfect occasion to celebrate it with family, friends and fans. I decided to do an acoustic set along with a sexy, charged set of both video numbers. Best of all, my choreographer, Darrien got to perform with us!! Photography by Elan Greenwald.
KEYREI – Waterfalls (Original)

December:

"JESUS WENT SURFING" sticker at a drive-thru in HI

During the last couple of months, I decided to take a much needed mini-vaca to my favorite second home in Hawaii. There I met the some of the most inspiring musicians, contemplated about getting a gorgeous electric uke, and got pretty banged up in a paddle surfing accident! Refreshed, relaxed and ready to roll, I am now making big plans for next year with lots of new twists on my music and artistry as a whole. I am so excited about growing even more as writer and performer, and just when I least expected it, I got a few calls to perform for some holiday charities in and out of Los Angeles. Nothing like finishing out the year by giving back to my community and I thank God everyday for each and every person and opportunity that comes my way. Wishing you all a very blessed, safe and HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!!

With Love & Gratitude Always,

Keyrei

Dear Friends!

Please join me in celebrating my birthday at an amazing and cozy venue called Life on Wilshire! There will be live entertainment along with a screening of my newest music videos for “Waterfalls” and “Therapy N+TM Mix“.

The show will start on time, so please arrive early to reserve your seat. Feel free to invite anyone you’d like and I hope you will stay afterwards to party the night away with me!

There will be a $15 cover charge at the door, but as long as you RSVP to this invite or email me your list at info@voamusicgroup.com, I will be sure to get you on the discount list!

Hope you all can make it!!

With Love and Gratitude Always,

Keyrei

www.lifeonwilshire.com (check out the venue here!)

Due to popular demand, I’ll be jamming on my ukulele with Phil Parlapiano, Heday Ikumo, Spike Phillips, and Marie Choi at Room 5! A 45 minute set of my favorite covers including some originals like you’ve never heard them before!

You don’t want to miss this one time event! Seating is very limited, so please arrive early.

I am so excited about this show…hope you all can make it!

Saturday, August 21st @ 7 pm
Room 5
143 N. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Love,
Keyrei

Come see me and my band perform live at the beautiful Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills next Friday night!

You’ll definitely see a different side of me during this intimate performance and I’ll also be playing some new tunes…you don’t want to miss this!

This is an all ages event and there will be great food and drinks as well as ample parking.

Hope to see you all there!

Love,
Keyrei

Related show

• Artist: Keyrei
• Date: Friday, July 30th 2010
• Time: 8:30pm
• City: Keyrei in Beverly Hills
• Venue: Aqua Lounge
• Address: 424 N. Beverly Dr.
• Venue phone: 310-275-8511
• Country: United States
• Admission: $10
• Age restrictions: All Ages/Licensed
• Notes:
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I can’t expect everything to be perfect, however, and considering all of the challenges I faced that night with time constraints, a rushed sound check and other tech issues, I think it turned out pretty well! Roscoe couldn’t make the event, but I had my producer, Techbeatz, as well as The Syrenz and Outer Circle Crew there to back me up and get the crowd going.

A lot of my friends and crew members from the videos came with their kids and it was really nice to have my entire family there to support me. I was especially thrilled that my dad, who is currently in the middle of his last rounds of chemotherapy, was there to cheer me on.

On stage, despite the crappy sound, I had a blast with my band (Heday, Valerie and Spike) and my smokin’ hot dancers (Yasmeen and Chereese). I love you guys!

The oh-so-patient audience

Me, Yas, and Chereese

Syrenz!!

Dopeness

Minn and Outer Circle Crew performs

The Uh-mazing Nasty Ray

Spike's Green Sparkle Kit...beautiful!

Hey Everyone!

It’s definitely way over due, but I finally shot some music videos from my debut album, THERAPY!
Come see “IF YOU GO” featuring ROSCOE UMALI, along with a cameo of my fabulous producer, TECHBEATZ,
and my newest single “MON AMIE” at the official video release party on April 23, 2010at CINESPACE
in Hollywood. I would love for all of you to come be the first ones to see the videos, as well as special performances by THE SYRENZ, OUTER CIRCLE CREW (also featured in “IF YOU GO”), and yours truly.

Showtime is from 7:30-9:30pm, and you are more than welcome to stay and party the rest of the
night away after the premiere. All ages are welcome to the show, however after 10 pm, it’s 21+ over. Please RSVP to info@voamusicgroup.com to get on my VIP GUEST LISTor you can purchase a limited number of pre-sale tickets at:

http://keyreivideoreleaseparty.eventbrite.com

Thank you and hope to see you all there!

Much Love Always,

Keyrei

Before the madness at Pollution Studios in Downtown LA…

My two fabulous dancers, Ebbonie and Yasmeen.  Still cute, even before the makeover!

My drummer, Spike, talking to TechBeatz and Jason Viera who played the best tunes for us all day long!

Juwan Chung with TechBeatz and that’s Johnny Ching standing on the apple box =)

My amazing choreographer, Darrien Henning and my BFF/Pseudo-Manager, Hana!

Spike on set.  If you look closely, the sticker says “drum machines have no soul”…

But ironically, TechBeatz brought his “Maschine” to play!!  It was dope, though…

Me and Spike

That’s Ebbonie, post makeover.  Ummm…can we say, GORGEOUS?!

This is where I felt like Kim Kardashian =)

From left to right: Shy Guy, Wen Rock, Gyroe the Magnificent, me, Nasty Ray, Peppa, and Marco Peru!

They seriously rocked the house…wait till you see the footage!!

I’m so lucky to have my friends come and support me all of the time…

YAY…me and ROSCOE UMALI!!

Darrien with his “girls” =)

That’s us with my amazing stylist Marco Morante and his assistant, Brandon.

This is us with our hair guru, Hector.  Isn’t he so photogenic?

That’s a wrap!  Boy, do we look exhausted!

Left to right:  Dave Kebo, Juwan Chung, Jason Viera, Johnny Ching, Darrien Henning,

and Cy Shimmy.  Thank you guys for all of your hard work =)

Well, amazingly enough, after endless hours of cutting, organizing, color correcting and sifting through tons of “unlabeled” footage, here is the final product.  I’m “definitely, like, ummm, totally” happy with it =)

Keyrei EPK