And Steven says its GOING DOWN!
EDIT: Saw this cool CFTH Tour recap video Pastel tweeted, how cool! Doesn't it get you even more excited for the MKOC tour? :D
Credit to omygoshashley
1. The two of you have been doing this for so long, what has been your favorite memory so far?
Marisa: That's so difficult...There are so many....I think meeting some of the artists we've worked with and meeting many of the amazing fans. Meeting and sharing the stage with David Archuleta was incredible. He is super genuine and nice and his voice is one of the best I've ever heard. He was so much fun to talk with.
Having lived in this war-torn country back in the late 1970's, I grew to love the people with whom I lived. It didn't matter to me their ethnic origin - Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian - they were all just happy fun people to me and I counted as friends people from each region. Of course, I was always aware of the bigotry and ethnic differences that bubbled just below the surface, but I always hoped that the peace this rich country enjoyed would continue indefinitely. Obviously that didn't happen. When Yugoslavian President Josip Broz Tito died, different political factions jockeyed for position and the inevitable happened - civil war. Suddenly my friends were pitted against each other. Serbian brother wouldn't talk to Croatian sister-in-law. Bosnian mother disowned Serbian son-in-law and so it went. Meanwhile, all I could do was stay glued to the TV back in the US and sink deeper in a sense of hopelessness. Finally, one night I began channeling these deep feelings into a wordless melody. Then little by little I added words....Can you hear....? Can you feel......? I started with these feelings - sensations that the children struggling to live in this difficult time might be feeling. Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian children all felt the same feelings of confusion and sadness and it was for them that I was writing this song. ~Kurt
For reference, here is an adapted version of the solo, sung by American Idol Finalist David Archuleta. Following that is an audio example of the original song sung by the composer Kurt Bestor.