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  • By: Amos Vang
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This is the Legend Of...

By: Amos Vang
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  • Have you ever wondered about what it takes to be a great investment banker? Or how you can be a broadcaster for the Olympics on national TV? What about becoming a famous world-renowned musician? Or how about making it to a pro sports league such as the NHL? Join Amos Vang, a Canadian lawyer, broadcaster, and podcaster, as he tells and features the untold real-life stories of professionals and people from all walks of life, as well as the lessons that they have learned from their careers. Real-life stories, timeless lessons, rising legends. Find them all here on "This is the Legend Of...".
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  • At 14, his music was featured at international film festivals - Ep 15: This is the Legend Of a Composer - Aaron Tsang (Part 1)

    At 14, his music was featured at international film festivals - Ep 15: This is the Legend Of a Composer - Aaron Tsang (Part 1)
    Dec 27 2024

    At 14 years old, his music and films were featured at international film festivals.

    He’s composed for world-renowned video game and entertainment publishers such as Capcom, DreamWorks Pictures, and Konami.

    In fact, the intro and outro music that you will hear on this episode was written by Aaron Tsang, specifically for all graduation ceremonies at the University of Toronto.

    This is the Legend Of… Aaron Tsang, award-winning composer and music professor at the University of Toronto!

    Join Amos Vang and Aaron Tsang in their discussion on Aaron’s career, musical style, musical influences, and musical analysis.

    This is the first part of a multi-part conversation, so stay tuned for future parts. On this part, Amos and Aaron discuss:

    - Aaron’s early classical musical influences and beginnings

    - Aaron’s experiences as a young teenager making music and films at international film festivals

    - The question of whether music can truly be objective

    - Musical analysis on iconic themes such as the Super Smash Bros. Melee Menu 1 Theme, and why they hit so differently

    - The influence of the famous Chinese story, “Journey to the West”, and other wuxia stories on Aaron’s musical style

    You can follow Aaron on Instagram: @aarontsang.music

    You can visit Aaron’s website: www.aarontsang.com

    -- CHAPTERS –

    0:00 – Introduction

    2:36 – What inspired Aaron Tsang to pursue music?

    4:50 – What instruments did Aaron play?

    6:53 – How do pianists apply bel canto singing to piano performance?

    7:44 – How did these instruments influence Aaron’s musical thinking?

    8:57 – How do pianists perform within the gaps of the notes?

    11:34 – The same pianist can perform the same piece of music differently across different concerts. How?

    13:00 – Tempo rubato in classical music

    17:33 – Public advocacy as a lawyer is very similar to musical performance as a pianist. How?

    19:34 – Public advocacy, musical performance, and sports announcing have A LOT in common. How?

    20:03 – Aaron’s early non-musical influences on his musical style

    23:07 – Video games REALLY influenced Aaron’s musical style. Why?

    25:20 – Wuxia REALLY influenced Aaron’s musical style. Why?

    28:09 – Journey to the West is one of the most influential stories in the world (probably even more than Shakespearean stories)

    28:54 – Black Myth Wukong reused a part of the main theme from the 1986 TV adaptation of Journey to the West!

    29:47 – Westerners, especially Canadians and Americans, are rediscovering the beauty of wuxia films such as “Hero” (2001)!

    31:04 – Super Smash Bros. Melee’s menu theme is ICONIC!!!!!

    31:57 – In his professorship, Aaron argues that music is not subjective. How?

    33:04 – Why is Super Smash Bros. Melee’s menu theme so iconic? Here’s Aaron and Amos’s musical analysis and discussion on that.

    40:40 – Melee’s Opening Theme is ALSO ICONIC. Here’s why.

    42:57 – Nintendo is the master of nostalgia, especially when it comes to musical composition and counterpoint.

    45:08 – At 14 years old, Aaron’s work was featured at international film festivals. This is how he storyboards his music and films.

    52:03 – Effective communication between the composer and the producer is important.

    57:21 – Similar to music, effective communication between a lawyer and a client is important.

    1:02:19 – Outro. Stay tuned for the next part!!!!!


    Intro and Outro Music by: Aaron Tsang

    All other referenced music featured in this episode are attributed to their respective composers.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Future of Work has Changed... Ep. 14 - This is the Legend Of Post-Professionalism, with Dr. Ka Tat Tsang

    The Future of Work has Changed... Ep. 14 - This is the Legend Of Post-Professionalism, with Dr. Ka Tat Tsang
    Nov 30 2024
    Gone are the days when people had one job. Gone are the days when professions such as lawyers and doctors enjoyed a high level of respect and recognition. Gone are the days when it was believed that a person could only be an expert in one area. Today, it is becoming increasingly important to have expertise in not just one profession, but MANY professions. Ironically, this is a return to the Renaissance’s idea of multifaceted expertise. All of this is thanks to post-professionalism, which is the largestsocial shift since industrialization and arguably since the Western world’s Enlightenment. Dr. Ka Tat Tsang, psychotherapist, social work expert, and inventor of the iconic Strategies and Skills and Learning Development (SSLD) system, returns to This is the Legend Of… to discuss the legend of post-professionalism and the ways in which it has affected the world. In this episode, Dr. Tsang and Amos Vang discuss the following topics: 0:00 – Introduction 0:42 – What is post-professionalism? 2:00 – How did we get to post-professionalism? 3:27 – 1945 vs. 1960 vs. 2024 in post-secondary education levels 5:22 – Post-professionalism was sorta inevitable, because of the mass professionalization of everyone 6:05 – Today, lawyers and doctors no longer enjoy the same degree of respect compared to decades ago 7:55 – Attitudes towards the legal profession have substantially changed 9:55 – Certain parts of the legal practice have lost some of its meaningful/fulfilling aspects 12:55 – Mental illnesses resulting from professional life, including the legal and medical professions 13:55 – Institutional control and surveillance 14:21 – Dunbar’s Number and the erosion of trust between people 17:55 – Today, people struggle to build meaningful connections with each other, unlike 150 years ago 19:05 – Chinese cultural concept of “guan xi” (關係) 19:54 – The relationship between therapist and client is MORE IMPORTANT than the method! 20:10 – Why therapy FAILS Asian-Americans and Asians 22:10 – Strong relationships are important in ANY profession 22:37 – Cheap oil and cheap energy may have significantly harmed human relationships 26:00 – The future may be a return to the small rural communities, NOT technology: Amos’s argument at Stanford University’s MAHB 27:00 – The individual vs. the tribe 30:25 – The professional paradigm is NOT SUSTAINABLE ANYMORE! 31:15 – All high-income countries in the West and in Asia have extremely low fertility rates that are below the replacement rate 32:00 – University professorship opportunities are decreasing, too 32:30 – The market must be reformulated into a post-professional model 33:56 – Sustainability vs. growth 40:30 – How can you adapt to the post-professional world? 43:05 – Humans face challenges that require expertise in more than one profession 44:00 – The labour market has shifted towards a post-professional, multidisciplinary world 45:05 – AI and the post-professional world 49:00 – Amos’s post-professional career – music and sports have A LOT in common 50:03 – Amos’s post-professional project – can string theory, metaphysics, and epistemology answer the Questions of Infinity and Impossibility? 54:50 – Professionals such as lawyers and doctors were expected to follow certain social scripts. Not anymore today. 55:25 – People are freer to move around in the post-professional world 1:02:04 – What does it mean to be human? 1:05:12 – Concluding Remarks You can subscribe to Dr. Tsang’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tsangkatat Music by: Amos Vang Website: https://www.thisisthelegendof.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/this-is-the-legend-of/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisthelegendof/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisistheLegendOf
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Episode 13: This is the Legend Of a Legal Polymath - Dr. Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich

    Episode 13: This is the Legend Of a Legal Polymath - Dr. Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich
    Oct 25 2024

    Lawyer. Professor. Contestant on CBC’s “Canada’s Smartest Person”. Former election candidate for Ottawa City Council and for the Law Society of Ontario. Legal polymath. This is the Legend Of… Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich.

    Join Amos Vang as he features the trailblazing career of Dr. Bromwich. The two lawyers discuss the inspiration for Dr. Bromwich’s versatile, diverse career across the law and non-law worlds, as well as the most important lessons that Dr. Bromwich learned over the years.


    Professor Bromwich will also be a regular guest on "This is the Legend Of..."!

    Amos and Dr. Bromwich also discuss other topics, such as the importance of genuine cultural humility, the limits of Canadian cultural thinking, nihilism vs. absurdism vs. existentialism, and other esoteric philosophical discussions.



    Music by: Scott Buckley

    https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/

    And by: Amos Vang

    Website: https://www.thisisthelegendof.com/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/this-is-the-legend-of/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisthelegendof/

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisistheLegendOf

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4f6wBCVf4bHOkf6Gxb4kb7

    Amazon: https://www.audible.ca/pd/B0CHXVZDSY?qid=1694649289&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=yW4V4kLXM2THpddw&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=b278ed0a-c3b2-4491-808c-7cb2190a487c&pf_rd_r=4DEBBGB872W8C893VWEB&pageLoadId=IMnSONEv6qRwv8k9&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c

    IHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-this-is-the-legend-of-123106291/
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    1 hr and 32 mins

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