| Soe Paing is one of the prominent singers in Burmese modern music era. His songs dominated young Burmese for many years.
In the early 70s, when Soe Paing started singing, the elders and the government had designated the Burmese Modern music as "Hooligan music". Young Burmese guitarists were opening up a way by their own path. In the mean time, the stereo cassette tape recorders were invented, and most songs were recorded at a few private studios.
They copied their songs from the master reel to the cassette tapes, and then distributed to the public by selling themselves. They called themselves as "Stereo musicians". The government run broadcasting service had never let them on air. However, those stereo musicians and their songs were in vogue among the youths, and the government could not block the current of the new generation of music.
A son of a famous Burmese jockey "Ba Yin Lay", and Daw Khin May, Soe Paing was one of those, who started the new era of Burmese modern music . For more than 30 years of experience in music, Ko Soe Paing had sung hundreds of songs before he left the country. One of his famous songs named "Ah-Chit-Houng-Yei Lat-Htet-Mingalar" which means "My Old Sweetheart's Wedding" was very popular among the Burmese. His son, "Yaung chi Nyein Chan", is singing his father's songs by his own arrangement. He is now making his own album to follow up his dad's footstep. The father and son are now residing in San Francisco, California.
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May Sweet was a youngest among the renowned female singers in the late 70s. She started singing publicly at the age of thirteen.
Born on February 13, in Rangoon, she was named as "Swe Aye Myint" by her parents but people have fondly known her as "May Sweet." May Sweet sings hundreds of variety of songs such as Burmese classical songs, basic Burmese classical songs composed in a stately manner, Burmese modern songs and the oldies. She is not only a well-known singer but also an actress who has performed in Burmese movies and appeared in videos and television. Her mother is a Burmese celebrity, and a five time academy award winner, actress "Myint Myint Khin". Her father is lawyer "U Khin Maung Nyunt". May Sweet used to sing a song named "Na-Bann-San", which was famous to her mother forrty years ago, showing her love and dedication to her mom. She has been singing for 27 years, and keep on singing among the oversea Burmese after she left the country. As a well-known singer inside and outside of Burma, her distinctive voice attracts audience whenever she sings. For almost three decades of her music life, she enjoys singing among the people, and has never had a grudge against anybody. Her sweet smiles and good innate nature support her to be a long-term recognizable female singer among the Burmese Celebrities. May Sweet is also a graduate from Rangoon University, and continuing her education in the United States, and is now residing in New Jersey.
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Thiri Nyunt started playing the guitar, drums and piano at the age of 13. During his years as a professional music player, and also as a student of Rangoon Institute of Technology, he released 6 albums of his own songs and composed many songs for his colleague singers. He also wrote music articles, novellas, and a novel, named "Long-Yeik-Out-Mhar", which means "be overshadowed by another's power or influence". This book is about a true story of a Burmese modern musician who struggled for his survival under the tension between the real artists and the businessmen. This book was published in 1988. Since then, the book had never been published again because he left the country after the military coup in September 1988. He fled for the jungle near Thailand-Burma border, and involved in armed struggle for the democratic movement against the military dictatorship. He founded the regiment (102) of ABSDF (All Burma Students' Democratic Front) with his comrades students in Three Pagodas Pass, near Thailand-Burma border. He served as a commander of the regiment (102)ABSDF from 1988 to 1990, and then was elected as Joint-General Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the ABSDF from 1989 to 1991. The military government banned all his songs and the books for further release. He lived five years in the jungle near the Thailand-Burma border with his comrades of ABSDF and Karen fighters of Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). Although he had involved in the revolution against the military dictatorship, he is a son of a founding member of Burma Air Force, retired Colonel Aung Nyunt, and Daw Khin Saw Than (author Saw Myawaddy). He continued his education after he arrived to the United States, and achieved a degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is now residing in Phoenix, Arizona.
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