The Making of a PSA with Music Legend Quincy Jones

Posted on May 29th, 2008 by Wendy Harman

Quincy Jones 

Music legend and humanitarian Quincy Jones was so deeply affected by reports coming out of Myanmar and China that he called us up (meaning his people talked to our people) and asked how he could help us raise awareness.

We quickly put together a PSA and got it recorded in under two days.

Here’s my colleague Seth talking about the experience: 
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Here are the two PSAs:

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