We got an interesting note about venture capitalist Peter J. Su. The associate over at DCM has decided to forego staying longer in the VC industry to pursue other opportunities in music and music related start-ups. He’s taking a big risk to follow his dreams. Apparently, he’s always been interested in music from singing in choir in high school to starting his own mostly Asian American acapella group. But like many Asian Americans, he was led to take the more safe and traditional path: business degree with High Honors from UC Berkeley to investment banker at Goldman Sachs to a venture capitalist at DCM. The passion for music has never left him. During his time at Cal, he even minored in music. He’s now come full circle back to music.

Peter Su has released his first original song “Facebook Game” about social media, games, and girls. For his first YouTube video, it’s not a bad song. What do you think of the music from this VC turned singer/songwriter? It’s definitely inspiring to see Asian Americans following their dream no matter how old or far into their careers they may be. He’s not the only person channelAPA has written about with a similar story. Both directors Christopher Wong (Whatever It Takes) and Jen Thym (Lumina series) left the world of finance to join the arts. Who’s next?

(Thanks to David C. for the tip.)

update: Join in Peter’s new endeavor by covering his song “Facebook Game”. He’s running a contest where anybody can submit a video covering his song to Covermix.com. 1st place wins a chance to collaborate with him and an XBOX 360 S (the new black one). More details here.

Facebook Game by Peter J. Su

update: Peter Su is has now left the Venture Capitalist world and pursuing a career as a singer/songwriter. Follow his journey here.

Lyrics to Facebook Game by Peter J. Su

So I met the perfect girl
Just the other night
We talked but no number
Cause I’m kind of shy

I’m back at home now
Will I ever see her again?
And then I remember
I can add her as a friend

Playing these facebook games
Ain’t talkin’ bout a farm
Do you feel the same?
I wanna hold you in these arms

There are so many things
That I’d like to share with you
And maybe some day
I’ll be in a relationship
With you

So I glanced through your photos
All seven hundred eighty two
I think I’m in love now
Cause in everyone you looked cool

You know your profile pic
Looks so darn cute
But you know it’d look better
With me in it too

Playing these facebook games
Ain’t talkin’ bout a farm
Do you feel the same?
I wanna hold you in these arms

There are so many things
That I’d like to share with you
And maybe some day
I’ll be in a relationship
With you

So I messaged her on gchat
But she didn’t message me back
She’s always invisible
What’s up with that?

She’s playing hard to get
But baby no sweat
I know she’s feeling me
Cause I follow her tweets

Tell me, what’s your status
What’s on your mind?
If you had a like button
You know I’d click it
If you sent me a message
I hope I didn’t miss it

Playing these facebook games
Ain’t talkin’ bout a farm
Do you feel the same?
I wanna hold you in these arms

There are so many things
That I’d like to share with you
And maybe some day
I’ll be in a relationship
With you