(D-PAN), is a

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national nonprofit organization based in

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, founded by

Sean Forbes Sean Patrick Forbes (born February 5, 1982) is an American hip hop recording artist.

and Joel Martin D-PAN creates

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s featuring deaf and

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performers. D-PAN is dedicated to promoting professional development and access to the entertainment, visual and media arts fields for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Their first video for "

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, with Sean Forbes and Rosina Switras, got hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. On October 28, 2011, D-PAN released their first new ASL music video in a couple years, "We're Going to be Friends" by the White Stripes. After an announcement on the White Stripes Facebook page, the video went viral, making the front page of

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, appearing on CBS News and was briefly shown and mentioned on the ''

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'' show on November 3, 2011. The D-PAN staff consists of Joel Martin (co-founder), Scott Guy (executive director), Sean Forbes (co-founder and chief creative officer), Adrean Mangiardi (director of film) and Mark Levin (Tour, Event, Merchandise and Social Media Manager). The D-PAN DVD compilation called ''It's Everybody's Music, volume 1'' sold more than 10,000 copies. It includes: * John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" *

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's "Beautiful" *

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's "Lose Yourself" performed by Sponge * Mini – Documentary "Signing Songs: Making of D-PAN Music Videos" * And more music videos from community performers. D-PAN also produced a DVD titled ''Wee Hands Vol.1''. In 2013 D-PAN released a DVD of their popular series ''It's Everybody's Music Volume Two'', it includes: *

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We're Going to Be Friends "We're Going to Be Friends" is a song by American alternative rock band White Stripes from their album ''White Blood Cells.'' It was released in 2002 and tells the story of meeting a new friend at the beginning of a school year. Lyrics "Suzy Lee" ...

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Owl City Owl City is an American electronic music project created in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. It is one of several projects by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young (American musician), Adam Young, who created the project while exp ...

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Sean Forbes Sean Patrick Forbes (born February 5, 1982) is an American hip hop recording artist.

"Watch These Hands" *

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"You Bought The Sunshine" *

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"Call Me Maybe" *

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& Damon Timm "Parents, Nothing More" * 4 Behind the Scene Documentaries of the making of each video

References

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External links

Official siteYouTube – D-PAN: Waiting on the World to Change– D-PAN: Beautiful– D-PAN: 'We're Going to be Friends
Charities based in Michigan Deaf culture Organizations based in Detroit Deafness arts organizations Deafness organizations in the United States