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Why give up Delta Crab?

I originally wanted a stage name that was memorable, easy to pronounce and spell, and communicated my desire to be more fun and carefree as an artist. Animals were easy to remember and I liked the idea of using orange as my brand color, so I went with Delta Crab.

Having a stage name was useful for a time. It made me recognizable on Twitch while also protecting my real identity from my work life. It helped me grow an audience from having literally zero fans. I began to slip into a Twitch clown persona because it attracted viewers, and so I leaned heavily into the Delta Crab stage name by creating an atmosphere where I’d do pretty much anything Twitch TOS allowed to get more views. I came to have a reputation for being a goofy anything-goes entertainer with a creepy mannequin that would occasionally “sing” with him.

Music was always a central part of my channel, but the clowning continued to escalate as my following grew, and I attracted an audience that came to see the Asian guy be funny rather than to hear me express myself through music.

I’m ready to stop being Delta Crab.

While I still enjoy being funny, I’m no longer interested in comedy being the reason people join my community. I’m ready to be free of the crude sexual innuendo that came with the Delta Crab name. I’m ready to stop dressing up as a crab for laughs. I’m ready to start showing my audience that I’m a livelooping wizard, a singer-songwriter that expresses himself authentically, a music producer that’s true to himself.

I’m ready to stop hiding behind a stage name and be more myself as an artist.

Why go by Scott Hsu?

Going by my given name Scott Hsu allows me to be more genuine and authentic as an artist. It shows the confidence I have in myself as a creative. It shows that I embrace the way I look when I perform. It’s a statement about the respect I have for myself.

What’s so hard about going by Scott Hsu?

When I created the stage name Delta Crab, I hoped to communicate “I am one of us. I am NOT a foreigner.”

I used to downplay my Asian-ness to fit in with white American culture, and especially to fit in as a musician with the popular music scene I belonged to. It’s often assumed that Asian-Americans are outsiders in American culture (look up “forever foreigner”), so I used to make extra efforts to mask my Asian-ness to gain acceptance. This was even more true for my beloved rock/pop music scene, where male Asian-American representation is extremely rare, where you’ll almost never see a man with Hsu in their name singing center stage. I used to downplay my Asian-ness because I feared people would scroll past my name when browsing for musicians to check out, I feared having to constantly explain how to say my name to MC’s and announcers, I feared being passed over for gig opportunities because my name sounds more like the name you’d see for your doctor than a performing artist.

But now I don’t fear that rejection, and I don’t feel like I need to hide anymore. I’m proud of being Taiwanese-American, and I can properly show this by going by my very Asian-American sounding name Scott Hsu. I choose not to worry about negative stereotypes people might have when they only see my name, before they hear what I can do. Hiding behind a stage name does nothing for Asian-American representation in music.

Can I still call you Delta Crab, DC, Delta, Crab, Crabby, etc.?

I’d prefer you call me Scott from now on. Scotty or other iterations are good too. I know for some of you it’ll take getting used to, but it’s important to me that you make the change.

How do you pronounce Hsu?

I prefer “shoe”, it’s a close English approximation to the Mandarin pronunciation.

Is that how it’s pronounced in Mandarin?

Hsu is the romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 許. It comes from a Taiwanese legacy romanization system for Mandarin called Wade Giles. To say 許, try to make a “sh” sound while the tip of your tongue is down, below your lower front teeth. The middle of your tongue should rise to the roof of your mouth to make the sound. This sounds is foreign to us English language speakers, hence why I go by “shoe”.

If you’re curious about how it’s actually pronounced, check out this video.

2024 Release Schedule

You Got My Love - Mar Play - Aug Hannah Su - Sept Hey Allie - Oct CLIFFS EP - Nov