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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

New Beginnings...

...begin today. =)


Saturday, March 28, 2009

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

All that Jazz!

So I've been holed up in the Upper West Side for the past 2 days doing a location recording for 2 albums, a jazz trio and solo piano. The one thing that sucks is that I have NO cell reception at all. It is THE SUCK, or LE SUCK. Anyhoo....

It's been an amazing time watching the group go at it. We've gotten some amazing tracks and I've jsut finished a rough mixdown of a few tunes, can't wait for the 2 albums to drop!  I'm debating if I wanna write a session report type entry sometime later...just to document a bit of what goes on in a typical session, we will see if I have energy left after the next few days and if I can remember lol.

I don't think I can remember any year in which I've been so freakin' busy... I'm not complaining, I get to hone my chops, but dang.

Make that 7 albums/EPs this year that I'm done with/working on with another potential mix job.

Now I need to plan a vacation....




Thursday, March 12, 2009

If you live in Malaysia....

Plug for my sister's show:



The Young Choral Academy (YCA) Chamber Choir, the result of the merger between the YCA Youth Chamber Choir and the Young KL Singers’ (YKLS) Chamber Choir, will be announcing their arrival in the Malaysian music scene with their debut production, ‘Buatan Malaysia’ featuring arrangements of Malaysian choral music.

Through this production, the YCA Chamber Choir strives to show the audience that any genre of Malaysian music, be it pop, folksongs or even – yes – patriotic songs can be a pleasure to listen to and perform. For the members, Saw states that this production is to help the performers learn and understand their own country’s music better, and through this develop a love for it.

                This production features purely local arrangers, such as Geneviene Wong, Juliette Lai, Wong Shuen Da and the choir’s very own Assistant Music Director Tracy Wong.  The audience will be able to enjoy original arrangements of songs that are close to the hearts of most Malaysians, even a completely different rendition of Jalur Gemilang along with some completely original compositions such as Not Alone Anymore.

                The chamber choir will be working with stage director Melissa Teoh, who lectures at Sunway University College’s Department of Performance & Media. Melissa is also a double nominee for this year’s Boh Cameronian Arts Awards for Best Set Design for the productions Air Con and Hero.
 
Armed with a stage director, original arrangements and compositions, the YCA Chamber Choir’s debut production promises a reminiscent night for Malaysians with a twist as the audiences will hear familiar tunes to songs they probably know all the words to in a completely different light and will be introduced to the wonders of our very own Malaysian arrangers!
 
Venue : Pentas 2 of the KL Performing Arts Center (KLPac)
Date    : 28th and 29th of March
Time   : 3.00pm and 8.30pm on Saturday and a 3.00pm Sunday matinee show.
 
Tickets can be purchased from the KLPac Box Office (03-40479000) for a flat rate of RM25.

We hope to see you there ! :D


Young Choral Academy
http://www.youngchoral.com
Office Phone: 03-77264691 /  014-6242733 



Monday, January 19, 2009

A Great Way to Start 2009

Something completely unexpected but very very nice:

While at NAMM '09 I met my old A&R guy Jeff from Silverfox and he was kind enough to bring me over to check out Soultone Cymbals. I have to say I was skeptical when I heard the name....

And then I sat down to play them.

Holy. Crap.

They sounded amazing! Tons of character and tones, hand crafted in Istanbul by master cymbal smiths, I fell in love with them and couldn't stop playing. The long and short of it? Jeff signed me on the spot and I am now a proud endorser of Soultone Cymbals. I'll be heading off to the vaults in Jersey sometime this week or next week to pick out a set in time for my next gig which will be Jan 31st with Kevin So. Can't wait!!!




(Yes, the website is in need of some serious updating. Check out the reviews in this month's Modern Drummer!)





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