Charismatic

Here it is!  Joshua and Wee Liem did a lovely job with the filming and editing. 

I chanced upon this status of an acquaintance and a fan of mine. She seems to have some interesting writing skills that seem to wax poetic. When I read her review of my cover, I was very touched that someone took so much effort to appreciate the work that goes into getting a musically creative video cover out into the world.  Unless you're a youtube star, putting up a video does not earn us anything. Most of the time, it has cost me money to pay videographers who help out goodwill fees, not to mention the time that goes into recording, thinking of good songs to rearrange, post production of audio and video, etc.  If you can read Chinese, I copied pasted the review below the screenshot of her status. Basically she compares both covers, and is amazed by how arrangement and delivery can change a song entirely.  Thanks Christine K. I appreciate it a lot ! I wish there were 1000 of you out there! [迷妹聽歌模式 X Charis Chua X 模特] 　　喜歡喜歡的歌手翻唱喜歡的人的作品！  　　這次我非常欣賞的...

模特 Model It's been a while since I've done a just-me-and-keys cover. This time, I decided to cover a song by this year's Golden Melody Award's Best New Artist, Li Rong Hao (李榮浩). He's from Mainland China, and honestly, he's not much to look at nor does he have much stage presence or charisma at the moment. But apparently he has been in the industry for a long time, writing songs and doing some production stuff behind the scenes. He's a multi instrumentalist (albeit not seemingly specialised in his skills), and he wrote, arranged and produced most of his first originals album that was released last year.  Some of his songs are quite well written, though they sound like they are written by an instrumentalist more than a vocalist (there is a lot of motif repetition and not a lot of room for breathing). He is a fan of John Mayer, so the influence is obvious. In fact, he has been accused of 'copying' John Mayer by netizens and news outlets (howe...

One of those odd moments. I'm halfway through a shower. My hair is doused with 'hair mask' and bunched up in a shower cap. My thrice-coloured hair ends need definitely some regular TLC. My face has some decongestant mask on. I'm listening to a bunch of songs form the 80's. Not my favourite era (full of cheesy synths and an overkill of reverb effects), but there are some good songs in the list.  Preparing for DT's wedding. Yup, my 'boss' is getting married and I have the privilege to be part of the wedding band as the wedding singer. Guess it's time for a person in his 40's to be settling down… His wedding is back to back with Jacob's (a jazz guitarist friend who works in DT's company). And obviously, I have to attend both.  I'm precariously close to turning 30 in a year. Jacob's already there. DT's 'next phase in life' progress was probably slowed down by the entertainment industry (most musos and artists hav...