World Animal Day by the Furry Friends Farm@ Bangsar Village

Dear all,
i had 3 shows last sat, one for a lunch, another a charity event in the evening and night a wedding.
I was then dead sloshed at the end of the day but erm Happy!=)
Talking about charity event, I felt indeed an honored to be able to do my part and be invited to perform for this very wonderful event: World Animal Day by the Furry Friends Farm=)
To cut a long story short, i was actually invited by Sabrina, the founder and the person managing Furry Friends Farm who is a figure and someone i really respect for being able to dedicate a life to these wonderful animals. I personally love dogs especially the strays. And well, i have saved two dogs on the street before..One which unfortunately i have to put to sleep because of the rising cost of the vet and the handicap of it( she can't walk and was sick terribly) and another dislocated her left hind legs so i took it to the vet and now is being adopted by my good friend, Andrew.
Anyway, recently my parents and I saved a pregnant dog who was actually loitering outside our home, which we named Dollar. Due to unforeseen circumstances which we could not take her in as we have Megan( My house dog ), We would have to send Dollar to Furry Friends Farm in which we now pay a monthly fees of RM30 per dog you saved. For Dollar is a lil more as she gave birthday to 4 puppies the other day. Money is definitely not the issue in these situations but is the life of the animals or rather i would say a living creature. Im sure most of ya would hear the phrase: " Dogs are like Humans"
Anyway, yea..in the event last sat, i got to meet a whole lot of lovely and wonderful ppl whom we share the same passion- to provide a better place for these animals=), I met emcee KC Yap who did a wonderful introduction of myself (Thanks KC!) & Mr. Salehin who is also an animal lover..=)
Finally, before you scroll down for the pics below, i would like to urge of everyone of ya to continue supporting and thank the Independent Pet Rescuers & the Furry Friends Farm for providing these animals a better life and place to live as i vow to do my part too! Bravo!

Dollar

Me & Dollar, my adopted Pet=) Muackss!!

Some of the pets in the event.....=)

Pretty Poodle=)

Pretty Black Poodle


The Puppies up for adoption...

Dennis & Dollar #2


Jimmy Sax & Dennis Lau

Dennis Lau

KC Yap & Dollar=)

3 Legged dog

Heading back to the Farm =(

Me & Sabrina Yeap, the kindest heart of all hearts..She's the one whos taking care of Dollar and the rest of the dogs in her farm which she's actually handling it all by herself, love ya muchie Sab & you have my upmost respect!=)

For more pics: heres the link- http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=61071&l=e8516&id=532951336

P/S: "You Gotta Know" is almost done in completion and im kinda targeting a few shows lined up to launch and to have it as a testing ground for this song=)
Wish me luck!



Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my

"You Gotta Know"- 2nd Draft@ The Factory Music

-"Acoustic Hip Hop" is the Genre, "You Gotta Know" is the title-
Recording this morning at 9am is indeed my earliest ever but though having just 4 hours of sleep the night before certainly did NOT stop me frm making this original composition of mine possible. Probably i would say the Last song of the album simultaneously in the process with the other track: Track 9=)
As you all have possibly read before in my previous post, im collaborating with Yuri Wong of The Factory Music in producing this entirely new shit. Imagine Acoustic/ Accapella music together with Hip Hop beats & Jazz liness (My fav, woohoo!)...also along with the acoustic instruments itself: Violin & Guitar exchanging parts. Speaking for itself basically! yeah!
Anyway, Thanks Yuri for that wonderful collaboration earlier this morning. Lets finish up the song soon and the preview of it shall be planned *winks*
It was indeed productive!

Till then..haha

Yuri@ The Factory Music- the crib of "You Gotta Know"

Morning Recording look...-_-"

The Process of it

Tracking the Violin/ Strings section

Yuri with his new Fender frm Japan=)
Here's a sneak peak of our baby in progress!*winks*



Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my

Track 9 with All Star lineup: Lewis Pragasam, Ken Chung & Cher Siang

Dear all,
SELAMAT HARI RAYA to start off with to all Muslim friends and Malaysians as well who are celebrating this very erm..Special occasion.
However, Hari Raya this year to me was indeed very productive..One thing good in public holidays is that Musicians get to rest too and this is the only time where i could get all my selected recording musicians friends together to record my track for the album.
2 more Songs to go and the album would be heading for post production...So erm, well..for now, i call this New Track- track No.9 first rather then having it untitled. I shall NOT revealed too much of this song yet but today, i have the honored and privileged to record with One of the world's top and best drummer- Lewis Pragasam. Whom we both worked together back then in the David Tao's concert in 2006. Having Sir Lewis in the recording certainly brought the music to another level...F**K Yeah! His tone, touch, Feel, Groove is just ahh, Perfect!

A lil writeup of Lewis:

Lewis Pragasam is one of the most highly-regarded musicians to emerge from Asia. He is considered virtually an
icon in his homeland and has been hailed as a music legend in Asia. He has garnered international critical acclaim
as one of Asia’s leading percussionists and an innovator of new trends in world music. Lewis is the founder and
moving spirit of the pioneering Asiabeat project, started in 1979, whose recordings and performances are now
legendary in the merging of Asian and Western musical styles.

The Asiabeat project has 5 recordings released worldwide since 1982, namely: Asiabeat, Dare To Dream, Spirit
Of The People, Drumusique (live) and Monsoon. The project under Lewis’ leadership has toured/performed in
festivals all over the world including the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Perth Festival of Music and Nigata Cultural Festival
(Japan).

He has toured, performed and/or recorded with many internationally renowned artistes – Paul Jackson, Tony Levin,
Billy Cobham, Jeff Berlin, Ernie Watts, Andy Sheppard, Randy Bernsen, David Mann, Anthony Curits, Randy
Crawford, John ‘Kaizan’ Neptune, Bob James, Ottmar Liebert, Torninho Horta amongst others. Lewis has performed
at major festivals around the world including a Royal Command Performance for HRH The Prince of Wales, Prince
Charles (Prince Trust Concert) in Edinburgh.

He has produced and organized numerous percussion festivals all over South East Asia working with various
percussion exponents/groups – Steve Thornton, Yaya Diallo, Pete Lockett, Shanxi Drummers, ‘Parry Pan’s’ Steel
Drum Orhestra, ‘Tokyo Dagaki’ Taiko ensemble, Guru Karakkudi R. Mani, ‘Guardians of the Flame’ Mardi Gras
Indians, ‘Tepak Rampak’ Drum Ensemble of Indonesia, Drum Drum & the Siale Dancers and many other
percussion ensembles from South East Asia.

Lewis also travels extensively conducting drum and percussion clinics/workshops. His ‘Trash’ percussion group
perform and conduct workshops for children utilizing recyclable material to make interesting percussion instruments.
Pragasam received the prestigious ‘Fulbright Scholarship’ from the US government in 1990. He served as ‘Artiste In
Residence’ at East Carolina University, NC, as well as lecturing at various academic institutions all over the US.

He has recently published a series of methods for learning drum styles with Mel Bay entitled "Drum Talk".

The Maestro himself=)

I recorded the rhythm section as usual with my two other Top musicians: Ken Chung & Cher Siang to form the Core of the whole music and to give it a real steady backbone. Certainly Lewis has graciously helped me in doing so..Also, at the same time or probably in the near future, we would be working on some upcoming new projects which definitely i look forward to!
P/S: A little hint *is a Vocals & Violin duet" Double V!
BUT whose the singer? Stay tuned!

Here are some pics for your feasting!

Lewis & Joe

Engineer Joe & Ken Chung

Rehearsing Track 9

Lewis & Dennis rehearsing


Ken Chung on Bass

Lovebirds.-_-""

With the Serious Shit himself: Lewis Pragasam


My new found music enthusiastic friends: Adrian & Jasmine Chuah. Thanks so much for coming and thanks for the breakfast! *winks*
Jasmine is absolutely in love with music and i really admired her enthusiasm and passion towards it, same goes to Adrian who in fact endure the entire recording session which well, thats quite something. Anyway, thanks for the support and we shall continue with our "Serious Shits"!

Dennis Lau & Joe. Thanks for the session today man!

Dennis Lau & Jasmine

Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my

Singapore Day 3- 25th Sept 2008 (REDBULL F1 PARTY)

3rd Night- Redbull F1 Party, one of the Biggest F1 party@ Singapore in conjunction with their First ever F1 Night Race=)
and here comes the Malaysian Invasion.....woohoo!
Together with my Singapore Manager (Now officially appointed as)- Kathleen Rice(katmosaic@gmail.com), it was a perfect party with food, drinks, crowd, Music, beds, and last but not least..the Beach!
Organized in Cafe Del Mar@ Sentosa, it was a party like a bridge between a Rave and a club
Here are some of the pics:

Before hitting the Low

Part of it 1

Part of i t 2


The Decks

Party timeee=)

Dennis Lau, Redbull Model & good friend, Tony frm China One, Singapore

Dennis Lau & erm...forgot her name already but remember she's from Singapore Airlines *winks*

KL + Sing@ Sentosa

Adding on into the Malaysian Team Invasion is Levy who arrived later *winks*

Mosaic Singapore Manager Kat & Dennis Lau

Dennis, Levy, Zac & Kat da Kitty

With Aviators

The Studs
Well, there were many more drinking pics and uncensored ones but you could only see that on my facebook. All in, it was one of the best parties i ever attended and well, before signing off, i still did not forget to take another Jumping pic.haha

-_-"""

Alright cheers, just got back frm an amazing wedding. One of the memorable one i did with Edmund Tham photography. It was the combination of the audience, Venue, food, drinks and of cos to me the most important, soundsystem=)
You would just need to keep logged on to find out *winks*


Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my

Singapore Day 1- 23rd Sept 2008=)

Dear all,

Barely 2 hours aboard the Aeroline to Singapore, i was already starting to feel my this whole trip is gonna be all worthwhile and very productive=)
First of all, let me introduce you my very new good friend, Mr. Terry McCarthy frm Australia but based in Malaysia.
We started off chatting about my music, performing, arts as Terry himself was in production before. Film production mainly and it always fascinates me to meet ppl who share the same interest=)
Well, besides that, Terry is also conducts Dorn Spinal Therapy providing Gentle and safe relief frm back, neck and Joint pain. After talkin about music, and showing him the stuffs i do and all, i gradually learn more about him and his expertise in his practice.

For the first time (probably many of you have experienced it, but this is the First for me) and i really felt the "Qi" been transferred to me.....=)To be able to experienced that is definitely something out of this world and amazing at the same time. To be able to witness this frm a white man who is so well versed with our Chinese practice culture just motivates me to learn things even out from the box and also "think" out of the box!
Below is a picture of my new found friend- Terry=)

Terry McCarthy & Me

Classic *winks* To be able to witness and believing it is just mind blowing!

Then, i proceed to Rey's house upon reaching Singapore. After unpacking and freshening up, the first event scheduled to attend is my dear friend, Maninder Krishan's Debut Art Exhibition in OldSchool, Mont Sophia. Kathleen da Kitty, my other bestie in Singapore actually invited me over and of cos, considering Maninder is definitely one of the very talented artists i ever witness is a privileged to be part of it. Maninder focuses on the originality of India itself as its her origin and she wants to be able to share her experience here by the emotions of her art.

This is one of my favourite pics i captured on the evening itself, I believe that Maninder really specializes in capturing the expressions on the faces, AMazing!

Pic 2=)

The Biggest piece there

Maninder & Kat da Kitty in her speech, relaxx la Kat!haha

The Supportive Crowd

The Lady's Speech

The Master piece- My Fav=)

Dennis & Kat da Kitty

Kat & Clara

Kat & Dennis*again*

Looks Familiar eh?*winks*

-_-"""

Dennis & Clara



Alright peeps, this is the first day only...more events to come!

Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my