Their Big day~ muacks~ Absolutely Spectacular~ Thanks Zung~ Zung, Vivienne & Dennis Lau The Rose among the Torns!=P
Creditorials & Appreciation to my Buddy Zung frm thephotoz.com (012-3391331)
The pics above are selected are based on my fav shots last Sunday in the wedding both of us(Zung & me) met again. I believe is always good to work together among friends, both focusing on our individual profession. Thus, creating a whole different ambiance & atmosphere.
Many thanks to Stephanie for helping me with the video editing and compressing of 2 of my videos. The one taken in Korea was taken sometime last year where my first ever jazz band, the Ragged Tigers performed there. I havent actually review the video and this is my first time seeing it in like 9 months! Certainly it brought back sweet memories,, in fact, i should say Cold memories as we played in like temperatures below 10 celcius....and Outdoors in the mountains! So, you know what i did? i have to do pumpings before i start going on stage. This show in Korea was particularly very memorable for me as we, the Ragged Tigers performed and brought Malaysian music to another country which i think is something to be proud of especially when u see the appreciation frm the ppl of another country=) The next video is one of the songs i performed for the Motorola event few weeks back in Laundry bar. This song is the first song i ever wrote titled "I Just Wanna" Kinda like a funk ballad!=)
Enjoy fellow earthlings!
The Ragged Tigers- Keris@ Gumi, Korea
Dennis Lau- I Just Wanna@ Laundry
More videos in the next post...with the full version of Prelude in F minor too!*winks* Anyway, today i just did a show in KL Convention Center with the TUDM Orchestra backing me up. These ppl are the most disciplined musicians i ever come across, with proper set up, scores, and most importantly, ON TIME!=)Its truly an honored to work with them, hopefully we have more gigs coming up soon.... Here are some camewhore moments with Atilia Sarani & Juanita in which they sang during the show..hehe Well, again in my favorite white suit every time i do a Malay function..here are the pics: Dennis & Atilia Sarani Reunited*grins* Dennis & Juanita Me & my Sound Engineer Bro of Mosaic Music Entertainment, Edwin!=)
Joke of the day: An old musician friend whom i bumped into today asked me
Peter Raj, Age 60:" Eh Dennis, How r you man? Wah,, long time no see...you Married ar?"
Dear peeps, Last Saturday I was invited by Hafiz & Michael frm Celebrity Fitness & Love Box Condoms to perform in an AIDS International Memorial Day event held in One Utama. Its in fact the first time this event was held in public and i couldnt be happier just to be there and do my part of charity. Thanks to my trustie Sound Engineer Edwin for assisting me as well and to the organizers who invited me to be a part of it!=)
Anyway, since AIDS is all about red. Not exactly red la, but erm like pinkish red, i got myself a new pink/reddish outfit to match the event. Should have gotten a white one cause eventually i kinda found out the color blended "TOO well" with the backdrop.haha
Before me going up on stage was Dina, Malaysian Idol first season 1st runner up and she really did the house rocking. So as my song, " I Just Wanna" was a smooth jazz number, im kinda skeptical the crowd would not be too pumped up. However, it was very encouraging and i am sincerely surprised by the response. Thank you all! It certainly made you feel that, being a part of charity is something very meaningful in many ways....I would say the awareness & unity among us Malaysian was projected out that night. They even have a sketch by a group of talented actors depicting the different scenarios of HIV & how AIDS were spread.
Later in the night, we were all asked to light the candles which was in the goodie bags and formed a LOVE sign on the stage specially made for this event. I met too my church buddy, Kevin Thomas who was doing videography for the night. Hopefully i could get the video of my performance uploaded soon before fri when i will leave for Singapore!
Meanwhile, here are some pics: Thanks Kit for this pic & for being there=) Dennis Lau & Chelsia Ng The Celebrities doing their part=) Me & Candle Dennis & DKBU p/s: Much gratitude & Appreciation to DKBU for the wonderful pics above, Thanks man!=)
The theme for this year's AIDS International Memorial Day is: Never Give Up, Never Forget!
Last night, i performed and organized the music entertainment for the BESTTT wedding ever by Vivienne & Richard in Cyberview Lodgee..would update on it later once i got hold of the picss frm none other then Zung frm thephotoz.com soon! Will keep u guys posted k..thanks
Heres a sneak peak, how many of you agree that this baby below, Ashley is the cutest thing in the whole world? haha....i bump into mummy ally frm malaysiabrides.com, Alesia & daddy, Julian again in the wedding yest night which i also did performed for their wedding too last Jan.=) ~Baby Ashley by Alesia & Julian~ Just Irresistible!
Dear Peeps, if u have been reading my recording process for the past months or my older posts, i would be featuring local jazz singing sensation Atilia Haron & Rapper/ Producer Shazzy on one of the tracks im doing now: Good Enough!=) Finally, the violin/ strings part has all be recorded today..Started the day as early as 11am. To give an idea to u guys whats it about, is actually a mix of violin and hip hop all together....*grins*. Have u not hear something like that? Well, i had this particular idea of blending both violin & hip hop together for some time, this couldnt be possible/ materialized withOUT my rapper bro, Shazzy! Its indeed something new here, especially in the malaysian english market to start off, but hopefully, all goes well *pray for me & wish me luck k!* My ultimate goal is to showcase the violin as a instrument of complete versatility=)
At the end of the day,since i do not have a whole strings group to record this, i had to do this all by myself. In recording terms, we call this Layers. meaning playing the particular line over and over again, and stack/ layering it up, thus producing a whole full strings ensemble sound, almost like a mini orchestra..cool right? I guessed what i learned from this is, u have to be very consistence every time I play the line over and over again. The strokes, attitude, strength, pitch need to be p-u-r-f-e-c-t!=)
A Sneak Peak of Good Enough on its way....~
On the other hand, i was invited by Celebrity Fitness to do a charity performance tmr evening(Sat, 31st May 2008) in One Utama. Its in fact for International AIDS Memorial Day 2008. So erm, if u are nearby, do drop by..i would be performing two of my originals. Also, Dina from Malaysian Idol first season would be performing as well....Gotta shop for some red outfits tmr then..-_-""
Here are the details: Malaysian AIDS Council International AIDS Memorial Day 2008
“Never Give Up, Never Forget”
One Utama Shopping Centre, Main Entrance of New Wing
31st May 2008
7.30 pm – 9.30 pm
Okay, promoting another good buddy of mine, Zung frm thephotoz.com. He, Zung would be giving a talk/ exhibition in KLCC, Concourse. I would like to say again, he is probably one of the best wedding photographer in the region. Not to forget his pleasant personality which comes along with the appreciation and passion in the art he mastered. Zung would be sharing his photos & knowledge about weddings he shot internationally with a touch of extraordinary & modern photography style all over the 5 continents in the world frm Bali, San Fransisco, Italy, Tokyo, etc.
p/s: So whats the connection between him and me besides the weddings/ work we do and being good friends. Well, i have appointed him to shoot my album cover =)In fact, i always look forward to an event/ wedding we would meet cos sometimes the clients engaged us both for the same event..Therefore, its always good to be surrounded by ppl u feel comfortable working with.right?
Anyway, Here are the details: VENUE: SURIA KLCC , concorse date/time: 31may2008(saturday) 6pm-715pm 1jun2008 (sunday) 230pm-315pm
I was invited by Kris frm The Wedding Hub/ weddingsmalaysia.com to give a talk and a workshop about wedding entertainment yest afternoon( Sunday) in the Wedding Hub located in ThreeTwo Square in section 13, PJ. I would say the entire thing was quite an experience both for me myself and the audiences attending the talk..Why is it an experience for me? ..well, cos most of the time, i just play my violin rather then giving speeches..haha.
Anyway, Accumulating my knowledge for the past two years of performing, organizing the band for weddings...we, Mosaic Music Entertainment not only provide the audiences with the more in depth information about how to go about selecting a band for weddings, or the kind of instruments combinations, repertories/ song choices, budgets, etc ...but also along with my good friends/ Music mates: Wilson on keys, Ben on sax, Shah on bass, Sudin on drums & singer Gina. We performed a few demos of what clients/ couples would expect in a wedding. In fact, it was a full 6 piece band...=) Thank you to my band mates for kindly obliging to join me in this seminar! Thats what friends are for...=)
The turn out I would say was pretty encouraging, about 30 to 40 pax in total, including the vendors from Veralyne of Pretty N White, Mr.Lim of Vintage Cars, Kris & Louisa of That Special Occasion and many more......This taught/ gave me the confidence and experience to further improve my speeches in the future and be more informative as well. Despite talkin away for about a whole 1 and a half hour, i still feel now that there were a few points i left out which i should say. This i hope could be reached on my next seminar..*grins*
Finally, Gina Pinazales, my dear singer made it and sang two songs: Somewhere Over the Rainbow & Sunny, a more up tempo song..much to the applause of the audiences. Thanks Gina.=)
I would like to say a big thank you to all who attended and supported the workshop yest afternoon for making it a memorable one for me and yourself! I hope all were entertained by our short demos yest k *wink*
Honestly, nothing makes me more happy then seeing the Appreciation of music on the faces of my audiences!
p/s: for those who are planning their wedding: u definitely CANT miss out this place: www.the-weddinghub.com- Your One Stop Wedding Planning Center!
The Crowd=)
Isin't She Lovely~
Sunny~
p/s: Kindly be patient for the uploading of videos above. Thx.
Hey peeps, im back in the studios again with Nick Lee/ my Mastering engineer...this time working on a new song and my new program software for programming: Introducing the Logic Pro 8...=)Logic enable you/ me to program ideas before recording in the studios much faster and easier. Anytime when i have an idea, rather then penning it down, i could just flip open it and start recording it..Well, having a logic doenst makes me that proud of a person yet, its just the first of the baby steps im taking to make my music better and nevertheless, starting a whole new journey into the technology world of music. Thank you Nick for being so kind in introducing me this thing!=)
Its like photography back in the days and photography now, anyone could do it just with an SLR and photoshop...Well, it takes skill as well of cos, and the creativity and ideas behind each art/ skill that u are mastering.
Anyway, here are some pics of whats Logic Pro 8 is like. Well, of cos to those advanced musicians who see this, this is probably just a toy to them. But to me, having a new toy infuses me with the enthusiasm to experiment with it more and push me in achieving new boundaries..=) Wish me luck ya! My New Babeh~ Da Internal Organs/ Heartbeat of each Music/ song u hear on the radio~
It was indeed a night to remember and a great experience for US, performing not only for the Tuanku Sultan of Pahang but also performing in a different environment, in the University Islamic Antarabangsa Malaysia last night. More of a formal event, Me and the boys were all dressed up like "IL DIVO Malaysia Version" for the uni's 25th Anniversary Charity Fund Raising Dinner. *grins* haha
A big gratitude to Director Dr. Faridah for having the faith in us that we would be able to pull this off and that the music entertainment would run smoothly as planned. In fact, we were scheduled to perform more songs but were subjected to only five as the dinner ended early. One thing good about malay functions is that rather then having 9 courses of dinner like Chinese ppl, they have just One big plate with 5 compartments of different delicacies in it so it's much faster...
The ppl in the university treated us with much hospitality and even being an Islamic university with their strict rules, there were in fact non muslim among them. In fact i heard, our MP Fong Po Kuan is a graduate there. Definitely a recommendation for post graduate and graduate studies.=)
Anyway, here are some of the pics and videos taken. Enjoy!
Getaran Jiwa
Prelude~ da Royal Salam~ da Royal Giggles~haha -IL DIVO Malaysia Version-
Hmm...talkin about shows, im working on a new song and hopefully would be back in the studios recording again...will keep u guys posted yeah!
An art and photography enthusiast, MUSIC is my life. Willing to explore the outer boundaries of life, in search of inspirations and turning them to aspirations, so as to face whatever challenges, and to keep on learning new things...
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