DiversiFy- Day 5 (Vocals Part 2)

Perfect Timing! Guess who's here?
Presenting the One and Only, Voice of the Century- Kewei all the way frm Singapore...
DiversiFy has certainly incorporated some cool Diversified/ Singaporean elements in it now!=)
together with Yuri, Rio(Yuri's intern) & Kewei, i finally completed recording the long awaited song.....if you're not feeling it, well I am! and after 3 months of tracking, planning, and producing...However, the work doesnt stop now as right this moment, I gotta plan how's this song gonna be performed/ executed and sound live!

Kewei landed some backing vocals on this track and i did my part too cleaning up some of the parts too. Thanks Kewei, you know i miss performing with ya and we definitely need to come out with something soon enough alright, just let me know and i will be there!=) ..She's here this week to perform for the AMEI concert tmr and as a dear music friend of mine, i wish her All the Best in her album which she's currently working on as well. So be on the look out for it alright..=)

Below are some pics of our final session today. I'm gonna start working with Yuri on a new track for my second album already..been spinning in my head the past 2 weeks! *winks*

Kewei & Dennis Lau

www.taykewei.blogspot.com

Dennis Lau

The Instrument~

The Team- Dennis Lau, Yuri Wong, Kewei


The Making of DiversiFy- 3rd Draft feat. Kewei


Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my

Dennis Lau@ St. Patrick Day by Guinness 2009- Autocity, Penang

Have always love performing in Penang, especially outdoor events there for me were pretty memorable example the Penang Jazz Festival 2006 & 2007...looking forward to this year's but finger crossed=)
Anyway, Was in Autocity Penang over the weekend to perform for St. Patrick Day by Guinness Stout and well, i was pretty impressed by the professionalism of the sound equipments and crew. Not to mentioned the dancers who coordinate well with my songs especially An Introduction to The Experience. My appreciation goes out to the Grey Agency, Redantz and Guinness for having me there and of course, the Penang Crowd!=)





Jimmy Sax & Dennis Lau




Finale

Cheers to Guinness *winks*


An Introduction to The Experience by Dennis Lau Electric/ Hip Hop Violinist

P/S: Back in studios again to finish up DiversiFy, a heads up...is really pretty Diversified as im listening to it right now=) *winks*

Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my

DiversiFy- Day 4 (Vocals Part 1)

Vocals is definitely Not what i'm made for but playing the violin is like expressing my voice through it and it makes me happy no doubt.
However, for this track- DiversiFy, its gonna be Full of Diversification elements, Hip Hop, Old School Funk, Strings arrangements, Jazz, Vocals and of course my violin in it...imagine it, but no Sneak Preview till the launch....i hope!
Thats if im able to keep my excitement till then....haha
Anyway, recording session with my mate, Yuri Wong went well as planned and we recorded the first verse..experimenting on different effects and sounds striving to make this DiversiFy really/ extremely DiversiFied!=)
Below are some snapshots of me during the vocals recording:

Yuri Producing and engineering...

Dennis Lau


Lay back and Listen=)


Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my

MAHKOTA- Final Mix

The Mixing & Mastering Console@ The Arkstudios


The Production in works

With Nick Lee, my Mixing & Mastering engineer=)

Finally, my anticipated song with Syafinaz is finally mixed=)
and today, i would like to share with ya the final process of it, which is the mixing process of a song...this is the part which we call Post Production. And having most of my Live tracks recorded here in The Arkstudios, i had award winning mixing and mastering engineer, Nick Lee to lend his magic to this particular track which im quite proud of after Prelude in F minor titled- MAHKOTA composed, arranged and produced by myself feat. Syafinaz Selamat.

As you can see, The Arkstudios has just finished renovation downstairs and is equip with the state of the art mixing and mastering equipments. The Mixing stage comprises of balancing the sound of the different instruments, vocals, drums, etc..editing the tone, intonation, adding reverbs, making it listening friendly. Being more of a live musician myself, I definitely need to switch my ears to a different channel while listening and going through the mix..but is a process which i do enjoy the most as well!

A heads up, im currently into the post production of my album. That means more listening, and is a process which i preferred to be by myself reminiscing and reflecting back the whole recording process again since Dec 2007 and at the same time, move forward at a pace where the ultimate goal is still the Launch middle of this year=)

Wish me luck alright and all the best to y'all who do what you love most!

Cheers=)

Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my

DiversiFy- Day 3

In session@ The Factory Music Studios

Recording the Strings today was a Blast and a Challenge at da same time. It feels so good to come together with Yuri again brain storming, experimenting with New Sound on this track- DiversiFy being the theme song of the album means we gotta create a sound which would "elevate" the whole identity of the album.

I would love to show ya guys the video of this recording session but i guess it would be best to keep the secret of its sound for the Launch later.*winks*

Status: 60 % into Completion=)

Anyway, here i would like to share with ya a video of an inspirational song i composed when i was Inspired and hoping to Inspire others as well titled- "MAHKOTA"
As you would have probably read in my earlier posts, the lyrics was written by Syafinaz Selamat. However, this is an instrumental version with Jimmy Sax in our stint in Bangkok Jazz late January. Enjoy!=)

MAHKOTA by Dennis Lau feat. Jimmy Sax

Thanks

Peace- Good Music, Better Place

God Bless!

Dennis Lau
www.mosaic.com.my