Lee Hom's " Forever 1st Day " Album Diary

89/11/11~89/11/17 @ Part 23

Dear Friends,

This week I'm writing to you for the Genting Highlands in Malaysia. This is the site of the first annual Asian Golden Melody Awards. It was already a great honor for my album, "Forever's First Day" to be nominated in 6 categories: Best Producer of the Year, Best Male Vocalist of the Year, Best Composer of the Year (for Huan Xi Cheng), Best Arranger of the Year (for Lung De Chuan Ren), Best Lyricist of the Year (Shi Fang for Shang Kou Shi Ai de Bi Ji), and a top 15 Golden Melody Song of the Year (Forever's First Day). It was even a greater honor to win three of these awards: Best Male Vocalist, Best Composer and Golden Melody top 15 Song of the Year.

Thank you all so much for your support, your encouragement, and your love. Without you all, the fans, the media, and the hard working staff at Sony Music, I'd still be jamming with my friends in the pubs five nights a week for audiences of 40 people. Thank you for letting me bring my music to Asia, the largest stage in the world.

It is an overwhelming feeling of gratitude that I have towards all of my fans...days like today, I really feel that all my recent hard work has paid off.

Speaking of hard work, I'm finally taking a break! In just a few more days, I'll be back in New York eating turkey with my family. That's right! Thanksgiving is just a few days away! It's been a year since the last time our family got together, and if you've been reading my weekly dairy in the last 6 or 7 weeks, I've been constantly pining for this day...well it's almost here.

The next time I write to you it will be from my house in NY, on my own computer. The ground outside will be covered in snow, and the Wang family will be warm indoors, trying to get as fat as we can. My letter next week will surely tell of what sins I have committed at the dining table, and I'll be sure to let you know how much taller my 15-year old brother has gotten in this last year. I can't wait to see him...I can't wait to see everybody!

Unfortunately it is only a four day trip for me, and then I will go to Japan to produce the song I wrote for Norika Fujiwara. Oh well, I guess all good things end too soon, but producing for Norika should also be a lot of fun, she's never recorded an album before and she's really excited. The song, lyrics by Coolio, and music by me is a romantic ballad...I don't want to talk about it too much before it is done recording though! I'll let you know how things develop with this "China Strike" soundtrack. Basically, I'm spending most of my time this week in Hong Kong finishing up my three songs on the soundtrack.

Talk to you next week...from home.

Love,
Homeboy