SCO Goes Pop ~ 11/12 January 2002
Joi Tsai, Shirley Yee and Faith Yang [2 Girls] peformed with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra. It was indeed an unusual combination of traditional meets pop.
February 2002, MTV Asia Awards was held in Singapore and Stefanie Sun was awarded the most popular artiste in Singapore as expected.
这阵子，有好几位新加坡歌手推出了他们的第一张华文专辑。其中就有歌声不错，人又甜美的张玉华。其实唱歌对Celest来说应该不是新的尝试。她在好几年前就与几位女生一起推出了英文专辑。除了张玉华推出的《属于自己》以外还有才华出众的永邦所推出的同名专辑。其实我一直有个疑问，写《骗自己没有爱过》的余永邦与刚推出专辑的永邦是同一个人吗？永邦这个名字不是很普遍，想必应是同人吧。“老板歌手”王富华也推出了专辑《我怎么了》，自己负责专辑的大部分幕后工程，再由滚石发行。
In conjunction with Impressario 2002 (NTU Talentime), Li Wei Song was invited to give a talk on the 29 Jan 2002.
Our very own local female singers - Kit Chan, Tanya Chua and Celest Chong were all artistes under the Universal Music label. They performed together at the Temasek Polytechnic Openhouse.
The first time I saw Joe Pang's Live performance was during the Chinese Music Nite at Downtown East in Dec 2001. My friend and I thought Joe Pang was a very familiar name but we could not recall when we heard about him. By the way, he looks even better in real person than in pics.
I also spotted his name under the acknowledgements section of the NTU Xin Ge Fa Biao Hui-Fei Yue Shi Kong's booklet given to the audience.
The second time I saw his live performance was in Nanyang Auditorium. He was one of the contestants for the English group category at the NTU Talentime Impressario 2002. His group - Nouveaux won the English group category. I was very impressed by by the medley sung by the group. The voice quality and showmanship were superb.
2002, Joe Pang, a Masters student in NTU, released his EP -
Gu Du De Kuai Le [Roughly translated as "The Joy of Being Alone"].
很开心看到i Weekly [28.2.2002]里头关于新加坡乐坛的报道。内容就提到多位本地乐坛的音乐人。
文中把‘毅心’的名字写成‘毅兴’，嗯..他应该没改名吧[2005记：他真的改名哩－林(人其)玉]，也许是因谐音而打错了吧?
其中也提到了梁伟丰。如果我没记错的话，梁伟丰的出生地也和巫启贤一样应该是马来西亚。呵呵..只是在这儿提供一些我所知道的资料，请不要误会我刻意把音乐人的国籍当话题谈。我本身就蛮欣赏马国的歌手如王光良、黄品冠、戴佩妮等。曾在木船听过梁伟丰歌声的听众必定对这位才华洋溢的音乐人留下深刻印象。
回到正题，文中题到了好多让大家敬佩的音乐创作者。其中就有梁文福、巫启贤、许环良、陈奂仁、陈达伟、黄韵仁、陈文华、刘宝龙、蔡健雅、刘慧琪、心微、小寒、丘虹霖、李思菘、李伟菘、陈佳明、叶良俊、梁伟丰、林毅心、柯贵民、木子、吴庆康、吴庆隆、黄宏墨、刘瑞政、王邦吉、Ricky Ho、Martin Tang 及永邦。我能想到的漏网之鱼就有黎沸辉于许华强。对他们有印象吗？黎沸辉近期作品就有WEWE的主打－《听不到你》。许华强就是那位吉它弹得很棒、写“She's Gone”的 Jonathan Koh。最近，他也参与了“My Day" 福音专辑。
叶良俊现今已回到了律师岗位，不过，相信他对音乐的热爱应该不曾减少。也很期盼听到他的新作品。中学时代，他算得上是我最欣赏的一位音乐创作者。
