Full Recap of Songcraft Session 6

Ok, let’s begin.
Firstly, the new venue at the YMS Arts Centre was Perfect with a capital “P”. I was extremely pleased with it, from the soundproofed walls, to the cosiness of the small but comfortable room, to the Yamaha upright at our disposal, to the quality of the chairs in the room, to the dedicated [...]

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Reflections After Songcraft Session 6

I’m currently working on the usual full recap of our latest Songcraft Session held on Friday night. I will post up the full recap (together with all the sound clips) probably in the next few days.
In the meanwhile, I was just pondering about some of the reflections I had after the latest session.
One thing which I realised is [...]

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Songcraft Session 6 is This Friday!

Just a reminder that our next Songcraft session is this coming Friday at Studio One of the YMS Arts Centre.
So start adding the final touches to your songs and I’ll see you all this Friday at 730pm!
Here’s how you get to YMS Arts Centre: From CHIJMES, cross over to the NTUC Income Centre. Walk on, passing the [...]

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“Bitter” – A Lovely Instrumental Composed by Jerron

I recently chanced upon this lovely piano piece which Jerron composed.
According to the composer, this song is “about a guy having the bitter feeling after somehow being rejected by a girl he likes.”
Anyway, the slightly rougher (but no less beautiful) cut can be heard at his podcast weblog (here). (Check out the applause at the [...]

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Next Songcraft Session – (Fri) 26th Oct ‘07

The Songcraft Songwriting Circle has a new home!
For this month’s Songcraft session, we will be moving to the Young Musicians’ Society Arts Centre (54 Waterloo Street). It is located next to the Singapore Arts Museum, and is a short walk away from CHIJMES, which is in turn a short walk away from City Hall MRT station.
See (here) [...]

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SeaStars 2007 (An Upcoming Album by Ivan & Adrian)

This is  interesting.
Ivan recently teamed up with his long-lost pal Adrian, and they have decided to collaborate on an album entitled “SeaStars 2007″, slated for release this December.
The official album blog is here: http://seastars2007.wordpress.com/
Why is the album called “SeaStars”? Well, this post sheds some light.
To quote from the post: “He (Ivan) mentioned that he was in Australia [...]

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“Your Song, Your Show” – Songcraft Songwriting Circle’s Year-End Showcase ‘07

Dear Songcrafters,
I will be organising a year-end mini-concert (or to use a less intimidating word, “showcase”) specially designed for all of us. It will be an event whereby those who are keen can get a chance to formally present your original songs (be it your old or new songs) to a small but eager audience, and hopefully [...]

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Jerron’s New Podcast Weblog

Jerron recently started a new blog, specially for podcasting. I’ve added this new blog to our blogroll.
He has quite a few new songs up on it already.
Be sure to check them out!
(Link: http://jerronlee.podbean.com/)

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What’s In A Name (An Instrumental Piece by Firdaus)

The full background story to this piece can be read at Firdaus’s blog (here).
I was quite pleasantly surprised at hearing this piece, cos it’s quite a departure from what I had come to expect from Firdaus.
To be honest, I have no idea how he came up with this, but I think it’s very [...]

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