Photo (“The Buskateer”) by rofanator
So we had a most wonderful dinner outing with a majority of the Songcraft gang this evening.
I’ll leave those who were there to fill you in on the details, but I was really amazed & encouraged at everyone’s enthusiasm towards this little Songcraft group, and displaying so much interest in the [...]
Archive for December, 2007
More On Songcraft’s Plans In 2008 And Beyond
Posted in Singapore, Songcraft, Songwriting on December 28, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Songcraft: Looking Back At 2007, Looking Ahead To 2008
Posted in Singapore, Songcraft, Songwriting on December 26, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Photo (“Guitar Closeup”) by adhd
It all started sometime in March or April this year, I can’t really remember exactly when.
I had watched the movie “Music & Lyrics” and had felt really inspired to write some new songs. Songwriting had always intrigued me, but I never really had the resolve to sit down and seriously write [...]
Highlights From The Songcraft Mini-Concert
Posted in Composers, Concert, Lyricists, Singapore, Songcraft, Songs, Songwriters, Songwriting on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
(This blog post is reproduced from Jeremy’s blog.)
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Here are two of my favourite songs from last Saturday’s Songcraft mini-concert.
Roadtrip (Music & Lyrics by Marcel Lee Pereira)
Marcel has done it again. Yet another unbelievably catchy and well-crafted pop-rock song with great lyrics.
Marcel is really good at writing such high-quality songs suited a [...]
The Inaugural Songcraft Mini-Concert: Something For Everyone
Posted in Composers, Concert, Lyricists, Music & Lyrics, Singapore, Songcraft, Songs, Songwriters, Songwriting on December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Photo (“CIMG0737.JPG”) by ramblinglibrarian
Please take a look at Betty and Ivan’s recaps on the most wonderful Songcraft mini-concert we had last Saturday.
They’ve lovingly put together some great recaps with excellent accompanying pictures!
(Betty’s Blog) “Our Songs, Our Show”
(Ivan’s Blog) “Thoughts and photos from the Songcraft mini-concert, 15 Dec 2007″
Thanks Betty and Ivan for the [...]
Songcraft Concert Is This Saturday!
Posted in Composers, Concert, Lyricists, Music & Lyrics, Performance, Singapore, Singing, Songcraft, Songs, Songwriters, Songwriting on December 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
(Programme Booklet Cover Design, by Ruth)
Our inaugural Songcraft mini-concert is this Saturday!
Based on the list on the official concert wiki page, we are currently almost at full capacity already.
However, if you’re REALLY interested in a night of simple (and yet surprisingly inspired) original music made in Singapore, by ordinary amateur songwriters and musicians like you and I, [...]
Songwriter’s Shyness
Posted in Composers, Lyricists, Music & Lyrics, Songs, Songwriters on December 5, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Photo (“Playing alone…”) by Neogene
Songwriter’s shyness.
(That’s a term I coined up, as I couldn’t think of a better way to describe it.)
I reckon every budding songwriter goes through this when they first start out writing songs. It’s a rather painful and awkward phase.
I went through this phase for a really really long time, for at least ten years [...]
Coming Soon – Recap Of Last Friday’s Session
Posted in Composers, Session, Singapore, Songcraft, Songwriters, Songwriting on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The full recap of last Friday’s 7th Songcraft Session will be posted up soon. I’ve been a bit busy lately with the preparations for the Songcraft mini-concert on the 15th of Dec.
I’m currently working on the full recap. It should be ready in a few day’s time.
Hang in there!