Posted in Composers, Lyricists, Music & Lyrics, Singapore, Songcraft, Songs, Songwriters, Songwriting on March 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Here are my top ten memories of the past one year of Songcraft (in chronological order):
1 - In The Beginning: Arriving at the Substation on the 27th of April ‘07 (the very first Songcraft session) with a mixture of apprehension, anxiety and excitement all rolled into one. I remember that the first people I met at [...]
Posted in Composers, Songs, Songwriters, Songwriting on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Have you ever penned down a tune, then stopped for a moment and asked yourself: “Does this tune sound like something else that’s already out there?”
I once read that Paul McCartney woke up one morning with the tune of “Yesterday” in his head (it was just the tune at that point, no lyrics), and he went [...]
Posted in Composers, Singapore, Songcraft, Songs, Songwriters, Songwriting on March 22, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Photo (“black music”) by kyramas
One thing I really love about the sharing of original songs in the Songcraft Songwriting Circle is the fact that it is one of most “democratic” of experiences.
There’s something about songwriting that is so democratic. Let me explain…
I’ve always felt that songwriting is one of those fascinating things whereby anyone [...]
Posted in Composers, Session, Singapore, Songcraft, Songwriters, Songwriting on March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I enjoyed last Friday night’s session (as always).
The turnout at 730pm wasn’t very encouraging, but as time went on, more and more people started to trickle in.
We had a number of regulars who couldn’t join us, but then again I was pleasantly surprised to see that we had a few new friends too. I dare [...]
Posted in Composers, Lyricists, Session, Singapore, Songcraft, Songwriters, Songwriting on March 7, 2008 | 9 Comments »
After a brief hiatus in the month of February (due to the Chinese New Year break), we will resume our Songcraft sessions as follows:
Date: Friday, 14th March 2008
Time: 730pm
Venue: YMS Arts Centre
Instruments Provided: Piano, guitar
Feel free to email me if you have any queries whatsoever.
So, get your songs ready and I’ll see you all there!
Posted in Composers, Songwriters, Songwriting on March 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I recently had the most pleasant of surprises when Carl Wiser from songfacts.com (one of my favourite websites, by the way) emailed me out-of-the-blue to inform me of this interview which they recently did with Lisa Loeb, where she talks candidly about her songwriting process as well as the story behind her hit song “Stay”.
Lisa [...]
Posted in Copyright, Singapore on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
(This post is reproduced from here.)
It was widely reported that in the first 2 weeks of Microsoft Vista’s launch in China last year, only a total of 244 genuine copies were sold.
Can you believe that? It’s one of the most amazing pieces of news I’ve read!
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Piracy
Photo (“Pirate Flag”) by thornj
I think it’s time I wrote [...]
