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Blythe Doll in Singapore

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:32:50 +0800

Singapore... (thanks to Tommy of www.blythe.7-even.com/ !)

Action City (website: www.actioncity.com.sg)
260 Orchard Road
#05-k1/k2/k3 The Heeren
Singapore 238855
Tel 6738 7253

200 Victoria Street
#03-23 Parco Bugis Junction
Singapore 188021
Tel 6837 2723

3 Lorong Liput
#02-01 Holland Village Shopping Mall
Singapore 277725
Tel 6462 5320

Dollz inc www.dollzinc.com
501 Orchard Road
#02-20 Wheelock Place
Singapore 238880
Tel 6733 7377 fax 6235 7877

Blk 3c River Valley Road
#02-32 The Cannery Clarke Quay
Singapore 179022
Tel 6338 6313 Fax 6289 5280

Earth X
Blk 3c River Valley Road
#02-25/26 The Cannery Clarke Quay
Singapore 179022
Tel 6338 8396
earthx02@yahoo.com.sg

Rapid Culture
5 Coleman Street
#b1-16 Excelsior Shopping Centre
Singapore 179805
Tel 6336 3552

Simply Toys
14 Scotts Road
#01-26 Far East Plaza
Singapore 228213
Tel 6736 4438
simtoys@yahoo.com.sg

The Falcon's Hangar www.tfh.com.sg
14 Scotts Road
#04-104/102b Far East Plaza
Singapore 228213
Tel 6235 2390

865 Mountbatten Road
#02-47 Katong Shopping Centre
Singapore 437844
Tel 6348 5530

1 Jalan Anak Bukit
#01-01l Bukit Timah Plaza
Singapore 588996
Tel 6466 8723

蕭敬騰同名專輯

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:26:35 +0800

Although I am Willing - Wu Jia Hui 伍家辉

Sat, 24 May 2008 23:11:33 +0800

What can I say....it's this album that let me found a long lost friend, Al Kuan aka 阿管 (songwriter) and acquaint a new Twitter friend, Klaire Lee. (music blogger among other). I will talk about that later.

First, this is a great album by "new" artist, Wu Jia Hui and I highly recommend everyone go and get this album. JiaHui has a unique voice that people, including his boss, 黄韵仁 (Eric Ng), mistaken him for a female vocalist. The production team put a lot of effort in this album and each song ain't a filler.

Jiahui hails from Penang, Malaysia and he had already written many songs for A-list artists in the region. Ever-since the song , 一人一半, from 881 soundtrack, he had left me a deep impression with his vocal. I got the album based on the above and he doesn't disappoint me.

All in all, a strong debut.

My favorite tracks are:

虽然我愿意 Although I'm Willing

肚子饿了 Hungry

空缺 Empty Space

远距离 Distance

Below is a live performance of 虽然我愿意 Although I'm Willing at the Esplanade earlier this year. The keyboardist is 黄韵仁, the ultra talented producer, boss of Funkie Monkies Production.

倦容

Wed, 21 May 2008 01:11:23 +0800

Found it funny from Klaire's comments:

對吧，對吧！

不知道這是誰！

「明天會更好」表示「今天整個糟」，
這梗整個老，所以OUT！

(本來設定私人，但是克爸克媽沒有帳號，設定了他們就看不到... 囧)

The Number 8 Connections

Mon, 19 May 2008 15:35:40 +0800

First, it is a tragic and sad day for many, many, many Chinese folks and their loved one on May 12th 2008. The day earthquake arrived onto the people in Sichuan, China.

I'm very curious to know about the Number 8 Theory in connections to this event. And this time, the Number is not that Lucky.

a) May 12th = 5 +1+2 = 8 in the Year 2008 at 2.28pm

b) The Chinese lunar date of May 12th is = 4月初8日 , also the Tibetan Lunar Calendar is the Month of 3b, in the Day of 8

(Medicine Buddha Day)

c) Quake happened with just 88 days away from the Beijing Olympics

d) Beijing Olympic officially opens on 8/8/08 at 8.08pm

e) The date of the deadly Tibetan protests 3(March)/23 = 3+2+3 = 8 (Also Medicine Buddha Day)

f) It had been 8 weeks passed since the Tibetan protest

g) Devastating Snow Storm this year 1(Jan)/25/08 (1+2+5 = 8)

An article of the 8 connection

小心眼 @_@

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:41:10 +0800

source:夏天 Summer

In Fish Leong's 2006 album,亲亲, Fish & Cheer Chen had a duet call 小心眼. It is so laid back and easy going that you can hit "repeat" and loop it over and over ! The song starts with sexy clarinet phrasing with a mid-tempo jazz beat that feels like I'm a white sandy beach in Barbados on a windy afternoon! (大叔，你想太多了！）At around 0:43 minute, Cheer snudges in via backing vocal singing complementary alternate key just underneath Fish's vocal. Then, Cheer's part came at around 1:24 minute and her singing is just so soft...like candyfloss or Softlan with Fish taking backing vocal role this time. Quite amazing...the song is like sonic orgasm (ahem). Unwillingly at 3.10 minute, the ladies began saying sayonara with one last part before disappearing into the sunset at the far end of the beach.

60s70s80s

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:35:38 +0800

OMG ! The Queen is back and she is awesome !

Namie Amuro has released a tripe A-side singles 60s70s80s (New Look, Rock Steady & What A Feeling) You gotta check out her MTVs for these songs. Name grows from strength to strength.

The odd thing: her tattoos were digitally removed in the MTVs

Go Namie ! ! !

More info from Eddie's site

Source: EddieWong

陳綺貞 Cheer Chen 腐朽 - My acoustic cover

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:44:09 +0800

Love and Berry Nintendo DS

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:13:50 +0800

Wow,,,,my daughter told me she is searching for Love and Berry stuff on Youtube and found this,

Need to check if there is a Hong Kong version for the cardreader etc etc....quite interesting as this is all the rage.

Love and Berry is quite popular in Japan, but apparently the arcade game is so big that there is a market for a Love and Berry DS Lite. Sega’s Oshare Majo Love and Berry DS Collection comes with: Oshare Majo Love and Berry, the e-reader, a CD soundtrack, ten limited edition cards and the special Love and Berry noble pink DS Lite for 23,730 yen ($200). Even though it might not be the most appealing looking DS Lite out there it is bound to be a rare collectable like the Final Fantasy III DS Lite

Source: Spencer of Siliconera

Japanese Retail Version

Source: Halley Von Purr

Tons of cards to play in this arcade games ! Got this from the arcade in Macau.

Source: DJ Damian

盧廣仲 - “這傢伙真了不起！”

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:53:15 +0800

source: ChuangChuYa

” 有此人要愛，要自由

要別人的尊重

他只要他的眼鏡，和一雙吉他

就怎麼都有了 “－－－陳綺貞

source: ChuangChuYa

看到盧廣仲自彈自唱的那一天

肯定是我人身中的

搖滾瞬間 ！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

－－－旺褔樂團姚小民

小賴 Guitar Playing on YouTube

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:03:21 +0800

Finally !!! 小賴, Cheer's right hand woman, has her very own Youtube site and there are a lots of video of her playing mostly Cheer's songs. Most are intermediate to advance stuff and I am really HAPPY that she did a cover of 腐朽 at regular tuning. Thanks to her, I'm transcribing visually to those funny and exotic voicing chords (like E11, A7#11, Asus2, Eadd4 to D).

It is one of most atmospheric Cheer songs ever. It's right up there with SELF and oh...she does' 煙火 and 太聰明 too ! So, now i can have a reference of 煙火visually (transcribe by ear previously). Hooray !!!!

Cheer in Spore July'08 ?

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:41:02 +0800

\\ STOP THE PRESS ! \\

陳大牌 coming to S'pore in Mid-July 2008 ?

source: 緑

I just got a news via Marc that Cheer maybe coming to Spore for a small gig. This is unverified but EXCITING ! Can anyone who has any info drop me an email (at the right sidebar contact form) ?

\\ STOP THE PRESS ! \\

The Taiwan Vitas

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:35:38 +0800

Hilarious !

A-Yue Unplugged Singapore Esplanade 2008 !

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:00:23 +0800

Zhang Zhen Yue (Unplugged) 馬拉桑 !!!

Source:Adrian

A great concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall. We were at dead centre at the second row. Guest star: MC Hotdog. From 7.30 p.m. to 9.45 p.m.. He sang a lot of sentimental songs, some earlier stuff and the section featuring MC Hotdog was just great! I love the guitarist, A-De. Cool looking and a great guitar player. A-Yue didn't even played his guitar and left the duties solely to A-De. But they look like they are having a great time with the capacity crowd :)

Source: Stella

This is the A-Yue's set list that was pasted on his monitor speaker (!) and Stella got it after the show! A-De's set list was given to another fan. Also, Stella got A-De's guitar pick .....OOOOOOOOOO What the !!!!! Great Stuff :)

Source: Stella

I was hoping for better acoustic at such a superb venue. But, somehow the sound guy mess it up and couldn't contain the occasional feedback and booming bass at the front row. A-Yue even have to apologize to the crowd. This is unacceptable.

We stood up (with the encouragement of Stella & 欧雅) for the fast songs. Else it will be quite boring sitting throughout the performance. 还好有她們叫“站”起來 (via the famous "站" poster that appeared in Cheer Chen concert last year)！

3 merchandises bought from the gig : Lanyard (Live In China 2007) , MC HotDog CD, A-Yue & Free9 Demo. Featured in photos are Depeche Mode Devotional Tour DVD & Remixes CD.

Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 LAUTA

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:45:48 +0800

I was introduced to this brand only recently...and I never notice Uma Thurman wore a pair during Kill Bill movie. In Singapore, there are a couple of shops selling this Japanese cult sports label : Limited Edt (Queensway & Hereen) & Star Three Sixty (Wheellock Place & Paragon). I believe the current productions are from Vietnam factory.

The brand was founded in 1949 by Mr Kihachiro Onitsuka in his native city of Kobe and garnered a strong following among trendy Japanese youths and style icons including Twiggy and Bianca Jagger. In Singapore, there are literally many different designs to choose from and the price normally retail at S$169-ish per pair.

Model : THL7G1 - Mexico 66 - Lauta Series

Why I like it : Brown Color with Tiger Strips as background. Also, it features thin leather-like shoe laces.

Wearability: I wore this pair for around 4 hours of shopping at Orchard Road today and it is surprisingly comfortable. It has an arched insole which provides some relief from the other-wise flat sole. I am wearing Size 10 US

Tanya Chua at St James Dragonfly

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:15:58 +0800

Thanks to Yamie , ultimate Tanya Chua fan, we were able to secure VIP seatings at Dragonfly. And to top it off, I actually have to contact Tanya Chua's mum to get the tickets. She came out from backstage and handed me the tickets !! Incredible. I find her to be very friendly lady. She told me I still can't go in yet and have to wait for a while more...but hey, at least we beat like 200-300 other fans and had complimentary drinks :) It's really a strange feeling...thinking back I was once within the music industry and now having a great time as a fan.

The best thing, Yamie won a Nokia mobile phone during the "identify Tanya Chua songs" contest !

Overall, I had a great time listening to a talented artist and concluded the evening over at VivoCity-Carl's Jr with Stella.

We are Tanya groupies, too !!!! Go Tanya ! Go Tanya!

Tanya look awesome and her vocal really in top form!

Tanya with her trusty Martin acoustic guitar

That's Tanya's Martin !

Tanya & her mommy :)

Wearing No. 5 Chanel

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:03:00 +0800

Can men get away by wearing Chanel No. 5 ? Definitely and I don't see why not. As one article in Perfume Posse mentions, "men could quite easily indulge in its dry, chilled florals. While a random person on the street might be surprised to discover a man wearing No. 5, an adventurous perfumista would understand. "

I am enchanted by the scent of this 87 years old brew and this was largely due to early exposure of it during childhood. Nothing have yet to top it at its category. The wife don't really have a big preference for it but I am a big fan. Its top notes include ylang ylang, neroli and aldehydes; its mid notes rose and jasmine; and its base notes sandalwood, vetiver and vanilla. This composition truly is amazing.

As one reviewer put its as "Chanel No.5's scent is a classic, discrete yet powerful and elegant. It smells a little bit dusty - the smell of the good quality make-up powder - but it is relaxing and soothing." Ms Coco wanted a perfume that "reflects my personality, something abstract and unique" To me, it's not overly feminine and the scent brings back pleasant memories. Warning: this perfume is a real man-magnet for ladies!

Picture above is the 50ml Eau De Parfum version and is available at many departmental store. I got mine from Takashimaya at S$137/-

Joanna Wang 王若琳 - Queen of Midnight

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:25:33 +0800

王若琳 is Taiwan answer to Norah Jones. She is releasing her English album this Friday and you can sample all her songs below. Immediate reaction: WOW...

Got the album today.....you gotta have it. I kid you not. All tracks are diamonds. Noteworthy: listen to Track 11 "True"...yes that Spandau Ballet's ballad. She transformed it into her own song.

The most important album for January 2008 listening !

This Taiwanese songbird is simply astounding. She posses a voice like no other and to listen to her sing is simply a blessing! And......she's just 19 years old ! Her style is laid back jazzy and lounge atmospheric. The best time to listen: around midnight and beyond.

Joanna Wang - Queen of Midnight. Yes, that's what I am gonna call her. She will over Norah Jones, win over Sade, win over Lisa Ono and win over Diana Krall. She WINS Big Time !!!

Disc 1 - English songs (12 tracks)

Disc 2 - Chinese songs (5 tracks)

Definitely my top of the chart desert island disc.

Where to buy ? Well, I ordered via Neon Music as most retailers are sadly slow in bringing this title since official Taiwan release of 11th Jan 2008

Rave Review from Music Insiders :

David Tao
Joanna 的才能是上帝賜給他的天份。而我們的耳朵也終於有福份，可以聽到一個有靈魂的聲音。

朱衛茵
身為DJ二十年，難得有一個聲音在第一個瞬間就感動了我。
她讓我想起了The Beatles, Linda Ronstadt，讓我想起很久以前那個最初的自己。

林暐哲
在Joanna的歌聲中，我聽到輕而易舉的感動，更聽到睥睨一切的驕傲。

張懸
既像咖啡有的濃郁又有酒精能帶來的醉意。
讓我們聽歌的耳朵一邊被沁透,一邊生出溫熱。joanna. 她的聲音，真是美得不得了。

Amazing !

of iPod Touch & Gucci

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:59:04 +0800

I have a good X'mas this year with family. The wife got me a Gucci wallet (!) for X'mas & Bday present and I just replaced my 2 yrs old nano with iPod Touch (8GB). Thank you, Universe.

Fresh stock of iPod touch just arrived in Singapore store today. This batch features the legendary John Lennon on as the cover boxart! Previously, it was Macy Gray and Corinne Bailey Rae.

I've been adding tons of songs from my iTunes, video files and photos to my new media player. This machine can surf the web via wifi, view YouTube video, check my Gmail etc etc. Totally cool as I do not think i will get an iPhone until 2009 or so. I heard there are many people modifying their iPod Touch to unlock and installed some of the iPhones application. For the time being, it's very cool and easy to navigate using the touch screen. The touch is really a hybrid device...something in between a mp3 player and a short of becoming a full PDA device. Technology certainly comes a long way since 4 years ago when I thought my Palm was cool.

My wishlist for iPod Touch:

a) Read pdf files (maybe it can, already)

b) plays GO chess game (there are some web apps designed for iPhones & Touch...)

c) Simple Notes taking (i heard with Jailbreak modding)

d) handle Javascript & Flash for web content

e) whatever....

The ability for this device to surf the net for basic info is astounding to me. The zoom in function and rendering speed is acceptable and it's really a wow for me.

The Obs In Motion

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:55:25 +0800

The Year of Living Obviously

The Obs at SODF, Bangkok

2007 is calling to an end soon... but what a year it had been for me, musically. There are a few important gigs that I had attended, which had affected me for the better. It all started with The Observatory concert on 25th March at NUS UCC Auditorium. It was a perfect setting to experience one of the best band Singapore has seen. Totally sonic porn !

The Obs at Seoul Fringe Festival

Source: Used with permission of the Observatory

A brief intro : The Observatory are an indie space rock and electronica band and have toured widely throughout Asia (despite the facts that they all have day-jobs) and are influential in the Singapore music scene. They first performed at the Baybeats music festival in December 2002, and have released three albums, Time of Rebirth, March 2004, and Blank Walls, September 2005 and A Far Cry From Here, April 2007. 'They use electronic effects extensively, using several laptops during their performances.

Their music defies classification and it is an amalgamation of confluences as wide as the galaxy. There are a few tracks from their 3 albums which are listed as my all time favorites : Acid Pills, Time of Rebirth, Sea of Doubts, Enlightense etc

“Beyond the jazz subtext, whiffs of electronica, and folk rock roots, The Observatory makes compelling music through engaging storytelling … truly a work of genuine talent, a work from the heart, of belief seldom seen, and of passion rarely heard.

- Sebastian Ho, MTV Asia

Visit their website for more info on ordering their works. If you are in Singapore, you can grab their stuff at Gramaphone, Sembawang Music etc

There is no finer time to be alive to be a groupie of The Obs ! I recommend you starting via their 2nd album, Blank Wall and work you way to Time of Rebirth & then A Far Cry From Here. Afterwhich, you can then shuffle all their songs in your iTunes for an immersion of the fourth dimension !

BLANK WALLS

release date: September 2005 / produced by: The Observatory & Jorgen Traeen / mixed by: Jorgen Traeen @ Duper, Norway

Blank Walls is deliberately loose, eschewing particular themes or genres and embracing unconventional structures, progressive sounds and improvisatory forms, continuing our experimentation with song form into greater depths of musical and lyrical tension. A diverse, experimental palette of words, sonic layering, and musical contrasts. The subject matter signals a mood-shift towards a more palpable intensity, exploring various themes from anger to disenchantment, from the quaint and humorous to self-mockery or plain indignation.

Lead Singer: Leslie Low

wikipedia : The Observatory

official site: The Observatory

All Photos Used with permission of the Observatory

Adrianna ex-Taipei

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:18:03 +0800

Source: SkinnyLatte

Adrianna is in Taipei now and seems to enjoy herself so much. Shopping, eating and discovering that she is so damn Chinese and a Hokkien-lang. For an early 21-ish, she is well travelled and i think she is coming back to Singapore tommorrow and leaving for Eastern Java 12hours thereafter.

Wild Children 野孩子

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:58:49 +0800

wow, as I searched deeper into the China folk-New Orleanish music, I found 野孩子 ! A B.I.G Find. Their music is so pure, folky and infused heavily with ethnic melody.

This Beijing/Lanzhou based band is simply awesome and had released 4 albums. I will not hesitate to pay top dollar to see them live. Unfortunately, i heard one of the founder passed away.

Wow, again! This is so DEEP! I don't think i can sleep tonite...

Source: Pots

Albums:

《咒语》

《感觉不到你》

《冷酷到底》

《热爱》

Amazing Xie Tian Xiao 谢天笑

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:28:07 +0800

I think XTX is amazing ! Once more, I have found Beijing grunge music blew my mind! Yatta. He is Da Man. Youtube to see some of his concert and you can understand why he is acknowledged as China New Godfather of Rock.

Music: Grunge-Reggae

Where: Beijing

Band: 冷血动物

My favorite song, thus far:

是谁把我带到这里 (Lyrics: 谢天笑)

凌晨时我离开了人群迷迷糊糊来到森林里

这里的人告诉我要用树叶当作衣

这是个赤裸的世界我该去拒绝

还是万分羞愧的低着头看着脚下的落叶

我下定决心要离开这里回到我的家里

可是我却忘记来时的路不知怎么回去

这时有个陌路的人正匆匆路过这里

哎! 我着急的问他是谁把我带到了这里

带到了这里!

他告诉我如果要回去需要用我一生的时间

可是这还需要很多年

别告诉我如果要回去需要用我一生的时间

因为这还需要很多年

Of All Places. . .

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:22:29 +0800

While walking back home, guess who I met ? Sherlyn! She was standing next to her car, SMS'ing. I stopped to test her reaction and yup, it's her alright !

We always can't seem to get a fixed timing to meetup due to works, her studies, kids , yadda yadda and finally bumped of all places, at a fruit stall at near home. It's kind of hilarious !

Must tell Andrew & Annie about this and catch up soon!

2 Degree to Jonathan Lee

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:54:51 +0800

Six degrees of separation is the theory that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries. The theory was first proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy in a short story called "Chains."

Actually, I do find it to be somewhat true. Some degrees can be even be shorter.

For example, to get acquaint with the legendary Taiwanese producer, songwriter, singer 大哥，李宗盛, it will take me 2 degree. Eg: Martin-> 阿管 (friend, songwriter, who is ex-boyfriend of Fish) －》梁靜茹 (Fish Leong, prodigy of Jonathan)－》李宗盛

To get acquaint to Cheer Chen, it would take me 3 degree, i.e from 李宗盛 onward :)

Another example to get acquaint to some of my favorite Hong Kong artists, it will take me 1 degree. Eg: Martin --> Ray (friend, who is a Mixing Engineer) ---> 李克勤 (Hacken Lee) or 陳慧琳 (Kelly Chen).

I find this to be even more interesting from Facebook friend, of a friend, of a friend etc. It is really a SMALL WORLD after all.

Faye Wong 王菲的浮躁

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:55:37 +0800

Before Cheer Chen, there is Faye Wong

在綺貞之前，有王菲

Released : 1996

Language: Mandarin + Fayian

Songs: 10

Guest Singer : Cocteau Twins

Source: 770

Of all Faye Wong's works, this is my personal favorite. This is truly what Faye Wong is suppose to do - Beijing alternative music at its best. According to Faye, this is her favorite's, too. However, sales of this album was less than ideal. But this does not discount the sheer quality of her works.

You must listen the whole album from Track 1 to Track 10 at one go. It still gives me the goosebumps and sonic orgasm, way before Cheer Chen's A Fabulous Adventure. This was the album of the 1990's and it is way beyond its time.

On Track 4 分裂 & Track 8 掃興, Faye collaborate with Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser and they are riot!

There are notably 3 "achievements" in this album: a) it is a non-commercial work for the Queen of Pop....who dare wins ! b) there are several songs which Faye utters gibberish and invented her own Fayian language, which nobody understands, c) there are 3 tracks that is purely instrumental.

01.無常

02.浮躁

03.想象

04.分裂

05.不安

06.哪兒

07.墮落

08.掃興

09.末日

10.野三坡

Falling in Love with Tanya

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:22:01 +0800

I think I am starting to like Tanya's music more and more. It's her guitar playing and vocal that is distinctively "westernized" that make her special in the Chinese pop world. Thank goodness she'd crossed over from English to Chinese market.

Seriously, how can you grow in a puny English music market within Singapore for an ethnic Chinese ? You have the whole of China & Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Hongkong fans for Chinese pop.

Tanya is a talented artist and I wish people give her more credit and not just dismissing her.

Go Tanya !!!

Why Does Cheer Chen De-Tune Her Guitar

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:07:28 +0800

After playing for a long time on Taylor guitar, I think I am closer to the reason why Cheer play in - 2 semitones from the regular tuning of EADGBE and capo back at Fret 2 to make it in standard tuning.

There are a few possible reasons; technically & musically:

a) It is easier to barre chord by capo at Fret 2 for standard tuning song.

b) For smaller hand (subjective, and not referring to Cheer or Tiger's left hand) like myself, you can do barre chord of say, a F major and at the same time extend your pinky finger to the 5th frets and letting it ring throughout (i'm referring to A Yue's 思念是一種病 distinctive 4 notes riffs comping). It is difficult to get the same effect if you use standard tuning to the actual 5fret (it is has a longer distance ...frets get nearer to each other as it goes down the neck)

What you may lose it the open ringing sound as your guitar strings is effectively shorter

c) You can have the flexibility now to sing and compose songs -1 or -2 semitones from regular tuning.

Some example :

路口 (by 張震嶽) is using -1 semitone from regular tuning

吉他手 (by Cheer Chen) is using -2 semitone from regular tuning

我親愛的偏執狂 (by Cheer Chen) is in regular tuning by Capo at Fret 2

aChord Crazy Rendition

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:51:05 +0800

aChord谢和弦思念是一種病 神經病搖滾版

This is one sick and fun version by aChord ! I love it !!! 4 chord and variations + talents = unlimited fun !

aChord's blog here.

A Yue Unplugged in Singapore Feb 2008

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:43:04 +0800

张震岳[不插电]Live 演唱会 at Singapore Esplanade Concert Hall 16th Feb'08

Stella called me and told me about A Yue coming gig in February and asked if I'm interested to go. After I had checked my schedule during the coming Chinese New Year, i told her "Sure!"

What I didn't expect was the venue at Esplanade Concert Hall ! Plush setting and i think this should be a good gig, for a special unplugged session. We went online to Sistic site and try and try to get optimal centre seats and finally found what we wanted ! We will be sitting at Stall Section B (ground level just in front of stage),Seat 15 to 17. If you are around that area, just say hi :) The ladies are going for A-De & A Yue and I'm going for a sonic experience at Esplanade and definitely good music for the soul.

Date: 16th Feb 2008

Where: Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore

Time : 7.30pm

Special Note on the venue: " Esplanade's crown jewel is its 1,600-seat Concert Hall, which boasts superb acoustics by world-renowned acoustician Russell Johnson of Artec Consultants Inc, USA. There are only five such halls in the world with similar state-of-the-art acoustics. These features include reverberation chambers and an acoustic canopy which adapts the hall for different musical performances, producing optimum sound at every concert. " source : Esplanade.com

These are the recent promo show at Bugis during October 2007

告别冥顽不羁，告别纷纷扰扰，这回阿岳要卸下以往的摇滚外衣，不再喧哗，只是实实在在地以一把吉他，连同他的专属乐团Free 9，呈献一整夜的“不插电”演出，让你近距离接触非常OK的张震岳，感受他发自内心的动人演唱。

阿岳唱红的摇滚经典多不胜数，包括《自由》、《爱的初体验》、《分手吧》、《再見》、《爱我别走》等。除了经典好歌，他也将为大家带来最近大家所熟悉的一首首“岳式情歌”如《思念是一种病》、《路口》及《OK》等歌曲。