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What would happen if four classical musicians and a producer worked on writing an album? What would happen if they were put in a large house with a recording studio and told to come up with 10 songs for an album? I think it would be absolutely brilliant. If you would like to do this
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I recently MC’d for a wedding. A covid-19 wedding. What does that mean? It means no dancing, no getting up from your table and mingling with others, and every drink must be ordered with your waiter – no bar service. I wrestled with the question of how to make something like trivia, fun and entertaining.
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Inspired by Peter Diamandis’ quote (below) and Seth Godin’s daily blogging, I’ve decided to combine the two and write down a crazy idea that I have everyday in hopes that one or some of them will 1. get developed 2. be inspiring to others and we can work on the idea together 3. stimulate my
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Meeting up with some friends who used to blog a lot about their lives, and with them encouraging me to continue that venture, here goes! It’ll be short and sweet. Nothing too extravagant unless I feel like it. I’m more the type of person who prefers to journal privately. But I’ll give this a decent
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Early in my musical life before I discovered the wonders of Chopin, Schumann and Beethoven, I was heavily influenced by a Taiwanese pop artist by the name of Jay Chou. In hindsight, it’s almost a little embarrassing to admit this, but he was integral in forming what I understood of melody and how to make
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A little jazz for you. It’s not great. But it’ll do for now 😀
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A little while ago I had a really bad dream. I dreamed that one of my closest friends was on their deathbed. For some reason they had gotten very ill and I was in hospital, kneeling beside them. My friend asked me to sing for her Twinkle Twinkle Little Star before she was to close
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Uploading an improvisation I did on a theme that I have fallen in love with (and you will probably hear much more of in the future). Was getting a little lost in my own world when renown pianist and teacher Marc Durand knocks on my door. I was in a room where he had kept
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It’s not everyday you hear a Chopin Barcarolle interpretation that you never seem to get enough of. Dinu Lipatti’s recording was my childhood favourite – and this, well, it is simply exquisite. He never takes too much time, it’s always so tasteful. And his colours are out of this world. Boy I wish he was
Chris Ka Long Au 