Bruno called today, asking if I was interested in accompanying a jazz singer who’s performing at Takashimaya next month. I was excited but naturally apprehensive. While I’ve been playing piano / keyboards for most of my life, I have no formal jazz training, and my uncle (a jazz drummer) said he could tell from my …

Years – decades? – ago as a child, I’d sit, my eyes glued to the telly as I watched my favourite singers win awards. I’d exalt in their triumphs and get all smug about it the next day in school. Now, all I do is I gloat over Premier League scores. I just watched a …

I’ve been eyeing the KORG Triton Studio for quite a few months, and now that City Music is having its usual December sale, I’m seriously contemplating a purchase. ‘Fact is, the original price (with CD writer) was S$4,828 and its current sale price is S$3,932 (about US$2,229). Which is very much cheaper than what the …

I was at Mileu this evening with Joan, watching Norwegian jazz singer Silje Nergaard perform several songs from her two albums. She’s big in Europe but little known in Asia. This was the band’s first time in the region, in fact. Her voice is amazingly sweet (think Stacey Kent and Frente’s lead singer) and her …

Above: Albums I purchased today. Most were on sale. Some warehouse in the UK closed down, and That CD Shop’s buyer was quick to snap up a shelf full of dance and chillout titles – and pass on the discount to their customers. You know how much ‘Import’ CDs usually cost. Well, these titles are …

The concert was all right I guess. I wasn’t terribly impressed by anything because the Boys are getting old and lethargic. They’ve taken in some new blood (guitarists and a female drummer) but I don’t like their new sound. I’m a fan of the 80’s and 90’s, and so was almost everybody else in the …