More drummer drama I certainly hope this isn’t a curse, but we nearly lost our (third) drummer today. My band, the Moon Jumpers, met up for a practice session this evening. However, our drummer, J, informed me he was going to be late. So we practised using pre-programmed beats (which in a way was good …

I was just sharing this story with a Singaporean who’s starting a local songwriter’s circle. I’ve decided to share it with the rest of you, too. Several years ago, my mum and I went on a tour of Spain. One night we were on a cruise ship and there was a dinner party. The band …

We had a decent practice session this evening. Here’s our ‘exercise’ song. It’s meant to get the band in sync with each other. We used the catchy bassline from Freak Power’s Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out. One of my favourite acid jazz songs. powered by ODEO With every round, we had to go faster …

powered by ODEO Having a cough for 3 weeks actually has one advantage – I can record my own renditions of songs with husky vocals! Since the John Legend song ‘Ordinary People’ is beautiful AND within my Alto vocal range, I decided to record my own version of it. The piano you hear is actually …

[Update: New drummer has been found. We’ll see how it goes. 2 months to the concert!!] After the last incident with a runaway drummer, you’d think my jazz band the Moon Jumpers would have got going again. We found a good, new drummer, had a decent rehearsal in January… then we broke for Chinese New …

Anyone interested in watching the Observatory in concert at the NUS Arts Festival? Am thinking of going…

After a hiatus I’m finally back in the studio again. As previously reported, Mac’s wireless keyboard had died so I was unable work on any music. Then because there was no activity for so long, inertia creeped in. Only yesterday, during my jazz piano lesson when my teacher insisted I had to perform one of …

[Update: This post has been Tomorrowed! Thanks DSng.] It was John Legend‘s first time in Singapore and we gave him a rousing welcome. Actually, we couldn’t seem to stop welcoming him, even when we got to the end of the show. The concert began choppily, though. The opening act, Tanya MichelleTara Michel, tried hard but …

powered by ODEO We had a smashingly good practice session yesterday evening. To loosen us up, our teacher told us to concoct a bassline and play in unison, taking turns to solo. Our bassist came up with something funky, I said let’s go and this is what we got. We haven’t met up in half …

I’m a fairly new John Legend fan. A poster of his debut album caught my eye a long time ago but I never tried listening to his CD. Finally late last year I picked up his second album, loved it, then bought his first (which won 3 Grammies). Then I discovered he’s coming to Singapore …