July Meetup for Singapore Singers & Songwriters! (Youth Day) - 5 July 09

The following information below is taken from The The Singapore Singers & Songwriters Meetup Group in the website http://www.meetup.com/

Hi to all Singapore Musicians! Hope you are still doing great and inspiring through your music! It has been my honour after our second meetup to personally come into contact with some groups and went on further to know you better. My sincere apologies for the absence of last month's meetup due to heavy workload schedules.

As promise, we will bring on a greater meaning to our very next meetup session (5th July'09, Sunday, 2pm)!

I understand that there were quite a number of musicians who were present at the previous meetup and we were supposed to contact you in regards to some music projects. My sincere apologies for the delay in contact as we are in the midst of recruitment and restructuring. I would like to pass on the area of music to 2 new team members to manage. Let me kindly introduce you to the pair in which they will take charge of musician-related concerns soon from July'09.

We are holding the meetup networking session for musicians this time round with the following agenda:
1.) A 5-minute brief and introduction of ourselves. There will be a search for music in projects areas such as in the industry of Gaming and Retail.

2.) An all round networking session to get to know one another better and personal. You will be able to tap onto each other talents and work on collaborations with the projects that we will be presenting to you on that day.

3.) While the networking session is on interacting with one another, you will be given the opportunity to showcase your talent! There should be available keyboard and guitars at this music school for use (they will give me the approval [or not] soon this week). If you have personal guitar/keyboard sets which you would like to bring to perform, you are most welcome to! (p.s. Pls advice us kindly in advance too..thanks!)

4.) Concurrently, we will be having our face-to-face meetup session with all who has Home Recording facilities. At the moment, we have done over 10 interviews. The next batch will be done soon in July. Should you have Home Recording facilities, please approach us on that day too.

Due to space constraints, this meetup session is based on a first-come-first serve basis. There are limited availability. And yes, this is free.
Check out on how to get to the exact venue: http://www.streetdb.c.../

It is very near Tanjong Pagar MRT, you can come through exit B. It is Youth Day on that Sunday...so hope to see some of the energy level!
Hear from you soon!

Cheers
Jerry Chen
(p.s. you can reach me at my mobile: 94782028)

Link: http://www.meetup.com/The-Singapore-Singers-Songwriters-Meetup-Group/calendar/10709860/

Singapore Vocal workshop / Audition by Taiwan Mandarin Artist Lee Sheng Jie - 4 July 09/ 30 June 09

The following information is provided by Epistage Club:

EpiClub is organizing an event with renowned Taiwanese artiste Sam Lee (李圣杰). He will be personally conducting a music workshop, together with local composer Derrick Tham (谭志华) who will talk about song-writing on the 4 July, 2009 (Saturday), 3pm at KBOX K Union. In this workshop, he will be sharing about his personal experiences as a singer/songwriter, as well as offer some tips on singing & songwriting. Participants who attend the workshop stand to walk away with his autographed posters and CDs!

On top of that, we are also opening auditions for the public who are keen on performing in front of Sam Lee (李圣杰) himself! As long as you have purchased a ticket for the event, then you are entitled to a free audition with us!*

*Complimentary ticket holders must be EpiClub members to register for the audition.

Tickets go on sale at our office now! You can find our office address below.

Audition dates are on:

1 July (Wed), 6 – 8.30 pm

You can download the registration form for the audition here. Send the completed form to epistage@gmail.com with your ticket serial no. as the subject line. Closing date for registration is 30 June 2009.



EPiSTAGE / EpiClub
+65 6338 8913
5 Coleman Street #B1-34
Excelsior Shopping Centre S(179805)

www.epistage.sg/epiclub

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OOOM@SAM - 26 June 09

If you are an aspiring singer-songwriter with a few original songs up your sleeve, come join us for the Originals Only Open Mike @ SAM sessions every last Friday of the month. A joint collaboration by the Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Art Cafe and Power 98, OOOM@SAM is the perfect platform for budding songwriters, lyricists, composers, singers and musicians to launch their music. Promising acts will be featured on Power 98's Acoustic Lounge, Saturdays, 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm!

Date: Friday, 26 June 2009. Every last Friday of the month. (Subjected to change. Watch out for announcements.)
Venue: SAM Glass Hall
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Fees: Free. Museum admission applies. For more information and registration, please email singaporeartcafe@gmail.com.

Singapore Art Cafe and Power 98 are partners of the Singapore Art Museum.
Featured artist of the month: Errik Wong Singer-songwriter and lead band singer of local indie band, Ark Analogy

Guest Mentor: Jillian-Marie Thomas Jillian is an ambassador for Asia Pacific Breweries new campaign ‘Get Your Sexy Back’, Singapore’s first youth initiative to promote responsible drinking among young adults. She also wrote the theme song for the campaign.

Link: http://www.singart.com/current_programmes.php

Guitar Clinic at the Singapore Flyer - 20 June 09

Our local guitarist Bradon Gan is conducting a Guitar Clinic. Details are as below:

Facebook Email from Bradon Gan:

Hi everyone,

Hope everyone is well. Just some updates.

I will be having a Guitar Clinic at Love the World Pub at the Singapore Flyer ( 2nd level ) on 20th June ( Saturday ) 5pm. Will be playing songs from my CD among other things and talk about the composition and technical aspects of the songs. Hope to see you there. Thank you.

Brandon

Website: http://www.brandon-gan.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/brandongan

STOP The Fighting START The Music - 21 June 09

Here's a charity music concert for the people suffering in Pakistan. If u want to play a part to help these poor people, do buy the tickets and at the same time, u can show local indie bands performances. Below are the information (Credits goes to Jon from Facebook):

WHY THIS CONCERT?Mercy Relief is responding to international appeals to provide humanitarian relief in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan. The aggravating humanitarian crisis in NWFP has been caused by the influx of civilians fleeing from intensifying confrontations in the Swat Valley. To date, a total of 2.38 million people have been displaced; the United Nations estimated nearly half of them are women, with another 20% being children under the age of five. Cafe Diplo is organising this emergency fundraising concert in support of Mercy Relief's work in Pakistan.

WHO'S PERFORMING?

The concert will feature local indie bands:

1) Ark Analogy

2) King Kong Jane

3) Kevin Mathews & The Groovy People.

LAUNCH OF ELECTRICO MTV

Also at the concert, Mercy Relief and popular local rock band Electrico will launch the humanitarian music video “Save Our Souls” featuring the plight of disaster victims and Singaporean volunteers who have sacrificed their comfort to serve the needy and disadvantaged in the region. The song “Save Our Souls”, written by Electrico and performed at the MTV Asia Awards, reflects the inner struggles of these victims. The music video will be aired on cable’s Channel “V’ from July onwards.

COST OF TICKETS

Tickets cost $30 and includes a free non-alcoholic drink. Tickets are also available at $50, $60 and $70 with bundled gifts from Mercy Relief, including a CD album titled "Mercy: Song For The World", the "Heart Of A Lion" photography book and the Panda Sun Sun soft toy, launched by Mercy Relief Goodwill Ambassador Stephanie Sun.

WHERE TO GET TICKETS

Do visit http://www.cafediplo.org/ to see the updated list of locations where you can buy your tickets.

Facebook Link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=96106016673

Live Djembe Performance : FANKA FELLAS @ Barrio Chino bar and Drumzout 2009 - 19 June09 & 20June09

Credits goes to LilaDrums - Hand Drumming awareness and instruction website/organisation

Hi everyone, some djembe performances happening this week. Led by our drum mentor Kelvin Kew, come catch South East Asia’s premier djembe performing group!

“FANKA FELLAS” @ Barrio Chino barInvited back for another night of intense drumming performance. Come let your hair down and usher in the weekend with contagious rhythms and butt-shaking grooves!

Venue : 60 Club StreetDate : 19 June 09 Friday
Time : 2 sets (10pm & 11pm)


“FANKA FELLAS” @ Drumzout 2009

Invited to guest perform for this nationwide percussion competition in its second year running. Venue : Vivocity Amphitheater

Date : 20 June 09 Saturday
Time : 530pm - 9pm

Urgently seeking for original love songs to be featured in ExpressInMusic website

Hi Music Lovers & Musicians,

it's been a while. How have u guys been doing? Hope everything is fine. Finally my effort in promoting and creating awareness in local and Singapore music have been paid off. I am now officially part of the music department in ExpressInMusic - a music biz company.

As of now, we are urgently seeking for original love songs from songwriters/musicians to be featured in ExpressInMusic website as the ExpressInMusic website will be relaunched real soon.

Requirements of the love songs:
1) Theme should be revolving around the stories being in love...(song lyrics on feelings of couples/individuals being out of love are strongly discouraged...)
2) Preferably lyrics which are descriptive or poetic
3) Gives people a feeling of romantic or heartwarming atmosphere

Now this is a chance for yr songs to be promoted to Singaporeans and people from over the world. To tell the whole world that Singapore do have some decent local love songs.

Interested parties, pls send enquires or song samples with lyrics to aj@expressinmusic.com

Musicals In Tune ~ Library@Esplanade - 19 June 09

Musicals In Tune ~ Library@Esplanade MTL-NLB Education Series EPPL OpenStage Musicals Appreciation Series 1, 2009 Jun 19 Friday 7pm to 8pm The 1st series will be "Musicals In Tune - My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music)". Programme of the evening: Favourite musicals from The Sound of Music, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserable, 天冷就回来， 雪狼湖 。Future programmes include Musicals Quizzes, TalkShows, and Screenings of MTL Musicals.
~see u there~


http://singsong-musicals.blogspot.com/2009/06/musicals-in-tune-libraryesplanade.html

Carnival of Song - FREE Musical Event 6 June 2009

Another free music event this weekend!!!

Dear SongMusic Person,
Stroll into a Carnival of Song!
Come to a very interesting and significant musicals event at the nice The HALL Arts House.
Jun*6 SAT 3pm to 9pm, walk in, casual. FREE admission.
http://song-song-song-sg.blogspot.com/2009/05/carnival-of-song-mtl-thehall-artshouse.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102966770916#/event.php?eid=102966770916
Enjoy a cosy time at the Verandah Cafe - Just be there and mention "Friend of MTL" - you get a little extra for your meal! Verandah Cafe is a supporter of Musical Theatre Limited.
http://www.theverandahcafesingapore.blogspot.com/

Rock the Sub - 6 June 2009

Presented by The Substation & Timbre Music
Saturday 6 June, 6 pm till late Tickets: $21 (includes 1 drink), available from www.bytes.sg, The Substation Box Office or call the Bytes hotline on 6332 6919 Stages at The Substation Theatre and Timbre @ The SubstationPresented by The Substation and Timbre Music in conjunction with the Singapore Arts Festival For more info please visit www.substation.org/RTS2009
1) Amateur Takes Control 2) For This Cycle 3) Postbox4) The Fire Fight 5) The Great Spy Experiment 6) Caracal 7) Allura 8) Silhouette 9) Force Vomit 10) Urbandub 11) A Vacant Affair 12) Nothing to Declare
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!