Tomorrow - Bulletin of Singapore Bloggers tag: music

SINGcity 2 Musical - Sekali I

2009-03-30T12:26:12+08:00

One of my favourite numbers from the Sing, City! 2 musical composed, written and performed by the Singaporean students University of Pennsylvania.

This song is call Sekali I. Also wins points for the use of "Cockanaden" in the lyrics. Very steady bom pi pi.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Singaporean students overseas still rooted to what's Uniquely Singaporean?"

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What's happening to Internet Radio Streaming Service in Singapore?

2009-03-05T18:50:29+08:00

fireopal said:

New legislature forming to stop the streaming of 'live' Internet radio in Singapore?

Apparently so, according the Power 98FM website

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "New censorship?"

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On Why Singapore Hiphop Cannot Really Thrive

lancerlord — 2008-05-09T21:46:02+08:00

Singer/Songwriter Imran Ajmain talks about the hiphop scene in Singapore.

Not NoiseSingapore, a government-funded youth program helped give a boost when they recruited Hiphop acts for their year-long campaign with their TV and online ads. I suppose we don’t have anybody else to blame but ourselves for the lack of vision, and that we didn’t even bother looking up how much buttons would cost because our beat was just so banging. If Nas thinks that Hiphop is Dead, he should see the state we’re in here in Singapore. At least the famished in Africa knows that they need food, but the struggling rapper here don’t know what’s wrong with him. No points for any of you.

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GarageBand Meetup Singapore

ramblinglibrarian — 2008-03-19T22:43:56+08:00

GarageBand Meetup Singapore blog said:

A blog/ mailing list for Apple iLife GarageBand enthusiasts to trade tips, ask questions, share works, and find Kakis to collaborate.

Recommended by ramblinglibrarian: "Disclosure: I started the mailing list and blog, 'cos I'm interested in hooking up with other Garageband enthusiasts in Singapore (btw, we're not "PC-phobic"!)"

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Breakdance Battle : Malaysia vs. Singapore

2008-01-03T03:04:46+08:00

The AznBboy Network said...

Singapore is fast making a name for itself in the international breakdance scene. Not many support or are aware of local bboys making it big, but that is fast changing.

Raw Footage - Semi-Finals, Step It Up! 3 Bboy Jam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cFiMyv5ozc - Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRhqgdBut3M - Part 2

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Singaporean singer featured on youtube

2007-12-17T00:49:33+08:00

Youtube said:

Ling86 from Singapore makes it to the front page of youtube's featured videos and gets 775,000 hits, and it looks set to rise even more.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "There are Singaporean singers who are talented, pretty and in tune."

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Bloggers United MTV

lancerlord — 2007-11-10T16:46:24+08:00

Music video about Steven Lim, Xiaxue, mr brown and Laozharbor

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[Agagooga: This was a production of NTU Mass Comms students for their class CS322 - Video/TV Production]

Local yellow

2007-09-20T10:35:56+08:00

Mambo69 on Youtube said:

A hilarious spoof on Coldplay's Yellow.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Watch lah! "

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Elvis Impersonator Johnny Baron at Changi Airport

2007-08-25T22:48:22+08:00

sojourneys watches the performance at Changi Airport by renowned Elvis Presley Impersonator Johnny Baron while enroute to Bangkok.

I flew in and out of Changi Airport over the weekend for a short jaunt to Bangkok, and my trip coincided with a nifty Elvis impersonation contest at the transit area...The event featured Johnny Baron, an Elvis impersonator from the U.S., belting out some well-known Elvis standards, as well as hits from Elvis’ contemporaries, such as Neil Diamond.

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MTV studio and Spongebob

2007-06-14T12:11:46+08:00

Ice-Angel said:

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Ever wanted to know what goes behind the scene in MTV? Afew bloggers were invited together with Youth.sg to have a little mtv studio tour.

Many spongebobs seen."

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Sprocket at the Esplanade

tinkertailor — 2007-06-05T18:20:33+08:00

squareCircleZ said:

We saw the Sprocket in front of the Esplanade in Singapore recently. It was a lot of fun. [...]

The materials for the Sprocket are all recycled and the only energy input is human.

Recommended by tinkertailor: "A strange-looking musical vehicle."

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Wayne Thunder of The Suns Passes Away

litford — 2007-05-23T14:47:11+08:00

brian said:

I never knew Wayne personally but his performances for the Suns never cast a shadow of doubt on his moniker - he was Thunder

Recommended by litford: "A well loved and valued member of Singapore's local music scene has passed away. The ripples of this loss is experienced by many, both young and all by the loss of Wayne's spirit and fervor to excel Singaporean rock music"

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Paul Ponnudorai, Singapore's Undiscovered Virtuoso

mb — 2007-05-14T16:26:30+08:00

Liam Fitzpatrick, Time Magazine said:

A man who is quite possibly the greatest musical interpreter of our time performs every weekend at Harry's — an ordinary bar in a Singaporean shopping mall. There, before a half-empty room, while soccer matches are screened and waitresses ferry beer and fries, Paul Ponnudorai sings with astounding virtuosity, accompanied only by his Spanish guitar.

Recommended by mb: "Musician Malaysian-born Paul Ponnudorai interviewed by Time."

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[jseng: Also see Ponnudorai]

Clubbing and Singaporeans: Some Observations

2007-03-07T08:46:18+08:00

thegreatsze said:

Only in our nation do you get people who dance in a gigantic circle; only in our nation do you get synchronized hand movements as the preferred way to dance and to de-stress (okay Japan also got para-para); only in our nation do you get people who wait until around 12 midnight to start dancing (by which time the dance floor is completely congested).

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "An analysis of why we club the way we club in Singapore. An unforgiving take on things, but kudos to him for being able to make political comment out of a session at Zouk."

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John Legend in Singapore

ssf — 2007-01-17T23:29:29+08:00

Vantan said:

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.

Recommended by ssf: "First-hand account of the John Legend concert."

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Bollywood Dancing, Singapore style!

2006-12-31T03:40:37+08:00

Woohoohoohoo said:

My sister's wedding video, a parody of a typical Bollywood film. Done to the song "Yeh Ladka Hai Deewana" (This Boy/Girl Is Crazy) from the famous Hindi movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998).

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "A parody of a very popular Hindi Movie, Singapore Style! complete with back up dancers and coconuts!"

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patriotism is more than waving flags

rationalneurotic — 2006-10-15T12:13:54+08:00

localbarkid said:

Prior to the mid-70s in Canada and Australia, local music was hardly played on their radio stations. Perception of domestic music was poor... The main plan was to work towards a minimum quota of local music that radio stations must have on their playlist.... When the idea was first mooted, there were heavy resistance against it. Radio stations and advertisers didn't warm to the idea, that the public is used to American Top 40. It's too much work. So why rock the boat? Even the masses would (I imagine) go "eeee local music sucks" (sounds familiar right?).... At end of the 4 or 5 year plan, it started to reap rewards, both countries saw real $$$$ growth in their domestic music industry.... Beyond all this, I reckon is the most important intangible...

P R I D E.

It's priceless. National pride is something you cannot tag a $ value to it. It gives a profound sense of meaning to every individual in relation to the geographical space they call home. So often I've seen/spoken to Canadians and Aussies whose eyes will have that extra gleam whenever the pub/club plays something from their country. This is the result of what happened in the mid to late 70s in their countries.

Recommended by rationalneurotic: "An established local musician talks about the lack of support for local music, by comparing it to similar waves of discontent in Australia and Canada in previous decades. His website also has many local pieces to be downloaded."

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Before Electrico and Lunarin

rationalneurotic — 2006-08-20T11:36:06+08:00

Rock in the Fine City gives reviews of albums long out of circulation - the golden era of local music then. Since Concave Scream (one of the top bands from then) has now made a terrific comeback after a long hiatus, it'll be interesting to see what we have missed out, or what we are missing out now.

A uniquely $ingaporean music website that still dwells in the past. What you get is a retrospective look at the tiny island music scene between the '80s to the'90s. That era had ethos and spirit. This era... a coffin wagon filled with great pretenders and opportunists. So, we don't bother about the future and superbands, hail the long dead homebaked. The author is a biased, opinionated old fogey who rock out like a chinese motorcycle.

My Cubicle

lancerlord — 2006-07-18T23:50:41+08:00

Indi and Judhi shares with us a video titled My Cubicle which is a parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful". The video was in response to this other video.

I thought you may wanna see this motion picture on You Tube: My Cubicle - Motion Picture shot, directed, edited by Judhi Prasetyo. He used his trustworthy Canon 20D with various lenses to capture the essence of professionalism at work.

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Musical prodigy denied deferment of NS

2006-05-19T20:27:21+08:00

Mr Wang said:

So we have a young musical prodigy in Singapore. He auditions to enter the Curtis Institute of Music, a world-class institution and the top music school in the United States. 12 out of 12 judges vote to admit him into the school.

Naturally, the Singapore government must act to block his way and stop his success. With National Service.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Ike See is yet another casualty of the Mervyn Tan-case and has been denied the chance to develop his talent. Just wanted to share this so that we'll all know how our talents are being suffocated. "

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