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AweLArtist *AweL TERENCE FOO Be@rbricks & Music
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Sunday, January 03, 2010 Oh my it has almost been a month (and a different year too) since I last wrote an entry. :) Just didn't had the mood (also a lil' on the time) to blog. I really had fun during the trip with my family to Japan. It was really rushed but memorable to say the least. The Japanese are extremely polite and friendly. Things there were of top notch! Got to know very good friends from the trip too. Big "shout-out" to Ethel, Ryan and Carrie! :) Even caught Avatar the movie with them in Singapore right after our trip. COUNTDOWN to 2010 was pretty epic. My family and I did it with long time friends of my mom from Portland, Oregon. We went for a dinner at Kublai Khan Mongolian Restaurant @ ParkMall and spent the rest of the night at their Somerset apartment. Got to know Echo's beau Cameron and her cousin Yiying. Echo's now in college far from home (I love how she's able to take an hour of subway to NYC New York City), Cameron's into photography and graphic art, Yiying's a working writer at FEMALE. Really cool to me    After the countdown on Channel 5, we rushed to the rooftop to catch at least a 5 min view of the fireworks from Marina Bay.  Pretty nostalgic because the last time I saw Auntie Dawn, Uncle Jeffery and Echo, it was 3 years ago and I was still a shy guy back then, mainly due to being an introvert. :P This time round, we were having conversations like we were all grown up and indeed we are. :) Next countdown in Portland, Oregon? Lol Auntie Dawn and her family (the Thomases) were asking when will we be visiting them. Guess that wasn't the first time but I'll make it a point to do so and I'm wishing my parents do too. :) Can't wait to visit their huge house, rather like a mansion seen from aerial photos. They have their very own swimming pool and a tennis court. :P Epic.  There are so many things which I didn't blog about besides the two experiences above, like I when got an iPhone 3GS, changed my synthesizer to a controller and used the rest of the money to get a pair of KRK Rokit 5. Posted by BearBrickER at 10:55 PM Wednesday, December 09, 2009 Bye!!~ I'm leaving for Japan. Limo cab's on the way to my house. I'll update through Twitter, Facebook and maybe this blog too. :D Coming back on the 20th - 21st. And have a safe journey to the VS peeps who are heading to Taiwan tomorrow. Lol Enjoy and Bon Voyage! -AweLArtist
Posted by BearBrickER at 4:41 AM Using my macbook to blog this. Got a voucher for John Little. Used it to get an extremely comfortable bed quilt along with the comforter. :D Changed the sheets right after I came back home lol.   On the same day, I decided to work on my studio's setting, which was to me, undesirable. So I worked doubly hard on my own, swapped furniture positions and shifted my synthesizer keyboard to the front instead of facing the wall. -.- Decided to use the bigger screen for my macbook too. Right now everything looks extra huge to me! :D Using the windows pc (left) for video editing and mac (right and centre) for music. :)  Went to Jentzen to get my hair simmered and dyed to the colour I've always wanted but couldn't achieve. In order to get that colour, you have to go to a hair-saloon because of the extensive amount of care taken in brushing the roots. :)  Picture below isn't the final colour! Lol. These 2 pictures are the 1st and 2nd bleaching respectively. Had to bleach twice to get the colour I wanted. :D Photo up soon. :P  Posted by BearBrickER at 12:29 AM Tuesday, December 08, 2009 I'm in a Hairsaloon, dying my hair as I'm currently blogging on my iPhone 3gs. Lol.. I read the time wrongly..leaving for Japan in about 14 hours time. Tokyo, Kyoto, Toyohashi and Osaka here I come!! :D The process of bleaching one's hair seriously sucks. The agony of waiting... Anyway, I've just revamped my studio into something more "user-friendly". Lol photos up later on! I'm still looking for a way to upload photos from the iPhone. Anyone who knows do leave a tag. :) Posted by BearBrickER at 5:06 PM Saturday, December 05, 2009 Sorry for not blogging much lately. Really caught up with many things, and I really mean A LOT. Imagine getting down with flu, fever and sore throat and then you have to cope with school, freelance work and music. Furthermore dealing with things which are supposedly redundant but which ironically caused so much worries. Anyway, on a lighter note, I attended the 3rd workshop by Touch last week. Showed one of my older songs (BIG MISTAKE) to Billy laoshi and got "gunned down at point blank" for my melody (don't talk about lyrics, C6 for Chinese O levels and usually failing before that, what can anyone expect? LOL) :D Truth of the matter is, I was just stunned at the beginning but I wasn't even sad at all, not even a single bit and I swear this upon my own life. Then this week, I've been catching up with Eugene, doing arrangements and just chilling out. :) Earlier yesterday, I went with Eugene to meet up with JY laoshi around 11. However, under unforeseen circumstances, JY had something urgent and we went into the recording studio to relax.  Zennon laoshi was there, he's a senior producer, loads of respect for him too! Junyang then shared his experiences and loads of tips for song-writing. Kinda chilled in his cozy home studio unknowingly. Lol. Right now, I have a clearer mindset of better melodies and that one can never be satisfied with his music or else he's finished. Good talking to him with Eugene, he has introduced so many things to us that I've lost count! One which left a deep impression on me was John Mayer. I think I'm gonna revamp my home studio to something like his if need be. Most probably getting monitor speakers and maybe a better condenser microphone. Let's see if there's enough cash to go about. If not, I have to start selling some of my Bearbricks and limited edition toys. :) Off to bed, I had only close to 4 hours of sleep previously. I shall end with this: If one doesn't sacrifice some sweat and blood, there won't be benefits to reap, leading to no improvement made. Posted by BearBrickER at 2:04 AM Tuesday, December 01, 2009 Posted by BearBrickER at 11:45 PM Saturday, November 21, 2009 Bye I'm off to Indonesia. Apparently my boss is there too but in East Java, totally far apart from where I'm heading to, Batam for family-related business.  Posted by BearBrickER at 1:12 AM Thursday, November 19, 2009 Shoutout to Ferlyn! A big thank you for your help & your wonderful lyrics! :D *now to get the vocals recorded. Wakaka. ====================== 2 new things... I've gotten a Canon Ixus 95 camera. It only has 10 mega-pixels. However, its quality is tremendous!
Posted by BearBrickER at 3:25 AM Sunday, November 15, 2009 Lol I was tweeting about this too. Auto-tune fully utilized. This ain't T-Pain, it's Kanye going "Yo Taylor, yo-yo-yo Taylor". Oh yeah, once again they featured Kanye at the VMAs. That shit's getting old. However, this is different. :P Posted by BearBrickER at 6:24 AM Saturday, November 14, 2009 Double yay! First of all, I must really thank Ferlyn Wong for writing the lyrics to one of my songs. :) Am so glad that she was elated to do it! Gonna see the lyrics for the first time once I catch up with her. Second of all, my cover on T-Pain's "Bartender" has been completed. Equalizing with auto-tune OF COURSE. I mean, he's the auto-tune king and all, and if I covered his song without auto-tune, I'm very sure it's not gonna be in the same league at the end. Here's the cover! Enjoy! *Point to note, every vocal part was sung by me (excluding the first 2 "yea" and "uh-huh"). :P The minus one was just beats & melody. Posted by BearBrickER at 4:31 AM Wednesday, November 11, 2009 ONE of my favourite songs ever. Auto-tune is great! Lol. I don't care what people say about auto-tune, what about it spoiling good music and all. If you are a composer or a musician, you must be open and be ready to absorb almost everything without complain. I think auto-tune is creative! Of course, use it the right way and not to make up for vocal flaws. People around the world say "it should be used in parts, and wisely, not overused." I agree 50-50. My reason: Music is a sense of choice, as long as you're doing it great, I believe people should respect your choice. I agree with over-usage, however, if it is what a particular singer chooses to have throughout his or her song, then it's still a matter & principle of respecting his music. If you're gonna tell me that it should be about SINGING without having to use some holy effect, then tell me this, why are some singers focusing more on their looks than their voices? Anyway......... Auto-tune was greatly accepted by many listeners around the world when Cher released "Believe" in 1999. Top 10 music in the Billboard Chart that year. However, producers used a vocoder instead of the current auto-tune application. There's another more primitive device called the Talkbox. One can easily plug that into a synthesizer (KORG M50 is one of them hehs!) or a guitar and off you go. It's simpler and not so complex as a vocoder or auto-tune (one electronic and the other digital respectively). Nonetheless, auto-tune is already a part of the music industry, especially in Rnb/hip-hop/DJ/Pop (a lil' here and there) genres. It will, however, eventually become passe’– and fade from pop music accordingly. But in the meantime, take it down and live with it! ~AweLArtist Posted by BearBrickER at 5:06 PM |
