歌在呼吸 #4 [song we cherish #4]

一个来自大陆的歌手； 一个实力派 R&B 的唱将。

刘沁虽没有大红大紫， 但 [影子]却在我们听觉中留下了深刻的记忆。

一首叫好但不叫座的好歌， 我们永远爱戴。

sorry, can't seem to download into imeem for reasons unknown to me... however, you can download from youshare and play it on the window media player or itune. enjoy!

歌在呼吸 #3 [song we cherish #3]

身为制作人之一，我最享受的就是把经典老歌重新翻唱，造福新一代的歌迷。

我和金亮老师和 jz8 主音 lydia 都是周璇的歌迷。

用歌姬来形容周璇一点也不过时; 周璇是天后中的天后。那一把出谷黄莺的嗓子和许多余音绕梁的曲子，的确疯迷了那年代的年轻人。

你以为[老饼]才听周璇吗？我们都很年轻！

[永远的微笑]是经典。 蔡琴在[金片子]以轻爵士的风味玩出不一样的味道。

现在，jz8 勇敢的翻唱了！ 很期待 lydia 和 cher siang 的演出！

Songs That Touch Us #3

jz8 练习 [practice session for jz8]

[sorry for the poor photograhy... i was experimenting something]

it is ultra difficult to get the two members of jz8 together due to their hectic schedule. so whenever we find time, we get them to practise and get the chemistry going.

song selection contributes more than 60% to the success of an album and we are not taking it lightly. jz8 can play many styles, but we would want it to sound a bit mellower than what most western jazz music would sound. in particular, we want cher siang not to over-play on the piano, which is the tendency of most western jazz pianists to showcase their skills and versatility. because this is chinese pop jazz, we would want a slower and mellower presentation to suit our targeted audience.



jz8 practised a few songs, all chinese pop classics re-arranged by cher siang (whose titles we would like to keep it confidential at the moment); some immediately strike a chord with me and chow and some not. as i have said many times before, not all chinese pop tunes can be rearranged into jazz, due to their rigid structure. cher siang tried on zhao chuan [赵传: 当初应该爱你], the results are contrived to say the least, so we immediately dropped it.

at the end of the practice session, we finalized on two songs only.

lydia also proposed to include some real oldies (think 40s/50s, think zhou xuan!) in the repertoire, which chow and i approved. some chinese oldies are real winners if the singer can carry it well and the arrangement is good.

the first practice session gives the production team some ideas on how far jz8 can go. we think the real jz8 hasn't come out yet but in time to come, with more practice and understanding, we would see something magical.

the next practice session is fixed on next monday, 16th march.

as a producer, the practice sessions and the recording sessions later are the best and most memorable part of the journey!

台灣流行音樂200最佳專輯 [best 200 chinese albums]

no serious chinese pop music lover can do without this bible.

get it and see how many out of the 200 albums are in your collection. i think i have at least 70% of the titles listed in the book.

cheer chen's debut album [讓我想一想／陳綺貞] is listed at number #11. read the reasons here. what more can i say? all these reviewers have got excellent tastes and standards.

sorry, neither F4, fahrenhiet nor S.H.E is listed ;-)