NTLP 14 part 3

As a senior singer this year, I expect myself to deliver greatness. I wish to be someone who can guide and I want to mark a footprint in NT. 

From January onwards, practices begun. I was committed from the start. Although I wasn’t a committee, but my besties were. To be less of a burden, it was wise to be available for them, helped them out whenever they needed me. Once I set my heart to do well in something, I will go all out- I did!

My band mates included 

>Christine Tee = composer/arranger

>Kiwi = arranger

>Edmund loo = drummer

>Mingyuen = bassist

>Jason Ang = harmonica

>Kai Yuen = tambourine

>Siew win, Pui Yan, Sam = background singers

>Me = main vocalist

 I cannot tell how proud I was when I saw this picture... U guys were amazing =)

 

All together we have 10 members in GnT team. We always have lotsa fun during practices. 

Give n Take is a fun song to deal with. I remember the first time I heard the song. I was guessing whose voice was that. I thought it was Kiwi’s voice and it was compose by Leng2. It was weird but catchy at the same time. And for all time, I sucks in audition. Still NT wanted me in. XD

I’m a fussy gal… and demanding too. But my band mates never once let me down. Each of them masters their field so that I could focus on singing. We discussed about the arrangement open heartedly, we gave opinions and I would share my ideas.  Thanks all~ Thanks for tolerating my needs and insanity. I have good ears but I cannot talk in music language. I have difficulty expressing my ideas so, thanks for listening to this amateur speaker. Apart from my own songs, I have 5 backgrounds singing for 5 different vocalists which made me a busy gal. Band room was almost my 2nd hot spot at Bangi. 

Time spent during practices was the best moments ever. I always love Ethan’s voice and once we had extra time, I will make him sing Sam Lee’s songs. Fooling around with him, singing our favourite Divas’ songs made me realised one superb potential I never thought I have. I have ‘HaiTunYing’… literary translate as Dolphin’s pitch. I was so high when we sang ‘Emotion’ by Mariah Carey and the high pitch came out just nice. Possibly a lower octave one, but still, I had it. I got to work on it as it could just be another trick in my pocket!

My song made me push boundaries. I never really try singing songs outta my comfort range. In fact, I never really test my full range before. Even if I did, I suppressed it so that nobody hears flatness or outta pitch problem if my voice goes out of control. I tried and succeeded! Finally I can do what American Idol’s contestants do best ~ hitting the high end note. In fact, the song was so special I can try all different styles such as growling, flirty n whisper sounds… I never thought I could do it live…

 

I thought JcDaGreat only come alive when I sing in the shower. 

Newtune gave me a platform to perform, brought in a crowd of music lovers to see me shine, and an extensive training for my vocal and performance quality all through the function. Along the way, I made friends and we created a family and a strong unity. My hearing ability became sharper as I learn to pick up musicians mistakes as well during rehearsal. I am a better singer and a better performer thanks to NewTune. NT gave me the opportunity to sing live on air at the radio station 988 together with other vocalists which was awesome. 

3days after NTLP 14, and I’m still very emo. I yet to adjust myself back to reality. The whole thing is still fresh in my head and it’s almost like a dream I dun wish it to end. I’m a bit left hanging…I’m still having the aftermath effects. I kept dreaming weird dreams, relating to the concert. The emoness went extreme. I just chop my hair and got myself a brand new fridge… OMG bloody god. Everyone knows I hate fridge! 

I almost wanted to get rid of my long hair for good. My mom stopped me fearing that I would scream once my consciousness is back. Now if I had a bad hair day, I will really need a big red hat to cover it. Sigh! It’s time to kick da thesis ass as my supervisor keep rushing me to get it done. Sadly, the time is just not right… yet. I’m still not doing any progress. Assignments are left untouched. Thesis… I don’t wish to graduate, but not in this way….  

 U girls are the best...ever =)

Siewin, Hooi Ling, Edmund~ I joined this club with you guys, and I’m gladly end this journey with you all as well. Love always… I’m ready to be super senior~ part of the OldTuners… ones that shoots from afar through emails and FB, and finally enjoy show from the audience seats. Are you? I can’t wait to watch Mamee Monster perform for NTLP 15. Juniors, it’s your time to shoulder the responsibility.

My humble beginning in NT...Can u guys recall this?

 Bye Mr. Tune da 14th. I'll see you soon in a year time... 

I hereby bit a temporary goodbye… We are never too far…  As long as you need me, I’ll be there… Im always here…I’m haunting… Can’t you feel my presence? At least my cats are with you… =))) Newtuner knows what I mean~ 

The secret code~ Miaow  =3

(For more pictures, do refer to my FB profile... ) Special thanks to Choong How aka Mau Gege, Zeon aka Ah Fai, Malcolm, Wei Quan~ I never thought that I could be that beautiful =)

NTLP 14 part 2

Nervous... Am I?... YES! 

God damn it, I was one of the few last ones to do make up n hairdo. I have totally zero confidence with the lady and I almost stop her when she wanna style my hair. Then she calmed me down and told me to just let her do. 

Big relieve~ simple and just nice. Make up, whoah, Thank goodness Qiqi was there to help me out. It was great! Most of the time, for all functions I've gone through, make up was always the foremost thing to do. Final sound check and rehearsal was conducted and it ended almost at 4pm. 

 this year theme-fairy tales... beautifully presented

Since I started everything quite late, I only have limited time to get my dress right and to warm up my voice. No mood and not even have time to snatch pictures.

superb love my GnT gals

Concert started almost at 9pm after all those annoying opening speeches from the unnecessarily VIPs. I sang background for a total of 5 songs before my solo presentation, which was on the 13th. I wouldn't say that I was in top form, slightly week but I did try my best for all the songs I involved in. 

 Opening song with my 2 fav gals in NT

Whatever I learned in PT definitely applicable during the show. Always keep warm and keep one self ready emotionally and physically before the song. So, I was basically playing around, disturbing all fellow vocalists and danced along when our sexy dancers were blowing the audiences away. 

 one of the dance.... NT dancers ROCKs

No. 13 song was next, and I was ready. But I did shivered when I walked to the middle of the stage. Just when the spot light shone upon me, cheers went wild and alot of different gangs called out my name. Another bunch of NT musicians and Singers Miaos me.... Walou eh, I almost laughed on stage la guys... LOL

Christine finally strummed the guitar after the voices faded slightly and I came alive. 

ROAR!!!

my band mates...

I seriously cannot imagine what i did from another point of view. I went wild and I went all out, no sign of retreating... Half way singing, my King went up and handed me flower. I didn't hear him untill people begin to cheer wildly again. I turned to him, and I blew a kiss.... It was a reflects action... I could be either stoned or I hiao him on stage...OMG!

After the high end note, spotlight was off and I ran towards the back stage gasping for air... I almost couldn't breathe...Everyone at the back stage was so high... 

end show le

I received many compliments, many good words... many touching supports. It was undeniably the highest peak of my life thus far... All of a sudden, I was the hot topic... hiao Queen...Aduh XD

I could hear myself well that night which also means there were many points of the song that I could present better... Still, with that current form, that was the best I could do. After hearing the recording, there were vibrations at the beginning of the songs. I'm not sure if I were cold or nervous. I'm only satisfy on the slow bridge, where vocally it was clean and nice.

finally meet u in person...=)

awh...presents... thanks dearest =)

I can proudly shout out that I did not disappoint my parents, my fwens ans seniors, most importantly, I did not disappoint my GnT band mates and NewTuners =)

Thanks for all the lovely shots from all photography lovers. 

NTLP 14 part 1

Best Team effort, Best sound men, Best flow, Best professionalism....

10th March 2011

Marks a beautiful memory in my head forever!

*****

Recalling moments of a few days back

I sucks in the last 2 practices. I'm always the scary cat... I was anxious when any of my band mate not present. I lost the fun and I cannot  find way to project the...well, hiaoness. My background singers choreographed their presentation n ZOMG... they were amazing. My band mates worked their ass off to fix their parts. Especially Christine, she crammed her head to come up with variations. I became emo and threw tantrums... I almost wanted to cry once during the practice when everything went wrong. The concert was merely few days away, and I suddenly sucks at what i do best. I would like to thanks Vincent and Witter though. Their arrival and guidance for my song was a punch of sweetness on that bitter day.

1st rehearsal at DECTAR. I still sucks! I wasn't expecting the best day and I predicted all the worst things that could happen. Hey,you know what, NONE of that happen. We had a professional team to thank for. The men we paid worth every cents. Because of that, we managed 2 times rehearsal and two times sound check. God bless them....

Kanasai those ballroom dancers... What sorta attitude you guys are having? 1st of all, you cannot go up the stage without once attendance for the rehearsal. Haven't you guys do big stage performance before... U need to know that we do not have the most professional light men and you guys aren't the best ball room dancers we can get alright?! Rehearsal n sound check never promise exact time. Did you guys ever follow closely of what was going on along the practices and rehearsal that none of you ever present? (Snap, I saw u guys, Snap, you were gone~)Was it our fault neglecting u guys, or you guys simply not alert, not sincere and keeping the 'I-dun-give-a-damn-attitude'. I'm ashamed of u all, cuz i was the one who suggested UKM artisukma thinking it was a win-win situation for both team. I knew you guys were commenting shit over this matter. When you bad mouth people, make sure there was no 3rd parties who is not on ur side or people with wise thinking with neutral position!

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 All in all, the boys were doing heavy duties while the gals were making sure all details were covered. Discipline gurus were there guiding us~ Fish, Jieru, Yeswan.... the flow was tightly followed. Teams were wisely constructed and instructed, excos worked extra hours to get things prepared....

I hereby wanna special thanks technical group who works closely with producers, and also program's crews who never fail to hear us out... Informal MCs did a fabulous job with leading June Ng guiding them. At the end of the day, you guys delivered the best efforts. Backdrop was nice and AJKs were giving us commitment with best attitude to begin with~

To be continue~

3days to NTLP

Suddenly I got a new post in NTLP 14

The song choreographer... aka showmanship guider...

Haha

I'm sensitive towards music... so I feel and indulge in it pretty fast especially up beat songs.

Im teaching em ways to release unnecessarily self conscious nia... 

I used to be very shy~ infact I'm still really shy de...=) I'm not born hiao (4 my song)

Im just simply empowered whenever I grab the mic and I appreciate the moment when I'm being heard of. 

I ditched my shell and I'm proudly walked away from it for good. 

I'm glad juniors are listening... I don't wish to be someone who care too much to the extend of being annoying... I want you to be good. =)

3 more days and I will be rocking Dectar stage again for the 3rd time for NTLP. 

Will you be there to see me shine? Are you ready to see my improvement after a whole long year? 

I'm ready to rock you good XD 

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I cried when I heard the latest arrangement of Memory... thinking of the days I spent in Newtune with all music lover makes my tear pores weakens. Haiz... 

15 beautiful songs awaiting you...What are you waiting for?? 

Grab ur self a tickets and enjoy our

Runway Of Fantasy

I just want to say that I really like you...

You might think is Him... He might thinks it's you...

Nobody knows it....

Sigh

=)

  Practice time .....happiest time =)

 Christine-Grumpy.... from piano genius jumps to electric guitar...i salute!

 Working out the fur.....

 LOL.... intro part.... groove~ 

Thanks for the pretty photos Ah Fai... =)

Simply lovely

Happie

I finally experience the musicians lives... Those carrying many songs on their shoulders... They normally spend the entire day or night in the band room while vocalists seriously have a better schedule than them. Well, that doesn't apply to all. I have a total of 5 background positions which also means I have continues practices for a long extended periods. Sometimes, I will stay back to help out juniors as requested. I'm glad and most willing to do so though...

But it's draining my energy and my throat started to ache again... this mucus problem is sucking out the best of me... It doesn't just make me nasal, it hurts my throat as i keep coughing it out. It's ugly to look at and to be heard of. Damn, paiseh guys. I have no choice. It could chock me real good.

Singing is never easy.... to always in pitch, in tune, in feel, in groove, in balance with musicians, in harmony, simply in perfection is Not Easy! Haiz, there are some parts in my own song which im still not satisfy with. Hopefully, there is still time.....

I keep having bad night sleep... I keep waking up at the wrong time which is before the alarm rings, and when it finally does, I am half way doozing off again. Damn! This sucks! I mean... I really need to recharge myself... and just this morning, I got a call saying my grandpa is hospitalize after a fall. Lung infection... 

Damn, smokers... enjoy your consequences la.... Haiz.Nobody will listen to affection advise nowadays. But sarcastic ones, they make u furious coz we are stating the truth and facts that you already knew but never once bothered. Now you are listening!!! Get out form the hospital in perfect shape asap okay?

Awh, thesis.... What am i gonna do with you...can I dump u aside 1st? I promise I will write one heck of a thesis... One you could published and be proud of.... LOL. For now, just let me be outta control... don't bound me with you... I'm going bananas~

Im superbly tired physically, but spiritually, Im high and burning with passion... Ben told me that I've chosen this path, I cannot regret it. (I thk I was the one who told you this...lol) Hey, you know what, I am not.

In fact, I'm happie... never been happier =)