Monday 23 June 2008

Singapore Arts Fest : Arts on the Move @ Jurong Point

Date of Performance : 14th June 2008 (Saturday)

The Singapore Arts Festival is a bi-annual event in Singapore that features many fine arts groups, both local and international. The “Arts on the Move" is a regular part of the festival that aims to bring the performing arts groups in the heartlands of Singapore. Sounds Easy was invited to be the “Arts on the Move” segment, and our performance took place on the 14th June (Sat) 2008 afternoon at the Jurong Point Shopping Mall.

As we were not restricted to a particular theme for our 30-minute performance, Sounds Easy decided that our repertoire should contain familiar favourites that will appeal to general crowd. Since the performance would take place in the lovely month of June, we decided that the theme of love was the most befitting. Two months prior to the performance, arrangements of familiar love songs were arranged and rehearsed to ensure that we give a great show on the 14th.

The love songs that we performed described various aspects of love – the celebration of it, the passion involved, the sorrows when it is lost and the joys when one truly found it. We started our show with a medley of two upbeat numbers - "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and "I think we are alone now". After this rousing introduction, we next presented three soothing Chinese numbers- a medley of "爱情路“ (Aì Qíng Lù) and ”不想睡“ (Bù Xiăng Shuì), two very familiar Chinese ballads and an arrangement “喜欢你”(Xí Huān Nĭ), which was a given with a bossa nova touch. The tone of our show changed to a rather sad one when we performed a Hokkien piece "车站“ (Qiā Zhăm), to depict lost love. We then proceeded to explore songs that describe the joys of love. "Where Do I Begin" and "Thank you" (by Dido) are two songs that tell the story of how great a love can be, of the wonderful feeling knowing that that "special someone" is always around to support us. We ended our performance with the evergreen “Stand by Me".

We were very fortunate to have a very supportive crowd that day. Shoppers and passer-bys gathered around the stage to hear us sing. There were families who sat near the front of the stage to enjoy our arrangements. Most of the pieces were very well-received, and we noticed that some people even sang along with us. The Hokkien song "车站“, which describes the sorrows of sending one’s love away at the train station, was probably the most enjoyed by the crowd, possibly because dialect songs were not frequently featured in a cappella performances.

Given that Sounds Easy is a relatively young and unknown arts group, it was indeed an honour and privilege to be featured as one of the performing arts group in the 2008 Singapore Arts Festival . This performance opportunity not only exposed us to a bigger crowd, it also allowed us to share our unique brand of a cappella music. We would like to thank the organizers of the Singapore Arts Fest for giving us this wonderful opportunity and the lovely audience at the Jurong Point Shopping Mall for taking time out to listen to our music and enjoying our songs.

Tuesday 13 May 2008

Singapore Arts Festival 2008: Arts on the Move

WooOooOooHoooOooOOo!!!

Sounds Easy has the honour to perform at the Jurong Point Shopping Mall on the 14 June 2008 for the Singapore Arts Festival '08!!! This is a rare opportunity and Sounds Easy really appreciates it!!! We're definitely going to show everybody that..

"We Sound Easy, but We Ain't!"

Eh..we know this sounds a little cliche..but that's our motto right!? And we will guarantee a performance that Sounds nice and Easy.... Haha..enough of rubbish.

Our tentative repertoire for the event includes (but not restricted to) Kokomo, Stand by Me,
喜欢你, Where Do I Begin?, 车站 (a Hokkien song) and Thank You ... We will be performing at 4 pm and our performance lasts about 30 minutes. So if you're going to be in that area at around that time, do come and enjoy our Easy Sounds at the event.

Saturday 19 January 2008

Happy Birthday Yanxing!!!




Haha! But it's a pity only Claire, Haoren, Huiling and Phil can make it for the dinner "celebration". We're going Holland Village Sushi Tei!!! Woohoo!!! *jumping in joy like small kids*

And no, we're not going to have a performance, but we might sing, very softly of course, a birthday song for him. =P

Happy Birthday YANXING!!!
Sounds Easy LOVES You!!!