Recording @ The Factory Music Studio

So the vocal recording session at The Factory Music Studio is officially completed! It's refreshing to work with a group of musicians whom I'm new to. The 'rituals' are different, the energy level is different, the style is different. Definitely an eye opener for me.

Yuri is a great producer. Very calm and composed; he made me feel very comfortable during the recording. Not forgetting sweet Collin (from Car Crash Hearts) who was always asking me, 'Are you OK?', 'Do you want something to drink?'. Such a caring person. The other day he even made me a perfect cup of hot honey drink! Last but not least, I wanna make a big shoutout to Adrian for inviting me to participate in this project in the first place. Thanks for everything :)

I can't really talk too much about the project just yet, so I'm gonna end this entry with a photo:

Left to right: Adrian, me, Yuri. Photo Credit: Collin

My Long Lost Love, Back In My Arms

Wow, it's been close to three years since I last walked into a vocal booth...

I just came home from a pre-pro meeting at a recording studio cum production house, and I'm feeling quite dazed to be honest.

First of all, I'm just glad that I'm picking up from where I left off in terms of songwriting... The other day I caught "Ti Amo" on the radio, and I felt so mesmerized listening to my creation, my real love story on air. Ooo the goosebumps that I had was crazy... it certainly made me miss songwriting alot.

Second of all, I'm very blessed to be selected as one of the songwriters for an upcoming ad campaign. Really excited about it as this is my first time making music at this scale. I'll be posting up more details and photos along the way... stay tuned!!

Work-in-Progress: The New Office

We've finally gotten the keys to the new office. Finally, after 6-months!

Without wasting any time, we called in the air-cond people, the glass works people, the flooring people etc to visit the office.

Currently, we are pouring over a few laminated flooring samples. It's funny to see three grown adults stare at the wood blocks for minutes in silent. It's so hard to decide! Without an Interior Designer, you basically need to imagine how the office will look like from the provided samples...

But thanks to technology, the selection process is much more easier. I asked the sales agent if he has any pictures of a real workspace that used his products, and he simply replied, 'go to our website'.

And so, at their website, just with a few clicks (and thank God for Unifi), we are able to see how the floor will look like.

We narrowed our selection to Natural Cherry, Regal Maple and Royal Beech.

Still can't decide which to go for though... any suggestions?

A Walk To Remember

Little things latch on to my mind easily, like how you wrapped your hand around my waist during our new exercise regime, a 10-rounds-around-the-block-walk, and said, "I'm glad I found my soulmate... we've got many more years ahead to walk together".

Yes, together. We'll walk through this life together.

思念

阿公, Mama,

我好想你。

清明节到了，可是Mama，你临走之前交代说你和阿公不需要坟墓，不需要灵位。你要求简单的火化仪式，然后，把骨灰撒在大海，就OK了。Mama, 你真的很潇洒。。。 我们都知道你做出这个要求，是为了不要麻烦我们。你永远都为别人着想，从来不想给人麻烦。

驾车的时候，常常都想你们。Radio 播的音乐, becomes the background music of my memories of you.

睡觉的时候，常常都梦见你们。我是不是想念你，想过龙了？

一个人在房间里的时候，更自然地想起你们。最近，想念的感觉很 intense。Intense 到动不动流泪了。有些晚上，还痛哭起来。人，为什么要生，老，病，死？为什么不可以是生，老，then 开开心心地飞上天？

想告诉家人和男友 that 我想念你们，可是却说不出口。因为我知道我一讲，就会控制不住眼泪。。。

这个清明节，in fact, every 清明节 for the rest of my life, 阿公 Mama 没有灵位给我们打扫，敬拜。

But, it's ok. 因为你们存在我的心和脑海中，或许就是最好的灵位。

－ 思念你的 Maine Maine