{"id":882,"date":"2007-05-29T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T04:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2015-02-08T15:24:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T15:24:03","slug":"sing-a-song-right-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"Sing a song right here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs1.jpg\"><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s that time of the year again. Singer Songwriters&#8217; Round at Alexis, Great Eastern Mall, 18th May 2007!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs2.jpg\"><br \/>\nFeaturing lounge lizard <b>Shanon Shah<\/b>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs3.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnd (from left) <b>Pete Teo<\/b> the folker, <b>Mei Chern<\/b> the uh&#8230; singer songwriter, and <b>Ariff Akhir<\/b> the acoustic uh&#8230; crooner.<\/p>\n<p>It was then that I found out that <b>The Sofa Sessions<\/b> were no more! I will miss their superb, groovy bass player.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs4.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe next day, I ended up there accidentally again. This time around, was <b>Jerome Kugan<\/b> (who sounds every bit like Morrissey, but they can&#8217;t do covers at Singer Songwriters&#8217; Round so I can&#8217;t ask for Ask or something.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs5.jpg\"><br \/>\nThen there was <b>Reza Salleh<\/b> (who stole <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=814\">my shot<\/a> for his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/rezasalleh\" target=\"_BLANK\">Myspace<\/a> and now Channel V&#8217;s AMP), <b>Pete Teo<\/b> the sombre, <b>Azmyl Yunor<\/b> the folk rocker.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs15.jpg\"><br \/>\n(Yeah, this one. <a href=\"http:\/\/amp.channelv.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Click.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s alright, I&#8217;ve only made like 23 copies of your CD for my friends.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs6.jpg\"><br \/>\nI swear, everyone was trying to outdo themselves in sounding sombre. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/yyboey\" target=\"_BLANK\">Yin!<\/a> notes that Pete was playing the slower version of his songs. His vocal vibrato (please correct me if I use the wrong musical term) wasn&#8217;t as obvious this time.<\/p>\n<p>Thank goodness the performers were relatively still; I used the beercan lens on these, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=870\">softie combo<\/a> later.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs7.jpg\"><br \/>\nOnly Azmyl had a smile on his face. I think he looked rather&#8230; Kermit-like.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs8.jpg\"><br \/>\nOPEN MIKE NOW, YEAH! No more sad songs!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs9.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Rina<\/b> and her happening Rooftop song. She had the most kickass <b>woman<\/b> voice. I loved how the softie lens made their jeans glow!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs10.jpg\"><br \/>\nGood voice, rather soft though.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs11.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Izzy<\/b> and her Pelan-G. Heehee!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs12.jpg\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blorgy.net\" target=\"_BLANK\">George Wong<\/a> the emo punk rocker gets all acoustic with his Friendster Song, which was a hit with the older-looking crowd.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs13.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Mia Palencia<\/b>, powerhouse of jazz vocals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/lxs14.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Zalila Lee<\/b>, who tried to sneak in a cover song. Clever.<\/p>\n<p>More links:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=684\">Singer Songwriters Round 2006<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=325\">Singer Songwriters Round 2004<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of the year again. Singer Songwriters&#8217; Round at Alexis, Great Eastern Mall, 18th May 2007! Featuring lounge lizard Shanon Shah&#8230; And (from left) Pete Teo the folker, Mei Chern the uh&#8230; singer songwriter, and Ariff Akhir the acoustic uh&#8230; crooner. 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