sometimes when I get too deeply involved in the music making process, it’s easy to forget that a world exists out there in the periphery of my musical world. so it’s nice when I received an invitation to do interviews with the revered Bass Frontiers Magazine (USA) and Musikus Magazine (Czech Republic)
Thanks for the love!
Wendy Phua – Session and Solo Bassist
By Brent-Anthony Johnson
http://www.bassfrontiersmag.com/wendy-phua-session-and-solo-bassist
“Masterful Diminutive Powerhouse” is the easiest way to describe my friend Wendy “Wen” Phua! A “player’s player” beyond all doubt, Wendy approaches the instrument with tough-guy technique and a huge sound while blissfully wringing the instrument, producing a continuous cascade of notes. As I listened to the cool demo and read the press kit “Wen” sent to me last week, I was reminded of how much better is my bass world as a result of chatting with her (she is one of my favorite people on earth) and how much the readers of Bass Frontiers Magazine could benefit from reading her story.
Groove V Sukni – Wendy Phua
By Ibrahim Hassan
http://www.muzikus.cz/pro-muzikanty-serialy/Groove-v-sukni-Wendy-Phua~30~cervenec~2009/
Obcas se najde mezi lidmi nekdo, kdo se nenechá spoutat stávajícími hranicemi. Cas od casu si nekdo položí otázku „a co je vlastn? za hranicemi?“ nebo „kam až dosáhnu?“. Mezi basovými hráci je nekolik takových velikánu, kterí pretvorili basovou hru a urcili jí nové hranice – at už je to Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Tony Levin ci Michael Manring. Ze Singapuru se zacíná ozývat cerstvý prírustek do rodiny objevitelu a inovátoru basové hry – mladá a puvabná basistka Wendy Phua.