for those musicians who fancy yourselves egalitarians and wish to make the world a better place by giving away your music free, you will still need to arm your creative selves with other forms of protection. Creative Commons is an awesome idea for creative individuals like you! a must check it out
Archive for the Entries Categoryit’s been a while since my last entry due to a deluge of commitments that would be too bothersome to describe here. so.. let’s talk about something more interesting. I came across an article “The Professional Suicide of a Recording Musician” recently broaching on the much debated subject of making music free. As the author of the article Bob Ostertag (an experimental audio artist based in San Francisco) puts it, “When record companies first appeared, their services were required in order for people to listen to recorded music….Now their main function is to prohibit people from listening to music unless they pay off these corporations.” A compelling article that’s so relevant to our lives as musicians, I felt it is my duty to share it with everyone. Come Dec on the 15th I’ll be performing with a long-time friend and talented musician, Yani, at a gig coming up in Esplanade. We will be featured under the moniker ’skin’ .. as in we wana play songs that get under your skin..heheh. ANYWAYS I will be playing bass AND guitar during the set, plus I’ll probably be singing a few songs that I’m including within my album, woohoo.One of Singapore’s perservering ardent supporter of local music Audioreload.com is considering a relaunch very soon and I will be featured in a special showcase video to mark the Fvent along with a few other musicians. The video could be slotted in early next year (possibly Jan or feb) and I will be playing solo on bass along with some live looping and bass bowing. may be I should also just jump through a ring of fire while I’m at this madness… hmmn out of curiosity and since we’re all so bored most of the time, if you’re reading this, why not drop me a comment and let me know what you might like to see on a bass video since the audioreload video will be online and YOU can view it WHEREVER you are be it Jakarta or Zimbabwe. i’ll take the most far out suggestion and see where that can go! Hey hey, the wonderful guys from Gibson has done a review on Tonequest and it’s up on the Gibson Blog with more photos! so do swing by and check it out well the video recording of my bass solo performance at Artshouse is finally up. if you enjoy this, drop me a comment or email and feel free to pass it around to all your frens and enemies wow, it’s been awhile since i wrote in. I was struck with the dreaded dengue fever and was entombed in the hospital for about a week PLUS another week of recovery, hence the long absence from this blog. however, it was with much determination that I decided to continue with the plan of performing at the Arts House for Tonequest and I am so glad I did the show. It was very well, turnout far exceeded expectations (including that of the organise), AND my bass solo tunes got an audience for the very first time! For those who did not make it down, I played “Stormy Weather” - a brand new piece which included an intro using the violin bow on my bass, and “Sojourn” which you can hear on myspace.com/wendyphua. I will be uploading a video of “Stormy Weather” on this web very soon. Mean while you can view some pictures taken at the gig under the “Photos” section of this web. I’m currently working on more songs for my solo album and will be posting more on the process of my recording now that I’m DONE with dengue. ciao for now hi peeps, i’ve got a gig coming up at Arts House on 6 Oct 2007. Will be playing some bass-centered originals of mine, including the song Classical Sojourn that is up on myspace.com/wendyphua. so do swing by and say hi
MUSIC FOR GOOD PRESENTS Event: ToneQuest (An event of Guitar Gear 101 and Live Looping by Randolf Arriola) Featuring; Randolf Arriola Guitar Gear 101+ Live Looping Performance and Q&A. Also Featuring; Live Solo performances and Q&A with Wendy Phua - Bass Guitar and beyond! Solo Performance n Q&A Mary Ho - Solo Lead Guitar performance followed by Q&A. Gibson Guitars, Basses and amps on display for free test run! Models include those featured at Womad 2007 and more! 1. Gibson Slash Custom Shop Les Paul Standard Amps Epiphone Valve Standard TONEQUEST at the ArtsHouse event is made possible by; Hi, thanks for swinging by this space. If you are here to find out more about my music and gigs, I apologise for the lack of web content as of now since this website is just fresh off the press. Hopefully I can get the web up and in full swing by next week, with some bits of info, fotos, gig details, videos and samples of my music. It is definitely exciting to finally have my very own website going now and this is going to be a space where I’ll be posting some thoughts on my musical works and recordings as I go along. Somewhat like an open music diary. Meanwhile just a quick note that I’ll be sessioning for a kick-ass band Inifinity at Hard Rock Cafe (Singapore) this coming Saturday night. So come on by and have a coupla drinks with me. The more you drink .. the better I … well you know the drill. AND more shows coming but that’ll be up on the next posting. Till then, cheers and see you back here real soon
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cheers, wendy phua
