In June this year, Eve Ai released her third album “Talk about Eve”, this is a musical work which is almost entirely self-composed by Eve, with her writing the lyrics for 8 songs, and over a half of the songs. Instead of facing the label of ‘singer-songwriter’, Eve seems to be a little unused to such titles.
Su Yun Ying’s left arm has a tattoo of a cloud, with rainwater trickling down to accumulate into a river which fuels the growth of a tree. It even flows onto her right art where flowers bloom; she has planted a serene garden on her body.
There is a kind of singer who doesn’t require attention-grabbing stunts to garner eyeballs, but after enough time has passed, your playlists will definitely have their name in them.
“If I can, I want to be a songwriter who brings audiences happiness”. To Bingham, songwriting needs to allow every listener to be included into the music, gaining from it healing strength. “
Previously depending on “I am Ayal Komod” to take home the Golden Melody Award, Chang Zhen Yue paired off with the Taiwanese music industry’s best Hip Hop rappers MC Hotdog, talented rap band MJ116, the three groups have come together to create an entirely new group “G.U.T.S”
Yen-J and The Tic Tac are invited to the CMW (Canada Music Week) this year, and their performing will take place on May 3rd & 4th in Toronto.
1976, a Taiwanese indie rock band with Britpop sound has already released more than ten works till now. Their album Outdated (不合時宜) once won them the Band of the Year in Golden Melody Award. 2016 is the band’s 20th anniversary, and they are going to celebrate the special year by having a tour in Taiwan.
From being a round robin competitor to becoming a official participant on the 3rd season of One Million Stars, although Shennio Lin placed second on the popular reality show, she lost out to many more successful contestants on the show who have released albums that they could call their own.
In October, 2015, FIRE EX. announced that they’ll hold the only special concert of the year in Kaohsiung on Dec 18th and they also revealed the setbacks they’ve suffered in the past year, even thinking about dismissing the band. In an afternoon of November, we went to the company “Fire on Music（火氣音樂）” formed by FIRE EX. in September to talk with them about their feelings and experience along the way.
Recently, Percy Phang has once again assumed the role of a music creator and producer with the launch of his new album “I Was Here” in Malaysia. Given that Phang rarely releases an album, and that I’ve also been wanting to write a piece on the development of Chinese music in Malaysia, speaking to him was the natural choice.