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Alivenotdead.com Is HERE!!! / Alive在此!!!
Tuesday, Aug 2, 2005 4:25PM / Standard Entry
Alivenotdead.com is here! Alive would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to our website. You already know you can download and music and our MV’s for free here on this site. Our first song, 阿當的抉擇, is now available for download on our music page. You can also download the MV for 阿當的抉擇 from our video page! Check out the photo page for photos, wallpapers, and private photos of Alive you will not find anywhere else. Visit our blog page to read personal entries from each member of Alive and find out what we are thinking about. Register to alivenotdead.com so you can leave comments on our blog entries and share your thoughts and your creations with us. Get the latest news about Alive and things that matter to us from the news section. Check out the Alive calendar so you will know where we will be. But that is just the beginning. We will be adding new content to our website regularly, so visit alivenotdead.com often to find the very latest from Alive.
While we are excited to have the chance to share our content and our thoughts with all of you, we hope to get the chance to know all of you a bit better. To us, alivenotdead.com is a space not only for Alive to express themselves, but also an opportunity for all of you to share your expressions with Alive and all of our friends on-line. Register to alivenotdead.com so you can share your expressions with us! If you are a singer or musician, send us some of your music for us to listen to. If you are a DJ and feel you can remix our songs in a cool way, send it to us. Send us your photos, any short videos you have made with your DV camera, flash cartoon clips, essays, stories, poems, drawings, paintings, anything you have created, we would love to see. If we like what you have sent us, we will post it on our website and send you some special gifts from alivenotdead.com! To be alive is to express yourself and we hope alivenotdead.com is a space where we can all express ourselves and share our creations.
We really hope you enjoy our website and that alivenotdead.com will represent the very thing that makes us unique and cool. Our voice!
Alive在此！ Alive在此！Alive在此歡迎你進入我們的網站。你可以準備免費下載我們的音樂和MV，也可以在「樂事」上下載我們的第一首歌「阿當的抉擇」，你還可以下載我們的MV作wallpapers，更有你們在別處看不到的Alive私家照片任你欣賞。瀏覽我們的網誌，你還會看到Alive成員有趣的內心世界。登記作為alivenotdead.com的一員，你就能跟我們分享你的創意和想法﹔你要常到我們的「公告板」來看Alive的最新消息，現在只是個開始，以後會不斷地有新元素注入！我們很高興能有這個機會跟你分享我們的內容和想法，我們也希望能多認識你一點。對我們來說， alivenotdead.com不光只是我們的園地，更是你把你的感想與我們分享的樂土。如果你是歌手又或是音樂人，就把你的音樂傳過來給我們聽﹔如果你是DJ，覺得可以把音樂重新處理，也傳過來讓我們欣賞。如果你有照片、錄像、動畫、短故事、詩、詞、圖畫……，任何創作，我們都很想一看一聽。而，如果我們喜歡，我們會把它在網上發表，還會送你一樣alivenotdead.com特備的禮物！「活著」就是為了表達自己！在 alivenotdead.com，每個人都可以發表和分享自己的創作，希望你喜歡我們的網站。Alivenotdead.com代表的是獨特和夠酷。我們絕對相信！
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Song Focus: Adam's Choice | 阿當的抉擇
Sunday, Jul 31, 2005 7:37PM / Standard Entry
Picture 阿當 and the dilemma he faces. On one hand he has Eve, a picture of perfection and stability, on the other, the apple, and the unknown pleasures it brings. The ageless couple Adam and Eve is the inspiration behind 阿當的抉擇, the 1st song by H.K’s newest “old man boyband,” Alive. The song was written especially for Alive by their friend and producer, Davy Chan. When asked what inspiration was drawn to write this song, Davy says it is mainly the attitude that Alive naturally exudes. “Alive has a natural, fun-loving, relaxed quality about them,” Davy says. “I wanted their 1st song to have a lot of positive energy. Something relaxed, something fun! When I talked to lyricist 李俊一, about the lyrics for this song, I just told him about Alive and he came up with the concept of 阿當的抉擇. I think the concept fits the song because I think most men would have the same struggle between their girlfriend and temptation. “
Girlfriend or temptation? Good or evil? Not exactly the normal sort of topics you would find in a Canto-pop song. Apparently that’s exactly what Alive was looking for themselves! Something different. “I don’t think I would be able to sing the same type of lyrics that Twins or Boyz would sing,’ Daniel Wu remarks. “We are a bit older and more mature. Our outlook on love and relationships would be different from a teenager. I am happy with 阿當的抉擇 because I think it is a very catchy pop tune with lyrics that relates more to people my age.”
This is the very 1st song Alive has ever recorded. Because most members of Alive have not had any previous recording experience, the recording process could have been a daunting task. But as it turned out the recording process went smoother than expected. “I was afraid!” Dave recalls when asked what Alive was like when recording 阿當的抉擇. “I had no idea what to expect. I know that they have little or no experience with singing and recording. I thought my job was going to be very difficult. But they did O.K! Thankfully we had time and were not on a tight schedule. I had time to work with them and bring the best out of each of them.”
Recording in the studio may be new to Alive, but don’t think for a minute they didn’t enjoy themselves. “I didn’t realize I was working.” Terence Yin quips. “Me , Andrew, Conroy, and D were just chillin’ in the studio. We’d help each other with our parts, drink beer, talk shit. I felt like we were hanging out at Daniel’s house or something and we’d get up to sing once in a while. Good times!” Seems like Davy may be right about Alive and the attitude they carry. “We are just friends who wanted to do some music together and have fun!” Conroy adds. “If it’s not fun, there’s no reason to do it!”
Good times and good friends is what it is all about. So listen to 阿當的抉擇 on the music page and check out the MV on the video page. Enjoy and then ask yourself, “Will you give in to temptation?”
阿當的抉擇這首歌是描寫阿當面對的抉擇，他一方面有了夏娃，有著圓滿和穩定，而另一方面，卻又有著蘋果無法估計的歡樂的誘惑。作為「『老餅』的男孩樂隊」-- Alive的第一首歌，這對「不老的伴侶」—阿當和夏娃，正是這首歌背後的靈感來源，也是他們的朋友：導演陳 特別為Alive寫這首歌的原因。陳認為Alive能散發出自然和純真、貪玩又寫意的感覺，他想他們的第一首歌有正面的能量卻輕鬆有趣，所以一跟填詞李俊一溝通，馬上就有了「阿當的抉擇」的意念﹔因為大部份的男人，都在女朋友和誘惑之間掙扎。女朋友還是誘惑﹖正或邪﹖這不是粵語流行歌曲常見的主題。但這卻正是Alive想表達的。我們不認為我們可以唱Twin’s或Boyz的歌。」吳彥祖又補充地說：「我們的年紀大一點也成熟一點，對愛情和關係的表達，跟十幾歲的少年肯定有分別。我很喜歡『阿當的抉擇』這首歌，因為它有容易上口的旋律，也有跟我們這種年紀的人能起共鳴的歌詞。」這是Alive的第一首歌，Alive的大部份成員，都沒有錄歌的經驗，以為錄音的過程會教人氣餒，沒想到過程卻出奇的順利。陳說，最初人家問他關於Alive，他都很擔心，因為對他們的表現完全沒有概念：「謝天謝地！他們的時間表當時都不是太緊張，我能有足夠的時間為他們錄音，把他們最好的一面帶出來。」別以為他們都是初哥，就不會享受個中情趣，尹子維說：「我不覺得是在工作，我、連凱、陳子聰和吳彥祖都像在chillin，在錄音室，我們彼此互助，喝啤酒、閒聊……，就好像在吳彥祖的家裏一樣。簡直是歡樂時光！」陳子聰也說：「我們只是幾個好朋友想聚在一起開開心心地玩玩音樂，如果不好玩，那就沒有理由繼續。」歡樂時光和好朋友！整件事就因此而成！所以：到「樂事」聽聽「阿當的抉擇」，到「錄像院」看看MV，再問問你自己：「你會不會受不住誘惑﹖！」
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2005/08/02 Birth of Alive
Sunday, Jul 31, 2005 2:50PM / Standard Entry
Alive started as a group of 4 friends who wanted to have some fun and make some music together. Over the past year we have found time between our busy schedules to produce some music and MV’s. Originally we hoped to release an EP sometime this year to introduce ourselves to all of you. Due to unknown circumstances, one of our songs was released on the Internet before the release of our EP. After much consideration, we have decided the best response to the theft of our music is to give away our music and videos for free. AliveNotDead.com is our gift to you. You will be able to download our music and view our videos legally and free on this website. We hope that as you are enjoying our music and videos, you will also have a chance to get to know us better as artists and people. Alive, to us, means the willingness to express ourselves and to find joy through the process of expression. This website is the beginning of our journey together. We hope that you will have as much fun with Alive as Alive will have with you!
Alive 始於四個想找樂子的音樂發燒友。去年，四條友在百忙中開始計劃製作音樂和MV。本來我們希望能藉著EP把我們的歌曲介紹給大家，可惜我們發現我們的歌曲中，有一首居然在網際網絡上被搶先發放了。經過了慎重的考慮，我們決定，對付盜窃的最佳良方，就就：「免費發放」我們的音樂和錄像﹔alivenotdead.com就是我們送給大家的禮物！你們在這個網站裏，可以免費、合法、自由地下載或欣賞我們的音樂和我們的錄像……。我們希望跟你們一起享受我們的音樂和錄像，讓你們更充份地認識到我們和我們的音樂。Alive對我們這四條音樂發燒友來說，目的是發揮、舒展和享受我們的嗜好。但這只是個起步！我們希望因Alive，令你們也能得到如 Alive一樣的情趣和歡樂。
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Thank You’s!
Saturday, Jul 30, 2005 3:32PM / Standard Entry
Alivenotdead.com would not be possible without the help of many people along the way. We are very grateful to everyone who has contributed to our music, MV’s, and our website. We could not have done this without you!
Davy BigFly! Our producer! The man with the music vision and the one who makes us sound good. Thank you for sharing your gift with us! You rock!
Patrick! For keeping us in tune with Davy’s melodies!
Simon Li: Your mixes rock! And your vibe and conversation are even better!
Wing Shya! For the beautiful photos you took and your gift for making old farts look cool. Your pics are the color and life of this website! You’re the best!
William Cheung Suk-Ping: Your impeccable sense of style has no equal!
K.S Fu: The baddest MV director from Taiwan meets us crazy H.K boys half way. We really appreciate your help!
Terry: We meet again! You are just as cool this time around!
City of Kaoshiong: Thank you for bringing us over to film our MV’s! You have a beautiful city!
Geoff Tsui: Our website designer and friend. We appreciate all of your wonderful designs and look forward to building Alive with you!
Sean Lee: Thanks for taking us on the last minute! You are the machine against our rage!
Rachel Chan: You really did make Alive possible with your help. We cannot say thank you enough!
Sam Ho: Thank you for guiding us with experience through our conversations!
Dave Lee: You are a wealth of information! Thanks for sharing!
Willie Chan: For giving us the chance to run with our crazy ideas!
Solon and Steven: For your time, attention, and your continual support!
Teresa and Winnie: J.C’s finest! For keeping your boys out of trouble!
Fibe, Antonio, Peco, Jennifer, Patsy: For all of your timely support!
Tony Ho: The Man with the smoothest moves! You are the reason why we look good on stage!!
Marcus Savage: For your energy and for your timely advice!
Patrick Lee: For having faith in us to do good things. We won’t let you down!
Tony Chang: T’s Bitch! For your help and enthusiasm from the very beginning! You are a real friend!
Happy: For helping us get our message across in Taiwan!
Special Thanks to JVC, Boots, and Mona Lisa: Our collaborations have taken Alive and alivenotdead.com up to this point. It was a real pleasure working with you all and we appreciate your support.
