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"Music Rocks the Valley" Alivenotdead.com 4th Anniversary Celebration !!!

Saturday, Jun 4, 2011 10:37PM / Standard Entry

Hey Guys! 
I'll be playing next Wednesday at the Racecourse with Tonick so come down, hang out and check out the tunes. Free entry at the Beer Garden and we'll be playing a mix of cool tunes.  There will be LIVE Music,  LIVE art jamming, FREE gifts too...

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7h9dbkihFA&feature=player_embedded

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OC X LC

Sunday, Apr 10, 2011 12:31AM / Standard Entry

This season Opening Ceremony (New York) and Lane Crawford (HK) will do a one month cross over collection in at their IFC location in Hong Kong and also in their Beijing store. Even though Opening Ceremony is from the US their founders Humberto Leon and Carol Lim were actually inspired to create their own line while visiting HK on a shopping trip. This inspiration led them to open successful shops in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and online. Coming back to HK and doing this crossover project is their way of paying tribute to the city's fashion that inspired them.

It should be interesting to see an outside brand work on such a large collection across their whole store. The collaboration will include their popular Chloë Sevigny line, Rodarte line, and a retail space that will be turned into a Broadway stage. There will also be some three way crossover exclusives with 8 designers including Alexander Wang, Band of Outsiders, Suno, Carven, and Pamela Love too. The four week store in HK will start April 14th and the Beijing store will launch April 16th so check it out!

AnD is working with Lane Crawford as a promotional partner. Find out how to win tickets to the HK launch event here.

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Where in Britain

Monday, Mar 7, 2011 12:20AM / Standard Entry

Just a quick note to say that our good friends at alivenotdead.com are working with Virgin Atlantic and asked me to try a simple online game. You just match the locations of some UK events/places on a map and you can possibly score free tix to Britain.

I ended up ranking 38 (within 93 miles) and I'm sure you guys can do way better so give it a try!
http://www.whereinbritain.hk/

My first time to London was back in 2008 when I was invited to do a songwriting exchange at Bath University and it was a blast. We had fun recording and then stayed four days to check out the city. I'd definitely would love to go back the next chance I get for sure.

On the one and only Abbey Road!

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Reign Lee CD Release Party !!!

Monday, Nov 22, 2010 8:06PM / Standard Entry

Just a quick reminder that I'll be opening for my good friend Reign Lee's CD release party along with Adrian Da Silva (Audiotraffic), Noughts & Exes, and 9 Maps. $180 for a ticket with Reigns CD ($200 at the door). We'll be rotating sets every couple of songs and it'll be a blast. Check it out!

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Idaho Wedding & Bob Dylan !!!

Thursday, Oct 28, 2010 2:12AM / Standard Entry

Back in august I was invited to go to my cousin's wedding in Boise, Idaho and since this was my first time out there I was super stoked. My aunt, cousin, and several family friends have been living out there for years so it was a perfect time to go visit.

Most of you guys know I hate flying and being in a dinky jet started to freak me out. Fortunately, when we were flying from LA to Boise my uncles and aunties from Hawaii got onto the same flight and helped me relax.

Somewhere over Nevada....

After checking into our hotel we went straight to the wedding rehearsal dinner. It was great to finally see where my cousin grew up and take in the wonderful nature around. The air was clean, fresh and the parks were so chill.

Even made some new friends.....

Cooking up a big BBQ. I ate so much on this trip it's crazy....but it was worth it...haha.

The park was along the Boise River Greenbelt that flowed through the town and people would float down in inner tubes suntanning and fishing. I heard it last for about three hours. We didn't get enough time to do it this trip but you know we'll hit it up next time.

Congrats to my cousin Jessa and welcome to the family Dave!

We had some time before the late afternoon wedding to walk around downtown and check out the weekend street market and stores. I really enjoyed the people and the downtown setting.

The Boise capital building located in the heart of downtown.

They need these in HK to keep the rivers clean....

The day after the wedding my auntie Suzy took us to where she and her husband used to live up in the mountains about an hour outside of town. So nice!

There were streams where people would go swimming and catch salmon to take home too.

Later that night I saw my favorite artist In the whole world BOB DYLAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was hands down the best show I've ever seen and experienced in my whole life. When he walked out I started to get tears in my eyes and just seeing him so close playing some of the greatest songs ever was just mind blowing. Since I was in the front row leaning on the barrier I wasn't allowed to take pics cause of the security in front of me but someone next to me did so here's my view for the whole show. I swear he could see us right there.

This year Charlie Sexton was back and the band was amazing. I got there four hours early to get to the front barrier and stood eight feet away from Dylan the whole show. This was my second time seeing him play (last time was in 2003) but over the years I just kept becoming a bigger and bigger fan so it was insane. He opened with "Rainy Day Women #12 & #35" so you know what was happening around me. He also played some of my favorite tunes including "Blind Willie Mctell," "Just Like a Women," "Highway 61," "Ballad of a Thin Man," "Most likely you go your way," and closed with my favorite song ever "Like a Rolling Stone"!!!

This is the view of the stage at Idaho Botanical Gardens. It was in the field of an abandoned prison what a trip. I was speechless after the gig and it really made me rethink how I've been doing music out here in HK and made me re-evaluate a lot of things. What an amazing memory of my first time to Boise. The next day we flew back to LA and San Diego, more about that in the next blog.....

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Ryan Hui was born and raised in Hong Kong until the age of 14 when he left for the U.S to attend high school and college in San Diego, California...
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Ryan Hui was born and raised in Hong Kong until the age of 14 when he left for the U.S to attend high school and college in San Diego, California. While in the states Ryan played with various artists and eventually formed the punk-rock band One Foot Forward. The band released several CDs, toured, and was also signed to Substant Recordings International.

In 2004 Ryan returned to Hong Kong to continue his music career after being invited to play 60 sold out shows for Sam Hui at the HK Coliseum and also supported the 2005-2010 world tours. In 2006 he signed with Creep Entertainment and released two local EPs "開竅" and "Transformer." Having promoted his new songs in HK, Singapore, Malaysia, and China, his most recent single "天生一對" has also made it to number four on Commercial Radio's music charts.

Currently Ryan has been performing both in Hong Kong and China while balancing his time songwriting for various local artists. In addition to filming for TVB and RTHK he is also writing material for his next release to be out early 2011.

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