The French Embassy was keen to send a journalist down, interview the artists, and then come back and do a series of capsules on French artists! They approached Mediacorp, and the place then came to 938LIVE. Howie Lim, the Lunchbox DJ who does the music and entertainment capsules, had been slated to go. But due to some family circumstances, she was unable to - and 938LIVE picked me! Apparently me being a musician had something to do with it:)

LIfe has been hectic since I started my journey at 938LIVE on Valentine's Day this year! I host a youth talk show that I produce and present on Friday Evening, 7-8pm on 93.8FM (938LIVE) - check out the FB page here:) facebook.com/rawandready
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6xOqPIvH0g

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk_wi_UPP-o

1. Silence on the phone. Not during conversation but after the shards of voicemail robotics have pierced my eardrums. Her fingers would have dialled again without looking if not for the touchscreen of her phone.

2. She kisses my ear and I see a chromatic vision of her - only yellows and golds and oranges, what happened the night before is mandated to be blue, purple, eggplantish. She likes that it's such a blur. I don't.

3. Just to keep track of the world she buys flowers every week. Orchids that have an odd graphic-looking edge - as if someone vectorised them and pasten them neatly on - because they last more than a week. Why do flowers remind her of some other time? Why is the glass of memory too clear to look at - she can only look through?

4. He bought her perfume again. A variation of the same one she bought two weeks before and found that she was keenly allergic to. 6 different bottles stand, shining with hope that they will be held, caressed, touched, moulded, replaced.

5. Crystal, falling. Liquid crystal. Crystal so hot it flows with an urgency and speed that finds only peace in the small downturned crevice lining her lips. Tongue licks. Always effective to draw them in. Recycle them for tomorrow.

Suddenly, I'm performing at least twice a week somewhere, out of nothingness, I am overwhelmed by what 2011 has brought!

First, there is the regular at Orgo Bar (Esplanade Rooftop!) with that beautiful view of the bay on Wednesdays 8.30-11pm with my good friends Euntaek Kim (Keys) and Jase Sng (Bass)! Latin, R&B, my original songs and pop songs with a twist is what's going on!

Will also be guesting at two of my alma maters: ACJC's Alumni concert (22nd Jan at ACJC CPA) and NUS Jazz Band's Annual concert (18 Feb, UCC Hall)

Then, there is the odd club gig: Home Club on 28 Jan (with Charlie Lim!) and 25 Feb

To add to the mix, I just sang for FashBash last weekend as a Noel Caleb Ambassador, and will be singing for Simone Jewel's event on 12 Feb at Avana, Marina Bay Sands...

Lastly, there are the festivals: I'm a featured artist for both Mosaic Music Festival (15 Mar, Esplanade Concourse) and the NUS Arts Fest (24 Mar, NUS Law Auditorium)!

I read my last (and extremely ambitious) blog post and wondering if learning the chinese songs would be a priority vs. learning how to play the guitar.

Hmmmm.

Anyway it's LATE (as usual, midnight people) - but i thought I'd leave a new video here - it's a cover of Corinne Bailey Rae's Like A Star:)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLk0eV0i18Y

I am going to work on a 2 and 5 year plan.

Today I met up with Laichan, a fashion designer, and he told me has a 12 year plan!!

My immediate plan for the year, is that I should be writing at least 3 new songs a month (1 every 10 days) for practice, and meet up with more people to co-write songs with them. I have Rani and Wenfu on the list so far! Every month, i'll record just one song on average. Then, by September, i'd have at least 20 songs to choose from and at least 12 recordings. Ambitious eh.

Reflecting on the year that has just past, and how my first EP has been received, I realise that the Asian perspective on what music should be is extremely different from the Western POV. I've had many people comment that I should consider switching to Chinese songs. And do covers for my first full length. while one of my other new resolutions is to learn at least 15 new chinese songs in 3 months (i'm SO out of the Chinese scene!) i can't imagine being a singer-songwriter in a language I dont THINK in. But covers wise, i think I have to say that my first full length is probably going to have selected covers... yet i'm hoping to keep it as a majorly originals album...

I finally met someone today with a much more Western POV regarding the music industry, and was so excited after he let me know that he's considering my songs for his feature film. I'm really keen on getting my stuff in flims and generally being exposed on a larger scale than just live performance. Can't say too much yet, but it's definitely going to be a great project for me to get involved in!

On other fronts, having been two weeks at CM-PB i really like the place. also finally meeting up with Orgo on wednesday, so hopefully another gig can be worked on there too!

2011 is looking great already:)