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I Gotta Be Me
I was deep in thought as I walked down the office corridors the other day. So deep in thought that I didn’t notice an employee of mine nearby. That is, until I heard her say, “Boss, you don’t look like the boss I know.” She was beckoning to the clothes that I was wearing....
added: 10:15am, 23 May 2011
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Real Artists Ship
It never fails. Once in a while, I will come across a budding artist or scriptwriter and he or she will always tell me these familiar words: “I’m working on my album” or “I’m working on my movie”....
added: 06:00pm, 6 Apr 2011
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Of All The Dumb Luck
I received a message on Facebook the other day that really upset me. It was from a random person who was lamenting his down-and-out luck in the music industry and blaming it squarely on his lack of connections. He used the oft-used Malaysian phrase that he didn’t have any strong cables. ...
added: 10:53am, 7 Mar 2011
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The Steamroller Of Life
Nothing stands still. There’s a saying that goes “If you stop moving, you will get run over.” The business circles have this oft-said mantra, “If you stop growing, you start dying.” It seems every bit of advice on personal growth seem to centre on continual improvement, continual progression an...
added: 06:47pm, 26 Jan 2011
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My Dinner With Babyface
I couldn’t keep still. I paced up and down, constantly looking at my phone, anxiously looking left and right, feeling extremely excited and extremely nervous. I was about to have dinner with Babyface. Yes, you heard right. Babyface......the man, the legend. Razman from Pineapple Concerts brought him...
added: 05:24pm, 14 Aug 2010
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I Need A Cold Shower
The water falls on me like a never-ending string of crystal-soft pearls, silkily snaking its way around my being, penetrating my very soul. I embrace it lovingly, like a child returning home to a maternal bosom, like a world-weary traveller plunking onto a warm familiar bed with a sigh of deep satis...
added: 05:24pm, 29 Jun 2010
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The Polisher
I always get asked why our music industry is in such a bad state. Everyone will always point to the familiar culprits: piracy, illegal downloading, bad quality, lack of support – all the reasons we’ve heard many times before. However, I think those reasons don’t address the core problem. The hard t...
added: 05:23pm, 14 Jun 2010
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Why A Reality Show Winner Is Not A Real Music Star...Yet
I’ve always been amused at how hyped-up everyone gets whenever a talent-search reality TV show like American Idol hits the airwaves. I’m not talking about how people watch it religiously, changing their daily routines around it (I even get requests asking me to show it EVEN later on 8TV to fit their...
added: 05:23pm, 27 Apr 2010
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Protect me.
Protect me. I'm your poor little songwriter.Yes, I'm your songwriter. I write songs. It's all I know. Some of my songs are good, some are great. Some are...........plain lousy. But that's alright. I know even Paul McCartney writes lousy songs once in a while. It's part of the deal of being a success...
added: 05:22pm, 16 Mar 2010
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Uncle
I was in a flight, coming back from a trip overseas, and feeling rather tired. However, I was soon intrigued by a very attractive flight attendant who was really fussing over me. She was getting me food, drinks, beyond what I was asking for. And she smiled at me a lot. Yes, some of you would thin...
added: 05:22pm, 8 Feb 2010
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