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Korean Night @ Echo Music

We realise a trend in our Open Mic nights, that our students are no longer singing the Mandopop and English top 40s. The main reason being KPOP is the way to go now! So we thought, where not we just make it officially a “K-POP NIGHT”?!

I hope I can hear some SJ-M, IU and SNSD that night, for they are my favourite. Haha…

Hope to see all of you that night!

Date: 11 June 2011

Time: 8.00pm – 10.00pm

(NO COVER CHARGE)

Location: Echo Loft

UKULELE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Good Day Everyday,

Hope you guys are having a great day so far!

Today, we shall be sharing with you the UKULELE. I am sure many of you know about this small yet fascinating instrument that resembles the guitar. The Ukulele was introduced to the people of Hawaii in the late 1800s. Recently, thanks to Youtube, people are getting to know more about Ukulele and it has been in the spotlight since. In fact, there are many popular songs, such as I'm Yours by Jason Mraz, Hey Sould Sister by Train, which can be played using the Ukulele.

Watch Sungha Jung on the Ukulele performing Jason Mraz's I'm Yours!


Isn't he awesome?? Are you inspired by him? Do you want to be as good as him??

Come join us at ECHO MUSIC SCHOOL!

We offer Ukulele Classes that includes learning Basic Chords, Strumming, Rhythm Patterns and Rhythm Values.

Also, we do provide VOCALS, GUITAR, POP PIANO, MUSIC PRODUCTION and VIOLIN courses.

If you are interest in any of our courses, feel free to contact us at 8282 5280!

CUTE LITTLE BOY ON THE UKULELE!!

Official Crew filming @ ECHO MUSIC SCHOOL

Here are updates on ECHO MUSIC SCHOOL!

A group of Multi Media Students from Singapore Polytechnic came down on Saturday to ECHO MUSIC SCHOOL to film an Official Informative Video. What is it for?? it's a secret which will be revealed soon! so stay tuned!

Although the process was tedious, everyone definitely had an awesome time filming and it was a great experience for them!

CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS BELOW!!!

We would really like to thank all ECHO MUSIC STAFF & STUDENTS who have taken time out to help us out and show their support. IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!!

ROCK ON PEACE OUT ! Do come back for more UPDATES!

Paige Chua's fisherman's friend advertisement

Recently, one of our vocal instructor, Siling, has sang the commercial jingle for Paige Chua's fisherman's friend advertisement. Besides that, our school's director, Simon, is the one who composes the background music of the advertisement.


This is our vocal instructor, Si Ling.


And this is our school's director, Simon.

Director's birthday! Happy Birthday Simon!!

It is May the 15th!
It is Echo Music's Director......Simon's birthday!

Simon has been working hard throughout the years in Echo Music; running the music school in the best way he can, and provided us a place,where we can call our second home. By doing what he loves, and doing it with passion, Echo Music has develop into what it is today; a place built on bonds, friendship and the love of music. It is his birthday, some of us decided to have a mini celebration for him to show our appreciation for this man.

Those present: Taiwei, Neo, Mark, Jake, Yan, Siling and myself!

About 8pm, the man arrives in the school. Simon saw the table of food, and have a rough idea that we are going to celebrate this special day with him. He is of course more than happy to help himself with the food, and everyone started eating, relaxing to the background music, and chatting happily like we always did.



Simon was so happy that he decide to share his Moet and Chandon champagne with us! He had a good time opening the champagne though. :)


All the men!!!



The beautiful ones!

It is cake cutting time! We bought an ice-cream cake for Simon, as it is his favourite cake. He was pleasantly surprised. However it wasn't the easiest cake to cut. The cake was so hard that we tried everything we could; change into a bigger kitchen knife, warm up the knife with fire (as shown in the picture above), which did not work out really well. We waited for cake to defrost for 5min, and finally all of us got enjoy the delicious cookies and cream ice-cream cake ........with joy!









The night will not be complete without some jamming from the music-lovers! All of us jam spontaneously throughout the night. It was indeed a night of fun, warmth and love.

We wish Simon a most happy birthday, that all the good things will shower abundantly on him, he will be able to prosper in every way, and bring the school to new heights in the not too distant future. GO SIMON!! GO ECHO MUSIC!!!

Singapore Technologies Engineering Idol 2011!

This is the third time that I had been invited to judge for ST Engineering Singing Competition. As usual, it is a great pleasure.

Many would thought that a singing competition held within a company will not be of high standard, but it is not the same case with ST Engineering. There are always many great singers taking part in this competition; especially this year where there are more new bloods, which brings the competition to a whole new level.



Judges for the night.
That's me on the extreme left.

There are 16 finalists. They sing a mixture of Mandarin, English and Hokkien songs.

I love to judge for singing competitions, as the contestants always inspire me when they perform their song; the way they move their body, their planning of image and costumes, the looks on their faces; the passion they display is indeed very endearing.


The winners of the night. The hot favourite won, everyone is happy...
I am happy too! =)

It was an enjoyable session, actually I was really perked up, feeling all excited after, and cannot wait to go back to school and teach my students!

I look forward to seeing all the competitors again, in the light that they will learn whatever this competition has taught them, and excel in their performance and singing techniques.

Looking forward to Singapore Technologies Engineering Idol 2012!
Yappie!

Jam For Japan Charity Gig @ Echoloft

Echomusic has always been actively involved in major events and performances held by schools and non profit organizations. Recently, we decided to do our part for the people of Japan by holding our very own Jam for Japan Charity Gig.

Held at the Echoloft Café on the 30^th of April 2011, tickets were priced at just $5 for which all the proceeds were donated to the Red Cross. Now, even though the event was a small scale one and not widely publicized, Echomusic still managed to raise $500 from the ticket sales and donations. Nonetheless, it was a night of non-stop music and fun as the bands involved performed songs in different genres and languages. Of course, this would not have been possible without the audience’s generous support. Hence, I would first like to say a big thank you to everyone who came down to support the event!

To me, this event had proved to be both a challenging and meaningful one as I was handling the role of both organizer and performer at the same time. However, I was really impressed with how willing local musicians were in lending out a hand and doing their part for charity. Hence, I would like to express my sincere gratitude towards Zen’Shin, Hyyaka Ryouran, Balloon Wingz, Epicka, Grover, Zerodia as well as my fellow members from Renaissance for showing your support by performing at the event. You guys really rocked the stage that night!

Special thanks also go to Pearson and Dane, who went the extra mile and brought down additional equipment from home, as well painstakingly tuning the drum set so that the crowd could experience better sound. Of course, not forgetting the event photographers Anjelina, Ze Feng and Sochii, who took such nice pictures and videos of the event. Last but not least, a big thank you to Echomusic which made everything possible in the first place by sponsoring the location as well as the equipment for the event!

All in all....

Beautiful people + Great music = Awesome gig!

Until the next event....this is Neo signing off! :)