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Head on down to our participating libraries to enter a lucky draw and you may be on your way to winning some tickets to the Singapore Arts Festival! Participating libraries include – library@esplanade – Central Public Library – Tampines Regional Library – Woodlands Regional Library – Jurong Regional Library Details of the competition are available here. [...]

The Singapore Arts Festival is right around the corner again! This year, the National Arts Council and NLB Public Libraries are working together to bring you a series of Festival Chats, where you can learn more about the shows that will be featuring in Singapore Arts Festival 2010.   So join us for this series [...]

Check out this video done by the students of Teck Whye Secondary School. It was produced for the I Love My Library! campaign in 2008.   Posted by: Reena Kandoth Associate Librarian, Young People’s Services.

(Ed.’s notes: We bring you the final installation of this ‘how-to’ series. Linda of Lunarin shares chapter 3 and 4, sound advice complete with all the gritty bits.) Chapter 3: Releasing and Distributing the album By jumping straight to the topic of releasing the album, I have effectively skipped the following topics: 1) mastering – [...]

(Ed.’s notes: So far we’ve had lessons on ‘How to be a live performer‘ from Rai of EIC and ‘How to do market my band?’ from Syed of West Grand Boulevard. Next up we have Linda from Lunarin to complete the series. Pens and papers out please!) Chapter 1: the Art of Composition I am [...]

(Ed.’s notes: So now we all know Rai (if you dont already). Here are tips 2 and 3. Everybody grab your guitars now…) 2) Engaging your audience One of the most important things a band should know before hitting the stage is why they are there in the first place. This has always been one [...]

(Ed.’s notes: SGEM Activist Syed Hyder of West Grand Boulevard gave us a little lesson on ’How do I market my band’ some time back. Here’s Rai from the duo of Jack & Rai (EIC) with ‘How to be a live performer’. At the end of these series, I’m pretty sure you’ll be inspired And soon we’ll have [...]

 (Ed.: More about the band West Grand Boulevard contributed by Syed. He gave some tips on promoting band in Singapore in an earlier post.) Turning two but sounding years older, West Grand Boulevard is returning to rock your world even harder than before. Burning with a newfound intensity bolstered by the return of their original singer [...]

(Ed.: Have you heard of West Grand Boulevard, EIC or Lunarin? They’re our homegrown bands. Syed Hyder of West Grand Boulevard, Jack and Raj of EIC and Linda Ong of Lunarin are also SGEM activists and are happy to share with you their experiences as musicians. If you’ve a band or thinking of starting one, [...]