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I Love My Library!-Contribution from Teck Whye Secondary School

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.

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

How to Produce Your Own Album (Part II)

(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 - which is by […]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

How to Produce Your Own Album (Part I)

(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 in the […]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

How to be a live performer (part II)

(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 of my […]

Monday, July 21st, 2008

How to be a live performer (part I)

(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 […]

Monday, July 21st, 2008

West Grand Boulevard

 (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 […]

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

How do I market my band?

(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, here’s a […]

Thursday, January 10th, 2008