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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

日本へようこそ = welcome to japan

Hello all
WELCOME TO JAPAN - land of hello kittys, delicious takoyaki, manga and square watermelons.

Check out our Japanese film collection and win tickets to the Japanese Film Festival 2008!!
Hana & Alice
by Shunji Iwai (2004)
Call No.: Other 791.4372 HAN
Location: Film Village, library@esplanade
Hana and Alice are inseparable friends until Mark, a cute boy they spot […]

Monday, July 28th, 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

Movie Review: Adventures of Nim on an island

Nim’s Island
Reviewed by Zenn Wong, 14
Y.O! blogger
I have recently watched the movie Nim’s Island a few days ago, and I must say, it really is only suitable for innocent children to appreciate. This movie is basically about a girl called Nim, who lives on a secluded island with her scientist father, who goes missing one […]

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Movie Review: The Hilarious Horton!

Horton Hears a Who
Reviewed by Nicole Law, 14
Y.O! blogger 

The creators of Ice Age present yet another look into the world of Dr Seuss. It all starts with Horton an elephant when he starts his day in the jungle. A speck of dust floats by and Horton thinks he hears a cry for help. Horton runs after […]

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Movie Review: Meet the Spartans

Reviewed by Jelvin Tan
Y.O! blogger 

This is another movie made by the writers of scary movie and the epic movie. So if you have watched those, you should know what to expect about this movie.
This is another comedy which includes parodies of your 2007 films like Shrek 3, James Bond, happy feet, 300, transformers and many […]

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Movie Review: Jumper

Reviewed by Jelvin Tan
Y.O! blogger

Jumper is a movie based from Steven Gould 1992 science fiction novel. Starring Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson, this movie is from the director of “The Bourne Identity” and “Mr and Mrs Smith”.
In this movie, Christensen played the role of a teenage who suddenly found the power to teleport through […]

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Y.O!spotting: whose film is going international?

Anthony Chen, a local youth director, whose short film “Haze” was nominated for the Berlin Film Festival in the upcoming month.
Check out details at channelnewsasia.com, last accessed 23 January 2008.
I’m not a guru in this area. But my colleagues are. Visit our EPCL blog.
In fact I would go “Huh?” when everyone around me is chatting excitedly about the Singapore International Film Festival or […]

Monday, January 28th, 2008