huayi festival 2009 @ esplanade, bevlyn and friends.




wah yong | lim hui | james | bevlyn | deng li

it was a night of mostly fusion, samba and mainstream, with some cny tunes.

somehow it's all about progression. in music, life, tastes and friends musical or not.
from squeezing too many notes into a crotchet and lavishing fills and frills on every phrase
to just doing it laid back, playing it light yet keeping it tight.

la vie en rose



meng xing shi fen (the waking moment)



4pm set up, sound check
6pm dinner (gyu don!), courtesy of bevlyn
7pm admin (shower for james, makeup for bev)
730pm set 1
815pm intermission
845pm set 2

there was wind and grey but rain never came.
james lugged his barang barang and proclaimed (also in one of the photos) "no bathe, no play!"
then he practiced the song we didn't soundcheck in the shower.
we (wah yong, lucky you) had to suffer 2 verses and a chorus.

A-HAs:

james is a gatsby person.
bevlyn can only take jap food before gigs.
lim hui's bf can recharge her for 2x 16bar solos.
wah yong's equipment...he must be driving a bus or something.

very blessed to still be playing alongside Chrisitians even out of church.

photos are courtesy of deng li, the official garang photographer.



































in the dressing room...

james: no bathe, no play! come and join me...
bev: eee, so scandalous!
james: there is no hanger, can you believe this?!
bev: can you stop being so diva?! diva pianist...

classic moment.




sound check.




and...during rehearsal.





- wah yong plays for bar stop with audrey tang, bassist for george lam's concert
- james plays for indochine, teaches at play by ear
- lim hui teaches at nus and places
- bevlyn sings for a little dream, and teaches vocals



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