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LIANG
WENFU CHARITY CONCERT 2018
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Liang Wenfu held a full-house charity concert at The Star
Theatre on 26 May 2018 with special guests like Joanna Dong, Hong Shao
Xuan, Hong Wei Wen, Jimmy Ye, George Chan, Pan Ying, Taiwanese singer
Meng Ting Wei amongst others. It was a concert with a main purpose of
raising funds for 4 charities, presenting a setlist of 30 songs. The
concert brought on jazz numbers by Joanna Dong and much laughter as
Liang Wenfu joked with the audience in between numbers. He revealed
that this was the first time he has attempted singing with a little
dance choreography thrown in and was a little stressed over it.
 
 
Proceeds from the concert went towards 4 charities: HCA
Hospice Care, Public Free Clinic Society, Voices for Animals and SoSD
Singapore. The concert raised a whopping S$1,922,790 and with the
dollar for dollar match under the Cultural Matching Fund (CMF), the
total amount raised was S$3,845,580. Liang Wenfu revealed in an earlier
press release that his father was a journalist and his mother was an
acupuncturist. Both were very much involved in local communities with
their professional fields and hence he wanted to create a concert with
an aim of giving back to the community just as his parents had done. ∞
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MUSIC SOCIETEA
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Tthe first Music SocieTEA of 2018 kickstarted with Taiwanese
Golden Melody Award-Winner, Singer-Songwriter David Tao as our speaker.
It was an intimate
members-only night for all of us as we welcomed David Tao into our
office on 6 June 2018 where he shared his experiences as a
singer-songwriter.
More photos on our Facebook.
 
Our next session have Syaheed MSBI from Believe sharing his
expertise on Digital Distribution.
Date: 13th August 2018 (Monday)
Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm
Venue: COMPASS Office
Do R.S.V.P to joanlau@compass.org.sg if you would
like to find out how digital distribution can market your music to the
world. ∞
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SG:SW 2018 我写我的歌
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Following the
success of SG:SW 2017, Ocean Butterflies and COMPASS will be rolling
out SG:SW 2018 with the pleasure of Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
(SCCC) coming on board this year as a co-organizer. The songwriting festival /
competition will have 4 LIVE showcases to be held over 2 weekends (18th,
19th, 25th and 26th Aug). The 2
masterclasses will be conducted by renowned songwriters Li Wei Song and
Yi Jia Yang and the finale on 29 Sep 2018.
Stay tuned at https://sgsw.sg/
for the latest updates. ∞
Launch
Party on 11th May 2018 at Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Sharing
Sessions on 2nd Jun 2018 at Media Hub SCAPE
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ALL THAT MATTERS 2018
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all That Matters is back at The Ritz-Carlton Singapore from 7-12
September 2018. After a
record-breaking year in 2017 with more delegates, more speakers and
more networking than ever before, this year is not to be missed. Delegates will again have access
to 5 tracks of content, with the opportunity to make thousands of
business connections.
Registration is now open.
Come and connect with the global entertainment elite across Music,
Sport, Gaming, Digital and Marketing.
Enter promo code [XCLUSIVE] to enjoy VIP Pass at US$ 849
(full price – US$ 1,299) for COMPASS members only. See you there! ∞
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MONTHLY
FEATURE OF LOCAL ACTS
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S pread a little love about
yourself and your unique brand of music by sending us a write-up of
yourself / band. Let everyone get to know a little of your music
philosophy and also what makes you tick. Share your upcoming plans and
music direction.
Write-ups should be approximately 1000 words and do include
a nice “mugshot” or two so that we can know you better.
Send your music profiles to: membership@compass.org.sg. ∞
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ELECTRONIC PAYMENT vs
TRADITIONAL CHEQUES
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In order to reduce the stress
and loss of post-mailed cheques, royalty payments from 2015 will be
made via interbank transfer (where possible).
Hence, we will be progressively updating member
records so that eventually there will no longer be a need for members
to receive their royalty cheques in the mail and then find the time to
deposit the physical cheque into their bank account.
Members who wish to update their bank details, may
do so by contacting the Membership Department at: membership@compass.org.sg. ∞
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23RD COMPASS
AWARDS 2018 – SAVE THE DATE!
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Our annual
COMPASS Awards Presentation will be held on 23rd September
2018 at Resorts World Sentosa, West Central Ballroom, Basement 1.
This year will be our 23rd COMPASS Awards and
invitation letters will be sent in August 2018. Do keep us updated of
your latest mailing address to avoid loss in mails. Member update forms
can be found here.
∞
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MASTERS HANGOUT
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A masterclass by
accomplished Singer-Songwriter David Tao and renowned Arranger Terence
Teo. Limited slots available. Enter code [CSMHO] to enjoy the Special
Price of $380! For COMPASS members only. Register your interest here: http://bit.ly/MH1_QDQ. ∞
Date: 4th & 5th August 2018
Time: 3 PM - 6 PM (Total Duration: 6 Hours)
Venue: *SCAPE Arena - Level 4
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YELLOW RIBBON PROJECT
SONGWRITING COMPETITION 2018
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Compass is
passionate about the Yellow Ribbon Songwriting Competition and since
2014, we have been conducting a course and songwriting competition in
Changi Prison for both the male and female clusters, trusting that
music will bridge communities back to the rehabilitated.
Each year, COMPASS is fortunate to have dedicated
songwriters who readily take up the challenge of providing the course
and mentorship when invited.
This year, we had trainers Rai and Zee impart their songwriting tips
to the participants, and together with Edric Hwang and Don Richmond,
they mentored the participants after the course with the semi-finals
held on 14 May. Nic Lee and Azmi Hassan followed up thereafter with
song arrangement, production and vocal training for the 10 finalists in
the finale concert on 28 June.
It was an exciting face-off between the male and female
songwriters with the Top Song and Second Runner-Up coming from the male
cluster and the female cluster bagging the Runner-Up title. After the
finale performance, participants got to spend a little time with their
families.
Judges Jack Ho, Danny Loong and Inch Chua were impressed
with the standard and improvement in the structure and content of the
songs this year. COMPASS is honoured to be partnering Yellow Ribbon
Project and we are tremendously grateful to local songwriters who readily
devoted their time in helping us bring this meaningful project to
fruition. ∞
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NTC "VOICES OF SUNRISE"
GRADUATION CONCERT II
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The late Mr Chang Kwai Ming held the vision of grooming a
young and vibrant choir and his vision came true at NAFA Lee Foundation
Theatre on 17th & 25th March where the Young
Singers Choir commenced both concerts with O Danny Boy, the late Mr
Chang's favourite piece.
Young Singers Choir comprised of students from the first and
second batch of Young Vocalist Training Program.
The 2-part concert celebrates the graduation of the second
batch of students under the Young Vocalist Training program which
mentors young budding choral singers. Together with the first batch,
these students presented their honed vocal skills with pieces such as
Ave Maria, All I Ask Of You (from "The Phantom of the
Opera"), The Prayer, Memory (from "Cats") and Dôme Épais
(Flower Duet). ∞
  
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FAUZIE LAILY
"TUNGGU" ALBUM LISTENING PARTY
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Fauzie Laily held a listening party for his long-awaited (12
years!) album – Tunggu – on 19 January 2018 at Screening Room at Ann
Siang road and the invited listening party included local stars such as
Taufik Batisah, Aisyah Aziz, Alif Abdullah, Hossan Leong and more. The
album was produced by Fauzie and Amir Masoh. ∞
 
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NUS – THE DREAM
COMPOSITION 梦想新创作
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COMPASS supported The Dream Composition (梦想新创作), a
songwriting competition organized by students of NUS. Previously known
as Xin Qing Rong Ji (心情溶剂), the re-branding of the competition marks not only the 20th
anniversary but also the introduction of English songs into the
competition.
Boon Hui Lu, a finalist of the 17th XQRJ was the
guest performer at The Dream Composition finals held at Singapore
Chinese Cultural Centre Auditorium on 17 January 2018.
Congratulations
to all winners of The Dream Composition!
Champion
(Chinese Category): 就是你 by Joshua Gay
Champion
(English Category): See The Light by Wong Siya
1st
Runner-Up (Chinese Category):
那么刚好 by Zerlene Cheng
1st
Runner-Up (English Category): Kenzo by Nicholas Thong
2nd
Runner-Up (Chinese Category): 福瑞克奇幻秀 by Zhou Yunqi
2nd
Runner-Up (English Category): I'll Wait For You by Teo Yong Kang
Most
Popular Live Performance (Chinese Category): 福瑞克奇幻秀 by Zhou
Yunqi
Most
Popular Live Performance (English Category): Kenzo by Nicholas Thong ∞
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MEMBER
CONTRIBUTIONS
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We are
interested in what you are up to! So, feel free to update us on your
upcoming events, concerts, album launches, etc. or even news that you
aren’t personally involved in, as long as it concerns local songs / the
local music industry. We will selectively feature some in our quarterly
newsletter and / or Facebook page.
To do so, please contact the Membership Department at:
membership@compass.org.sg.
∞
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COMPASS MEMBER AUDIO
FILES
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In order to improve our
administration processes and accuracy, we are embarking on an ongoing
exercise to collate members’ work registrations, by also requesting for
a copy of the work in either original CD or as an audio MP3 files. For
unpublished works, good quality demo CDs / MP3 files are also
acceptable. ∞
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