New Hopes, New Dreams
Uuhhh...Happy New Year?... I should be crucified! Fast forward to present time. Happy Mother's Day, all moms and grannies. And great grandgrannies.
Last year was *beep*.... It was baaaaad. I just KNEW wearing red on New Year's day would screw things up. 2009 started bad, ended worse. Worst year in my life. Yet.
But 2010 is different. For one, we wore blue on New Year's Day. But this year seems packed with hope. And I'm actually looking forward to a wonderful year.
And wonderful, exciting year means new albums for Roger. Not that it was planned. Not that we sat down one day and decided, hey, let's have loads of new albums in 2010.
Private Corner
I'm listing this first because it's already released. January 29, 2010. "Private Corner", Hong Kong artiste Jacky Cheung's first album in years. What has Roger Wang got to do with it? you ask. Well, not much. Except he wrote one of the songs for that album!!!!! Woohoo!
It's true, it's true! It's like a dream come true. Jacky Cheung! I don't read nor write Chinese. I don't understand most of the conversations on Chinese TV channels but I was introduced to JC almost 20 years ago and he remains the one and only Chinese artiste I know and lurve. So when Roger came home with news that JC's doing one of his songs for his new album, I needed to be resuscitated.
Long story short, "Love Scale" is Song #4 in "Private Corner". And what's even more exciting about JC doing Roger's song is that Roger got to play too! Really, really, truly! Isn't that crazy?!! There's JC singing, there's Roger playing guitar. Someone dial 911 please.
Milestones
Roger ran out of stock of the older albums like Journey Home, Double Take, Platinum. So he's decided to release a compilation album that includes favourites from previous albums. He's calling this one "Milestones" because believe it or not, the old boy's been in the industry for ten years already! Imagine that. He released his first album, Double Tak
e, a decade ago.
When the idea for "Milestones" hit him, Roger spoke to renowned international photographer Louis Pang and the latter said, hey, lemme take the pictures for that album. And Rog agreed immediately because when Louis took our family portrait in 2008, it turned out to be the most painless photographic experience we've ever had. Both of us are usually so uncomfortable in front of the camera. And Sara was too young to understand it all then.
So while most people were still enjoying extended Chinese New Year holidays this year, Roger, Louis, Jasmine (Louis' better half) and I trudged off to Tanjung Aru for the photo shoot for "Milestones". Rog told me about the concept, the plan for the day but all I heard was "...then we'll go to the beach..." Beach?! YAY!
We shot in two locations. While the professional was shooting pictures of Roger, I was shooting pictures of the professional. I've concluded that a photographer's job can get pretty dangerous.
So watch for this album, ya? It'll probably be release quite soon.
2V1G
Two voices, one guitar. As I am writing this, Roger is in KL for the recording of the last two songs for 2V1G's latest album and its photo shoot. I spoke with him this morning and Roger seems very excited about this one. He really likes it, he said, the quality, the songs.
Wait.... he just sent me a picture of himself, made up for the photo shoot........(smile).... (broader smile).....(can't hold it...much longer....) ...... MUUAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Yet unnamed album
Last time Roger released a solo album was in 2003. Since then, he's gotten married, became a daddy, become a better musician, become a more experienced entrepreneur, survived a room full of screaming toddlers at his daughter's playgroup...
With these experiences under his belt, Roger is ready to release another solo album. He's already written several songs for it, he's working on the concept. But when you're a musician, song writer, music producer, arranger, financial controller, layout artist, manager, daddy, husband, getting around to finishing your own creative work takes a little longer....
Uuhhh...Happy New Year?... I should be crucified! Fast forward to present time. Happy Mother's Day, all moms and grannies. And great grandgrannies.
Last year was *beep*.... It was baaaaad. I just KNEW wearing red on New Year's day would screw things up. 2009 started bad, ended worse. Worst year in my life. Yet.
But 2010 is different. For one, we wore blue on New Year's Day. But this year seems packed with hope. And I'm actually looking forward to a wonderful year.
And wonderful, exciting year means new albums for Roger. Not that it was planned. Not that we sat down one day and decided, hey, let's have loads of new albums in 2010.
Private CornerI'm listing this first because it's already released. January 29, 2010. "Private Corner", Hong Kong artiste Jacky Cheung's first album in years. What has Roger Wang got to do with it? you ask. Well, not much. Except he wrote one of the songs for that album!!!!! Woohoo!
It's true, it's true! It's like a dream come true. Jacky Cheung! I don't read nor write Chinese. I don't understand most of the conversations on Chinese TV channels but I was introduced to JC almost 20 years ago and he remains the one and only Chinese artiste I know and lurve. So when Roger came home with news that JC's doing one of his songs for his new album, I needed to be resuscitated.
Long story short, "Love Scale" is Song #4 in "Private Corner". And what's even more exciting about JC doing Roger's song is that Roger got to play too! Really, really, truly! Isn't that crazy?!! There's JC singing, there's Roger playing guitar. Someone dial 911 please.
Milestones
Roger ran out of stock of the older albums like Journey Home, Double Take, Platinum. So he's decided to release a compilation album that includes favourites from previous albums. He's calling this one "Milestones" because believe it or not, the old boy's been in the industry for ten years already! Imagine that. He released his first album, Double Tak
e, a decade ago.When the idea for "Milestones" hit him, Roger spoke to renowned international photographer Louis Pang and the latter said, hey, lemme take the pictures for that album. And Rog agreed immediately because when Louis took our family portrait in 2008, it turned out to be the most painless photographic experience we've ever had. Both of us are usually so uncomfortable in front of the camera. And Sara was too young to understand it all then.
So while most people were still enjoying extended Chinese New Year holidays this year, Roger, Louis, Jasmine (Louis' better half) and I trudged off to Tanjung Aru for the photo shoot for "Milestones". Rog told me about the concept, the plan for the day but all I heard was "...then we'll go to the beach..." Beach?! YAY!
We shot in two locations. While the professional was shooting pictures of Roger, I was shooting pictures of the professional. I've concluded that a photographer's job can get pretty dangerous.
So watch for this album, ya? It'll probably be release quite soon.
2V1G
Two voices, one guitar. As I am writing this, Roger is in KL for the recording of the last two songs for 2V1G's latest album and its photo shoot. I spoke with him this morning and Roger seems very excited about this one. He really likes it, he said, the quality, the songs.
Wait.... he just sent me a picture of himself, made up for the photo shoot........(smile).... (broader smile).....(can't hold it...much longer....) ...... MUUAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Yet unnamed album
Last time Roger released a solo album was in 2003. Since then, he's gotten married, became a daddy, become a better musician, become a more experienced entrepreneur, survived a room full of screaming toddlers at his daughter's playgroup...
With these experiences under his belt, Roger is ready to release another solo album. He's already written several songs for it, he's working on the concept. But when you're a musician, song writer, music producer, arranger, financial controller, layout artist, manager, daddy, husband, getting around to finishing your own creative work takes a little longer....
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