Xin Qin Rong Ji Concert
Saturday, January 27, 2007
I got the tickets from Peter, the new UROP student in Prof Sam Li's Lab. I was from KEVII Hall when I was in year 1 but I did not attend the signature event of our hall. Thinking back, I kind of regret it. I decided to attend the concert this time before I graduate from NUS.
The style of presenting a song is quite different as you would expect from, say, Project Superstar. Afterall, this is a song writing competition not a performance talent competition. The score percentage given to the performance was like 10% only. Naturally, I wouldn't look out for and there wasn't any super flashy performance.
There was interaction between contestants and the judges after the performance of a song, which was a rather blatant adaption of Project Superstar. Not to say this style is bad, in fact, I like the way which the competition was carried out. At least, we have an idea of what the judges were thinking about the tune, lyrics and performance of a song.
The MVs accompanying the songs were quite funny. Have you ever sang in a KTV with a "pirated" video; those third-party company production which stars generic couple running on a beach for example? Yup, these are the kind of home-made videos which were screened. The scenes were hilarious because they are so cliche and predictable. Boy leaves girl. Girl becomes sad. Girl drops a torn-photo of boy down a cliff/window. You get the idea. However, I applaud the committee for their effort to try to inject some creativity into the performance!
Chen Wei Lian was one of the guest performers. And he sang Gu1 Dan1 De Ye4 Li3 Wo3 Bu4 Gu1 Dan1 and one other song which I can't remember the name. Anyway, Gu1 is the song I like best from his album. Hmm... Wei Lian didn't sing very well tonight though.
I thought the theme song of the writing competition is very nice. Click here to get directed to the official website and listen to it.
posted byWilliam at 11:30 PM