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A quarterly electronic newsletter Jul – Dec 2016 Vol. #16-2

21^st COMPASS AWARDS PRESENTATION, 2016

Our 21^st COMPASS Awards Presentation concluded with a bang at Resorts World Convention Centre, Central West Ballroom, Basement 2 on the 25^th of September 2016, Sunday.

Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ms Sim Ann graced our awards presentation that evening.

First performance of the night was electrifying with Trouze (comprising of Tat Tong, American Idol finalist Jovany Javier and DJ Declan) and Hong Kong’s TVB actor-singer Jonathan Wong's "Who Am I". Trouze and Peter Huang of MICappella kept the guests entertained with a medley of Tat Tong's hits – "From Singapore to Asia to the World".

Acapella group Juz-B performed their own rendition of Suzana in memory of M. Osman who received the Artistic Excellence Award posthumously. Mark Chan, also recipient of the Artistic Excellence Award, performed "Blue Guitar" (song from his new album due to launch in November 2016) together with George Leong, another recipient of the Artistic Excellence Award.

Closing the show was the performance by George Leong and the queen of love songs, Fish Leong who was here to support her personal friend George, with "彩虹", a song in which George co-written.

Once again, congratulations to all recipients and thank you everyone who attended for being such awesome and supportive guests.

If you wish to reminisce the awards, kindly visit

COMPASS YouTube channel at:

https://www.youtube.com/user/COMPASSforMusic

(videos of performances and thank you speeches will be loaded at a later date)

or visit COMPASS Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/Compass.For.Songwriters/. ∞

YOUNG TALENTS PROJECT 2016

The Young Talents Project by Symphony 924 is in its' 5^th year and COMPASS is honoured to have been a sponsor.

Local classical prodigies battled it out with Bian Tong and Chloe emerging as the Senior Category Grand Winner and Junior Category Grand Winner respectively. Congrats to Bian Tong and Chloe! ∞

RECENT ALBUM LAUNCHES

Faridah Taib's latest album "Irama Permakmuran". Launched on 20 Aug 2016 at Jurong Regional Library. ∞

MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS

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. ∞

COMPASS MEMBER PERSONAL INFORMATION UPDATE

moving to a new place? Recently changed your phone number? Getting a new email?

Do keep us updated with your latest contact information in order for us to reach you more efficiently.

Simply email us at membership@compass.org.sg for the Information Update Slip. ∞

COMPASS MEMBER AUDIO FILES

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. ∞

GLOBAL CHINESE GOLDEN CHART TOP 20

Congratulations to Step Sun, JJ Lin and Serene Koong for making into the Top 20 of the Global Chinese Golden Charts for the first half of 2016! ∞

NOMINATION FORMS FOR 22^nd COMPASS AWARDS PRESENTATION

We will be mailing the notification forms in November. Please keep a lookout for it.

Kindly contact the membership department for more information or if you wish to have a form but did not receive the form at:

membership@compass.org.sg. ∞

XINYAO 34 REUNION CONCERT

a n annual sell-out concert organized by TCR Music Station, bringing flavours from yesteryear. ∞

MOBILE MUSIC MAKING 2016 AT REPUBLIC POLYTECHNIC

songwriting has progressed to a whole new level where you can compose and produce a full song with just an iPad, no REAL musical instruments involved.

Students from Secondary Schools and Institutions have proven it true when they competed in the Mobile Music Making 2016 competition at Republic Polytechnic on 9 Sep 2016.

Talented May Oo and Wong Si Ya from Cedar Girls' Secondary School were crowned champions and their proud teacher was there to witness their win. Congratulations to all finalists and to May and Si Ya! ∞

COMPASS’S REVAMPED WEBSITE & ANNUAL REPORT 2015

we are in the midst of migrating to our new web portal which is tentatively planned to be launched towards the end of the year. The updated website will be launched in phases and will be more user-friendly and informative. We will also be creating a members’ portal at a later stage so that work (song) registration, account update and worklist checks can be handled by members at their own time and pace.

With the migration underway, the COMPASS Annual Report 2015 will also be loaded once the website is up and running.

Do email membership@compass.org.sg if you would like a copy of Annual Report 2015. ∞

ELECTRONIC PAYMENT vs TRADITIONAL CHEQUES

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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