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22ND COMPASS
AWARDS PRESENTATION 2017
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We were honoured to have Mr Tan
Chuan-Jin grace our 22nd COMPASS Awards Presentation 2017 as
Guest-of-Honour. It was a spectacular night concluding with Lifetime
Achievement Award Recipient Dick Lee with a medley of his songs,
delighting audiences with his strong Singaporean local flavor. Taufik heated up the ballroom with his song ‘Awak Kat Mane’ which bagged the Top Local Malay Pop
Song (highest-royalty earning song in the category) while Artistic
Recipient Elaine Chan, touched our hearts with her soulful piano
performance of The Rest Of My Life.
The audience bopped along to Theodora and Tat Tong's Happy
Little Pill followed by Shai and Abigail's rendition of 王妃 Wang Fei, a
popular rock song written by Lee Shi Shiong
amongst other performance such as Vasantham Boyz's Nilavey, Daphne
Khoo's C, Charlie Lim's Light Breaks In and several others.
For those who were not able to attend the 22nd COMPASS
Awards Presentation 2017, we will be posting photos on our Facebook and
videos on our YouTube soon.
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Compass.For.Songwriters/
Subscribe to our YouTube
channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/COMPASSforMusic
Our heartiest congratulations to all recipients! ∞
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GOING LOCAL POPUP! 2017
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Going Local
Popup! as its name suggests, has been randomly popping up at sporadic
spots around the island, such as Timbre+, Barber Shop and Paragon this
year but the aim is still the same – to bring local songs to the
forefront and to encourage audienceship.
The sessions featured upcoming singer-songwriters Joie Tan,
Nelson Tan, JJ Ong, Ciao Turtle, Disco Hue, Zeeaura
and Azmi. Going Local Popup! started popping up in August and all of
September and we were grateful that the modest efforts caught the eye
of Life! in a half page write-up.
We will continue to encourage local songs and introduce more
singer-songwriters in months to come. ∞
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WONDERBOY PRESS
CONFERENCE & GALA PREMIERE
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Wonderboy, is
a movie based on a period of the life of Singaporean wonder boy - Dick
Lee. It depicts the life of a social outcast who then embarks on his
coming-of-age journey through youthful ambition, friendships and first
love, all while trying to have his very special local brand of music
heard.
With Benjamin Kheng as Dick Lee and casts such as Julie Tan,
Michelle Wong, Fang Rong, Zachary Ibrahim, Yi
Xi, and Ryan Ang, COMPASS is proud to have supported the production and
hopes the movie will inspire the hearts of songwriters. ∞
Press Conference:
Gala Premiere:
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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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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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MUSIC SOCIETEA
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For those who have been patiently waiting for news for our
next session of Music SocieTEA, the wait is
over. Our next Music SocieTEA will be held on
7th October (Saturday), 2pm-3.30pm at COMPASS Office and we
are excited to announce that we have invited COMPASS Lifetime
Achievement Recipient Dick Lee, as our speaker for this session. It is
a rare treat so do not miss the opportunity to listen to Dick Lee share
on his song inspirations and how to continually be inspired for create
songs.
This event is open only to COMPASS members and is on a
first-come-first-served basis as seats are limited. Do email membership@compass.org.sg
or contact Joan at 6812 1696 to RSVP. ∞
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SG:SW2017我写我的歌
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come on
down to support the 12 songs that made it to the finals in the Grand
Finale Concert of SG:SW 2017 我写我的歌! There will also be special
performances by Stella Seah 谢慧娴, Jocie Kok 郭美美and Derrick
Hoh 何維健.
Tickets can be purchased at $20 (inclusive of a KKBOX
Platinum Member Account for 2months) from KKBOX:
https://kkboxsg.kktix.cc/events/sw2017-06d61b.
Date: 30th September 2017, Saturday
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: *SCAPE The Ground Theatre, 2 Orchard Link, Singapore 237978
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YELLOW RIBBON PROJECT
SONGWRITING COMPETITION 2017
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The
Yellow Ribbon Songwriting Competition 2017 finale ended on a high note
on 20 July 2017 afternoon. The Yellow Ribbon songwriting Competition,
led by COMPASS is a songwriting initiative for participants to put
their experiences into song, in hopes of building a bridge back to
society upon their release. It is also a rehabilitative process where
participants can make self realizations and
set new directions.
The project for the past 3 years has been so successful that
this year, COMPASS has been asked to include female participants from
Changi Women Prison to compete with the male participants. It was such
a successful session that both the Top Song and Runner-up Song were by
female participants. Judges Danny Loong, Lingkai
and Don Richmond were pleasantly surprised by the different feel and
dynamic of the songs from the females and were highly encouraging to
the participants to continue honing their talents in this field.
Mentors Jack, Rai and Inch were also present to witness the growth of
their mentees and it was heartening to watch the mentors swell with pride
as each of their mentees performed.
COMPASS is thankful to all participants, mentors, judges and
most importantly, SCORE (Yellow Ribbon Project) and Singapore Prison
Service for believing in this project and allowing it to happen year
after year.
Till next year! ∞
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VOICE OF SUN RISE - NATIONAL
THEATRE CLUB
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Students training under the
Choral Genre, from both the National Theatre Children Chorus (NTCC) and
the Scholarship program, graduated with a debut concert on 25th
Aug 2017 (Friday) at Lee Foundation Theatre, NAFA. The students,
nurtured by National Theatre Choir (NTC), uncovered many talented gems
amongst our youths.
The students have been receiving vocal training with
veterans such as Dr Wong Su Sun, Mr Wu Jie and Mr Chee Woon Yang after
stringent auditions.
COMPASS is honoured to support
these youths and to further nurture their talents in choral singing. ∞
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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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