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SG:SW
2017我写我的歌FINALE
CONCERT
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We were honoured to have Senior Minister of State, Ministry
of Culture, Community and Youth, Sim Ann attend the SG:SW 2017 as our Guest-of-Honour.
SG:SW 2017 aimed to create a
continued interest in the next generation of local Mandarin songwriters
and the effort was hugely rewarded with a total entry of 428 new
melodies. The camaraderie which it stirred amongst songwriters young
and old were caught on social media channels and the finale ended on a
high note with winners in five categories and Ms Sim Ann as the Guest-Of-Honour
having many praises for the event.
Congratulations to all winners of the inaugural SG:SW 2017
Concert on 30th Sep 2017 at SCAPE:
最佳歌曲奖:《请你记得我》词曲：李泓伸
优异作词奖:《嘿小鬼》 词曲：许凱翔
优异作曲奖:《摩卡》词曲：蔡明仁
最佳演唱奖:《想爱怕受伤》词曲兼演唱：王佩盈
最高人气奖（网络投选）:《我们相处的诀窍》 词：萧永力、曾涌舜 曲：曾涌舜 ∞
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20 HITS IN 10 HOURS
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Following the success of 20 Hits in 10 Hours last year, Funkie Monkies set out to
look for the next hit maker again and COMPASS is pleased to play a
small role in supporting the camp. Last year's participants have
already published songs with Andy Lau, Stephanie Sun and other artistes
in Taiwan and China.
20 Hits in 10 Hours, local songwriting camp open to the
public, was held on 9th December from 9am-9pm at ITE College
Central and the Music Conference on 10th December at
*Scape’s Ground Theatre. The competition consisted participants who
were segregated into smaller groups with a mentor assigned. The mentors
are veterans and renowned professionals in the different fields of music.
First day of Funkie Monkies’ Songwriting Camp where demos are presented
to a listening party made up of leading producers, hit makers and music
publishers after a grueling day of song creation:
A music conference was held at *SCAPE as Day Two of Funkie Monkies'
Songwriting camp with specially invited regional music professionals.
Aspiring local songwriters and arrangers came together for
the rare experiential sharing and question-answer session. ∞
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LINGKAI [UNLEARN本能] EP LAUNCH
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Lingkai
unveiled her baby – EP [Unlearn 本能] – on 5th October at
Switch by Timbre. The songs in the EP was everything that Lingkai has worked for in the past couple of years
and she was proudly showcased some of the songs off her EP to a
full-house listening party. The album displayed more depth and layers as
she continues in her life and music journey∞
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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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MUSIC SOCIETEA
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For the last Music SocieTEA of the
year, we invited singer-songwriter Derrick Hoh to share some of his
experiences as a successful artiste and also as a songwriter.
Highlights from Derrick Hoh's session on 2 December:
For those who have missed our previous session with Dick Lee
on 7 October, here are some highlights. ∞
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GOING LOCAL POPUP! 2017
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Going Local
is an effort in which local songs are performed at venues around the
island in a bid to encourage audienceship. This year, Going Local
Popup! performances included local
singer-songwriters performing at Timbre+, Barber Shop and Paragon.
We had the pleasure of showcasing Nelson Tan, Falling
Feathers, Joie Tan, Ciao Turtle, Disco Hue and trio Zeeaura,
Azmi and Roslan.
Highlights of our Going Local Popup! can
be found on our YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SEHng65DCI.
Going Local will be back next year so stay tuned. ∞
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MONTHLY
FEATURE OF LOCAL ACTS
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We will be featuring
up-and-coming local acts on our website bi-monthly and our very first
feature for the month of December is Red November.
Red Nov was born in 2016. The band plays short songs, with
clear hooks and catchy choruses. Most songs are originals, about life
and love, about fun and about sadness. The genre moves between rock and
pop, with some funk influences.
http://www.compass.org.sg/2017/12/01/december-2017s-feature-red-november/
If you would like us to feature you or your band, write to
us at: membership@compass.org.sg
and should you or your band be selected for our monthly feature, we
will contact you with the requirements. Selection will be at COMPASS'
discretion and all decisions made are final. ∞
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MUST SONGWRITING CAMP 國際音樂創作營
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Our sister
society in Taiwan, Music Copyright Society of Chinese Taipei (MUST),
recently organized a songwriting camp and societies from the region supported
by sending in representatives to participate in the camp. It was a
multi-cultural camp in which Lingkai and
Jaydos represented COMPASS, Singapore.
The camp is a welcome opportunity for songwriters of different
ethnic backgrounds and cultures to network and collaborate. ∞
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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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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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