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24^TH COMPASS AWARDS PRESENTATION 2019

Our 24th COMPASS Awards Presentation was held at Resorts World Sentosa Convention Centre on 15^th of Sep 2019 and we were humbled to have National Arts Council Chairman, Ms Goh Swee Chen as our Guest-Of-Honour for the evening.

Jamiel Said and Phoebee Ong opened the show with "Ku Mahu 在乎" (Ku Mahu Zai Hu), a song written in both Chinese and Malay, embracing the different ethnic groups in Singapore. Jamiel first wrote the song in Malay with references to P.Ramlee and Teresa Teng. He later got Chinese lyricist Lim Weibin onboard, leading to the creation of "Ku Mahu 在乎". This song was also entered into SG:SW 2019, emerged as one of the Top 12 songs and eventually won the Xchange Award.

Top Local English Pop Song recipient, Lin Ying performed her winning song Eagle Eyes, electrifying the crowd. Alif Abdullah bagged his forth Top Local Malay Pop Song Award with his song "Tepi Sikit". This song won the same award in 2016. Top Local Soundtrack goes to Li Fei Hui with "小人物向前冲" (Xiao Ren Wu Xiang Qian Chong).

Young Songwriter of the Year Ffion Williams performed her latest release "Let U Down" and got the audiences grooving. Melissa Fitzgerald, daughter of Derrick Fitzgerald of The Thunderbirds, brought everyone back to the 60's with "My Lonely Heart". Derrick Fitzgerald is the recipient for the Artistic Excellence Award.

Meritorious Award recipient Nona Asiah had her son, Indra Ismail perform her mentor, Zubair Said's "Si Cempaka Biru" with artiste Hazrul Nizam. Louis Soliano, the other Meritorious Award recipient performed "Lucky Green" with the accompaniment of Jeremy Monteiro. Louis is also a NAC Cultural Medallion Recipient (2018) and COMPASS Artistic Excellence Recipient in 1997.

Wings of Excellence recipient Lee Wei Song roped in his students and performed a medley of his own hit songs. We have local trio Sufie Rashid, Ryan Sufiyan & Ryzall Noh to close the show with their highly energetic performance of medley "Maha Bisa Rahsia x Gila x Kisa Dua Muka"

Photos for the 24^th COMPASS Awards Presentation 2019 are available on our Facebook page and videos are on our YouTube.

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Once again, our heartiest congratulations to all recipients! ∞

25^TH COMPASS AWARDS PRESENTATION 2020 – NOMINATION FORM

Nomination for our 25^th COMPASS Awards Presentation 2020 is open!

Please click HERE to submit your nomination. Dateline for submission is 27^th Dec 2019 (Friday), 2359pm. Late entries will not be entertained.

Should there be a need for a physical form, kindly contact the Membership Department at: membership@compass.org.sg. ∞

COMPASS MEMBER PORTAL – PHASE 1

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RAYA CELEBRATION DINNER

Our first ever Raya Dinner celebrating friendship and peace featuring Imran Ajmain, Ryan Sufiyan, Ryzall Noh and more. We let the photos do the talking.

More photos and videos on our Facebook. Check them out. ∞

SPOTLIGHT ON MUSIC CREATORS

S pread the word on your lovely songwriter self and your music artistry by sending us a write-up of yourself / band. Let everyone get to know a little of your music philosophy and also what makes you tick. Share your upcoming plans and music direction.

Our features thus far: http://www.compass.org.sg/category/spotlight-on-music-creators/.

Write-ups should be approximately 1000 words and do include a nice “mugshot” or two so that we can know you better.

Send your music profiles to: membership@compass.org.sg. ∞

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MUSIC SOCIETEA 2019

We had 啊沁老师 aka Real Huang for our second Music SocieTEA of the year and he shared about the shape of music.

Highlights from Real's session on 8^th Sep:

Some highlights from Tat Tong's session on 15^th May:

Video highlights from Tat Tong's session on 15^th May up on our YouTube. ∞

SG:SW 2019我写我的歌 - UPDATES

Congrats to the winners of SG:SW 2019 whose finale concert was held at Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) and saw the 12 semi-finalist battling it out.

Here are the winners of the different categories:

最佳歌曲奖：《黑白不合》词曲：刘松雨
优异作曲奖：《太阳的爱》词曲：洪婉美
优异作词奖：《其实我们不Okay》词：余自婷、涂艺兴 | 曲：涂艺兴
最高人气奖：《下场》词曲：吕婧怡
最佳演唱奖：《黑白不合》词曲：刘松雨
最佳演奏奖：《想念你》词曲：卫仑

新加坡华族文化中心跨乐奖: 《Ku Mahu 在乎》词：Jamiel Said、林维彬 | 曲：Jamiel Said

The Top 12 semi-finalists emerged from the 4 LIVE Showcases held at Bugis and Bugis+ over 4 weekends. ∞

LIVE Showcases at Bugis Junction on 17^th & 18^th Aug:

LIVE Showcases at Bugis+ on 24^th & 25^th Aug:

Launch Party on 18^th May at Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre:

YELLOW RIBBON SONGWRITING COMPETITION 2019

The Yellow Ribbon Songwriting Competition 2019 concluded on 27 June with Ms Sun Xueling, Senior Parliamentary Secretary as Guest-of-Honour. Once again the females clinched two of the Top 3 prizes and have proven to be strong competitors.

Congratulations to the Top 3 winners and a huge thank you to Judges – Danny Loong (Founder of Timbre Group), LEW Loh (Singer-Songwriter) & Melvin Ferdinands (COMPASS Chairman), Producers – Nic Lee and Azmi Hassan, Mentors – Jack & Rai and Don Richmond, Trainer – Zeeaura and everyone from Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprise (SCORE) and Singapore Prison Services (SPS) for their time, effort and support.

Till we meet again next year. ∞

Photo Credit: Ms Sun Xueling's Facebook

NOTIFICATION FOR RADIO BROADCAST

as the local radio stations are now sending full song lists to COMPASS digitally, members will no longer need to send in notification forms for radio broadcasts. This only applies for local radio stations and songs on rotation in the stations.

For jingles, overseas radio and songs played during live radio interviews, do continue to keep us notified.

You can download the notification forms from our website http://www.compass.org.sg/music-creators/work-registration-performance-notification/ and email it to membership@compass.org.sg. ∞

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