To help aspiring local musicians be heard amidst the clutter of YouTube, Noise Singapore and Timbre are launching a platform to provide young, talented singer-songwriters in Singapore with the first step to becoming the next big thing.
The Noise-Timbre Singer-Songwriter Programme, which opens on 14 December 2011, aims to uncover unknown gems on YouTube and have them trained by top musicians in Singapore before giving them the chance to perform live at Timbre @ The Substation.
Who can forget the very memorable ‘Sugartime’ SIS jingle that was first used in the late 80′s. Think you can do better and come up with your own unique version of the original SIS jingle? If so, you stand a chance to win the top prize of S$1,000 as well as other exciting prizes. Read more…
Greg Walsh is a piano/vocalist/songwriter based in Australia, who will be performing solo for one show only at Blujazz, 11 Bali Lane on Tuesday 25th May, 9 pm.
His style has a blues/rock/jazz flavor and he …
Timbre Rock & Roots is a two-day evening festival to be held on 26 & 27 March 2010 at the Marina Promenade, Singapore, featuring a host of world-class musicians, Grammy Awards winners and nominees.
Swee Lee Company was founded in 1946 after World War II in response to the local British military band’s need for brass and woodwind instruments. The birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1950s kick-started public demand for popular musical instruments, and Swee Lee was there to supply them with their various needs.
If you’re a fan of rock & roll and blues in Singapore, you must have heard of the Crazy Elephant.
Located at Clarke Quay, this unique blues bar is decorated with timber and wooden planks and graffiti adorns the walls. Oh, the bands that play on the Crazy Elephant stage are fantastic as well.
Boon Musical Instrument Centre was founded sometime in 1989 and since then, has provided rental of musical instruments & equipment for both small and large scale concerts around Singapore. Of course, they also have several studios for jam sessions.
Gloriously deviant since 1994, British alternative band Placebo, charge into 2010 reborn and renewed, for a spectacular concert scheduled on 18th March at Fort Canning Park.
After several chance meetings bumping into each other at local watering holes between 2000 and 2002 and numerous ad hoc jam sessions together thereafter, the duo formed EIC in July 2002.
Since then, they have been …
Congratulations Tanya! Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanya Chua scooped up 4 awards at the 2010 Singapore Entertainment Awards, including the top prize for Best Female Singer and Best Local Album for her album ‘If You See Him’.