“Sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening, sugar at suppertime…”

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?

Well, if you think you can, you stand a chance to win the top prize of S$1,000 as well as other exciting prizes.

The SIS Jingle Jam is an online contest where you will have to make up and upload on YouTube your own rendition, using your own words, to the unforgettable SIS jingle melody.

Submit your own creative and unique rendition of the original SIS Jingle ‘Sugartime’ and let Singapore be the judge!

It doesn’t matter if you’re into K-Pop, hip hop, rap, rock or jazz – just submit your original rendition onto YouTube and stand a chance to win fantastic prizes if you get the most YouTube views and ratings.

The contest starts now and ends on August 27th, 2010.

Online voting takes place throughout August and winners will be announced on September 1, 2010.

So whatcha waiting for?

Click here for more information: SIS Jingle Jam.

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 will be performing original songs from his recent album “A Busy Street” plus some of the great classic covers form the past.

Walsh’s music history spans several decades, many genres and music scenes. He has recorded two EPs in that time. He has moved from classical piano to rock bands to solo synth techno freak, to making a living from the soul/blues/pop piano bar environment where he dissected, analyzed and played some of the best songs written over the past century. Now he is reborn again, still on the piano but with more original music.

Influences include: Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Jan Hammer, and Vince Jones to name a few. More recently influences have come from the New Orleans blues school, especially of the great piano players such as Dr. John and Professor Longhair.

Walsh has a unique warm voice and bluesy piano playing. Comparisons include: “sounds like Ali Campbell” (UB40), “sounds like Vince Jones“, “The White Ray Charles“.

“And he’s not just a fine piano player. Greg possesses an eclectic musical style, ranging from blues, to jazz, to soul and rock, and what’s even better is the fact that he owns an incredible voice.” – Australian Musician Magazine.

“The very special sound of Walsh’s voice makes it difficult to compare with other singers.” – rootstime.com.be

“Vocally he has a classic jazz range with smooth husky undertones” – Melodys Eye On Music.

In October 2008, he launched his 12 track all original music album “A Busy Street” at Dizzy’s Jazz Club with seven piece band.

It has songs with orchestrations ranging from full rich vocals, piano, drums, bass, guitar, Hammond organ, synths, violin, viola, and cello, to the more sparse sound of just vocals, piano and drums. There has been confirmed airplay of the album so far on at least 25 radio stations including some international ones.

Currently songs #1 “A Busy Street” and #2 “Do What You Say You’ll Do” are being aired in Australia on Foxtel’s Air Roots channel and Song #12 “Pool of Love” made it into the final six of the 2008 Nab Songwriting contest.

For more information or to have a listen to Greg’s music, do check out his websites below:

• www.myspace.com/gregwalsh2
• www.greg-walsh.com

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(Source: http://rockandroots.com.sg / Photo courtesy of Bluesfest)

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.

Timbre Rock & Roots is a joint collaboration project between Timbre Music Pte Ltd (of Ublues Group) and Bluesfest Pty Ltd, the organiser behind one of the world’s most prominent music festivals, East Coast Blues Festival also known as Bluesfest (Byron Bay, Australia) headed by its festival director, Mr. Peter Noble.

Timbre Music has been presenting an myriad of artists through its Timbre chain of live music bars and a strong portfolio of music events since its inception. Rock & Roots is a true testament to Timbre Music’s mandate of bringing quality musicians to Singapore audiences regardless of artists’ origins. This is in line with Bluesfest’s programming decree.

An industry veteran, Mr. Peter Noble has led Bluesfest to be one of world’s most acclaimed and respected festivals, and one of the most highly awarded. After 20 years, it is still the inspiration for dozens of blues and roots festivals in Australia.

It all started when Danny Loong (Ublues Group Chief Creative Director) with his former band Ublues Band) performed at Bluesfest 2004. Ublues Band was  the first ever band from Asia to perform at the festival and was placed on the main Mojo stage alongside performances by Soul Icon, James Brown among other amazing bands. The festival hoisted up the Singapore flag while the band was playing and that moment brought tremendous pride to Danny. Since then, Danny and Peter kept in touch and the idea of organising a festival in Singapore was mooted.

This eventually became a possibility in 2008 and the partners then spent the next two years creating Timbre Rock & Roots.

Timbre Rock & Roots is not just about the best international bands playing in Singapore but as well as the possibility of having our best Singapore bands play at Bluesfest in the future. Timbre Rock & Roots is ultimately a collaboration derived from mutual respect and the passion for music, and we will be hoisting the many flags of talent from all over the world.

Timbre Rock & Roots aims to become an annual festival and eventually to be an iconic event as part of the live music calendar here in Singapore.

To book tickets, check out BYTES or call (65) 6332 6919 now!

Website: Timbre Rock & Roots 2010

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I remember that day very well… A guy named George showed me a matt grey Kramer and a red U.S. made Fender Stratocaster Standard with Lace Sensor pick ups. I chose the Fender, not because it is one of the most iconic guitars in the world but just because it was red.

Ahh, the good ol’ days when I knew jack shit about guitars… Hmm, come to think of it, I still know jack shit about guitars today.

Anyway, here’s some info about Swee Lee taken from their website:

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. With the formation of the Scouts movements, other local uniform groups and school bands, the music business flourished.

Since the 1960s, Swee Lee has been able to identify and capitalise on market trends in the music industry, quickly moving and expanding into various segments of the music business.

Today, Swee Lee provides music education and professional audio visual consultancy services through its subsidiaries. Swee Lee has grown from being a local merchant of musical instruments to a regional distributor of specialist concert equipment, Pro Audio equipment and Audio DSP equipment, with a network of offices in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China and India. We are proud to carve our niche as a distributor of musical instruments and accessories, representing foreign brands of musical instruments such as Peavey, Roland, Fender, Gibson, Epiphone, Ibanez, Tama, Pearl, Sabian, Premier, Laney, D’addario, Selmer Paris and Karl Hofner, amongst many others.

For more information on their location, contact details and opening hours, click on this link: Swee Lee Company.

Do check out their website for their online store as well as their many ongoing promotions for musical instruments and equipment.

Website: http://sweelee.com.sg/

If you own a musical instrument and equipment store in Singapore or know of one that should be featured, just send me an email.

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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.

Many international rock stars and blues legends have either performed or had jam sessions at the Crazy Elephant – these huge names include Eric Burdon and the Animals, Rick Derringer, Savoy Brown, Graham Neil, Deep Purple, R.E.M, Manfred Man’s Paul Jones, Robbie Williams and Ronan Keating.

Fancy jamming at the Crazy Elephant? No problem, Sunday is Open Jam night where anyone can jump on stage for a jam.

On tap, they serve Stella Artois, San Miguel, Hoegaarden and a host of other International brands of bottled beers. The bar also stocks an extensive selection of liquers, aperitifs, premium liquors & cocktails.

Check out the Crazy Elephant website for more information as well as a gallery of photos, music clips and videos.

MORE INFO

Opening Hours:
Sunday to Thursday
5pm to 2am

Friday, Saturday and
the eve of Public Holidays
5pm to 3am

Live Performances From
10pm till Late Jam
session every Sunday

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Clarke Quay, 3E River Valley Road
#01-03/04
Singapore 179024
Tel: 6337 7859
Fax: 6336 5872
Email: info@crazyelephant.com
Website: http://www.crazyelephant.com

If you own a venue in Singapore with kick ass live music or know of one that should be featured, just send me an email.

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Anyway, 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.

They also buy, sell, service and repair musical instruments.

CONTACT INFO

No. 20-C, Upper Serangoon Road
Singapore 347630
(Near Potong Pasir MRT station)
Tel: 6288 1289
Website: http://www.boonmusical.com

If you own a jamming studio in Singapore or know of one that should be featured, just send me an email.

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SYNOPSIS

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.

Placebo are Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest. Defying conventions, critics and the odds, Placebo stand strong in 16 years with 6 studio albums, over 10 million copies sold and one devoted following worldwide.

The concert will showcase their latest album, Battle for the Sun, released in 2009.

Battle for the Sun marks a new chapter in the band’s impressive history. Uplifting, with stylish pop-hooks still intact, the new album “takes the best elements of their sound and focuses it into a cohesive listening experience– there’s no filler to be found.” – Alternative Press

Placebo won their first MTV Europe Music Award for “Best Alternative Act” last year, beating out The Killers, Prodigy, Paramore and Muse.

With the new album, line up and optimism, Placebo are onboard a fresh and unstoppable, musical journey. You can’t miss out on this one amazing live performance.

Information on the concert:

DATE
18 Mar 2010
Thu, 08:00PM

DURATION
Approx 1 hr 30 mins

VENUE(S)
Fort Canning Park

TICKET PRICE (Exclude Booking Fee)
Standard – S$98
Event Day – S$110

Get your tickets at SISTIC now.

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Since then, they have been regularly entertaining full-house crowds with their brand of infectious music covering bands like U2, Coldplay, Oasis, Jason Mraz, John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band at Timbre, CM-PB, Balaclava and Wala Wala.

In December 2006, after going around the local bar circuit as a cover band, Jack & Rai decided to take up the challenge of releasing an album of self penned originals.

Collaborating with producer and A&R consultant, Amir Masoh and after a full year of planning, conceptualising and recording, the duo released their debut album ‘In Stores Now!’ in 2009.

It is now available in music stores and can be downloaded via iTunes as well.

Their album comprises 11 original tracks which relate their honest stories and experiences:

1. Beetle Girl
2. The Fa La La Song
3. Fiona
4. Contemplate
5. Us
6. Pixelated
7. Hurricane
8. Poof
9. Television Affair
10. Release Me
11. Prophet of Universal Love

Have a look at their music video of their song ‘Release Me’:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh961LD6UNE

Jack & Rai have also written & performed several songs for TV including the opening theme for ‘Polo Boys’ and ‘As I Am’ (which I absolutely love), a song for the Mediacorp Ch5 drama series ‘Red Thread’.

Currently, they can be heard on air co-hosting a radio show with Jean Danker as well. They’re on Class 95FM every Monday and Friday from 7 -- 8pm.

Read more about Jack & Rai:

• On ProAudio-Central
• On Junk Online
• On Power Of Pop!
• On The Urban Wire
• On myStory.sg
• On Voize

Check out Jack & Rai’s official websites here:

• http://jackandrai.com/
• www.facebook.com/JackandRai
• www.twitter.com/jackandrai
• www.youtube.com/jackandraitv
• www.myspace.com/jackandrai

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Well done Tanya!

The Singapore Entertainment Awards made its debut in 2009 and returned this year on March 13th at The Float @ Marina Bay.

The event, jointly organised by Singapore Press Holdings’ Lianhe Wanbao, Radio 100.3, Omy.sg and UW (U-Weekly), is to support the Chinese entertainment industry and honours the best talents in Singapore and Asia.

Xiao Han, a leading female lyricist in the Chinese Pop Music scene who is based in Singapore, won the award for Best Local Lyrics for her work on Projectile found on Tanya’s album.

Another big winner was Liang Wern Fook, a pioneer in the Singapore Folk (Xinyao) scene in Singapore. He received the Outstanding Achievement Award (Music) for his contributions to the Singapore music scene.

Congratulations to all the winners!

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Calling all Singapore bands… Wanna be featured on the Poparazzi blog?

Just submit a video of your band’s performance or even a music video and Christopher Toh of Poparazzi, a music blog by Today Online, will feature you on the website.

Only thing is, you have to submit a video/s of yourselves playing only original material.

So get cracking, you have until the end of March 2010…

For more details on how you can submit your entry, have a look here. Good luck guys!

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