I've just been engaged for a few projects:

1. The Project Superstar thing is coming up with some new album, so my friend Mike is doing the arrangements for one of the songs - a Thai song, I'll be playing the piano part. Woo-hoo! I'm sort of considered playing for a Superstar finalist!

2. One of Kenny's (Tan, the film-maker) friends called me, asking me to do arrangements for some school song. Going to find out soon what school that is.

3. BF Youth is asking me to do arrangements for some pop songs, including a minus one for some Chinese R&B song.

Thankfully I have less to do now for The Next Wave of Musicals III. I'm going to play live on the piano for LOVE IS IN THE AIR, which wasted my efforts and time put into the minus one but solves a lot of my problems as I don't have to spend MORE time hackling on the music tracks; for VANITY VICTORIOUS, VIRTUE VANQUISHED, I'm almost done with the minus ones, I make it an excuse to play live for the last song I composed just because there is dialogue in the middle of the song; for CITY OF THE GODS, same case - less than five songs require minus ones, the rest will be played live.

So much work reduced! So happy...

All I have to do now is to practice, practice, practice. Heard that it's an upright piano at the Esplande Recital Studio, not a grand d'la grande Steinway - pray it's a U5, love the huge music stand to death - composers' dream.

And the height of my prospective piano (131cm) effectively shields me from audience view, provided the soundboard of the piano will be facing the folks.

¶ 5/11/2006 10:46:00 am