Monday, December 31, 2007 @ 2:06 am: i love.sg
local arts is alive. its time we listen to our own homegrown talents instead of juz dismissin them.
prior to the mid 70's in australia, local musik was hardly played on their radio stations. Perception of domestik musik was poor. around the period, several group of individuals and record labels banded together to push for radio airplay for local musik. the idea is if you dun get to hear it, no one is going to know it. fast-forward to end 2007, we have seen bands like INXS, Men at Work, Savage Garden etc etc, u tell me if it werked.
there are many great local bands out there, theres the legendary Padres, the melancholik Concave Scream, the sublimal Observatory, the pulp-ish Serenaide. bands like Typewriter, Caracal, Lilac Saints, Astreal, Stoned Revivals, the Marilyns, Great Spy Xperiment, Tiramisu and so much more.. Our local musik received airplay overseas too, in the UK, the late John Peel used to play the Padres, Force Vomit and Lilac Saints on his show.
not only the musik scene, the arts scene in s'pore needs to be seen and heard too. John Clang, Geoff Ang, Francis Ng, Ken Seet, Russel Wong, local fotography heroes tat put tiny s'pore into the world map. Directors like Eric Khoo, Royston Tan, Kelvin Tong, Tan Pin Pin, they did s'pore proud. haute couture has Ashley Isham, Maki Squarepatch, SeeUTomorrow. Artists, designers like Michael Lee, Brian Gothong Tan and so on so forth.. the fact is every discipline has its own heroes, true living breathing bred in s'pore heroes.
lets all do our part, regardless of how small and insignificant it may seem. support our local acts, artists and designers. click on this linkthere are so many artists, designers, fotographers , film-makers, musicians. lets give them credit and the recognition they deserve. lets all contribute to the local arts scene and push the standard higher and make s'pore a true regional arts powerhouse.
this is the last post for 2007. and may 2008 be a great year for all!
so come on, tell me.
