東亞 Artists & Writers Gathering

It is nice to get to know other writers and learn from their composing experience. To my surprise, many of us new writers did not have proper music training, and many even cannot play an instrument properly. We all picked up some music theories and chords on the way and rely heavily on softwares.

Also we all have other day jobs to feed us so that we can make music as a hobby.

I can see the music industry is shrinking, but the quality of music is definitely improving. As more and more people like us where we just want to compose. Our passion is to make music rather than make money. 

Stars

Okay my new composition is finally done. Yet another song inspired by Danny Chan's. I was checking out the old CD's one saturday morning randomly and I heard the song "不再問究竟". The special melody and Danny's vocal performance caught my attention once again after God knows how many years since I heard that song last. I listened to the song a few times and the lyric story kept my mind occupied and I have this picture in my head that want to write something about it. 

So I came up with this demo "Stars".  It is a female version of the story where the girl accepted the break up but didn't want to cry in front of her boyfriend. So she kept her face up pretending she was watching the stars so that her tears wont run down her face.

As the melody and lyric came very naturally, the whole song was written within an hour or so. When inspiration hits, it feels like the song was given to me rather than composing it. It is a truly magical experience.

(Special thanks to Ricky, who made my life easy by playing the piano parts for me. You rock, Mate!)