Songs from the Jiwang Kingdom: a review
Songs from the Jiwang Kingdom: a review
Nov 23If you haven’t heard of Mia Palencia, it’s a damn shame. This Sabahan singer-songwriter has a voice that sounds like honey would if it could sing, sweet yet as strong and full-bodied as a good brew of Arabica coffee. She’s a jazz crooner as well as an acoustic folk songstress and though I love hearing her do jazz standards, her original songs are still my favourites. Mia...
Songwriting for dummies
Songwriting for dummies
Nov 15So my ‘padawan’ as I call him asks me how you go about writing a song. Do you write the lyrics first then the music or vice versa? Simple answer is: anyway you want to. A song can be as short as three lines or as long as you want it to be. Writing ‘classical’ music is tricky – you need to adhere to rules of composition and musical notation. Think years of...