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A few weeks ago, I brought Krazie Starr up to KL to perform at The Sanctuary courtesy of my man, Altimet, and the shows he hype over there. Those who know about me running Beats Society probably already picked up rumours that I dropped 90% of my artistes in the past 8 months, leaving Krazie Starr to be one of the few still running strong. His full length album is dropping soon and it will be one of our bigger publicity project we’ve ever worked on, thanks to Raudha, my trusted publicist. She must watch Entourage and see how much more we can achieve together! Haha.

Anyway, Krazie Starr here is a huge talent, just needs a little push and a few lessons in public speaking. If you didn’t know; he opened for Akon at DownTownEast, JoeyBoy from Thailand at MOS, and also Arrested Development when they came to Singapore late last year. Listen to his crazy infectious music (with most beats by Alyph from Sleeq who goes by the moniker of ‘Magic Potions’) on http://www.myspace.com/kraziestarr2 and add him up! For bookings or use of his music, write in to me with details.

ps: I’m secretly wishing I can work with Moods, so I’m absorbing the energy of Amateur Takes Control by making weird yoga gestures while visiting their blogspot.

I was thinking, who spent their entire week cutting up styrofoam pieces to create a backdrop of my name. And the guy came up to me and said so himself. It does look a little 80s RTM-ish, doesn’t it? But there I was in Seremban, thinking to myself, how ‘heartlands’ this was. The place is even more run down than Tanjong Katong Complex, but they packed the place with activities every weekend. I think it’s really enterprising and it’s rather sad that local folks think that it would take alot of money to get events done. Not so much, let me tell you. If you really really really have to do it at TKC, Kampong Melayu (Geylang), Golden Landmark already; you must know nobody goes there, and even if your promotions are strong, people don’t want to be there. This will give your event less street-cred and a cheapskate look. Try Woodlands Civic Centre, Causeway Point, Tampines Mall for event ideas instead for Malay music roadshows. And for heaven’s sake, enough with IMM and Expo already. Balik balik Expo!!

Universiti Teknologi Petronas is in Tronoh which is Ipoh which is in Perak. I’d love to go back there so if anybody from UTP is reading this, please bring me back there. (Minus the pain of the journey). The first picture is the Library. The 2nd is the Concert Hall. The 3rd is the seating boxes! So cool!

I found this off somebody’s fotopages. This was last year during Ramadhan when I performed for EH! Magazine’s Iftar; something I think Malay-Muslim organizations should consider instead of doing Raya open houses. We’re so going to do this!

Riz AF6 Minggu Ke Enam

Thanks to Lydia.

Beats Society in collaboration with our sister company WorkHeart has recently worked out some arrangements to distribute the first non-Hiphop music. It comes in the form of pop-rock band PeepShow. Here are the details of their launch. If you’re interested to have your band promoted and your music product distributed in retail and online, we have extended our portfolio. Check out www.beats.sg too!

Local bands seems hyped up this year to rock the scene.  Peepshow; the upcoming five-piece band proved that they are ready to come up with their 5 track EP.

Zaki, SK, Mikail, Samuel, Yuk and Edmund were never musically trained but their various performing backgrounds made it mutual to form a group through Youth Alive 2005 competition where they first started.

They have been featured in Lime magazine (April issue) and will also be playing at Baybeats 2008. They are very active in the local gigging scene and have played noteworthy gigs such as the National Day Celebrations and New Year’s Eve countdown party at the Esplanade where they’ve charmed thousands with their live performances.

Peepshow expects a big crowd for their first launch for their Launch featuring King Kong Jane &
Freaky Z as guest performers

Venue : The Chamber, The Arts House.  No 1 Parliament Lane

Date     : Saturday 10 May 2008

Time   : Doors open at 4.30pm

FREE ADMISSION.

PeepShow CDs and Buttons available at the door for sale!

Their music can be heard through www.myspace.com/peepshowband

Named best band in the Youth Alive! 2005 contest, PeepShoW has some good songs, including the Killers-esque ‘I Know Raw’ and the softer ‘Special Someone’, which resembles The Cure until vocalist Zaki makes the song the band’s own

Time Out Singapore

Melody junkies will be drawn exorably to the irresistible tunes & the cool classic pop vibe of PeepShow. Sprinkle liberally edgy modern alt-rock sensibilities and you will be hooked!

Kevin Matthews

This week alone, I’ve had two encounters with this. I don’t understand how somebody can change their minds overnight or within the same conversation. This is called ‘main tarik tali‘. You praise somebody, then you criticize the same person, and expect that your advice is heeded. There’s no such thing as sitting on the fence. It’s the 21st century already. You must choose a side, voice your opinion, or don’t choose a side, and keep your peace. This kind of behaviour borders hypocrisy. If you feel the need to voice your opinion about something, make sure you know what role you play in that criticism; consumer, peer/contemporary, onlooker. Do your opinion matter at all? Do people want to hear you? Do you take credit if they consider your comments? You must make sure of this, before you set across some kind of deluded account. Because people will hate you for it, and have no guts to tell you because you’re nice on the days you’re nice, and you horrible on the days you think you are right.