沉默的瞬间 – 张栋梁 Guitar Tab

沉默的瞬间 is the first single from Malaysian singer, 张栋梁’s (Nicholas Teo) latest album, “沉默的瞬间” (The Moment of Silence). The music and lyrics are by 花啦啦 and 阿火 respectively.

Nicholas’ album was out in June, I found out, but I hadn’t noticed this song until the last few days when the ad for the album was on heavy rotation on TV.

This pop-rock song packs quite a punch. The deviation from the usual song structure builds some surprises into the song. My song of the moment.

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沉默的瞬间
张栋梁

Original Key: F#
Capo 1^st fret

Verse 1
Dm      C/E Am         Dm
还搞不懂   心痛是什么
Bb        C         F
似懂非懂成云朵
Dm      C/E Am         Dm
爱的汹涌   来不及闪躲
Bb        C     F
我却为它坠落

Pre-chorus 1
Dm                        Am
梦里我泪滑落几回
Bb
心软弱了逃避是非
Am
潜意识我心碎
Dm                        Am
梦醒了我张开双臂
Bb               C
只愿为爱勇敢一点   不后退

Chorus 1
F               C/E                 Dm
有谁会在乎   有谁会想念
Bb      C      F
有谁能看穿   我的笑脸
A7              Dm          Dm/C
沉默的瞬间   寂寞却伴着我长眠
Bb                   C                    F
你走的坚决   枯竭了爱恋   我给的一切

Interlude

Pre-chorus 2
Dm                                      Am
梦里我   我的泪   滑落几回
Bb
心软弱   软弱了   逃避是非
Am
潜意识我心碎
Dm                                      Am
梦醒了   我醒了   张开双臂
Bb               C
只愿为爱勇敢一点   不后退

Chorus 2
F               C/E                 Dm
有谁会在乎   有谁会想念
Bb      C      F
有谁能看穿   我的笑脸
A7              Dm          Dm/C
沉默的瞬间   寂寞却伴着我长眠
Bb       C
你走的坚决   不后悔

F               C/E                 Dm
有谁会在乎   有谁会想念

F               A7              Dm          Dm/C
沉默的瞬间   寂寞却伴着我长眠
Bb                   C                    F
你走的坚决   枯竭了爱恋   我给的一切

Outro
Dm      C/E Am         Dm
爱的汹涌   来不及闪躲
Bb        C     F
我却为它坠落

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Download printable version (PDF).

Listen to the song:

Update, 10 October 2009:
I missed out the lead-in with the F chord in line 6 of Chorus 2. Have corrected the tab in this post and updated the PDF file.

F                  A7              Dm          Dm/C

沉默的瞬间 寂寞却伴着我长眠

痊癒 – 张智成 Guitar Tab

痊癒 is a song from 张智成’s (Z Chen) album, “爱情树”. It is also found on the soundtrack of Taiwanese idol drama, “东方茱丽叶”. The music is by 李偲菘 and lyrics by 陈信延.

Z Chen, a singer from Malaysia, is one of the few singers in the Chinese music market who can really sing R&B well, managing his falsetto and melisma singing with seeming ease.

“爱情树” is probably the best album from Z Chen so far. Quite a number of nice songs inside there which I liked enough to want to tab them out. Here’s 痊癒 for now. More tabs of Z Chen’s songs coming later.

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痊癒
张智成

Original Key: C#
Capo 1st fret

Verse 1
C                                 G/B
我躺在这里昏睡   到底过多久
Am           Am/G     F
被关在白色的宇宙
Dm  Em   E                 Am          Dm
忘了那时谁的手   曾在我额头遗留过温柔
F        G
只记得不断   争斗

Verse 2
C                     　　    G/B
闭上眼还有回忆   闷锁在胸口
Am          Am/G      F
连呼吸都难以承受
Dm7 Em       E              Am
忽然发现你的 手   能给我熟悉的温柔
F                            Dm7      G
原来这份感动   才是我所梦寐以求

Chorus
C                                 G/B
怀着昨日那些伤口   遇见了你
Am                              Am/G
是你让我擭得意义   拥有了生机
F                  Dm7
当所有虚荣   都变空虚
Em          Am               Dm7            G

是你用爱医好我的内心   病开始   慢慢痊癒

C                                 G/B
怀着昨日那些伤口   遇见了你
Am                              Am/G
是你让我提醒自己   分秒要珍惜
F                  Dm7
前面的风景   还不确定
Em          Am               Dm7            G                 C
可是爱你让我重擭生命   病终于   终于痊癒   痊癒

Short Interlude
Repeat Verse 2, Chorus

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Download printable version (PDF).

Listen to the song:

Album Review: 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day

21st Century Breakdown by Green Day

The latest album by Green Day, “21st Century Breakdown”, is a smash. Even at the first listen, I found myself liking how the album sounds. And it just gets better with each listen.

Somehow, Green Day has a knack for writing melodious punk pop ballads, think “Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)” and “Wake Me Up When September Ends”. In this album, it would have to be “Last Night On Earth” and “21 Guns”.

The highlight though, has to be the faster songs. They are simply infectious. Great rhythm guitars.

Almost all the songs are good, but the more outstanding ones would be “21st Century Breakdown”, “Know Your Enemy”, “¡Viva la Gloria!”, “Murder City” and “21 Guns”. I’d give the album a 4.5 out of 5.

Now I sure won’t want to miss a Green Day concert if they come around.

Track Listing
01 – Song of the Century
ACT 1 – HEROES AND CONS
02 – 21st Century Breakdown
03 – Know Your Enemy
04 – ¡Viva la Gloria!
05 – Before the Lobotomy
06 – Christian’s Inferno
07 – Last Night on Earth
ACT 2 – CHARLATANS AND SAINTS
08 – East Jesus Nowhere
09 – Peacemaker
10 – Last of the American Girls
11 – Murder City
12 – ¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)
13 – Restless Heart Syndrome
ACT 3 – HORSESHOES AND HANDGRENADES
14 – Horseshoes and Handgrenades
15 – The Static Age
16 – 21 Guns
17 – American Eulogy
A. Mass Hysteria
B. Modern World
18 – See The Light

主题曲 – 林宇中 Guitar Tab

Somebody wanted to sing 林宇中’s song, “主题曲” for a gig. I couldn’t find the tab for the song online, so I  had to figure it out. And since I’ve figured it out, I thought I’d post it here for people who might be looking for the guitar tab of this song.

“主题曲” is a song on Malaysian singer-songwriter, 林宇中’s (Rynn Lin) sophomore album, “淋雨中” (a play on his name). It is also the theme song for drama serial，”原点”, a Singapore-Malaysia co-production. Rynn wrote both the music and the lyrics.

Quite a nice song.

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主题曲
林宇中

Original Key: G# > A
Capo: 1^st fret

Verse
G               D/F#          Em        Em/D
回忆的声音                播在夜里
C               G/B            Am7      D
像是一首旋律            多么美丽
Em             Em/D         C           G/B
那时我很肯定            你是我唯一
Am                Bm          D
眨个眼我们就各分东西

Chorus
G     D/F#                    Em   Em/D
再说我爱你                泪把心占据
C     G/B                  Am7        D
却有些甜蜜                让伤心被允许
G     D/F#                    Em   Em/D
说过的话语                做过的事情
C     G/B
像歌曲陪我每个冬季
Am7              D             G
纪念着我和你相爱这主题

Interlude
Repeat Verse, Chorus

Bridge
Am                               Bm
时间早已忘记            分手时候的无情
C                                               Am7        D
你给的美好回忆        让我有怀念的勇气

(Raise key by half step)

Chorus
G#   D#/G                    Fm   Fm/D#
再说我爱你                泪把心占据
C#   G#/C                A#m7      D#
却有些甜蜜                让伤心被允许
G#   D#/G                    Fm   Fm/D#
说过的话语                做过的事情
C#       G#/C
像歌曲陪我每个冬季
A#m7            D#           G#
纪念着我和你相爱这主题
A#m7            D#           G#
纪念着我和你相爱这主题

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Download printable version (PDF).

Listen to the song:

Rock ‘n Roll 的 Style

Watching this video brings a smile to my face.

It is a live performance of the song, “Rock ‘n Roll 的 Style”, by Crowd Lu (卢广仲) at his concert at the Taiwan International Convention Centre (TICC) on 23 August 2008.

Hats off to this young man for his creativity. The lyrics may be quirky and oh-so-everyday ordinary, but I do have to say the music is oh-so-darn charming.

He sounds so sincere that you will not doubt his narration of how this song came about. Have fun watching!

A shoo-in for the Best Newcomer award at the 20th Golden Melody Awards perhaps?

The song can be found in his album, “卢广仲LIVE IN TICC首场演唱会纪念专辑“.

Nominations for 20th Golden Melody Awards

The nominations for the 20th Golden Melody Awards (金曲奖), Taiwan’s annual music awards which is dubbed the Chinese Grammys, is out. Here’s the list of nominees for the main awards:

最佳年度歌曲奖 (Song of the Year)
Song/Album
甲你揽牢牢/《甲你揽牢牢》 [watch/listen]
下一个天亮/《郭静 下一个天亮》 [watch/listen]
100种生活/《100种生活》 [watch/listen]
你不是真正的快乐/《后青春期的诗》 [watch/listen]
国境之南/《海角七号电影原声带》 [watch/listen]
稻香/《魔杰座》 [watch/listen]

最佳国语专辑奖 (Album of the Year)
Song/Artiste
如果有一件事是重要的/陈珊妮
不想放手/陈奕迅
100种生活/卢广仲 [album review]
黄立行 最后只好躺下来/黄立行
魔杰座/周杰伦

最佳音乐录像带奖 (Best Music Video)
Song & Album/Director
风《“好人﹖﹗Abin”方炯镔首张个人创作专辑》／戴佩妮 [watch/listen]
最幸褔的事《爱的诗篇》／周格泰 [watch/listen]
爱情灵药《ELASTIC ROCK》／高辉
太空弹《太空弹》／王仁里 [watch/listen]
黑白《方大同 橙月》／戴佩妮 [watch/listen]
病态《神秘嘉宾》／比尔贾 [watch/listen]
魔术先生《魔杰座》／周杰伦 [watch/listen]

最佳作曲人奖 (Best Composer)
Composer/Song & Album
卢广仲／100种生活《100种生活》 [watch/listen]
方大同／Singalongsong《方大同 橙月》 [watch/listen]
周杰伦／稻香《魔杰座》 [watch/listen]
李泉／眼色《神秘嘉宾》 [watch/listen]
陈建年／烙印祖灵《南王姐妹花同名专辑》

最佳作词人奖 (Best Lyricist)
Lyricist/Song & Album
巫宇轩／电车内面《甲你揽牢牢》
阿信／我心中尚未崩坏的地方《后青春期的诗》 [watch/listen]
阿信／如烟《后青春期的诗》 [watch/listen]
严云农／国境之南《海角七号电影原声带》 [watch/listen]
周杰伦／稻香《魔杰座》 [watch/listen]

最佳编曲人奖 (Best Music Arranger)
Arranger/Song & Album
钟成虎、陈柏州、卢广仲／早安，晨之美！《100种生活》 [watch/listen]
王力宏／我完全没有任何理由理你《王力宏 全新创作大碟 [心˙跳]》 [watch/listen]
Martin Tan／As Love Begins to Mend《start from here》 [watch/listen]
方大同／Singalongsong《方大同 橙月》 [watch/listen]
钟兴民／魔术先生《魔杰座》 [watch/listen]

最佳专辑制作人奖 (Best Album Producer)
Producer/Album
陈子鸿、江蕙／甲你揽牢牢
陈珊妮／如果有一件事是重要的
黄立行、Jae Chong／黄立行 最后只好躺下来
周杰伦／魔杰座
陈建年／南王姐妹花同名专辑

最佳单曲制作人奖 (Best Single Producer)
Producer/Song & Album
吕圣斐／国境之南《海角七号电影原声带》 [watch/listen]
林强／交心(Bosom)《卡巴卡 CABACA》
黄韵玲／对爱渴望《杨宗纬 鸽子》 [watch/listen]
王治平、郭文宗／眼色《神秘嘉宾》 [watch/listen]
林生祥／晒谷场《甜蜜的负荷─吴晟 诗‧歌》

最佳国语男歌手奖 (Best Male Vocalist)
Artiste/Album
陈奕迅／不想放手
萧煌奇／我是萧煌奇
王力宏／王力宏 全新创作大碟 [心˙跳]
方大同／方大同 橙月
周杰伦／魔杰座

最佳国语女歌手奖 (Best Female Vocalist)
Artiste/Album
陈珊妮／如果有一件事是重要的
蔡琴／不悔
梁静茹／今天情人节
A-Lin／天生歌姬
蔡健雅／MY SPACE

最佳乐团奖 (Best Band)
Band (Members)/Album
自然卷乐团(蔡坤奇(奇哥)、黄阳明、陆伊洁(Riecky))／破卷而出
拾参乐团(林君平、徐德宇、徐德寰、廖伟棠)／马脸水手的夏天
五月天(阿信、怪兽、玛莎、冠佑、石头)／后青春期的诗
董事长乐团(吴永吉、杜文祥、林大钧、林俊民)／花光他的钱
好客爱吃饭(陈冠宇、小美、萧诗伟、柯智豪、钟成达、郭进财)／爱吃饭

最佳演唱组合奖 (Best Group)
Group (Members)/Album
大嘴巴(MC 40、爱纱、怀秋、DJ 宗华)／玩咖
神木与瞳(黄美珍、赖铭伟)／为你而活
NyLas(吴晓萱、吴颖然)／/’nailes/
南王姐妹花(陈惠琴、李谕芹、徐美花)／南王姐妹花同名专辑

最佳新人奖 (Best Newcomer)
Artiste/Album
梁文音／爱的诗篇
卢广仲／100种生活
萧闳仁／萧闳仁首张同名创作专辑
Joanna Wang／start from here
萧敬腾／萧敬腾同名专辑
林宥嘉／神秘嘉宾

The award ceremony will be held on 27 June 2009, at the Taipei Arena (台北小巨蛋).

I’ve not heard of some of the nominated artistes. I’m also not familiar with some of the nominated albums and songs. I wish I have more time to catch up with the Mandarin pop scene. But I’m glad to see that those whom I think should be on the nomination list are there.

Adam Lambert or Kris Allen for American Idol?

Update, 16 May 2009:
I finally figured out how to embed American Idol videos on WordPress, so here it is, Kris Allen singing the acoustic version of “Heartbreak”.

I think Kris Allen’s rendition of “Heartless” by Kayne West on American Idol Season 8 is really cool. I mean, wow, with just a guitar. I just keep going back to watch the video.

I don’t follow American Idol. I just happen to read an article about the top 4 contestants a few weeks back, and was curious to find out more about the guy who lost his wife just weeks before he auditioned for the competition (Danny Gokey, that’s right) , the stage actor who had people speculating about his sexuality (yup, Adam Lambert) and the guy who has been compared to Jason Mraz because he performs with his guitar (that’s Kris Allen).

Alright, I admit, “Jason Mraz” was the trigger word. So that’s how I ended up looking for videos of the American Idol performances. I have been most impressed with Adam Lambert so far, until Kris Allen’s rendition of “Heartless” blew me away this week.

The prediction is that it’s going to be a close fight between the final 2, given that only 1 million votes separated them this week. Adam Lambert’s definitely a polished and creative performer, and Kris Allen is getting better each week.

Who do you think will be the next American Idol?

Six months on…

It didn’t feel that long but time flies… This blog has been up for half a year since I put up my very first post on 11 December in 2008. Just thought I’ll do a little ‘performance review’.

According to WordPress’s statistics (as at time of writing this), I’ve

• written 27 posts in 8 cateogories with 51 tags
• received 26 comments (ok, this includes more than a few pingbacks that I made among some of my posts)
• received a total of 8,236 views (advertise on this blog, anyone? )

That works out to 4.5 posts per month, or about a post a week. That looks decent enough but I realise that I’ve been posting less and less in recent months. Most posts were made during the first two to three months. Not that I’ve lost interest in keeping this blog. I started this in December last year, when I was clearing my leave and had lots of time to spare. In recent months though, my workload has become heavier and the result is less time to spend on things outside of work…sigh. But I’m not going to give this up, and will keep working at this.

And thanks to those who commented on my posts. It’s nice to know there are people reading my random ramblings on music. Keep them coming and I welcome any feedback, good or bad!

Wow, over 8,000 views. This is probably far less than what the popular blogs get in an hour, but this number is more than I imagined I would get.

Thanks guys, I’ll be back soon…

Concert Review: Hins.Moving.Magical Concert Live in Malaysia

Hins Cheung (张敬轩) held his Hins.Moving.Magical Concert Live in Malaysia (轩.动.魔法演唱会) at the Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands, on 18 April 2009. I was privileged, and am glad that I caught this concert.

I say privileged, because Hins was faultless in his singing. No hitting the wrong notes, no straining of the voice, no missing a beat. So to someone like me who is more concerned with the singing than concert gimmicks, it was a quality show.

Only problem for me was when he spoke in Cantonese because I can’t understand the dialect. Fortunately or otherwise, that happened only half of the time because he spoke Mandarin the other half of the time.

The song list basically consisted of his own Manadarin and Cantonese songs, including a few songs from his latest Cantonese album, Love & Living ( 感情·生活). He also sang some Sandy Lam’s songs and songs by Malaysian artistes like Guang Liang (光良), Fish Leong (梁静茹) and Nicholas Teo (张栋梁) during a special love songs segment.

In another segment of the concert, he did a few fast tracks. Although Hins’ not known for his dancing and he seemed a little self-conscious with his dance moves, his stage experience showed when he struck some poses to keep the audience’s attention on him.

The audience really adored him and Hins reciprocated with bows of thanks during the concert. And one can see that he really meant it.

Even after the concert had ended after the customary encore, some in the audience were still calling for him to come back on stage. And he did come back up on stage, explained that he did not have any more songs left to sing, but still sang a few lines from his song, Blessing, anyway.

I like Hins for his sincerity, apart from the fact that he can write songs. Now that he is successful in the Hong Kong market, it’s good to know that he will be spending more time on the Taiwanese (and other Chinese-speaking countries, like Singapore, hopefully) market.

1234567 – 方大同 Guitar Tab

I have, scribbled on a piece of paper, the chords for a few of Khalil Fong’s (方大同) songs that I’ve been trying to figure out. Most of the time, I get stuck at parts where there are a series of chords movements or at the bridges. From time to time, I’d come back to try and figure out those songs. Since it’s a long weekend, I managed to spend a few hours to finish up one song, finally.

1234567 is one of the songs on Khalil Fong’s latest album, Orange Moon (橙月) – see album review. The music is by Khalil and lyrics, by 葛大为. This song has a funk guitar feel to it. Pretty cool.

I’m not sure it’s 100% accurate but it’s about there. Should sound pretty decent. As with most of Khalil’s songs, use advanced chords and chromatic chord movements where applicable. I don’t know if I’ve named one of the chords correctly: D/E. Play it X-5-5-5-5-X and it should sound correct. Have fun.

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1234567
方大同

Original Key: A

Verse 1
Amaj7             Dmaj7  Amaj7             Dmaj7
如果几天没斗嘴        全身感觉都不太对
C#m7           Cm7 Bm7            D/E  Amaj7     Bm7-C#m7-Dmaj7-D/E
早就习惯你出     招               我奉陪
Amaj7             Dmaj7  Amaj7             Dmaj7
我们总是爱做对        什么时候才能变一对
C#m7           Cm7 Bm7                    D/E  Amaj7   Bm7-C#m7-Dmaj7-D/E
好想跟你每一     天               回家都顺路

Pre-chorus
D7#9                           Amaj7
下次看影碟换我选    动作片难道你看不累
D7#9
找部感动的    流眼泪    让你靠肩
Bm7         C#m7      Dmaj7
给我机会表现温柔体贴

Chorus 1
Amaj7                 Dmaj7                         Bm7
为什么我一个字都还没说    明明是该表态时侯
C#m7 Dmaj7 D/E         Amaj7
1234   567 爱上你了对不起
Dmaj7                     Bm7   C#m7
慢几拍麻烦你稍候    爱我别放过我
Dmaj7     D/E
我一定会为你不保留
Amaj7   Bm7     D/E     Amaj7
我想我                  没时间寂寞

Verse 2
如果几天 没斗嘴       全身感觉都不太对
早就习惯你出招        我奉陪
我们总是爱做对        什么时候才能变一对
好想跟你每一天        天天都幸福

Repeat Pre-chorus, Chorus

Bridge
Dmaj7     C#m7                          Bm7
想要天天搅和            想闯浪漫的祸
Amaj7 Bm7    C#m7   Dmaj7
好不容易胆子        够        偏偏词穷
C#m7                  Bm7
全世界都在沈默        直到你说答应我
Bm7 C#m7 Dmaj7           Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7   E7sus4
要跟你在一起        每     分      每秒             快     乐    的折磨

Chorus 2
Amaj7                 Dmaj7                         Bm7
为什么我一个字都还没说    明明是该表态时侯
C#m7 Dmaj7 D/E         Amaj7
1234   567 爱上你了对不起
Dmaj7                     Bm7   C#m7
慢几拍麻烦你稍候    爱我别放过我
Dm7                   D/E
你等着我来    Say I Love You
Dm7         D/E    Dm7        D/E      Amaj7
我确实很在乎      一定让你非常感动

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Update, 12 April 2009:
After reviewing the tab again today, I realise that a few chords were incorrect. I’ve updated both the chords on this page and the PDF file.