Bevlyn Khoo

I only got to see and touch my own album when I met Dengli for dinner on Sat. Who would have thought that I’d have another album this year? I was prepared not to have another one after the EP album cos of financial reasons…While I know of people out there who bought the album, truth is, a substantial amount of people pirate it. So what’s the point of continuing to do DIY albums if I have to live off air?

So, to have the opportunity to continue my passion, I am most grateful. The best way to show support is to buy the authentic album! That is the best and most direct way to let my record label (and me) know that this album is a good idea.

And I’m honoured to have Caramel be my Official Wardrobe Stylist! They have gorgeous tea-dresses, elaborate evening dresses, and from Mel the funky stylist’s mouth, the spring-summer dresses are already here!  Check out the masterpieces at www.caramel.com.sg. I love the dresses to bits! Btw, the dresses I wore for the album’s photoshoot are also courtesy of Caramel.

My band and I did the opening gig for the fashion show week on 19 Mar 09. And this dress is designed by Mel!

Band: Fabian, Lin Hui, Shawn, Bevlyn, James (Brandon not in pic)

And thanks to those who have been asking…No promo activities for the moment..I’ll update if there’s any upcoming events here soon!

Music available for preview on my blog, MySpace, and Reverbnation.

I’ve finally finished recording!!!

An extremely tiring one, 6hrs, it was tough and at one point I even felt a sugar low. But it was comforting to see my producers had mountains of patience…

Anyway, now it’s play time! I’m gonna be a Tasmania for bah kwa, pineapple tarts, dark chocs, popcorns, movies and erm, more crabs?

Here’s something you all must watch:

Hafiz first sent me this cos he knew I’m into anything French…before I knew it, I couldn’t help watching other clips as well, cos Capucine is just TOO CUTE! These are the must watch:

Too Much Candy
Too Much Candy 2 (Bonus scenes)
Capucine meets Alex

And this is the most important, cos it’s for charity (yes she is that popular):
Capucine for Edurelief in Mongolia
Pls do contribute if you can, I’ve already bought 2 T-shirts and 1 mug!

Here’s a quick note to thank EVERYONE who came all the way to Esplanade to show me support. I’m really very touched, just by seeing your face!

Thanks for the kind words, the encouragement, the feedback/suggestions, the handshakes, the hugs, the flowers. My way of returning all these,  is to work harder

And of course, my wonderful musicians who have put in so much efforts (esp. during the CNY period): Wah Yong, James, Shawn and Lim Hui. I couldn’t have presented what I would like to without you guys. And thanks to Dengli for taking photos for us (again!)

And this is by far the best comment I have so far:

今晚的表演非常的好！
以下是我个人的感想：

很高興看到意淋的進步。
听现场比 CD 还要过瘾。

新年歌最重要的是嘹亮的歌聲，
和热闹的气氛。
意淋唱的新年歌非常好聽，
声音嘹亮，音乐轻快。

唱金曲是很考功力的，
听众总会跟原唱者比较，
这些歌曲都唱得不错。

嗯，也许偶尔也需要失眠，
那么大家就有新歌听了

今晚，我带着满满的欢喜回家，
迫不及待的新专辑，以及演唱会。

加油！(by Flash)

I’m so touched.

Will post pictures soon! Recording resumes tmr (today)! (Pineapple tarts and bah kwa, wait for me…..)

I nearly choked on myself when I came across this while surfing for an electronic French dictionary.
Master romance? The French? Like since when?

Sometimes I do wonder why I am so blessed with all that happened in 2008. It’s so far the best year of my life! I’ve always thought that I am a late bloomer, or it could be I never really allowed myself to be the living dead. Life is complicated, but I realised it can be as simple as you imagine it to be.

I launched my EP album, and I’m proud to say I did all the planning and management myself. It’s a herculean task, but I realised the limitless potential of a person - you are limited only by your own mind. I guess the Law Of Attraction works well for me so far (it wasn’t conscious for me most of the time, I just try to remove fear from my mind and stay positive). I am still amazed by all the opportunities that came my way, and I’m grateful to each and everyone who has helped  to take my music to another level. I’m really touched by people who went out of their way to help me out - favours are hard to repay, and I will definitely keep them in mind…

The shift of my work priorities is what makes me a really happy person this year - being able to say no to wedding bookings on certain dates, getting my cute and capable PA to help me out with admin (it’s a she, for the millionth-time - I will never get a male PA cos that would be so weird!), expanding our band members two-fold to know more talented musicians in Singapore, it’s simply awesome.

And, who would have thought I would be signed to the label of my dreams, and prepare another album at the end of the year? My story is just too surreal to be true, and it’s all thanks to Dean. And to sing with Aiza!? Who would have thought?

Looking back on the year, I’m glad my French has finally improved such that I can better understand movies/real people talking, and express myself slightly more spontaneously. I love my current class, and it’s hard to imagine what happens after the course ends in 2 mths. Hopefully the german house parties remain heh

I can finally dance waltz! Not fantastic but good enough to dance round and round the whole ballroom. Now I just need a more permanent partner ha.

I’m going into the recording booth next Mon, and I’m scared. But I’ll do my best, for sure. 2009 is gonna be exciting, with or without recession. Happy New Year!

Yesterday marked the start of a string of Xmas parties to come!

It was the first Xmas party for me at my Jap boss’s house. What greeted me when I first step into the house (other than the family of course), is a Yamaha Clavinova piano, along with a mic on a mic-stand, 2 electric guitars and 1 bass guitar and an amplifier. WOW! It’s like my dream house

And actually other than the family members, family photos and some japanese accent, there really was nothing japanese about the house. That, to me, is interesting.

It was also my first time meeting some of the staff in S2S, and I like the fact that it’s so family. I discovered many interesting facts about the boss, and it does put my mind even more at ease that I’ve made a very good choice of signing on to this label. And the dog Kty is a darling!

Merry Xmas everyone. Enjoy the sexy French accent by Phoebe at 3:30:

I got to know the bride, Julia, from my class at Alliance Francaise (AF), and after coming down to give support at my French chansons gig at the Esplanade earlier in July this year, she decided to engage my band to perform at her wedding. I have to say this is really one of the wildest weddings I’ve ever been to. Check it out here.

Because of Julia’s wedding, I got to know a French man, Gilles, who has been living in Singapore since 28 years ago! A very talented artiste (photographer/artist/writer), the photos in the link above may seem too wild for an introduction, but hey, everyone is multi-faceted, right?

So there were 2 tables of French people (in my head I was like, why does Julia have sooo many French friends? C’est très bizarre!). Anyway my point is, it is always stressful to sing French to the ‘real stuff’ because..I don’t know, I just become a little more tense, because French people can be very very very nice, or very xxx (Joel my keyboardist friend agreed too). So to make myself more relaxed, I made a little joke before singing the first French song La Mer: If you can understand what I’m singing, then it’s probably because I’m quite a good student at Alliance Francaise. If unfortunately you don’t, then that might mean the professors at AF are not really doing their job. (Wooooooooops ok before anyone random reads this and wanna hit me, yes yes they’re doing a good job else I wouldn’t still be there)

Even though Gilles said to me ‘On a tout compris’ (We understood everything), well you can never be sure. The funniest thing was, when they know I can speak a little French and tried to speak a little to me, my shell took over and I clamped up like this –>

Ok, not totally, but I wish I can speak more. I really must find ways to overcome this

But Gilles, Gilles had no problem whatsoever with singing foreign language songs infront of many Chinese - he did a clever medley of the Mandarin classic ‘The Moon Represents My Heart’ and the French classic ‘La Vie En Rose’. During the rehearsal, I wrote the correct hanyupinyin for him even though he had his own code of pronounciation down on black and white. On the actual day, to my surprise, he memorised everything and delivered the whole song in perfect Mandarin. It was really WAH!

And, I love the dance segment