Lonely Afternoon


Bevlyn In Concert - trinkle of post-concert thoughts
August 22, 2008, 8:38 am
Filed under: Performance

Bevlyn In Concert, originally uploaded by bevlynkhoo.

Yes, voila!

I
actually had insomnia for a couple of nights after the concert ended. I
guess it is very me to ruminate about things, the highs and lows. But
all in all, everything went very well (actually as my close friends
would have said, it was already a miracle I didn’t fall flat on my face from the trip over the monitor ).

And
I really count my blessings of having such excellent musicians to help
me out for the concert this time round. My applause for Tien-yao (who has stuck by me all through these months), Lim Hui (who agreed at once when I asked her), James (who flaunted his muscles on both bass and piano), Shawn (whose percussion made such a great difference to the songs), and Jason
(who agreed to play bass 3-4 days before the concert haha). I LOVED the
dinners and the backstage times, however short and random they were.
You guys are adorable!

UCC is really a great place to perform
at. The staff was friendly and helpful, and they really made everyone
feel positive and good. Feels great!

And of course my special thanks to Vocare Media - Sam, Joyce, Fion and Dustin, for sponsoring videography for the concert. That, to me, is so so important.

The
preparation - when I literally locked myself up at home a week before
the day - was stressful, especially when I was crazily practising the
guitar (actually at the same time training for my skin to be
doubly-thick because of the stint).

But when the music from the
full band came on during rehearsals, all the stress was gone. Just
soaking in it was heaven. I had SO much stress, but I also had SO MUCH
FUN.

And who would have thought my cute little friend Dengli
would be my PA cum photographer on that day? She had to buy a clear
file, wrapping paper (an idea which never manifested) and etc etc for
me (cos I am always such a last min person), and take nice photos for
the band (even damaging her shoes in the process), basically, she’s so
good I want her for my PA now!

I was pleasantly surprised to see Swedish people among the audience (first row), and I heard from friends later on there were Indians and Myanmar among others. And it’s lovely to see my vocal teacher Thomas Manhart come to support woohoooo! If you want to learn good singing, this is THE MAN.

Of course, it always warms my heart to see familiar faces - friends from NUS Chinese Society Geyao,
from my days of singing in pubs, and all over the places that I’d been
to - come down to NUS specially for the concert. And people whom I
didn’t know come up to me to buy the albums and get autographs - thank you!

There
are some asking about the next concert, hmm…if there is, it’s gonna be
a ticketed one. I also hope to perform to you guys again! Will keep
everyone informed )

Cheers,
Bevlyn

For more entries, go to www.bevlynkhoo.com/blog



Post-Concert Blogs
August 19, 2008, 11:07 am
Filed under: Performance

bevlyn August 15th, 2008

I’m catching up on so many stuff I don’t have time to really sit down and blog about my take on the concert LOL.

But people have been contacting me, and telling me they have blogged about the concert. Thank you so much!! (”,)

Here are a few:

My NUS Chinese Society Geyao senior, Glenn, whom I’m really glad to see:

freezingcool.blogspot.com

A NUS student who requested for a minus one of When I’m 80 from me:

http://lifeindeath.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-post_13.html

My lovely percussive friend Shawn who grooved it up for me on Wed:

http://turbochicken.blogspot.com/2008/08/bevlyn-in-concert-moments.html

And of course special guest, YET Dunhong:

http://mryet.blogspot.com/2008/07/guest-appearance-bevlyn-concert.html#links

http://mryet.blogspot.com/2008/08/no-problem-at-bevlyns-concert-part-2.html#links

I will blog about my thoughts on the concert tonight (if I can finish my French homework in time *sulk*)

(More updated posts on www.bevlynkhoo.com/blog)



Bevlyn In Concert - Lonely Afternoon (After the supper)
August 19, 2008, 11:05 am
Filed under: Performance

bevlyn August 14th, 2008

13 Aug 08, soundcheck, originally uploaded by bevlynkhoo.

It’s 4.18am! Yes, I’m still awake.

I chose this picture to blog, cos I think it reflects the pensive side in me right now.

Feeling the highs and lows of this roller-coaster ride. I thank you
for coming to my concert. It was surreal, maybe that’s why I kept
thinking time passed too fast during the performance.

It felt great to see so many familiar faces, supportive faces whom I
kept seeing time after time for each of my performance; familiar faces
I haven’t seen for the longest time; and of course lovely new faces )

For those who came to the concert, I hope you like what you heard.
For those who couldn’t make it, hope to see you next time (I don’t know
when though ha).

For those hearing my music for the 1st time, thank you for giving me the opportunity to sing to you live.

For those who like what you heard, please spread my music to your friends! Best is, I think through emails, or your blog. )

For those who didn’t really like what they heard, do give me feedback. I’ll do my best to improve on it. )

Ok, for now, it’s sleep. And reply all the smses tmr! (”,)

(More updated posts on www.bevlynkhoo.com/blog)



I’m the HOT friend
August 19, 2008, 11:04 am
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bevlyn August 13th, 2008

I’m the HOT friend, originally uploaded by bevlynkhoo.

Ken bought me this T-shirt when he went
to Australia for his vacation. When you wear this T-shirt, it’s quite
troublesome cos you need to tag yourself to someone because the ‘HOT
friend’ status is relative to someone else. (Tien-yao in this case).

Exciting! Hope to see all of you at the concert tonight!

(More updated posts on www.bevlynkhoo.com/blog)



Prac #1
August 19, 2008, 11:03 am
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bevlyn August 12th, 2008

After our dinner @ QQ noodlehouse (slurp), we went to jam, and wow,
it’s so cool! You know how you get those butterflies and warm feelings
under your skin? Like something inside you is alive or something.

I feel that too when I look at the white clouds upon the blue skies,
smell the grass after a rainfall… or before I do a crazy act.

And I’m so happy to have another new bassist, Jason Widjaja, into
the team for 2 songs, so James can concentrate on his piano playing.

Tmr is tech-run! Woohooo!!!