Karen Mok 莫文蔚 【太多太多】

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sukv9KZR4g&feature=player_embedded#!

I'm not gonna lie, I'm really excited about this!  I had the good fortune of meeting Karen over tea, back in the summer of 2008 when Jonathan Wong and I were still relative newbies to the industry.  I was struck instantly by how down to earth and approachable Karen was, and for a while forgot how atrocious my conversational Cantonese was as I &qu...Read more

Refresh. Rise. Roar. (2010 Youth Olympic Games-Coca Cola Campaign Theme Song)

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfTajpAKskg I had the honor of producing the Chinese-language version of this energetic little ditty fo r Coca-Cola's ad campaign coinciding with the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Gamesheld in Singapore!  This was a ton of fun, especially working with my friend and collaborator Derrick Hoh 何维健, who will be releasing his next album (produced with me) in September 2010...Read more

Behind the Scenes: Arranging RTHK #1 hit 你们好 - Jonathan Wong

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL92-p8byDU First, I'd like to say thanks to everyone who left invaluable feedback on my first behind-the-scenes blog entry! This will be the second entry on 你们好, answering the following questions:1) How did we develop the idea of arranging this song , without any instruments?That this song has no instruments should not be a surprise, given Jonathan's a cappella influences!  If y...Read more

Behind the Scenes: Writing RTHK #1 hit 你们好 - Jonathan Wong

Hey everyone!  As promised, here's the first entry that takes you behind the scenes, on the creative process behind some of my most successful productions.  Today, we dissect how Jonathan and I composed his new RTHK #1 hit: 你们好... Step #1 - WritingI was up in HK in late Dec 09 visiting Jon, and one day, we decided to write a simple, happy, instantly accessible sort of tune.  When I write with Jonathan, one of the techniques we use is to sit at the piano and decide on a 4-chord pattern.  I'll...Read more

Jonathan Wong - Spectrum Launched!

Just back from HK... where do I start?  So many good memories...It was really cool to see my good friend and musical partner-in-crime Jonathan Wong 王梓轩 in his element. :)  Despite the punishing schedule in the run up to his Spectrum album release, we still managed to find pockets of time to just hang out and goof off, like the college kids we once were.  The day of the press conference was really amazing for me, on so many levels...Read more