2011-2012 Jihen Releases & Tour Discussion

[EmilScherbe]

Originally Posted by vayerism

Although the tickets in Hong Kong were sold out in 10 mins, it has nothing to do with people in mainland China

Vayerism, Long time no see you(r post) on EMF.

Apparently she have high demand in Hong Kong.

So if she will play in Hong Kong, what kind of show you expect ?

[W3iHong]

Nothing less. Period.

[vayerism]

wish she could do more rock and roll but it looks unlikely from her solo career now .. i am glad she finally understood there are many fans in HK

[W3iHong]

15/143 seats taken for the live screening in Singapore. Feels really bad, man... Only 15 great fans...

[vayerism]

2 more cinema in HK were added for live streaming now, totally 5 cinema

[W3iHong]

15/143 seats in Singapore... A little disappointed Ringo's music hasn't reach this far yet. Well, we have been known to listen to only mainstream music, I guess this is it. Radios only blare mainstream stuff old and new. There is never any indie bands or local band/single songs played.

[vayerism]

i always thought Singapore music scene is better than HK, as my friend from HK visited Singapore last week for a festival, many great act such as feist, m83, the horrors, the pains of being pure at heart were all there, but it never happened in HK

[W3iHong]

Originally Posted by vayerism

i always thought Singapore music scene is better than HK, as my friend from HK visited Singapore last week for a festival, many great act such as feist, m83, the horrors, the pains of being pure at heart were all there, but it never happened in HK

Sure, we have great music festivals and the likes and even Dynamite! being used in a local commercial. But what about the average day or average person? I don't see much of it. I don't really want to go into politics but... it is a little stifled here. Even busking, you need a permit which you have to get after an interview and audition every year. To add on to that, it is Singaporeans and permanent residents only. This is my main disgruntle right now because I would really like to occasionally go out on the streets and play but these red tapes holds me back. Typically Singaporeans don't really have a mindset that make them "go out of the way to get things done". (Feeling a little bad saying this)

It would be great if a person could just take his instrument to the street and start playing. It is a little scary for us to have police walking towards us, we don't have bold defiance in our blood and the law is definitely very strict. Of course, the permit would allow only "good" buskers but I don't think it is necessary because a bad busker wouldn't have such thick skin anyway.



I have little knowledge to back this up.



Side-note: Maybe because of my biased views, take it with a pinch of salt.

[rainmountain]

Originally Posted by W3iHong

15/143 seats in Singapore... A little disappointed Ringo's music hasn't reach this far yet. Well, we have been known to listen to only mainstream music, I guess this is it. Radios only blare mainstream stuff old and new. There is never any indie bands or local band/single songs played.

no no, they've opened another hall. mine is hall 2, but the current hall for booking now is hall 11.
i'm not sure how big is hall 2, but for sure there're more than 15 singaporeans who knows tj/ringo

[W3iHong]

O>O?

OHOH?

OHOH!?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH YEAH. I JUST CHECKED. MY SEAT F:05 IS BLOCKED PURPLE LOL


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