Tuesday, November 11, 2008




This is the moment we have all been waiting for...........



*sorry i couldn't think of anything more grandeur than this*



*confetti*



*balloons*



*lights*



*applause*



*garrett shrieking and giggling at t4c*




Finally we have come to the Grand finale of our TOT for this year 2008 and it's also our first bird-day!! This time around, we have prepared a lineup from the best of the best all throughout our TOT this whole year! Blink no more!

Starting off the night was none other than the powerful triplet, t4c! The last time they were here, they left our crowd breathless and gasping for more air but this time around, Garrett had to grab my notepad and bite it to prevent himself from extreme hyperventilation caused by sheer excitedness. That's how good it was =) t4c presented us a few numbers by Il Divo and Josh Groban, the theme song for Liverpool and a christmas rendition, Oh Holy Night.

Next up was a child prodigy (at least for me he is), Clement, in his simplest appearance screaming, "I'm normal!!" which I couldn't believe until he solved a Rubik's cube under 2 minutes!! now get this... single handedly. Now do you believe me if i say he is a child prodigy? We got a few volunteers coming up to twist his cube in a frenzied cube of colours so he could get them all in the same colour for every surface of the box. Crazee ain't it?

One of the pleasure I've had speaking to bands is they speak with such confidence (reflects they're not just some band who thinks they have it all and some, they really have it all =)) and at the same time, still maintains that humble and warm presence. And such band is indeed a rare breed these days and i'm talking about one who won the Battle of the Bands in 2007, MRSC Songwriting competition and currently signed under the Starmaker contract and uprising star, The Bus Company. They came around a few months ago and totally rocked the house. This time, they presented us a few numbers all from which are from their own composition. Set to release an album soon in future (dates are yet to be confirmed), they are performing in alot of places and you can catch them here with all the updates =)

Next up is one of the type of bands I've mentioned earlier, formed in 2002, with a purpose to change the generation and a sole mission to bring worship to all nations, 1am. Neil, the frontman of the pack rocked the stage with a few solo which is to be in the upcoming youth album, "Changed". They gave out a soon to be released single, "Crooked" which is targeted to take the mainstream by storm. Not intending to only reach out to the Christians, they are all set for today's generation.

The one performing after 1am would be the tenaganita ladies who came from a non-governmental organization brought over by one Serene (pun intended), a graceful lady who taught tenaganita the dance that they performed that night. They danced to 3 oldies in their self made costumes and it was beautiful.

The last but not least, closing act of the night needs no further introduction, our very own Mia Palencia. It was all giddy and stars for some of us as she came up on stage, getting her stuff ready and checking on her mic and her guitar. We've seen some of her best performances so we kinda knew what to expect which was great because it always leave us wanting to hear more. She sang a couple of numbers like Biru, men/women's disease (i forgot what was the title - someone help me!), a cover of switchfoot's twenty four and a few other songs.

That was it for this round of our first ANNIVERSARY!!

More will be coming up in the coming year of 2009. The team has been talking about a new direction and so expect alot more interesting lineup and prizes to be won in the coming year. We hope that all of you would enjoy your holiday, your Christmas, your New Year, your Chinese New Year, your Valentines with your family and your loved ones! Till we meet again, Rock on!

Peace out

Benraj

Friday, October 17, 2008

Happy Birdday TOT!!

*CREDITS*

Producer / Founder
Kelvin Lim da “Mane” Man

Second Man
Dominica Speedoom

(Wo)Man behind the Second Man
Yean Chingz Glassy

X-Man
Garrett Shakery

Man who wants to be the Man
(Vacancy Available)

Hosted By:
Cpt. Cooza

Promo video footages from:
"Cooza-look-alike "happy" police chasing Neil-look-alike illegal immigrant"
directed by: Kareem I-lurvehair
edited by: Joel Videost
Cooza-look-alike "happy" police played by: Cpt. Cooza
Neil-look-alike illegal immigrant played by: Neil Lurvescoke

"Creative TOT-promos-somehow-related-to-car-advertisements"
directed by: Cpt. Cooza
edited by: Joel Videost
Promo actor 1: Jude KingKong
Promo actor 2: Neil Lurvescoke
Promo actor 3: Dan Funnayhair
Promo actor 4: Cpt. Cooza

"Merdeka-zubolous-Night promo interview with the food-loving Sun-U students"
directed by : Leongz Gamecraze
edited by: Leongz Gamecraze
Promo actor: unidentifiable... but Boris was suspected there

Camera:
Leongz Gamecraze
Ivanez Cartoonist
Joel Videost

Editor:
Joel Videost
Leongz Gamecraze
Kareem I-lurvehair

Music and Arrangements (for video promo):
Joel Videost
Leongz Gamecraze
Kareem I-lurvehair

Lighting / Audio
Yean Chingz Glassy
Neil Lurvescoke
Dan Funnayhair


TOT Committee Members Production Crew:

Operation Manager of the Thinking and Brainstorming Team:
Doreenaz Blondika
Dominicaz Speedoom
Yean Chingz Glassy
Neil Lurvescoke
Samson Anddelilah
Ivanez Cartoonist


Technicians (Stage Slave)
Samson Anddelilah

Talents
(order according to hensemness -
apply to only the first one and the rest are equal)



Benjamin Wowza
Neil Lurvescoke
Dan Funnayhair
Cpt. Cooza
Deborah Pinkelicious
Jude KingKong
Dominica Speedoom
Jay Bailey Keys
James Toogoodtobetrue
Nadia Flootist
Boris
Gladys Ladywannabe
Lisa Groovika

Guests artists
(order according to appearance in TOT)



1 am
The Bus Company
Army of Three
Dennis Lau
Melina (Tempered Mental)
Talent Inc (Davao)
Jericho Rosales
Mia Palencia
Urban Groove
Yo-yo guy (Asian No.1 Yo-yo-er)
T4C
Street Nation
Kenny Tay
And many more to come




“Well, if you watch a movie, basically this is the most interesting part, the climax, the credits”


Pastor Tim Sageman
According to the teachings of Maxman



“We want to see talents that touch and transform lives”


- Kelvin Lim da “Mane” Man


“Eh why you always put my name on the blog?”


Garrett Shakery (X-Man)
Inspired by Benjamin Wowza



I hope you guys enjoyed the credits! Well, this is a big end of a year for us and a beginning of another awesome year ahead! Say yay! =D

So what did you miss the most from our last year’s Track of Talents?

Garrett’s laugh?

Neil’s beard?

Or just Cpt. Cooza? awwww….


If it’s none of the above then you’re well on your way to another year of awesomeness with us *grins* Well, although we hope that Garrett’s still gonna laugh the same way (everyone’s keeping his laugh as their h/p ringing tone) and Neil to shave off his beard, we are all gonna be around for a long long time for another exciting and fun-filled event this time around.

To start off the first year of our TOT, here is the review of what is gonna happen from our second-man.

We’re having a very very special “comeback” from our previous featured artists including

Mia Palencia,

The Bus Company and

T4C!!


Well, I don’t think we need any further explanation on these artists. Check out the flyer we have prepared below for more information. Admission is free. Refreshments are served. Loads of new friends to meet. Cpt. Cooza is gonna be there. Make sure you bring your camera and invite your friends too!


Peace out


Ever at your service



-Flyboi-


Friday, October 3, 2008

Awesomest last leg of the first season!!

Who would have guessed we'd come this far? It's already September which means next month is October uhm... isn't that a known fact? lol
Why did i even mention it you ask. it's not because Garrett needs a reminder or anything but it's really really special for Creative Life and all of the other who has been with us for sooooo long keep making Track of Talents happen month after month and come October, *drum rolls* it's gonna be our very first anniversary!!! {insert your enthusiastic line here}

Anyways, closing for our very first year of Track of Talents (TOT), we had a line up of extra, extra goooooood and talented people performing for the night. As usual, we had the honor of 1 am to open for the night with "My Everything", a sneak preview of what's happening in our upcoming youth album, changed =D

Next up, Vitto braced the stage with another one of his free flow, gravity-defying moves. It is but one of his best showmanship ever, IMHO. If you guys know Herbie Hancock or Elton John or uhm... oh better Richard Clayderman, then you must know James K cause if you don't, then you don't know much hehehehe I'm serious. Get to know him because you're going to get sooo hoooked on his music once you have a listen to his latest much anticipated album, Adoration. Released just 2 weeks ago in ECF, this 11 tracks album has some of the songs from our 1 am previous album, Sold out, all jazzed up! All from the likes of "Singing and Living", "Sold Out" and "My God is Big". The album is all up for sales in ECF. Get in touch with anyone of us and we'll be glad to help. We don't bite, really. We only nibble =D

Next on the lineup is the killer-(too-good-to-be-called-boyband-matured-boyz-2-men)-quartet!! Neil, Ben (ehem), Dom and Jude on the acoustic set singing Free Fallin' by John Mayer and our very own version of Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis. Make sure you catch this on Youtube and vote for it because it's gonna change your life!

*wide grin*

*deafening silence with crickets at the back*

Anyways, after the quartet, Neil and Dom was still there preparing for another song, Learning to Breathe by Switchfoot. Awesome number!

Up next on the stage was Shaheeran, calling himself HV, smooth with his hood, shying his face from the crowd is a 15 year old beatboxer. Doing Droppin' like it's hot, a few other house (i wish i know what it was) was not so shy anymore when he wowed the crowd with his amazing talent. Truly gifted!

Urban Groove was once again on the stage with another one of their infectious upbeat dance moves. I have never seen Doris dance like that! lol If you know her, she was a lonely girl who only knows how to dance with the turkeys... oh sorry i mean peacock. I was so sure that if anyone was given a chance to prove themselves, you can never tell to what extend you can stretch your talent. This is definitely the platform! And all the other dancers are just as amazing!

It is our last but not the least performer of the night, Kenny Tay!! Absolutely our honor to have this very well known veteran in the music business and a very close friend of Kelvin, our "mane" man, to close for our very last leg of our first year's Track of Talents. Clad with a guitar in his hand, James standing next to me kept saying wow all the way with that "delicious" look on his face. I kept trying to understand what he wants to say but somehow i'm losing what he's tasting. I didn't know he can taste music notes let alone left me speechless about seeing colors and stuff. He played a total of 7 songs all oldies but goodies. Imagine this, he sang, "Sometimes When We Touch", "Proud Mary", "You've got a friend in me", Ticket to Ride", "Sunshine" written and composed by the man himself, "How can you mend a broken heart" and the last number, one of his golden Malay Hit =D See now you know what i meant by all the title of these songs? You're right, they're not easy stuff to sing lol Check out all these performances on Youtube, kenny's husky voice, full sound of his guitar and his simple appearance. Even with that he knows the essentials of capturing his audiences' attention and he demands your full and undivided senses but you're only willing to give =) like James K

Well, the performances of this night is definitely one of the best in row. You're missing out on alot if you weren't there but there's always the Youtube. I might be posting up a bit of the pictures of that night here in my next entry. So stay tune and wait for the line up of our official Track of Talents First Anniversary for next month because I heard there's gonna be a come back of our featured artist from the previous TOTs so it's gonna be HUGE this one I reckon. I'll Be right Back for sure! Till then take care and stay cute!!

Peace Out,
Ever at your service,

-Flyboi-

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Da Event, "Merdekaz-ubolous Night"

A thousand apologies to everyone out there... I know I have been abandoning you for awhile now but they say good things come to those who wait :p ok that didn't work... I feel really bad now...
Opening for the night are our very own 1 am dance act with their performance entitled, "Change". They have recently visited Hong Kong for a dance conference and was so ministered and at the same time touch lives whenever they have the chance to. All 5 of them braced the stage, Sharon, Doreen, Nai Lin, Rachael and Jay (who wasn't there that night but Vitto took his place) took on different "mask" and danced a night of moving transformation they experienced in each of their life's testimony.


Right after Deborah went up for the second performance of the night, I already felt like it's a night featuring all the best artist of the year or something. She belted out a song she wrote and won in a songwriting competition entitled, "Delete you". We were taken aback when Manuel, from Peru sang us Viva Forever with his bamboo flute! It strangely brought me tingles of nostalgia of certain times... mmm i mean the serene kind =)




This time the Street Nation took the stage by storm and had us all fixed and anticipate every dance move they make. In short, it was crazeeee!!


Leong managed to take some footage of the students from Sunway University College doing some interview about Merdeka I'm trying to get him to upload it on Youtube so you guys can have a look if you're on! =)

For the next act we had a Marielle on the vocals and Carlos on the guitar doing a medley of 2 songs for us.



Marielle had a bad sorethroat that day but she gave her best anyways! It actually made her sound even more soulful accoording to some, they never knew she could sing like that! They did "Shy that way" by Jason Mraz and Tristan Prettyman and "Dream a little dream of me" a version did by Laura Fygi.

The crowd gotten all hyped up as if Street Nation wasn't enuff, Flava Crew threw themselves up the stage (literally) to show us even more moves we've never seen before and by that I am not exaggerating.




Clad in a simple T-shirt and jeans, with his hair to flip and a guitar to play, it's a perfect recipe to stir a crowd, he knows how to capture the audience this time with only one musical instrument. Well, what can I say? He's good =)

Last but not least, saving the best to end the show, is our guest artist, T4C! There are really 3 of them but they mentioned they're looking for another one - here you can see Garrett all smiles fidgety with his fingers and tears. He just adores them. T4C belted out most of the songs from the likes of Josh Groban (You raise me up), Don McLean (Vincent(Starry, starry night)), Elton John (Can you feel the love tonight), Il Divo (Nella Fantasia) and everyone's favourite hymn,





All in all, this TOT is one of the best night of performance we've ever had. We had a full house. We had a fun night. We had the best emcee and we have the best team or organizers =)
Thanks to everyone who is involved and made this night one happen. Until the next TOT, take care and go crazee!!

-peace out-
Fly[B]oi

Monday, August 11, 2008

Merdekaz-ubolous Night =D

Harlowwww!

I hope everyone is doing great and is still passionate towards their passion!! Some of you must be back for your school break and some are hanging around doing nothing. Well, for ones who are anticipating a fun-filled-xplosive-crazy-moment with Malaysia and the rest of the people this end of August, come along to Track Of Talents on the ..... 2008. Bring as many friends as you want and be entertained yet again with a line-up of assorted talents prepared for especially with this month's theme, Merdeka! We're expecting alot of people from all races, alot of prizes and of course, Cpt. Cooza! say yay =D

Cpt. Cooza...



So we'll be doing something really different on that day like uhm.... rehearsing Garrett's signature move or clad in our Malaysian flag =p *just kidding* but anyways it's more like the latter so I've done my best to capture how it is like you should come and how not to. Here goes;


YES





NO




I was just kidding! *laughing nefariously*

Well to add flavour to the event, come in anything (combination of RED, WHITE, BLUE & YELLOW) that resembles your patriotism to your nation and we will pick the most creative ensemble of the night; you stand to win a prize!

Lining up for the night, are of course 1am to open and we also have the 1am dance who have just went to HongKong for the Dance project - if you have heard of how awesome they are, drop by! There's more dances followed up after that, a flute performance, a rubik's cube - speedcubing show by a genius! Once again we have the yo-yo duo who came for our previous night to dazzle us with their talents *watch out* Our guest artist of the night would be.... *drums roll* T4C which comprises of 3 members crooning an arrrrrray of the likes of Josh Groban, Michael Buble and Il Divo!! It sounds like a night I wouldn't miss so you definitely have to be there.

For more information, check the address pane and the contacts on the side. You can also try out the stage if you have the flair for the arts and the passion for talents. Have a great one!!

Thursday, June 26, 2008

T.O.T New Videos

T.O.T New Videos. Well they aren't new but here's what we uploaded so far on youtube. To watch more videos go to www.youtube.com/1accordministry



June Pre/Post Report


Alright Alright...... This site hasn't been updated :) We're all humans ;) Look at the bright side, if we were Apes, I don't think we would even start blogging.

Well the month of June was something different.... How come? We had two events this month which is called:-

"Talent Quest" and our regular monthly event "Track Of Talent"

Ok WHAT happend on Talent Quest?

Well on June 20,08 we at Creative Life came out with an event called Talent Quest ( As you scroll down you'll get more info) . This was like having our very own American Idol, So you think you can Dance type of event but much more since we want to basically get whatever talent in it and be the ULTIMATE TALENTED FREAK on Talent Quest BUT...

We had to postpone it in the last minute and place the event on a much later date.

Reason:-
1- So that we can have more people participate
2- We can have more sponsors

The show did go on though. We had performances from our in-house crew, Ravelution and other outside members etc....

The highlight of it all was the talk about Passion Quest. An event that works with Creative Life to help promote a huge event taking place on August 3rd 2008.

Wanna know more about it? Come join us for Track Of Talents tomorrow night@7:30pm not only will we have our performances show cased but Passion Quest 2 will be the talk of the night as well!

Well that's it for me from my side. I have no idea whats on the line up tomorrow but lets be in a state of being surprised.

I'll be posting some videos right now if my computer does not give me any problem.

Neil1am

Monday, June 9, 2008

Talent Quest - June 08'




TALENT QUEST
By Track of Talents (TOT)


Calling out to anyone who has a passion in performing!!

You think you can sing like Garrett?

You think you can dance like Vitto?

You think you can entertain a crowd like Cpt Cruz and Dan-Neil?

Or maybe you think you like to watch all these performances…. Like me?

Then this is the time and place for you to shine. Not only you’d have a cheering and supporting crowd, there’s a lot of lucrative prizes waiting to be won this time around. Come on over and have an exciting time sharing your talents with the world having the whole stage to yourself and yourself only. You can opt to come as a band, bring and play your own instruments, do a solo, a duet, not forgetting a bunch of noisy friends =) Prepare a 2 minutes show of any sort of talent you can think of. Of course no explicit contents are allowed and a time of screening will be on as well. Potential performers, please browse through the lines drawn by Garrett below =)

Rules and Regulations

LET YOUR TALENT BE TRUE TALENT…

1) Profanity isn't talent, neither is it creative so don't let it dim your spotlight!

2) All we want to see on stage are your hidden talents, nothing else. So, minis and skimpy pieces have to stay in your wardrobe… Guys, take note too!

3) Body language and proximity in your movements and forms speak more than You know. Be a stimulus of great and priceless ideas, not one to arouse unhelpful thoughts.

4) Your thought process matter to us, but aggression in your speech during interactive sessions is not welcome.

5) The show must go on so don't pull out at the very last minute. Prior notice have to be given at least 2 weeks before the performance night and be punctual!

(being early is considered a talent in Malaysia)

Leave behind an appreciative work of art in your audience's hearts,

not an undesirable image of yourself.

For more information, feel free to email us at creativelife@1am.com.my or you can click here to go to our facebook page. If you have a facebook account, you're welcome to join in if you like and you’ll get all the news on the exciting events all lined up and prepared for you! If you don’t, get a life! Haha just kidding anyways, as you can see from the poster up here, the event is on the 20th of June all happening in ECF Puchong, thanks to 1am, our main sponsor and much love to all the supportive people out there. Remember to bring your friends on that day! See you guys there!

P.S: REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED *GRINS*

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

May Preview by Ben and Garrett



Ben: Hey guess what *wide eyed*

Garrett: What? Cook won the AI and Deborah is weeping uncontrollably? No surprise

Ben: No!!

Garrett: What then? Mariah Carey got married and Neil has a GF?

Ben: tsk tsk nooooo... It is the time of the month again!!

Garrett: Huh? what? who? when? where?

Ben: ToT! Creative Life! 23rd of May! ECF Puchong!

Garrett: *speaks slowly* Oh right! I forgot! i'm supposed to do something on that day!

*Ben and Garrett looks at the camera*

Ben: That's right! It is a time where we can see lots of people and artists and celebrities coming together to share what they have in common, talents.

Garrett: Last month, we had appearances from Melina, Tempered Mental, Talents Inc. group from the Phillipines, Jericho Rosales just to name a few and hosting the event this time is our Captain Cruz whom Neil has left to be the projectionist for the night!

Ben: Performances lined up for the month of May would be surprises from Garrett, probably a violin piece and Vitto, probably a dance number. Ravelution, our patron for most of our TOTs are also displaying a flute performance for the night and Jay, a sweet girl hailing from the land of Caribbean will be singing a song for us, Fallin'.

Garrett: We'd sure be fallin' for her performance by the end of it! haha We also have 2 very promising artist from ECF to showcase their work of caricature and of cartoon arts. Coming up we have Keng Joon, Lisa's friend to give us a drum solo.

Ben: mmm I wonder who our guest artist is for this month.

Garrett: I heard he is a perfectionist! He has perfect pitch, perfect hearing and basically a walking metronome!

Ben: Wow! Are you sure, you're not exagerrating? I know KG Tan was a music teacher though and he's been playing professionally for more than 20 years in KL circuits.

Garrett: Correct! He also plays multiple instruments including piano, keyboard, guitar, a little bit of Violin and even Gu Zhen!

Ben: Awesome! I can't wait to see what he is up to that night. So, Garrett did you invite any friends for the event?

Garrett: Uhm.. Yea sure! *Grins* I've invited so many of my friends before.

Ben: Kewl! I'm personally expecting a crowd of crazy music lovers and arts enthusiasts for the night.

Garrett: If you're planning to come here straight without having to make so many wrong turns, just gimme a call at 012-6067392

Ben: That is correct. Do check out the videos of our performances if you have missed out any of our TOTs on Youtube! Just type in Track of Talents and search for our profile. We have arrays of videos to show you, all captured by our video guy, Leong. There are also videos of interviews with our guest artist of each month.

Garrett: *giggling* See ya!

Ben: Bye!

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Creative life - Track of Talents Videos

YoYo Man interview @ track of talents



1a.m. - (New song) Sound of Revival



Ben and Dominic




To view more of our videos go to youtube or click on our Creative Life BoxTv located on top of this page

Saturday, May 10, 2008

What happend on APRIL TOT?

To start off with this round of TOT, a disclaimer: I was waiting for my turn to entertain the crowd. It’s not so much because I was sitting down there watching the whole show feeling so restless.

Or maybe.

Weirdness.

Don’t ask.

Anyways, as much as I hate to say this, this is by far my favorite month of TOT!! Talk about celebrities, talents and Garrett jumping up and down giggling the whole time, it’s like my birthday, new year and going to Mariah Carey’s concert all wrapped up in this 2 hour exhilarating time.

Kicking off the night was both our very own giant jazz musician, tapping away on the keyboard, James and slapping on the lines of his “Booked” bass guitar, Jude. Their drills and thrills of a medley kept me on my toes the whole time! Hey Sharon, if you’re reading this, you should have been here seeing our very own female-version of Jay Chou cum-part-time Stevie Wonder singing one of her song she composed and written. To be perfectly honest, I never expected much since I was familiar with her oriental-operatic influenced style in music; she totally brought me back to the days I lie down in front of the idiot box with my milk bottle watching Snow White and the annoying elves. Or dwarfs? Ah… blissfully nostalgic. It then escalades to a happily ever after ending *wide grin*.

Clad in a simple T-shirt and jeans, Adam from the Ravelution accompanied by a friend, Dimi showed us the wonder of throwing small wheel up in the air by a thread, sometimes, 2 wheels practically everywhere without getting them tied up in knots like I would. They are the yo-yo masters who spend hundreds of ringgit getting fanciful equipments to try out new moves and stuff. Awesome! Another performance by the Ravelution, Max with MJ braced the stage accompanied by an electronic-enhanced-techno with a slight hint of Arabian music by keyboardist, Zaif. Their energy and enthusiasm was infectious as they dance in from both sides of the stage you could see Jonathan and I making waves with our fingers at the back =D

Our host, Neil and Cpt Cruz was not only tickling our funny bones on stage but their skit on the video was hilarious! The crowd burst into laughter when the police came up who looked like Cpt Cruz. We knew that was him when he started speaking funny. Weird stuff. To stop myself from biting my lips off in a dizzying state of humorous euphoria, I put my notepad in my mouth. Hailing from the Philippines, Talent Inc. was invited to the stage to share what they have prepared for us, a lineup of colourful choices of breathtaking performances. Talent Inc is a 1 year old team based in Davao, the Philippines under the church, Victory Christian Fellowship organized by the Fabregas. Together with us that night was Julia, Maybelle, Josh, Marlou, EJ, Ivy and their dedicated team of pastors. Ushering them to the stage was the romeo of *cough* Sarah’s *cough* dream guy, Filipino on-screen-heartthrob, Pangako sayo actor, Jericho Rosales!!

They started off with a dance number to the remix version of Awesome God which was awesome. Enough said. They moved so passionately to the upbeat of the song they had the whole audience swaying and singing to it especially Garrett and his signature move *wink* Their second number was a song by the legendary Gloria Gaynor, I will survive. It was starkly rapturous to hear both EJ and Ivy as they add their own raw flavour to this classic tune without committing musical sacrilege. Josh, a lively 16 year old chap came up afterwards to tell us stories with his drum jargons. Keeping a repose position with the sticks in his hands, he rocked my sox. They ended with yet another excellent dance number, to the hit musical, Hairspray. Keeping the show alive was also their resemblance to the characters from the play. I can imagine what Garrett is thinking right now, mmm never mind.

Wrapping up the night was our guest artist, our very own homegrown talent, Miss Melina William from Tempered Mental. The vocalist and the bassist from a three piece band, equipped with a guitar, a humble presence and a message to convey, she presented 4 songs for the night which kept the crowd wanting more when she delivered her last number. Easing her into arranging herself on the center stage was of course our lovely hosts, Neil and Cpt Cruz asking her lots of questions haha. The audience barely let up the releasing of adrenaline as she performed “Riddles”, a haunting melody and then “Blindfold” and the last one, “Re-Call”. Timeless tunes.

Even the aftermath of the whole event was a blast! We had CDs sold at the back and signature session, photography session in the front, fellowship with the performers, picking up rubbish, arranging chairs and of course, makan time with the celebrities!

All in all, the TOT nights are definitely getting better and better each time with more exciting shows and talents of our generation lined up in future. I for one am really looking forward to it and having said that, not forgetting our key persons in organizing these nights, kudos to all the light and sound crew and of course our “mane” man, Kelvin. Do check out our next TOT with performances from Garrett (Wooo Hooo Finally!), instrumentalist James, Frogway cast, Marielle-Digby NOT! =P and guest artist, bla bla bla…. On the 23rd May, Friday at 7.30 pm.

If you ever get lost on the way here, check out the contacts on the side pane of this page. Till then, chao chin chao!

Written by Fly [B]oi ^.^ V



Thursday, May 8, 2008

Track of Talents few recent pix!






You can view some more pix just by scrolling through our Track of Talents season pix up there on the right hand corner.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Write up for March TOT and April expectations....

This is kinda late but hey, were human ;)

Here is a write up for what was suppose to be before April 25, 08. I thought it was good so might as well post it. Thank Ben FLY BOI!


Read on....












Neil1am
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Why would a young guy like Garrett, rush out from working at home at 6 to beat a nasty bumper-to-bumper 1 hour traffic to be at our Track of Talents in Puchong last month? Well, it’s all about the performances lined up for the most sought after event month after month except this month we have a special guest appearance by our homegrown Ms. Talented Mia Palencia.

The night begun with the 1a.m. Dance who presented a dance (obviously!) to a song, “Imagine Me” accompanied by a moving and heart-wrenching message in the form of a video. Then the crowd was swoon to la la land by the ever-melodious voice of Ben (Ok this is your cue for the Mexican wave!! *Wooooooo*) who has never failed to perform in every ToT with his loyal and talented guitarist, Dominic (he’s single btw *grins*).

Anyways, we then had a piano solo (Variation) after that by an 11 year old Samantha and then a bass solo (Amazing Grace) by the mysterious-multi-talented-I-shaved-my-beard-because-I-don’t-want-to-look-like-neil-basket-man, *drum rolls* Jude Limus!!

Leong came up afterwards with his video on the Ravelution in Sunway University College led by Doris with her enthusiastic group of peeps. They also did a solo by May & Terry with the song, Secondhand Serenade by Awake. Emo yo! The crowd was then serenaded by Jay from the Caribbean’s with “Like a Star” and then a Spanish solo guitar performance by Tom from Sunway University College and not forgetting an Arabian dance number by Faisal and Co.

By that time, the crowd was getting hyped up with anticipation. It was Mia’s turn to close for the night. She gathered her props and composed herself in the middle of the stage looking comfortable as if she was born to do this. Garrett was fidgety and kept breaking his knuckle. Ask him why. She started with “Superman”, a song she wrote and arranged which practically blew us all away. She then ended with a song which she said was always an inspiration to her, Twenty-four by Switchfoot. She got the whole crowd singing along with her and *whisper* *Neil forgot his lyrics*. All in all it was an awesome night with Neil and Capt. Cruz as our host for the evening. And of course the crowd! They were unbeatable!

Here’s a few giveaway of what’s happening in our next ToT in April!
A very very very very very sweet girl, Melina William from the band, Tempered Mental, a very promising Malaysian band will be sharing their talent and doing what they’re called to do, to infuse our generation with the love of music and experimental progressive rock outfits. They were formed recently around February 2002 and they have been playing in a lot gigs around the KL circuit. Tempered Mental’s sound ranges from radio friendly tunes to darker and more aggressive influences and in between these two extremes. If you like their single, “Honestly”, you might want to come and have a look at what this band has to offer *wink*. Also lined up among other surprises, we have a team of inspirational and talented Filipinos and the Ravelution and then of course let’s put our hands together for our wonderful hosts, Neil and Capt. Cruz again!

Ceh Wah.Glamour.





Written by Fly [B]oi ^.^ V

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Tired but Excited!

Tired but Excited!

Yea... had loads of stuff going on for like the past 2 weeks but I'm excited for this weeks Track of Talents April 25,08. We've got some guess all the way from the Philippines showing up, Ravelution is back showing off their incredible talents and last but not the least ... Melina from Tempered Mental will be with us ....

Guys, you can't miss this.... so be there! Oh yea... here's some leak.... you have got to be there when the night begins... hahahaha... theres a video that you guys SERIOUSLY have to watch hahaha ;)



Video of Melina- Tempered Mental Vocalist and Bassist

Neil1am

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Army of Three Interview @ Track of Talents

Watch the "Army of Three Interview @ Track of Talents" Creative Life's February special guest.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Hahaha, It's April!!!

Hahaha, It's April!!!

And this site has been quiet but now RESURRECTED!

In short, February we had Army of Three as our special guest together with our in house talents. Even that crazy YOYO Champ Eugene is it?!?!?! was with us. YOYO's still cool. We were blessed to have them with us that month. I'll be posting up a video about them here soon.

Next, the month of March was a blast. We had part of the "Ravelution" back with us to do a song number. We even had New performances from our new in-house talent, Janielle to do a number from Corinne Bailey - Like a star which simply was beautiful.

We even had performances from the Middle-East. One was a traditional dance number from Faizal and his friends and the other from Persia who goes by the name Tom, blew us away with his guitar spanish guitar skills. That was Crazy!

To top off the night, we had MIA PALENCIA! If you do not know her........ where have you been? You guys have been missing some good music.

I'll be posting up some videos soon as well as a couple of thoughts from different people in regards to the past T.O.T events.

Did is mention that we also had an EASTER PARTY?!?!?! Yikes!!!

Sorry Sorry Sorry!!!!

Will update ASAP!

Cheers dude and dudets
Neil1am

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

BusCompany interview @ Track of Talents

Whats up guys!

Track of Talents starts tomorrow and man the performances prepared for people like you, me to enjoy looks great.(If only you could see the line up.hehehehe)

Anyway, we just came out with our BusCompany interview which was taken last month since they were our special guest. Thanks to our pretty video editor "Ms.Pretty Chenny". Great job!!!

Again guys(BusCompany) you were a blessing! Thanks for rocking the night. Really looking forward sharing the same stage with you guys in the near future :)




Don't miss Armyof3 tomorrow night(Feb29). See yah!

Neil1am

Friday, February 22, 2008

Message from Garrett, 1a.m. CreativeLife Coordinator

Hey guys!

As the day of our February Track of Talents is drawing near, we are all excited and preparing the whole process through and making the Track of Talents a wonderful show for you! As you have heard, we have an all exciting performances waiting to be shown to you and talents waiting to be discovered.

what can you expect from our February Track of Talents you may ask... we have a line up of Ravelution dance team and band from Sunway College University! Several dance performances that is going to hype everyone up, vocal performances from the critically acclaimed Miss Saigon the musical, piano performances and some mind blowing performance from our mystery man who is going to mesmerized us with his multi-instrument performance called ' A day in the life of Mr. Motif'!

We have this time round 2 amazing guest performers, an electric violinist coming your way and our guest band, Army of 3! we have included an introduction of Army of 3 in our previous post, come see them live! only at Track of Talents Feb 2008! All these and more, this time round, Track of Talents will be hosted by the all amazing Stephanie Ang and the energetic Vitto Fabregas!!

What are you waiting for? clear out your schedule and come join us for an all night long of fun and performances, you have talent? come and show us what you can do. bring a friend along, meet new people! For more updates, check back to this site!

Track of Talents is organized by 1am CreativeLife, ECF Puchong. For more information, please email us at creativelife@1am.com.my!

Doing our best to give you the best! hope to see you guys soon!

Garrett Wong,
Coordinator, 1a.m. CreativeLife Track of Talents

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Army of three - Who are they?

Army of Three - Who are they? Well read on :- (Taken from their site)

Army of Three is one of the freshest bands to come out of the Klang Valley. The band consists of Jeff (28) on lead vocals and guitars, Alex (21) on guitars and backing vocals, Eddy (25) on the drums and Darren (20) on bass and backing vocals. Army of Three is a band about the Power of Trinity, which represents the band’s faith and background.


Just formed in early 2005, the band members crossed each other’s path through a church event. Since then, the band has come a long way, playing at various local events. From Levis Battle of the Bands, which kick-started their career when they came in Second place to being invited to play at Digi’s Anniversary Concert in Mont Kiara. The band also performed with other popular local acts in support of World Peace at last year’s World Peace Concert in Times Square. Army of Three also took part in the annual Fete de la Musique, an international affair, drawing musicians out into the streets of cities around the world to perform, which took place last year in One Utama, Bandar Utama; Sunday at Bukit Bintang, Low Yat Plaza and Berjaya Times Square.



At last year’s first Malaysia Revival Songwriting Competition, the band played as the house band on behalf of Starmaker for the artists taking part in the competition. Soon after the concert, Starmaker decided to sign up the band in their first venture as a new recording label. Aside from major events, Army of Three also plays at smaller events and church concerts, with their mission in making a difference and bringing influence especially among the youth of Malaysia.
Army of Three is making waves and gaining popularity wherever they make their appearances with very individualistic musical style. Their music which bends towards Rock is drawing excitement, attention and even controversies, with questions raised concerning how Rock themed inspirational music can fit into our conservative society. None the less, Army of Three has a mission in the music they write, not compromising to the standards of the world, but doing what they know they are called to do, which is reaching the world with their music about hope, faith, peace and love, bringing a positive message to the youth that are in a stage of seeking their identity. Musically, the band is still working hard to develop their music and their skills. They are currently already working on thes debut album, with their first demo single, “Blind Me to See” already released from the studio. The band is eager to share their music to the world and in the process, develop their growing fan base and create a new history in Malaysian music. The band plans to establish themselves amongst the best in local music and to bring their music further beyond Malaysia. They are hoping to get the local media support such as the radio and TV stations to push them to greater heights.

With a blend of positive, inspiring lyrics, and fresh, vibrant, cutting edge rock music combined with explosive live performances, the band is striving to make a difference and influence the youth in the right way.


To know more about the band visit

www.armyofthree.net and also at Myspace.

So come join us @ this month's Track of Talents.

Showtime: 1930hrs

Date: Friday, February 29th 2008

Location: ECF Puchong


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Map 2


Message from Captain Cruzer


Hello hello hello!!!

Chinese New Year has just past but it’s not over yet! I believe some of yous are still celebratin for at least the next few days eh!!! So to all our Chinese fans, friends and families…Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Anyway…once again, on behalf of the organizin team, we are proud to announce that the 2nd edition of Track of Talents for 2008 is just around of corner!!! For this round, we will be featuring a rowdy but talented bunch of guys whose album has been on constant radio airplays for many many weeks especially late last year…hmmm…curious?! They are the Army of Three!!! With their loud and energetic sound, be sure to expect them to bring the roofs down!!!

Plus we will also be havin more entertainin acts by other talented performer with performances such as includes *singin, dancin, video presentation and a lot more. So do come and join us as we indulge ourselves in an evening filled with great and entertainin performances. Who knows…you might even have the chance to share the stage with all these gifted bunch of artistic crowd one day?!

So what else are you guys waitin for?! Start spreadin the news and invite yer friends and loved ones now…let’s get excited and have the house packed!!! See you all there…

Showtime: 1930hrs

Date: Friday, February 29th 2008

Location: ECF Puchong

*actual performances will be confirmed on a later date.

~Captain Cruzer~

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Monday, January 21, 2008

Track of Talents Jan 25, 08' featuring "BUSCOMPANY"






Track of Talents Jan 25, 08' featuring "BUSCOMPANY"