Quest for Change_200810

Preparation... the performers are getting ready. The team, are ready to welcome people for, hopefully an awesome night. =)

We start the night with an ice breaker. The crowd being divided to a group of 5. With 5 they are given a chance to form a nation as they wished. It can be anything! We steal the Ice Breaker time to set up the stage for our 1st act!

1st act, FLC ensemble! They did so well! They lighten up the atmosphere, I personally enjoyed it. So proud of them.

Next up, a contemporary routine choreographed by Nina. She and her students take our stage for the very first time. It was also the girls first time a contemporary piece. Great job girls!

3 lovely young ladies took the stage next... the first ballet piece! Can you believe it, after organizing ToT for 3 years! This is our first time having a ballet piece.

Neil, the host for the night... wasn't suppose to perform he just need to host. Unfortunately, it was a night full of technical error! Computer decided to hang in the middle of the performance. Hence this explain why Neil is singing... to give time for us to restart the computer.  He did a acoustic version of LOVE AMAZING back up by Jude and Daniel (while managing the mixer).

This is Peter Wong! He and his wife going to settle down in Malaysia. This guy is amazing! Love his guitar skill and man, his voice is just amazing!
I hope my future husband can sing too... hahaha just kidding =p
Earlier we have computer problem, now just before we end, the stage light fail on us! thanks to Daniel calmness, we just got to make do without the stage light. Well, Peter Ong's voice and the sound of his guitar is enough to captivate us.

It was a fun and errr... interesting night. 

I hope more then just good performances, the quest helps to inspire change. You can make a different, YOU and I need to be the change.

1st Track of Talents of 2010

Thanks to everyone that makes ToT =)

As you already know, Track of Talents is organized by a group of youngsters... and we called ourselves 1a.m. creative life.

We started our sound check and set-up at about 5pm. And we always have time to pose for the camera =)

Door open at 730pm... the ushers are ready to welcome our guests... hmmm... are they really ready?

For the first time on ToT, we have string instruments in the house. Brought to us by Frontier Ensemble. This team consist from teens age 10 to 17, lead by Ms Jin Ai.

The sound of it was just so beautiful. Bring a different atmosphere to the place...

Next up we have Bryan Limus performing for the first time, presenting us 2 songs written by him.

Charles Tan, to me he kinda sounded a bit like John Mayer. Yes... as what Cuzario said about him, he doesn't sound like how he looks. I was totally engrossed at his singing.

Dance by Nina, all the way from CAPE TOWN, South Africa

Lastly we have our featured artist for the night. Alarice! Performing live together with Nigel.

She just released her 2nd album called SUNDAY AFTERNOON. If you missed her, do watch out for her updates HERE.

Last year we end our Year with a fund raising gala night in support of Tenaganita, therefore this year we will continue to support them with the work that they are doing, by raising funds. Each month they would need about RM20,000 to run the shelter. And Last ToT we raised RM686. We believe, as we put our hands together we will be able to be part of the team in bringing hope to those who are being trafficked, abused... etc...

If you would like to know about what Tenaganita is doing, click HERE.

Last but not least, we also launch our very first Malaysia Christian internet radio. We have RUUMS in the house... Sign up HERE to be part of RUUMS. =) or listen to the radio.

Signing out... watch out for more updates in Creative Life or Track of Talents.

Track Of Talents Anniversary Promo

TOT GALA Night

Gala, ga·la

n.

1. A festive occasion, especially a lavish social event or entertainment.

There… that should define it =) In conjunction to our 2^nd year Anniversary or to celebrate our 2^nd year Birthday, Track of Talents is gonna have a ball, a Gala event, a “par-tay” in style for the month of November

But…. A Gala? Why all this?

Well, we could do the normal celebration and invite artist, most “importantly” invite more guests to the event and just have an entertaining night but this time around we not just want to have an entertaining night but also a meaningful and a purposeful night to remember.

We at TOT, want to give everyone a chance to be a blessing to the community. To be the hope, the joy, the peace, the Change that this community so needs.

Theres a cause that we want to do, an organization that we want to support which is the “Tenaganita”

WHO is TENAGANITA?

Tenaganita is a women and migrant workers organization with the
mission to promote and protect the rights of all women and migrant
workers within a globalized world.

Vision: A society that ensures equal rights to all, freedom of people
with democracy and justice as principles of nationhood.

Mission: To promote and protect the rights of women and workers in a
globalized world and to create opportunities to empower women and
workers to achieve their fill potential in society.

Now this TOT event is like no other. Theres gonna be ticket sales, a dinner, auctions and many more and by the way, YOU got to look good for the event. Quite exclusive you must say =)… and lastly, to keep the spirit of TOT, we would have the best of the best performing for us to keep us entertained through out the evening.

More info will be given out soon about the Tickets and Acts

Hope your excited!

~nb

*take note that there will be no TOT for the month of September and October

Track of Talents 1st Year Anniversary Promo

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!

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

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 23^rd 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

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

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