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.

ALARICE - FEB 2010 SPECIAL

That's right, Shes coming back for the second time in our 1st TOT event of the year 2010.

Spread the word =)

"2"

A Celebration. A Cause.

The TEAM

The boss: Kelvin Lim & wifey

2nd Boss: Neil

The Host: Cuzario & Jeyna

The stage crew: Jude, Cheng Yee, Ryan, Ken Kit & EuWyn

The Projectionist: SinCheow
The Lighting Crew: Tham a.k.a thumb =p

The Sound MAN: Captian Awesome (Dan)

Media Crew: Kaz the Boss of Media

Photography: Joel

Video: Leong

The ushers: Fenelon, Amanda, Mana & JamesK

We made it happen. 1a.m. creative life
Left-Right
1st row : Ryan, YeanChing,
2nd row: PC, Kel, EuWyn, Kareem, Jude, JamesK
3rd row: Joel, Leong, ChengYee, KenKit, Daniel, Fenelon, Cuzario
Not in picture: Amanda, Dominic, Neil, DoreenK, Peter

We ended 2009 Track of Talents with a CELEBRATION, with a cause.
Last night we had close to 100 people attended our very 1st Gala Night. This was a night that everyone of us really enjoyed because not only was it fun but there was cause involved.

Take a walk with us by looking through our pictures =)

3pm. Cleared all the chairs in our main hall, set up the tables and bring down blue banquet chairs.
Performers started coming in for rehearsal.

Deco by Siang Chin

5pm. We transform our church main hall to a romantic and soothing atmosphere.

We are ready. People start coming in about 7pm. Our ushers positioning themselves to welcome our guests.

Here are some pictures of our guest. Don't they look good?!?!

Below is our first act. You have got to love James. He's been one of our performers ever since TOT started.
Next...

Paid In fiction. A 7 Piece band.

unfortunately thier keyboardist not able to be with us this time.

hopefully we can have them in Feb =)

Sandeep (all the way from India) and friend.

Present to us 4 wonderful songs =)

Tenors for Christ. They were with us last year on our 1st anniversary and this time they are back on our 2nd year! Rumor is that they will be coming out with a new album. Keep your fingers cross =)

Drummer for Christ.

Good friends of ours. This is their 2nd time with us and what a way to end the night with the clashes of symbols! Some of them will be heading to Korea for an event. Wish I could join them =(

Soo Choo

Small in size, but have a big heart =)

Educating us about Human Trafficking.

The gals from the Shelter.

Performed 2 dance numbers

Merchandise for sales!!!

Overall, the night was a huge success. This may not be the grammy's or the MTV awards but we wanted to do this and make a difference. We want to thank all of you who made it for the event for without you, we couldn't change our community.

Thanks for being a blessing. Until Next year Feb 2010! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Track Of Talents Anniversary Promo

Free to Fall @ Track of Talents

Alarice @ Track of Talents

Last ToT - 26 June 09

Bravo to the team!!!
Sound: Daniel a.k.a captain awesome
Video team: Leong & Jeyna
Photography: Joel
Stage Crew: Jude, Ken Kit, Sam
Lighting: Tham
Stage manager: Dominic
Usher: Joseph S, Doreen K, Lisa & James K
Host: Captain Cuz

Thank you for making June ToT another success
It was first for Ken Kit and Sam to roll the cables! and we import Tham from Bernard's LG to help us with the light.

But anyway.....

We start off June Track of Talents with some smooth and soothing music.

James and Jude played a number on stage. At first ... something was wrong coz'...not that Jude didn't know how to play the Keyboard(If you don't know Jude can play all instruments but TRIES to sing =P) but it was because James was holding the guitar and everyone was waiting for him to play only to witness him play hold the guitar for like the next 3 mins or so ... haih .. but it was a beautiful sight to see him hold the guitar ... Good job James!!!

Anyway... James did play the Keys on the second number so everything went back to normal =)

NEXT up we have a short film ... "1:19


"SYNOPSIS OF “1:19”

James, a college student who needs money for his tuition fees is in a hopeless situation as his older brother mindlessly gambles away their family savings. The tension increases between the siblings as confrontation and accusations are thrown around, causing James to take matters into his own hands...

OOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo..... To bad you miss the movie. This is by far one of the best short films I've seen so far this TOT. I'm pretty excited to see where this project is heading. I have tried asking the people if we could show their videos in YOUTUBE but till today there has been no Thumbs up! =( Sigh Sigh .Keep you fingers cross in the near future.... On the mean time .... COME TO TRACK OF TALENTS!!!

Next on the list was an acoustic performance done by Neil and Dom (Ben if you're reading this...you better perform this month at TOT. The NeilDOM Factor is dying. Need the BENDOM factir back =P hehehehe) They did a number on John Mayer's song "Daughters".

Neil then presented a video on Father & Mothers day which was shot last month. That was a special presentation for all our parents who were or not present at TOT. Will post it up this week for you all to watch.

Neil shared about his relationship with his dad. His parents came to visit him in Malaysia. They had lunch at TGIF Sunway where his dad broke down in tears coz Neil is just not the type of guy who would get anything or ask his dad for something. Long story short, the highlight of the story was when the waiter came up to the table and asked Neil "Why did you let you dad cry? Is it because you asked him for a BMW (He said it jokingly)? His dad respond "If my son ask me for a BMW I would give it to him!" WOW...... What a cool Dad!!! Neil?!?!?! Why didn't you ask? hehehe

Well with that testimony, Neil shared a verse from the bible where it mentions ""If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!" Matthew 7:11

I'm not saying that Neil's dad is evil but it was a good example on how our earthly fathers who know how to give good gifts, how much more our Father in Heaven? Aren't we glad and greatful to have a Father Like Our Father God =)

1a.m. Relent played one of their church favorite song called "My Father" where it touched many of the peoples heart that night. I am one of them =)

Anyway.... enough of the teary moment and lets move on whats next!!! Which is......

Our featured artist of the month - DRUMMER FOR CHRIST (DFC) and FREE TO FALL

Drummers For Christ or DFC was up first and I tell you.... It was amazing!!!! I've watched DFC perform in the past but this is by far the best performance to date. Imagine 5 drummers on stage?!?! At first, I was like "How in the world are they going to set-up on stage with so little time?" But they proved me and the people wrong!

Vince, the founder of DFC was on stage with just a snare.... where as the performance starts to build... the other 4 drummer would come up and just assemble his drum set and theirs as well. A good example of team work and entertainment on the spot!!! AWESOME!!!! Wish I could explain more but... Will flash out the video later....

Last but not the least ...LADIES AND GENTLEMEN....FREE TO FALL!!!! Wohooooooo!!!!

An all Girl Band from Klang....(Why does all the good musician come from Klang?!?! I'm not sure how true is this statement but thats what I've notice so far =P) That night they showed why girl power was on the rise and still pushing strong. Imagine a band that started out from scratched, no music skills, where 3 years later they are out there with a single and playing in different places. They started off with a new song, as one of the lead singer would put it "Fresh from the oven" And then played songs from Paramore, Kate Perry (Oh and I like it!!! =P) and to end, they played their Hit Single "The Wait" that is making waves in Malaysia right now.


A good mix of paramore, lifehouse and of course "their own" sounds.... Its amazing to see where these girls will go in the years to come. If you do get a chance to see them perform...be sure to get their latest single. Hey!!! Support your local bands MALAYSIA!!!!


CHEERS!!!!

Oh to those who missed out, our Host Captain Cuz was giving away free HUGE LOLLY POPS to the crowd and contestants.... Its was so HUGE that you can play drum sticks with it!!! Maybe you can get your at next months Track ofTalents!!! Its not to be Missed!!!

Featured ARTISTES for the month of JUNE!

Well Well Well!!! Its on this weekend!

If you haven't heard we've got TWO featured ARTIST for this month and we sure do not want you to miss out!

1st up Drummers for Christ


DrummerforChrist (DFC) is a movement for every Christian drummer who wants to share their heart, thoughts, ideas, expressions and creativity with fellow Christian drummers for the extension of our Lord Jesus Christ’s kingdom through drums, music, praise and worship or any other way that will bring glory to Him.

2nd up Free to Fall



Free to Fall is an all girl band originating from Klang. The band was formed in Dec 2005 with most of them having minimum or zero knowledge about playing instruments or making music. But having a shared passion and love for music has brought them to where they are now. They are a versatile band mostly dabbling in Pop rock music that also have a number of self composed songs; one of which made its way to the finals of a local song-writing competition.Today they have traveled all around, playing in schools, corporate functions, restaurants, churches, music fest and etc.

Members:
Jane C: Lead Vocals
Adeline: Lead Guitar/Vocals
Yin Har: Lead Guitar
Jane Sebastian: Bass/Vocals
Ker Shin: Drums
Sara: Backing Vocals

Its gonna be a loud loud night!!!! Do not Miss THIS!!!!

ALARICE - MAY FEATURED ARTIST

AND YOU THOUGHT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY!

Sometimes last minute stuff ain't that bad after all (well not all the time =P) This FRIDAY will definitely be a night to remember. Yup this FRIDAY 29th of May, 2009, it truly is an honor to have International Artist ALARICE to join us at Track of Talents.



So what are you waiting for? Cancel your plans and get your tired bodies and chill with us at TRACK OF TALENTS this FRIDAY!

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

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