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

Track of Talents 1st Year Anniversary Promo

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-

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-

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

Malaysia Shout Your Praise 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!!