heavenly voices on demo

tonight we begin the process of songs selection. this is important because we want to get the clearance/licence from respective recording labels. royalty fee can vary from very affordable to very expensive depending on the popularity of a song. we are keeping our fingers crossed because most of the songs we choose are classics of the classics. to be fair to the singers, we formed a panel of six people, including regine and winnie and we vote for the songs we like most. it turned out that more than 70% of the songs i pre-selected for the two singers 2 months ago got the highest votes! well, ahem, my tastes are indisputable :-)

we then proceed to do a simple demo of the songs. this is the first time i hear winnie and regine sing in unplugged mode and my goodness, they voices are heavenly! especially winnie, i am so used to hear her sing with less-than-stellar amplification system in the cafe. hearing her in unplugged, unadulterated mode is a worth a million dollar. her tone is so gorgeous and her expressive voice comes thru like a nightingale. huh, i was darn impressed with these two ladies. i could feel that my goose bumps were all raised....i am moved by their voices! while winnie has the depth, the texture and expressiveness, regine has in her a very sweet and demure voice, the kind that melts hearts. the amazing thing is these two different voices have very good contrast when doing duets with each one shining on her own without over-shadowing the other. i really can't wait to hear them sing in the studio during the recording!

once the cleareance/licence is obtained, we would then send the songs to roger wang for arrangement. it will be a real challenge for roger to re-arrrange these chinese classics into the trademark roger wang style. everyone is excited to see how roger can weave some magic into the arrangement.

things are getting really exciting!