Saturday, January 10, 2009

At That Age

He sings good. He's only 16.

He's sweetly awkward and very earnest. As a singer-songwriter, Weiwen Seah's got it started for sure. The talent is unmistakable. Some covers and some originals. Very nice. He's going to add a lot of depth to the Singapore music scene.

But ummm.....I kinda wish he didn't keep reminding the audience 5 times in a row about his "upcoming EP" and his myspace address. That got really tiresome. Dude, I can google you know.

Self-promotion needs to be done with a certain level of finesse so that it sits well with consumers who will pay for his albums. I'm a critical consumer, not a friend. So I hope with age, he will become more polished.

So when he wasn't talking and did only the singing and the strumming, I really enjoyed his gig with For This Cycle at Esplanade tonight.

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