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Marshall Amplifiers: The Amps that Shaped Rock Music
55 years ago, the first Marshall amp left Jim Marshall’s garden shed in West London. Jim was a dancehall drummer and teacher who had a small shop in west London. His shop was frequented by guitarists such as Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore and Peter Townshend from The Who, both of… Read more
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Behind The Road Ahead with National Day Theme Song Writers Linying and Evan Low
As the past year or so has reminded us more than ever – music brings people closer, no matter how "distanced" we're told to be. Surely, we Singaporeans know that well. Every year, the National Day Parade theme song gives Singaporeans another thing to talk about but with a pandemic… Read more
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10 Questions with Morningstar Engineering
MIDI Controller pedals! For some of us in the guitar community, they are an indispensable performing tool. And to many of us, it sounds like fanciful jargon out of a late eighties space opera. To get the lowdown on what MIDI Controller pedals are all about, we decided to have… Read more
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Boyce Avenue Live Session Part 3: All About Taylor Guitars
Boyce Avenue are known for their creative and flawless cover songs and a huge part of their sound come from their guitars – more specifically, Taylor Guitars. For a band that relies so much on the acoustic guitar, it's little surprise that Taylor are their guitars of choice. The trio… Read more
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Boyce Avenue Live Session Part 2: Performing Online, Leveraging Tech and Being in a Sibling Band
Part 2 of the Boyce Avenue Live Session is here! In this blog post, Alejandro, Daniel and Fabian discuss about live streaming their performances, how they think technology will impact musicians over the next ten years and what it’s like being in a sibling band. For those first time readers… Read more
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Boyce Avenue Live Session Part 1: Royal Albert Hall, Staying Inspired, Originals and More
Last month we had the honour of hosting a virtual Q&A session with a powerhouse trio, Boyce Avenue. Thanks to Taylor Guitars, fans from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia took this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet with all members of the band virtually to ask them their burning questions. For those who… Read more
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Swee Lee & Taylor Guitars present: Boyce Avenue Q&A Session
Years before there were the likes of Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd making their names on YouTube, there was Boyce Avenue. The American trio of brothers Alejandro, Fabian, and Daniel Manzano were already making waves on the video-sharing platform with their flawless cover videos of artists from Coldplay to Rihanna.… Read more
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Coffee Talk @ Swee Lee Social Club: Marcus Lee
Marcus Lee is a bonafide media triple-threat with a strong body of work in music performance, acting, and modelling. Having started his foray into the entertainment world since his teenage years, his career has taken him from participating in talent competitions to fronting an indie pop-rock band all the way… Read more
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5 Songs to Learn at Home and How to Get That Tone
The world seems to have ground to a standstill. Concerts and music festivals cancelled, mass gatherings curbed and movement controls have been coming into effect across the globe. Our Malaysia team and friends have a restricted movement order, and everywhere else, we're being advised to stay home to help prevent… Read more
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Griff Answers Your Questions
19-year-old Sarah Faith Griffiths isn't your typical teenage girl. More widely known as Griff, she is fast becoming one of the foremost musical talents to come out of the United Kingdom over the past few years. Fresh off her release of 1,000,000 X Better, a collaboration with English electronic duo… Read more
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R&B Artist Christian Theseira on Making Music at Home
What do you do when you feel tired of the rat race and decide to pursue your dreams full-time by making music at home? Well, that’s just what we aimed to find out when we sat down with R&B aficionado and label owner, Christian Theseira.Born and bred in KL, Christian… Read more
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Coffee Talk @ SLSC: 17-year-old Singer-songwriter Advaitha on Starting Music Early, Her New Single, and Being Fearless
Billie Eilish released her debut single “Ocean Eyes” at a tender age of 13. A string of number ones and five Grammys later, she is still only just 18. History and other rising artists have proven age is nothing but a number, and local singer-songwriter Advaitha Venkat feels no differently.… Read more