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What’s New with the Native Instruments Maschine Mk3?
Native Instruments' Maschine MK3 has emerged all polished and spruced; a sleeker and more intuitive improvement to its predecessors. For our Native Instruments Masterclass on the 7th October, Mike Wolf of Sol Passion, Hong Kong’s premier DJ and production platform, took it to the purpose-built stage of Kilo Lounge in… Read more
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Live & Local: Local Motion Festival
We were fortunate enough to head along to 4Fingers and eatmepoptart’s Local Motion Festival to catch some of the best local bands playing at Fort Canning. From Jasmine Sokko debuting her brand new EP to Disco Hue playing one of their biggest sets yet, here is what we saw at… Read more
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Live & Local: Vivienne’s Verdict Perform At Red Dot
Performing a single 30 minute set filled with intense action, energy, stage banter and music can be quite daunting for some bands, but three half hour performances, all on the same day? That’s a challenge that many would think twice before attempting to conquer. Vivienne’s Verdict didn’t shy away in… Read more
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Live & Local: 100 Festival
Artists: 100 all-Singaporean acts Location: The former Bedok Town Secondary School Date: 14-16 July, 21-23 July, 28-30 July One hundred bands. All-Singaporean line-up. From distinguished headliners to exciting newcomers, it was a crazy three weekends. Put together by the Aljunied Cluster Community Arts and Culture Clubs and the curated by… Read more
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Meet the Team: Dennis
Dennis, Manager at The Swee Lee Drum Shop has gone on to be a household name in Singapore’s drum scene, and promises to be your extra pair of drumsticks should you need any drum conundrum sorted. The Swee Lee Drum Shop at Peninsular Shopping Complex ensures your drumming needs are… Read more
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Win Tickets to See the Foo Fighters in Singapore
This August, Foo Fighters are coming to Singapore. Here at Swee Lee we have partnered with UnUsUaL Entertainment to give away two pairs of premium tickets to two lucky winners. To enter, all you have to do is film yourself singing or playing a Foo Fighters song. Put it on YouTube… Read more
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Live & Local: Hard Rock Rising
Rock's not dead. That sound you can hear isn't a death rattle—it's a drum roll. A dramatic intro to the vibrant, energetic sound of a new wave of Singapore music. And the Hard Rock Rising “Battle of the Bands” was a great showcase for seven of the groups at the centre… Read more
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Live & Local: Polyphia
Artists: Tim Henson and Scott LePage Location: The Substation Date: May 27th The Swee Lee Music Academy recently brought two of the world’s most exciting young guitarists to Singapore: Tim and Scott from Polyphia. In town as part of a regional Ibanez guitar clinic tour that took in 9 Asian… Read more
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Live & Local: Knightingale
Band: Knightingale Location: Hood Bar & Cafe Date: April 18th Music scenes are made by the locals. So we took the opportunity to check out Singapore’s garage-rock trio Knightingale as they took the support spot for American indie rockers Cloud Nothings. It was was a crazy, high-energy show to a full house—and… Read more
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Artist Spotlight—Astronauts
Local R&B/Funksters Astronauts are a bunch of busy boys. Their debut single, “Get Close” is now out, they're working on an EP launch, and they've already been booked for the City65 Festival in April. We talked to them ahead of their first-ever Swee Lee session about their origins, influences and… Read more
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An Update on Swee Lee Competitions
The Swee Lee blog is the place to find all the latest information on our online competitions. At the end of 2016, we ran a competition in collaboration with BandLab to win a S$1000 Swee Lee online shopping voucher. We asked participants to show us what they could do with… Read more
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Video Preview: Gretsch White Falcon
Watch Swee Lee artist Rosli Mansor playing the American version of the Gretsch White Falcon. Check out the Gretsch Players Edition White Falcon today on Swee Lee - available for S$5,499* The tune being played is the track ‘Venice - The Love Story’ from Mansor’s album—Deeper Than Purple. *All prices… Read more