i think my first listening to john hoon's music was last year in HMV heeren, when i went out with bjorn, beow, tiong and chin guan...
was quite impressed with his clear, smooth and gentle voice then (picked up the headphones in HMV to listen). bjorn actually remembered that i liked his singing, 4 months later haha :)
then i realised, after buying the album, that it's a $9.90 mini-album -.- (sorry, i look for budget stuff one) still, it's a reasonable price la, given his newly-found status...
the (synthesised computer) music is polished and squeaky clean, befitting of his voice, and image, too. i like the "90s US-style?", the interesting chromatic chord progressions coupled with the synthesisers unique to this genre which i'm not sure of its name (my iTunes lists it as R&B. hmm.)
i can't believe half of the CD are minus-1 tracks of the same songs featured in the mini-album! i suppose it's for home-KTV people and for weirdos who like to dissect music apart. it's quite good music and arrangements, really. just that this album doesn't stand out in any way...
i like the instrumental and vocal tracks from this show! even if the strings sound off-tune at times :|
the other album that bjorn asked me to buy... it's a live concert audio recording, has many of jj lin's hits spanning his career of 4+ years, includes duets and even cover versions of jay chou and wong lee hom's songs (i like!) just that black humour (jay chou) lost its bitterness and only one (wong lee hom) has not a tinge of... sadness (for the lack of a better word)
i suppose that's a trait of jj lin's style - lighthearted and tender, like a 16-year old handling his first love, anything but too emo, that's my impression of him.
i realise that i actually know more songs by him than i thought (at least the chorus section) - the efforts of mediacorp ch8 :P
a good buy for the uninitiated me, i finally can listen to jj lin outside of Kbox!
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Well said.
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