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December
2006 |
Ring tones: Double Take's X'mas album
They
are finally here! And not a moment too soon. DiGi subscribers can
download true tones from Double Take's "1 Voice, 6 Strings, 12 Days of
Christmas" album.
FOR
DIGI SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
| Title |
SMS Code |
| The Christmas I
Know |
(TT 11344205) |
| Deck The Halls |
(TT 11344521) |
| The Twelve Days Of
Christmas |
(TT 11344532) |
| The Turkey, Me And The
Christmas Tree |
(TT 11344543) |
| Dance Of The Sugar Plum
Fairy |
(TT 11344554) |
| Silent Night |
(TT
11346049) |
Instructions
Just send the SMS Code of the song to 2000 or go to DiGi ringtones for more info.
Stay tuned for more Roger Wang, Double Take or Roger Wang / Farid Ali ringtones.
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December
2006 |
Gaya Christmas Carnival 2006
Standing before a crowd of hundreds of spectators at Kota Kinabalu's
Gaya Christmas Carnival 2006 on December 20, 2006, Roger strummed and sang Christmas tunes,
joined by his friends: Peter Lau on his GIGbox (far left), Andrew Poninting on
saxophone (far right) and Nicole who joined the boys for the last song, singing
"O Holy Night".
The five-day Carnival, held along the city's famous Gaya Street, was
packed with events and stalls selling food and Christmas trinklets.
The event was organised by the Sabah Council of Churches and the Kota Kinabalu City Hall.
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December
2006 |
Penang Island Jazz Festival 2006
Perfect
weather, no major delays, no major hiccups. It was a festival
organisers dream of and audience long for. At the end of the four-day Penang Island Jazz Festival,
everyone from performers to organisers, managers to audience,
thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the:
* concerts,
* workshops,
* the Fringe Festival
Corner,
* Jazz Spinners Series,
* Jazz Gallery AND
* the Jimmy Boyle Young
Talent Jazz Competition Finals.
Joining performers from
around the globe, Roger and Farid Ali a.k.a. Mr. Gambus wowed 2,000-strong crowd gathered
at the Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, on December 3, 2006.
The festival was organised by The Capricorn Connection. Read more about the festival from national daily STAR December 6, 2006.
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| November 2006 |
re:mix, Singapore's latest musical force
When
hypnotic sounds of an acoustic guitar combines with a symphony of
string orchestra, it's magical. Newly-formed re:mix from Singapore
performed for the very first time in Sabah, on November 24, 2006 at the Kian Kok Secondary School Auditorium, featuring guest artistes like Roger and the renowned Kota Kinabalu Symphony Orchestra conductor Yap Ling.
Led
by violinist Foo Say Ming (far left), re: mix is a gathering of
Singapore's finest chamber musicians, the latest musical force in town.
During its official launch on December 22, 2006
at Singapore's Esplanade, re:mix will present a program befitting its name, a
repertoire that mixes the music of popular culture, dance, and film,
with the classical genre.
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October
2006 |
"No Strings Attached" Launched
The much-anticipated
album by guitar greats, Roger and Farid Ali, is finally out! Launched
at Bangkok Jazz on October 27, 2006, this collaborative effort by both
expert guitarists is getting wonderful reviews....Alldatjazz.com
calls it "another successful local effort in the music industry"
while listeners who have run out to get a copy of the album fresh out
from printers are raving over it.
Grab your own copy from:
* the Guitar Store branches (Klang Valley),
* RAM Production (Kota Kinabalu),
* Quartet
Music Centre (Sandakan), and
* selected stores.
* Or order it online right
here!
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| August
2006 |
The
NBT Acoustic Series with
Farid Ali a.k.a. Mr. Gambus
As
the days draw closer to the launch of Roger and Farid Ali's inaugural
album, the duo took time off producing "No Strings Attached" to perform
at No Black Tie's Acoustic Series on August 24. Performing a
number of songs from their upcoming album, the duo threw in some new
tunes - just for the heck of it.
On the album, Roger said, "Farid and I have been talking about this
project since the first time we sat down and jammed with each other
back in August 2004. We finally found the time to get this going early
this year. Hopefully, if all goes well, the album will be out by
November 2006," (Photo courtesy of alldatjazz.com)
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August
2006 |
Yamaha 2006 tour
Armed
with his trusty LL6 Yamaha Acoustic Guitar, Roger travelled
from
Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor, promoting Yamaha's latest L-series range of guitars
and conducting workshops at Melawati Square (LS Music on
August
17), Bayan Lepas (Music World on August 18), KL Plaza (Yamaha Music on
August 19),
Kelana Jaya (Yamaha Music on August 20) and Johor (August 21).
While
at Kelana Jaya, Roger took a breather from conducting workshops to be
the judge for Yamaha's Guitar Camp & Festival 2006 guitar
competition. The tour was organised by Yamaha
Malaysia.
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| August
2006 |
3rd Annual Johor
Arts Festival 2006
Roger and
Mia Palencia, better known as Double
Take,
took Johor by storm when they performed onstage here for the very first
time together! The duo performed during the second day of the 10-day
Arts Fest that's running from August 14 - 26, 2006. Performing before
an audience of 200, including the Honourable City Mayor, Double Take
entertained the audience at the Dewan Jubli Intan with their repertoire
of jazz classics and even threw in the crowd-favourite, Mengapa Kasih.
Earlier
that day, Roger conducted a complimentary workshop for the Double Take
concert ticket holders in the same hall. It was attended by "a few guys
and a cockroach", said Roger. See Roger's
wife's blog for more details
on the guitar-playing roach.
The 3rd
Annual Johor Arts Festival 2006 is organised by the Johor
Society for Performing Arts.
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July
2006 |
Double Take @
Equatorial Hotel's Summer
Jazz Series
"Back
from a sabbatical and
ready to wow the crowd with new songs and new tricks!" the ad screamed.
"Wow", they did. Four nights of great music, guest musicians and
side-splitting laughter. And if you've missed all four nights (July 26
- 29, 2006), we'd just
like to say that you've not only missed Double Take's inaugural 2006
concert, you've also missed hearing Roger sing!
Double Take (Double Take, Brabons Entertainment)
fans were delighted; the winning combination of Roger and Mia Palencia
never fails to please. This year, guest musicians joined them onstage
during the second half. They were: Kevin Choo on
sax (July 26), Llew Marsh on piano (July 27), Jamie Wilson on guitar
(July 28) and Razak on percussions (July 29).
The
duo performed @ Flo Lobby Lounge, Equatorial Hotel,
Kuala
Lumpur's (Equatorial
Hotel, KL)
from July 26 to 29, 2006 and the event
was co-sponsored by RedFM. (Picture courtesy of alldatjazz.com)
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| April
2006 |
First Malaysian Guitarist in Taiwan
Roger became the first Malaysian
finger style guitarist to perform in
Taiwan when he joined internationally-acclaimed Belgian finger style
guitarist Jacques Stotzem (left) and Taiwan's master finger style
guitar
teacher Huang Chia Wei (centre) for the Taiwan Open
Strings Solo Guitar Concert 2006 tour.
The
seven-day tour, organised by Huang, began on April 23, 2006 and
brought the three guitarists to seven towns throughout the island
nation.
Performing before hundreds of Taiwanese
guitar enthusiasts in
universities and clubs, Roger kicked off his segment of every
concert
with his rendition of popular Malaysian tune by the
legendary late Tan
Sri P. Ramlee, Bunyi Gitar.
He continued to dazzle local audiences with his versatility and
dexterity by playing songs like Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum
Fairy from the famous musical Nutcracker and
Michael Jackson's Man
in
the Mirror on his guitar.
"Playing a new audience always
gives me a new perspective (on my music) and opens up fresh
opportunities," Roger says.
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| March
2006 |
"No Strings Attached",
upcoming album with Mr. Gambus @ Farid Ali
Roger's working on yet another
album!
This time,
he's collaborating with the very established and renowned
Malaysian guitarist, Farid
Ali (Farid
Ali's Official Website),
to produce their very first album, "No Strings
Attached". Recently, Farid is also known internationally as
the advocate for
the gambus, an instrument that he feels should be revived.
He spends a good deal of his time, giving workshops and
performing with the gambus, in an attempt to create international awareness for this
instrument.
Some of you may even
have already heard both guitarists perform. As a prelude to the "No Strings Attached" project,
Roger & Farid had performed in various locations in Kuala Lumpur and Johore in March
2006. Judging from the response from
the audience and the vibe between both seasoned guitarists
during
these gigs, the upcoming album is a 2006 Must-Have!
Roger & Farid are
currently juggling their busy schedules
to record in both Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu. Look out for
the album launch by November
2006 and the "No Strings Attached: Album
Launch" tour!
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