Interview with Il Volo

Met with (L-R) Ignazio Boschetto (16), Gianluca Ginoble (16) and Piero Barone (17), the 3 lads that form the group Il Volo. Hail from the land of pasta, they were in KL for a showcase and we got a chance to talk to them (OK fine, Linora and Mynn Lee did all the talking as they are more talkative than me).

The three pop-opera singers started their career in 2009, when they met on the second edition of the Italian RAI TV music competition show Ti lascio una canzone, held in Sanremo where Gianluca Ginoble won the competition, singing Andrea Bocelli’s “Il mare calmo della sera”. During the competition, the 3 singers were chosen to perform as a trio the Neapolitan evergreen “‘O Sole Mio”. After the competition, they continued to perform together under the names The Tryo, Il Trio, and finally Il Volo. Here’s a video of the conversation we had. (more…)

MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2011 – Photos & Video

Malaysian favourites Pop Shuvit, Korean pop sensation Beast, alternative and rock Billboard chart-toppers Neon Trees and platinum-recording artists and multiple MTV award-winning Thirty Seconds To Mars headlined MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2011 tonight, entertaining an audience of over 15,000 fans at i-city in Shah Alam. A two-hour version of MTV World Stage Live In Malaysia 2011, the first ever to be shot in 3D in Asia, will premiere on Monday, 8 August at midnight (Malaysia Time) exclusively on MTV SEA (Astro Channel 713) and a one-hour version of MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2011 will be broadcast worldwide on MTV channels to over a half-billion households in over 150 countries later in the year.

After MTV VJs Utt and Holly welcomed the thousands of live music fans, local chart toppers Pop Shuvit took the stage and officially kicked off MTV’s highly anticipated annual concert event with their hit “Ol Skool Rocka.” Flanked by five massive LED screens, Pop Shuvit showed the crowd why they are one of Malaysia most enduring hip hop/hop rock bands by sending a ‘konichwa’ to their fans here and in Japan with “Oh! Sizuka,” and then performing “Running Away,” a song from the new album Cherry Blossom Love Affair. Malaysian legend Man Bai then joined Pop Shuvit on stage for the first-ever live performance of “Seperti Syurgamu,” and to wrap up their set, artists including Daly from Singapore Malay hip hop group Ahli Fiqir, Thailand’s Daniel Tanapon Supwattana and the Philippine’s Jamir from Slapshock came on stage as the band wrapped up with lead singer Moots! stage diving into the mosh pit. (more…)

Howie Mandel’s Mobbed – The Perfect Proposal

This video basically went Viral over the net over the beautiful proposal/wedding that Howie Mandel help executed. If you still have not caught this clip yet on Facebook, here it is.

Executed in just over 48hours from the time they confirm the plan to execution, it was a massive production as there was 28 Cameras and over a thousand dancers executing the flash mob choreographed by Nappytabs. This one off special was so successful that Fox Network has commissioned Howie Mandel to produce 8 more episodes.

Enfiniti Academy Sneak Preview

Long long time ago, in an age long forgotten (by me). My friends and I used to enjoy getting involved in plays, be it the script writing part, the acting part or even the marketing part (OK Fine! None of us like to do any of the marketing part). But we never really have a place where we can learn all these. We teach ourselves as we go along, some of us having worked in TV Productions input what we can to move the production along. This happened both in school and also while I was in college. It’s the school of hard knocks but we get to appreciate the fruit of our labor. But what if there’s a place where you can learn all these? Isn’t it much better?

I’m sure by now, a lot of you know who Enfiniti is, they are the people behind the successful Puteri Gunung Ledang the Musical, P. Ramlee the Musical and the most recently ended West End Stars in Concert just to name a few. Tiara Jacquelina, through her experience working in this industry decide to take Enfiniti one step further by also now opening up an academy. The Enfiniti Academy of Musical Theatre and Entertainment Arts or ENACT to be exact. Yup, finally a place where young people who has an interest in stage performance or acting in general get to learn in a more structured manner all those things necessary to become a star or rather, to be a professional in the area of acting, dancing or producing a stage play/musical. (more…)

Video of Interview with Maroon 5

Prior to the Maroon 5 Live in KL concert, I got the chance to sit down with the band members (Jesse Carmichael (keyboard) and
Matt Flynn (drums)) for a short interview and here’s a video of it.

Coming up is some of the video I got from the concert itself.