Singapore /Far East: David Foster & Friends

[Dave]

Oct 9, 2012 13:50:17 GMT Richard said:

The Tokyo concert on 12 November 2012 has been confirmed

Here's the ticket link again: dff-japantour.com/ticket.html

I'll update the schedules.

Richard

Nice one Richard, it took a while to find that out, thanks for updating the website etc.

You (and the official site) were sharp today, well and truly beat me to it!

Cheers, Dave

[Richard]

Eureka!

Tickets are now on sale for the concert in Shanghai on Tuesday 13 November 2012. Here's the link:

www.culture.sh.cn/english/product.asp?id=11899

I'll update our website and post the link on our Facebook page.

Richard

[Dave]

Hi Richard,

Thanks for that.

Could be a bit of a logistical nightmare though, getting all the performers and especially all their gear from Tokyo to Shanghai and ready for performances only 21 hours apart, less whatever sleep they manage in between!

Oriental efficiency will be needed.

Cheers, Dave

[Richard]

Hello Dave!

It's a good job China is an hour behind Japan, but it's still going to be a rush!

Richard

[Richard]

David Foster has posted this link on his website for Shanghai tickets:

www.eaticket.com/ticket/25138

I'll add it to our website and our Facebook page.

Richard

[gillette]

Hi -,

Have been anxiously wondering whether or not that we are going to be lucky enough to see any video on the internet of the Dave Foster Asian show that local TV news programs might manage to capture and put up.

Of course it would be nice to find that someone in the audience captured something that included Hayley and put it up, similar to what we saw done recently at the Frangoulis / Athens show, but that is a lot to hope for.

With so many performers in the show, I would guess that we will have to be very lucky to see anything of Hayley performing.

Hope that Maya is able to go in Tokyo.

BobS

[Dave]

Oct 21, 2012 2:40:56 GMT gillette said:

Hope that Maya is able to go in Tokyo.

BobS

Me too!

Go for it, Maya!

Cheers, Dave

[Jillian]

A new article from Singapore!

A Kiwi classic

www.todayonline.com/CultureAndLifestyle/Music/EDC121025-0000025/A-Kiwi-classic

Hayley Westenra is a classical songstress with one goal - to keep on making good music.

by Balvinder Sandhu 04:46 AM Oct 25, 2012 SINGAPORE

New Zealand-born singer Hayley Westenra burst onto the classical music scene in 2003 when she was only 16. Her debut album, Pure, reached No 1 on the UK Classical Charts.

Which isn't a bad boost for someone whose prior tastes of success were limited to recording a demo album for family and friends, busking on the streets of Christchurch with her sister, as she handed out - and later sold - copies of her self-recorded CD. It was here that she was spotted by a rep from a major label, and the rest, as they say, is history.

But Westenra will be the first to admit that all that busking did benefit her in some ways. "It was fantastic. It was a great way for me to develop confidence because I was really shy as a child. And it allowed me to kind of work out which songs people liked the most," she said.

"I used to alternate between playing my violin and singing and I kind of lost my audience when I picked up the violin," she added, laughing. "At least it helped me to narrow my choices to singing - that maybe that was the one for me."

And fans can hear her dulcet tones when Westenra heads to Singapore to perform at the Hitman: David Foster And Friends concert on Nov 2 and 3, alongside '80s pop star Paul Young and R&B icons Chaka Khan and Babyface.

Despite having further solo success with her subsequent albums, Westenra tried something different with her career in 2007, when she toured with Celtic Woman, an all-female musical ensemble that performs traditional Celtic tunes as well as modern songs.

"I first joined them for their TV special," says Hayley, who is of Dutch and Irish heritage. "Then, one of the girls wanted to spend more time with her family back in Ireland, so I alternated with her.

"I was with them on the road for about three months and it was a wonderful experience because I was so used to just being up on stage by myself. There was a bit of choreography involved and it was a very big production as well, so there were lots of new things for me to get used to.

"But most importantly it was just a lot of fun."

Fun it may be, but constant touring and performing can certainly take its toll on a singer's voice. And it's no surprise that Westenra practises a strict regime to keep her voice in shape.

"Sleep is number one. Steam is really good for the vocals, I put a hot shower on and just stand in the bathroom and let the steam get to my vocal cords because (the air in) aeroplanes are so dry.

"I think you can worry too much about looking after your voice but it's really important also to be relaxed," she added. "I'm pretty relaxed these days, I try and eat well, sleep, drink lots of water. The basics, really."

Having sung with the likes of Andrea Bocelli and performed in front of dignitaries such as Queen Elizabeth - not a bad achievement for a 25-year-old - Westenra said she's taking her success in her stride. And she's keeping herself focused on music.

"For me, there's not enough hours in a day for music," she said. "I'm very focussed on that, music is my passion.

"At the moment, I'm working on a new album and I'm writing. That's always the goal and the dream, to create something exciting and new and unique. I kind of see that as always my goal, I can't see that changing anytime soon."

[Libby]

Great article! Still waiting for her to dish more details on how she got invited to this gig.

[martindn]

Spiderman of HayleyOnline.net has founf an interview on EazyFM, a radio station in Bankok,

music.becteroradio.com/vdo/3379

Quite an interesting one.

It seems Hayley's experience of Thailand is about the same as mine. I've seen the airport....

And Libby, it seems that Hayley is "the female Josh Groban"

I've had a go at editing out all the Thai translations of Hayley's English interview, which makes it a bit shorter. I might have garbled the order a bit, but I think it is all there and makes sense.

www.mediafire.com/?eu3k5ipv7z56bm1

Enjoy

Martin D

[Libby]

Oh, she is, is she? Yeah, that's kind of what they said in that commercial for Odyssey they put out during that skating program back in 2005.

If that's the case, she needs to do a lot more of her own writing! Which would definitely be okay with me!

I like how they used one of the Classic Brit photos!

[Richard]

Thanks for the interview, Martin D!

I'll post the first link on our Facebook page.

Best wishes,

Richard

[stevemacdonald]

In the article Hayley mentions putting on the hot shower for steam as part of her routine to maintain her voice. While this works wonders I'm sure there are easier ways to get the same effect without all that water being used. One that I recommend is the portable steamer/vaporiser that has an attachment that fits comfortably around the mouth and you breathe in the vapors. That keeps the moisture where it belongs and doesn't cause side issues involving the hair and overall humidity. Just saying.

[Sing]

Oct 31, 2012 0:09:17 GMT martindn said:

Spiderman of HayleyOnline.net has founf an interview on EazyFM, a radio station in Bankok,

music.becteroradio.com/vdo/3379

Quite an interesting one.

It seems Hayley's experience of Thailand is about the same as mine. I've seen the airport....

And Libby, it seems that Hayley is "the female Josh Groban"

I've had a go at editing out all the Thai translations of Hayley's English interview, which makes it a bit shorter. I might have garbled the order a bit, but I think it is all there and makes sense.

www.mediafire.com/?eu3k5ipv7z56bm1

Enjoy

Martin D

Thanks for the interview Martin

[Bamafan]

Thanks for the interview Martin! Not much we hadn't heard before, but I still enjoyed the guy's funny accent! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif Only problem I had: WHY did they have to play the same song over and over and OVER again in the background? Not that I don't love "Who Painted the Moon Black," but there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Still, quite enjoyable!

-Taylor i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif