Song Arrangers

Ever since playing the violin, I've become more sensitive to the arrangement of a song that I listen to. Have u ever wondered, how is background music of a song produced? How do song arrangers decide what chords progression to use, which type of instruments to mix with, to come in at what time?

很多时候，最吸引我的是一首歌的编曲 . 很可惜的是, 幕后制作人往往被忽略了，编曲人更是被遗忘。颁奖典礼上都会有“最佳作曲” 或“最佳填词”；“最佳编曲” 就十分罕见。

A good arrangement can give the right 'feel' and mood, I personally think it is an engineering feat. Wouldnt you need to know the characteristics of every instrument to effectively use it in a piece? How do those classical composers put together an orchestra score when there are hundreds of instruments?

That's why I'm positively in awe of artistes like Lee Hom and Jay Chou. They are performers as well as song writers, song arrangers and song producers.

We have very good song arrangers in Singapore. One such person is Goh Keng Long. He blew me away with his piano rendition at David Tao's concert in 2005. He is well known in the circle, having produced concerts for AMei, DT, Lee Hom, JJLin.. all the big names in the industry.



Another Singaporean I like alot is Jim Lim. He write songs for big names as well, and his singing? awesome! And yar, he can play the piano very well.



支持本地音乐人和本地创作!