Wah Lok - Malaysian Songwriter

Award winning songwriter Ng Wah Lok has written more  100 songs spanning a period of 25 years. In 1981, he wrote the song Every Time I Pray. The Mandarin version of that song  made a global  impact in Mandarin churches all over the world. There are at least 10 recordings of that song alone.

In year 2001, he released his debut album Every Time I Pray. Some of his songs from that album, Every Time I Pray, Approved in Every Way and How I love to worship are commonly used by many Malaysian Churches.

In July 2002, he released of his second album Shining Stars which has another 12 of his original songs.  Many of the songs in this album have interesting lyrics from life experiences. Wah Lok wrote  Brother let me stand  in 1983  for his friend Leslie Koch who was dying from colon cancer. She moves her feet to dance is song  of a young girl who was paralyzed due to viral infection in her brain. She was miraculously healed by intense prayer and fasting. Shining Stars is about Wah Lok’s  students at Tung Ling Seminary becoming shining stars for God. Unheard Voices is a rare song about marginalized people who often have no chance to voice their difficulties.

In 2007, Wah Lok release his third album Messiah King.  Messiah King contains 10  original songs, 8 of which were  co-written with Australian lyricist Barbara Tipper. One of the songs in the album , Harvest of the Field won the Australian Gospel Award 2004 for the Best Hymn. Another song Birds and Bees went all the way to the finals for the year 2006. Wah Lok also collaborated with Fernando Brito from Portugal, a professional wind instrumentalist, who recorded Every Time I Pray in Portuguese.  The  song One Voice, One Heart  was used for the National  Prayer Rally 2003 in Malaysia.

Wah Lok is also a Bible Teacher and has written many teaching materials for worship, song writing and prayer. He is the founder of www.tabernaclemusic.net which is one of Malaysia’s top worship website which generated  more than 2 million hits and 200,000 visitors.

E mail: ngwahlok@yahoo.com

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 Lourdes Dass

Lourdes is an accomplished songwriter and has been writing Christian music for congregation worship since 2001. Despite not having formal music training, Lourdes taps on his guitar skills to create beautiful melodies and his God fearing Catholic family background to write his Christian lyrics. In 2005, he entered his songs in the Malaysian Revival Songwriting Competition (MRSC). Both his songs “Together” and “Candles Shine” made it to the finals in that competition with “Together” winning the first runner-up for the horizontal category. “Together” was subsequently recorded in the album Carbon by StarMaker.

In 2004, Lourdes also worked on the album “Destiny” by New Life Restoration Centre Shah Alam in 2004. The title track “Destiny” written by Lourdes has been translated into Mandarin (in the same album) and into Hokkien in an album by Joanne Ng.

In 2009, Lourdes released his debut solo album Candles Shine featuring 8 of his original songs under the StarMakers label.

Apart from songwriting, Lourdes Dass leads worship and plays the acoustic guitar. He also sings at various church and charity events.

E Mail: lourdesdass@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.soundclick.com/lourdesdass

 Joe Loy

Joe Loy Joe Loy is a Producer, Engineer, Singer and Songwriter, all in one person. In 2008, he launched his debut album "ALL THE NATIONS" which captures the modern sound of Praise & Worship for this generation. His band, "THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT" worked with him on his debut album.

Joe's has quite an influence on local Christian music, having worked with various Christian artistes such as Patrick Leong (Co-vocal producer and engineer for “Elohim”), Gabby Tham (Co-vocal producer and engineer for” I Trust in You”), CDPC (Co-vocal producer, mixing and recording engineer for “Faithful God”). He was also the engineer for numerous Christian albums such as Jubilee (featuring Juwita Suwito, Vince Chong, Jaclyn Victor) Transit by Altered Frequency, Army Of Three, A Day At The Zoo, Blister, Carbon and Soul Out.

In addition to that, Joe has also worked with secular artistes such as Anuar Zain (engineer for the single "Ketulusan Hati"), Aizat (engineer on the debut album "Percubaan Pertama"), Bob (engineer for the single "Cinta Terhalang"), Saerah and Siti Nurhaliza, Adibah Noor, 6ixth Sense, Pete Teo and Yasmin Ahmad .

On the media aspect, his work can be heard in many SAMSUNG commercials. In 2007, he composed the theme song for the successful NTV 7 series, "SEEDS".

Joe graduated at ICOM in 2002 specializing majoring in Music Arrangement. He began his music career as a guitar instructor. He later established his own music school "MIGHTY MUSIC SCHOOL" from 2004 until 2006. His early career also included work with Sonique Recording Studio as a sound engineer and music arranger. Currently, he is a freelance Music Producer and Engineer.

Joe’s influence in Christian music continues as he recently pioneered Worship Central, a School of Worship in Malaysia by Alpha International.

www.joeloy.blogspot.com
www.virb.com/joeloy

 Justin and Jacquie Ryan

Pastor Justin and Pastor Jacquie Ryan have been actively serving God in the worship ministry for 12 years. In year 2009, they release their debut album One Voice. Together they head ONE VOICE MINISTRIES, which is an itinerant ministry called to declare the power of knowing the will of God in your life and walking according to God’s plans. OVM also conducts workshops in helping build up worships teams. Pastor Justin moves powerfully in establishing the Word of God in people, whereas Ps Jacquie moves in counselling and building the lives of the broken hearted.

Website : www.onevm.net

 Josh Yeoh – Is Anyone Out There ?

Malaysian Singer & Songwriter Josh Yeoh has a heart is to see a generation crying out for purpose reached through music. Josh’s debut album, “Is Anyone Out There”, is an expression of this desire. Featuring 11 original songs written over the course of the past five years in Josh’s adopted home of Northfield, MN, this project introduces listeners to Josh’s original sounds, from intimate piano-driven melodies to rock anthems and smooth jazz.

Josh’s love affair with all styles of music began early on in his life. When he was two, after small group meetings at his parents’ home, Josh would plonk the melody of worship choruses on their little electronic keyboard. Much of his music education was from growing up in church: Josh played on the kids, youth, and finally, at age 12, the adult worship teams. Josh started leading worship at age 15 and soon after began writing worship songs for his home church congregation in Malaysia.

The college years saw Josh traveling halfway across the world to the town of ‘cows, colleges and contentment’ to pursue a degree in Psychology and Cross-Cultural Studies at Carleton College. The people and experiences he encountered during the four years in Northfield would ultimately influence the style and content of his songs. While recording a CD of his own has been one of Josh’s dreams for a while, it wasn’t until the year after his graduation that doors began to open. A few months, 11 tracks, and a couple thousand dollars later, he released his debut album “Is Anyone Out There”.

Website : www.joshyeoh.com
E Mail : josh@joshyeoh.com

Esther Mui (Profile)

Accomplished pianist and songwriter, Esther Mui, has written more than 70 songs over a period of 23 years. Most of her songs were written while she served in the worship team at Sungei-Way Subang Methodist Church for 17 years. She served as Music Director for 14 years.  A daughter of a Methodist Pastor, Esther’s songs flow from her close walk with God. One can sense the anointing in her life just listening to her songs. Among her best worship songs include “Mary’s song”, “I Need You”, “Lord Have Mercy”, “Di Saat Ini”, “In Brokenness”, and “Lord, Move in the Place”. She has also composed fast and jazzy songs like “Kasih”, “Untuk Mu”, “Jehovah”, “You are the Reason”, “Dengan Sepenuh Hatiku” and others. The song “I Need You” was written when she was just 18 years old. Esther recently signed with Oops! Asia and some of her best songs will be released under that recording label in 2008. You can sample some of her songs at
www.soundclick.com/estherbasoon .

In 2006, she established one of Malaysia’s top worship website www.m-csn.com (Malaysian Christian Songwriter’s Network). This website features Christian Songwriters in Malaysia and serves as a resource centre to help songwriters. The website made a significant impact in Malaysia.

Esther, a Life Science graduate and a mother of 2, left her career to be a full time homemaker in 1994. It is amazing that this homemaker has made such an important contribution to Malaysian Christian Music. Esther presently worships at Elim House Church.

Email: admin@m-csn.com
Website: www.m-csn.com
Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/estherbasoon

Ocean of Fire (Rock Fusion album)
Review by : Ng Wah Lok

Rock Fusion band Ocean of fire is making waves with their debut release “ Ocean of Fire”. Comprising of Kelvyn Yeang (lead guitar/band leader), Chiat (guitars), Jonathan Chen (bass) and Jonathan Scull (drums), the band came together in 2003 playing their own brand of instrumental music. Their early music influences came from various prog groups and solo artists like Dream Theatre and Yngwei malmsteen. Over the years, their music evolved into their own unique Rock Fusion style.

Their debut album, also entitled “Ocean of Fire” consists of 11 of their original songs and a Christmas Medley. Their music is generally loud and will appeal to Rock Music lovers. Some songs like Ctl Alt Dlt and Sea Shell have a touch of jazz. Critical Strike, Arch Angel, River dance & Non Classical Nonsense are in their unique Rock Fusion style. They also recorded a Christmas Medley is a Rock Style. One can only imagine how they have transformed traditional Christmas songs into a Rock Fusion genre. Non- rock music lovers may find their album loud but any good musician must admire their amazing guitar skills. The lead guitarist and band leader Kelvyn Yeang’s performed his guitars with precision and speed. With this release, Kelvyn Yeang is emerging to be one of the top lead guitarists in Malaysia.

The band’s major breakthrough came at the Asian Beat 2006/2007 National finals. They came up winners and were chosen to represent Malaysia in the Grand Finals held in Sunway Surf Beach, Kuala Lumpur. At the Grand Finals, they competed against bands from Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China and emerged runners-up. Besides this, the band also bagged two individual prizes with Kelvyn Yeang as the best guitarist and Jonathan Chen as the best bassist.

E mail : kelyeang@gmail.com
Website : www.myspace.com/oceanoffire1

David Gary - Altered Frequency

David Gary is a man who sees no boundaries, as far as excelling in music and life is concerned. He is in a constant pursuit of excellence and his passion is to serve and bless others with the gift the Lord has given him-Music.

His involvement in music production started when he was 20. A man that he greatly respect and honor was Michael Veerapen, regarded as the best jazz pianist in Asia, recruited David to work in his company called Scat Productions as a Sound Engineer. Since then, David has also worked with accomplished Malaysian music producers/musicians like Josie Thomas (Guitarist), Aubrey Suwito (Keyboardist), Zahid Ahmad (Drummer) and Amir Yussof (Singer). He was also involved in recording albums of artistes like Casey, Amir Yussof, Michael Veerapen, and Nora, just to name a few.?? He then moved on to work in Incognito Productions in 1996 when Aubrey Suwito employed him as a Sound Engineer and later as Musician/Music Producer. Some of his work includes TV Commercials such as Honda City, Camry V6, Petronas Syntium, Konica, I-Home, Pearl and Dean(Cinema -Surround), Time Square (Radio), Whiskas, BMW 3, 5 & 7series, Castrol GTX, Nissan X-Trail and many more.

Website: www.virb.com/davidgary

E Mail : davidgary73@gmail.com

Joyce Yeoh – Rise to Worship

An accomplished pianist, Joyce started playing the piano at 5 years. By  age 11, she was already playing piano in her church . She completed her Grade 8 at age 14 and  went on to complete her Associate, Licentiate and Fellowship in Trinity College, London. She further studied at University Sains Malaysia and received a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in music.  In 2007, Joyce Yeoh released her debut album Rise to Worship  which features 12 instrumental worship songs.  Her  album features piano solos as well as songs accompanied by one of Portugal’s  top Oboe players, Fernando Brito.

Already a familiar face in the music scene, Tabitha has acted, sung and performed for several other theatre and concert productions by SIBKL . In the secular scene, Tabitha first made her professional theatre debut in KLPAC's first musical Pygmalion in 2005. Previously in brand management, she now writes and produces her own songs for recording and performance. She will be next seen as part of the cast ensemble of Tunku, The Musical, another production by KLPAC.

For enquiries about her work, email Tabitha at:

tabslam@gmail.com

Gabby Tham

Singer and songwriter, Gabby Tham comes from Johor , Malaysia . Her songs are written for her own personal experiences. In year 2005, she entered a national songwriting competition in Malaysia . Three of her songs were short listed for the finals, with her song “ You are the Reason ” winning third place in the Vertical Music Category. She was subsequently signed by Starmakers and some of hers songs will soon be released in their compilation album. Gabby has also released several of her songs through her personal website, www.gabbytham.com including songs like I trust in You, How I long and others.

Website: www.gabbytham.com
E mail: gabbytham@gmail.com

Brian Yim

Brian is one of the very few musicians who are born with the musical gift from God. At the age of four, he had already mastered the piano, electone and keyboard and was being invited to perform in numerous theatres and halls for public events. His gifted ability to such prolific performances were documented by the Press as “The Miracle Child” in 1979.

After graduating from primary school, he underwent formal musical training under eminent teacher as Mr. Ng Kim Chong, the chief examiner for Yamaha in 1987. He managed to obtain his certification in piano and electone in just 3 years of studies. Since then, his musical journey has soared greater heights during his tertiary education locally and abroad.

During his college years, being active in the musical scene, he was appointed as the music director and conducted many operatic, symphonic and contemporary performances for all major interfaculty events. 1993, he played for the coronation of the King of Malaysia. In 1994, he played for Tun Dr. Mahathir (the former prime minister of Malaysia), Prof. Sir David Williams (Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University), Mr. John P. Bell (High Commissioner of Canada), Dr. Goh (President of Oxford and Cambridge Society).
Parallel to his outstanding musical achievements, he entered the University of Western Michigan as a recipient of the Michael Coakley Schlorship in 1995. Brian frequently appeared as soloist at many international festivals organized by the university and has toured Detroit, Pittsburgh, Florida, New York and Chicago participating in choir groups for Christian worship ceremonies. Academically, he was also one of the very few Chinese to be awarded Hononary Recipient for The National Dean’s List. He graduated with First Class Honors in 1998.

As a music enthusiast, he has traveled to Europe, Greater China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, New York, London, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, Egypt, Italy, and Russia where he partly performed for companies’ annual functions and to study music of different cultural values to entice with his musical exposure.
Brian’s rich musical experience has made him the founder of BYMC. He now operates his own music production company envisioning to contribute his talent to the local musical industry. His repertoire covers a great variety of works, ranging from Christian worship songs to contemporary music. In 2003, he has produced an orchestral Christmas album that received many positive feedbacks from local music producers and industrial professionals. His latest Christian vocal album entitled “The Time Has Come” will also featured duets with prominent young artistes like Juwita Suwito (Malaysian Idol Vocal Coach), Joanne Yeoh (top Malaysian Female Violinist), and Vincent Chong (Akademi Fantasia Winner).

His versatility as a natural songwriter, lyricist, keyboardist, arranger and a vocalist ranges from the styles of Classic, R & B, and Jazz. His compositions cover English, Mandarin, and Malay.

Website : www.bymc-enterprise.com
E mail : brian@bymc-enterprise.com

Juwita Suwito

Juwita’s debut solo album, ‘Brand New World’ was awarded Best Local English Album at the prestigious AIM (Malaysian Music Industry) Awards in 2005. She was also nominated for Best Female Vocal Performance in an Album the same year. These were only 2 of the 4 nominations she and her album received at AIM2005.

In her late teens, Juwita began to back leading Malaysian artistes at gigs, mega concerts and prominent award shows. Between work, studies, shows, rehearsals and other commitments she developed her personal versatility and was often called upon to record song demos for East Asian publishing houses. In fact, it was demos such as these which were eventually released and unexpectedly caught the attention of many a curious listener. One example is her rendition of “Breathe Again”, published by Warner Music Taiwan in a Soundtrack for Mandarin TV drama series ‘The Outsiders’.

In July 2003, while representing Malaysia at the YWCA World Council & International Women’s Summit in Brisbane, Australia, Juwita performed a song she wrote based on the theme, ‘Leading Change’. It expressed her passion to encourage especially youth to use their unique God-given capabilities to make a difference in society. This received an enthusiastic response from the audience of approximately 1,000 women from over 100 countries.

Since then, Juwita has performed at numerous events, youth rallies and concerts in Peninsular & East Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam as well as Australia. She was the vocal coach for 'Malaysian Idol' Seasons 1 & 2, and has also guest coached on reality shows 'One in a Million' and 'Mentor'

Her long awaited sophomore album, ‘Juwita Suwito - For Real’ includes songs written by Juwita, "Beautiful Lies" from the Original Soundtrack of the movie ‘Gol & Gincu’ and the classic "Desperado" made popular by The Eagles. It also features a Malay track entitled "Teman Sejati" which she co-wrote with Habsah Hassan. The first single, "Walk Away" is currently being released on major radio stations in Malaysia. These songs accentuate the realities of life as viewed by a young adult in a soulful yet fresh and contemporary urban style. The album, produced by Aubrey Suwito, Greg Henderson and Kieran Kuek, sheds new light on Juwita as a vocalist and songwriter. It is expected to bring her further into the international arena.

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Website: www.juwitasuwito.com
E mail : info@fourfortyrecords.com

GTLim or Pastor Lim Gee Tiong is fondly known by his church members as the singing pastor. This is not surprising as he has released 12 albums. His recent release Child of God was recorded in Singapore and produced by Mandarin pop arrangers Martin Tang, Kenn C and Jonathan Koh. This album features Christian songs written by GTLim in Hokkien.  This is his third Hokkien album, the other nine are in Mandarin. He began writing songs as a university student in New Zealand in 1988.  In 1991, he returned to Malaysia and released his debut album Chase After Life . He continued to write songs and release albums, even after becoming the pastor of Blessed Church in Kuching in 1995.

It was with his fifth album, Hold My Hand that gave GTLim a breakthrough. The title track, a Hokkien song about trusting in God, became a hit here, and in Singapore and Indonesia. 

Lim, who has been channeling proceeds from his albums to his church or charity, will always see himself as a pastor first.  “Singing is a secondary calling. Whenever the two clash, singing has to give way,” he said. 

Website : www.gtlim.com

Dr. Albert Isaac

Dr. Albert Isaac is a gifted communicator and motivator. He has a dynamic international ministry and is the Founder and Senior Pastor of World Harvest Church, Malaysia which has over 100 branch churches and ministries throughout South East Asia Region.  Isaac is committed to see people break free and achieve  their fullest potential and success in life.

In year 2005, he  released his album Feel the nails. In this album, he delivers his rendition of some of the world’s top Gospel Songs like Awesome God (Rich Mullins), Feel the nails, Thank You,  Mercy, I pledge Allegiance to the Lamb, Shepherd Boy (Ray Bolts), Amazing Grace (John Newton), I will be here for you (Michael W Smith), Grace by which I stand (Keith Green) and I stand in awe ( Mark Altrodge).

He is also  the author of  the book  Your breakthrough is only a seed away.

You can purchase his book from MPH, Time, Popular, Canaanland etc or at

Altitude Bookstore
18-20 Jalan PJS 11/3
Bandar Sunway,
46150, Subang Jaya
Malaysia

E mail : info@whcmy.org
Website : www.whcmy.org

Jonathan Tse

Jonathan Tse is a youth pastor in a local church called Faith Christian Centre located in Bandar Sunway. Hailing from the Federal Territory of Labuan, he graduated from Inti College Subang Jaya with a BSc. in Computer Science in April 2004.

In December 2005, he released his debut album Purpose  with 10 of his original songs.  The musical content of the album  varies from contemporary pop music to jazz, and is arranged in a very casual and light mannered tone. Purpose is aimed to reach out to an audience that is primarily young and energetic college students. Its lyrics touch on topics regarding life from the perspective of a young college graduate, trying to find his purpose in life. Most of the issues engaged in his songs are inspired by Jonathan’s own life experiences, capturing the ebb and flow of a young man caught in the hustle-bustle of metropolitan life. The tracks in the album include So beautiful, Supernatural, Season without love, Purpose, Formality, Change, Shape my life, All for me, My everything  and Showtime.

As an independent musician, he  financed the entire project on  his own, with help from his  friends and family.  The release of this album itself is a testimony of his passion and vision.

Jonathan  musical talents have been honed since the tender age of five when he first enrolled into a music school to learn the organ. Since then, he discovered his love for music and he started playing the bass guitar in his church in Labuan six years later.

Jonathan is currently pursuing his theological studies in Malaysian Bible Seminary.

Website : www.jonathantse.com
E mail : jonathan.fcc@gmail.com

Joanne Yeoh

Joanne Yeoh obtained a First Class Honours in her Degree from the University of Middlesex, United Kingdom in 1998. Upon completing her degree course, she was awarded a Luther and Ernest Gaunt Scholarship for Strings to study at the University of Leeds. During her study there, she was also chosen to receive a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholarship, in association with British Council and the University of Leeds. She has since completed her Masters in Music Performance (MMus).

While studying in the United Kingdom, she had the privilege to participate in several seminars and masterclasses held by prominent musicians. In the summer of 1998, she participated in the Aberswyth Music Festival in Wales, the celebrated Edinburgh Summer Festival and the Aberdeen Music Festival in Scotland. She was also given the opportunity to play an active role with the Sorrel Quartet during the Leeds Annual Music Festival 1999.Since returning to Malaysia, Joanne was selected to participate in the prestigious Asian Youth Orchestra for the year 2000, traveling to Vietnam, Japan, Australia, Korea and Hong Kong.

In 2002, Joanne had the privilege to perform alongside Hong Kong superstar Jacky Cheung in his Music Odyssey Tour 2002/03 covering over 40 concerts around the world. Her tour with Jacky Cheung included performances in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Taiwan, Brunei, USA, UK and Canada.

In 2003, Joanne was once again selected to perform with Taiwanese heart-throb David Tao in his Soul Power Tour 2003 touring Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.

Amongst numerous Malaysian corporate and international events, Joanne has performed for The Malaysian Video Awards, The Outstanding Young Malaysian Awards, Asian Youth Dialogue Banquet, Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards 2003, Malaysian Tourism International Awards 2004, MSC Asia Pacific ICT Awards 2004, Asia Logistics Awards 2004 and the United World Colleges Awareness Dinner 2004.

In 2004, Joanne released her debut album entitled, Joanne Yeoh: Pulse of a Metropolis, comprising nine English songs and one Malay song. In the same year, she was selected as the honoree for "The Outstanding Young Malaysian Award (2004)", for the category of "Personal Improvement and Accomplishment".

Website : www.joanneyeoh.com.my

Edmund Smith- Artiste with a difference …

He is fondly known as “Ed” and is widely known as an artiste with a difference because of his passion for the so-called less fortunate and misunderstood community. Ed has served in programs for the illiterate, the mentally disable, the hearing impaired, people with AIDS and the homosexual community, using his talents to reach out to those people whom he loves.

Ed sings, acts and dances professionally. He started performing professionally at a tender age of 13 (1983). He started of as a dancer when he was only 5 years old. In 1987, Ed was the champion in the Melaka state level singing competition. Ed's first manager spotted him in 1989 while jamming at a pub. That was the beginning of Ed's career as a singer in pubs, lounges and hotels.

Ed went on to study creative arts and graduated in Community Services from Christchurch Educational College, New Zealand. He also graduated in Vocals from the School of Creative Arts, City Harvest, Singapore.

While living in Singapore from 1997 to 2002, Ed acted in the movie Chicken Rice War and in the much-loved Musical Drama Mid Autumn's Love. He also played a dancing role in a popular comedy musical entitled “Ka-ra-o-ke”. Ed's talents had brought him as far as Hong Kong , Macao , South Africa and many other places.

In 2005, Ed released his debut album Wake up with 11 of his original songs. His songs are about his life, faith and matters of the heart.

Besides performing, his other passion is Community Work. Inspired by his home-church “The Salvation Army”, Ed tgether with his wife Amanda are the founders and directors of RLM Management; a non-profitable Christian organization that has been reaching out the less fortunate community since 1999. He has touched and changed the lives of many; such as the illiterate, the mentally disabled, the hearing impaired, victims of AIDS and the gay & lesbian community.

Website: www.r-l-m.com
E mail: rlm@streamyx.com
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Kelvin Lim, worship director

At the age of 13, during a church camp, Kelvin or Kel, as we call him, heard an audible voice saying, “You will be playing for Me”. Knowing that it was a call from God, he went on to take up organ lessons. As he learned, he began writing down songs impressed upon him.

Growing up, he was involved in local church worship ministries, which led him to co-found Joshua Race Ministry (JRM). Kelvin helmed it as their main keyboardist. The band pioneered the local Christian band worship scene and produced a total of 3 albums, i.e. “Unity” (1992), “Heavenbound” (1996) and “Experiment” (1999), which was recorded under the international record label, Sony. This led them to be nominated in the local Grammy's equivalent, the AIM awards in 2000. Due to different commitments, the band members went their separate ways in 2001.

Kel is the co-founder of 1a.m, a businessman and loves serving God as a worship minister, composer, producer and music arranger. His mission in life is to inspire music and worship; build a business empire and raise visionaries to advance the kingdom of God.

E mail : writeus@1am.com.my
Website : www.1am.com.my

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www.thydeliverees.com

Joanne Ng released her debut album Glory be to God on March 2005. Her album is a rare recording of 10 Hokkien Praise and Worship songs. Joanne wrote 9 songs in the album herself. This singer/songwriter is a mother of 3 young children and worships at Calvary Charismatic Centre, Petaling Jaya. She sings regularly at old folks home, lunch meetings and churches. God has given her a great compassion and burden to reach the lost and Joanne has used her music to reach especially those with deep needs.

Besides the Hokkien language, Joanne also speaks and sings in English, Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia . She ministers regularly to people with needs, in the different languages. She is currently planning to release her second album soon.

Diana Wee

Diana is a young singer and composer who has just recently came in to the music industry. This Taiping-born girl now living in Kajang has been singing for as long as she can remember. She credits her love for music to her music loving family.

All through her years, she has been actively singing in church, her school choir as the conductor, and in university functions. All this, without any formal vocal training or exposure. She started composing songs at the age of 16, inspiration coming to her while just sitting at the piano. Little did she know that these songs would someday be compiled into an album. A turning point in her life was when she sang a self-composed song at a friend's wedding. Soon after, invitations started flooding in, and she sang at several other weddings and public functions such as The Lutheran World Federation Night in PJ Hilton, Youth Celebration in New Era College, and Christmas Celebration of 2002, and 2003 in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Her debut album, Your Love Remains, consists of 16 songs, all composed and sang by herself. This is not just her debut album into the music industry but also a window into the formal world of music. Her songs are an expression of her feelings, a response to the situations that she is in, about her faith, hope and passion.

The album-titled track "Your Love Remains" is a song that reflects her faith and belief in an ever-faithful Creator, as she lives in an ever-shifting world. She expresses her feelings, in the song "On This Day", that was especially composed for a friend's wedding; about the joy of having found that special someone.
 

It is extremely rare to find a song writer who is also an Assistant Professor of a University. Well, Chen Sing is such a rare discovery. This song writer has a great passion for music, and plays the piano, guitar, and harp. She has written hundreds of songs and produced several of her own albums. Some of her works had been awarded best music by the World Chinese Gospel Music Songwriting Contest.

While staying in the United States, she was involved in planting the Immanuel Chinese Church where she was actively involved in worship leading, evangelism and discipleship training. After graduating with a doctorate, she continued with her theological training at Chicago Trinity Evangelical Seminary.

In year 2000, she became Music Director of All the Earth Music Ministry, and produced several albums such as   Sing to the Lord, Are You Willing? and Worship the Lord.

Chen Sing has a voice that moves hearts. She captures the emotions of the songs very well, especially with a live audience. She has sung in Asian churches in Chicago, New York, Indiana, New Orleans, Oklahoma, and Arkansas and also conducted numerous worship seminars and revival meetings.

She has since returned to Malaysia and works as Assistant Professor in a local University. She hopes to build a new chapter in Chinese Gospel music in Asia and continue to share the love of Jesus with the music God has given her.

E mail: chensing@alltheearth.org

William Kok

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William Kok is an accomplished guitarist, gifted with the ability to play a complete musical arrangement all on one guitar. In year 2004, he released a guitar solo album The Music Maker. His album consists of 10 tracks featuring sentimental and gospel music arranged and played with one guitar. You will hear familiar tunes like Segala Puji Syukur, As the Deer pants for the waters and "White Christmas". William has an ability to juggle the bass, melody, rhythm, harmony and other guitar techniques to create an illusion that there is more than one guitarist playing. His musical journey started when he served as a voluntary teacher in the House of Joy for underprivileged children. God guided him to conduct music lessons, seminars and training for under privileged children. His calling and vision is to produce praise and worship songs with guitar solos and train others to discover the musical expressions of a guitar.

Website: www.music-maker.biz.ly
E mail: kok_william@hotmail.com

On Sept 12, 2004, she released her second SAND album entitled DREAMS under her own recording label Masterpiece Music. Lucy wrote most of the songs in SAND-Dreams but also included 2 songs from other songwriters from Penang. In her launch of her album in Penang, she used a variety of lights, dances, flags and multimedia to communicate her message in her album.

Lucy L graduated from Trinity College of Music London(1989), majoring in classical piano and cello and has been teaching music for more than 12 years. She has also been writing Gospel songs for the last 10 years.

In 1999-2000, she went to Hill Song, Australia and Sydney Conservatory to further her music education. During these years, she participated in the live recording of two Hill Song albums. This was a major turn around to her style of music resulting in the release of her contemporary album SAND. Lucy has a great passion for the youth and desires to train a whole young generation to excel in creative ministry, especially in the realm of song writing and worship. She is presently also the Music Director of George Town Baptist.

Remember to catch this dynamic music-powerhouse from Penang who has take the music circles by storm.

Website: www.masterpiecemusic.com.my
E-Mail: ngkafly@hotmail.com

Andy Yeoh

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Andy Yeoh is a member of ACTS Church, and is the lead singer and songwriter for the band Altered Frequency. Altered Frequency recently released their debut album Exalt and are already well known in Malaysia, having performed at many concerts across the country. Andy has an amazing ability to bring life into any concert and interacts very well with the crowd. With his ability to capture audiences with live performances as well as his song writing skills, he is certainly a rising star in Malaysian Gospel Music.

Email: alteredfrequency@yahoo.com

Clarine Chun and Lim Chee Peng

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Lim Chee Peng come from the Trinity Baptist Church, Alor Star (famous for the Fungates) and has been serving in the ministry of music since he was 15 years old. He leads worship, plays the piano as well as write worship songs for his church. His Pastor, Clarine Chun is the founder of Fungates, which ministry has impacted children internationally. Belonging to a church so involved in children's ministry, Chee Peng and Clarine Chun released their first album entitled “COOL”. The songs in their first album are certainly “cool” and was well received by children. Chee Peng wrote most of the songs for that album and sang all the lead vocals.
In year 2005, they released their second album entitled IN. In this album, Chee Peng and Clarine co-wrote all the songs and shared the lead vocals. The album IN was more for a general audience and not for children only.

E-mail:limcheepeng@yahoo.com

Eric Lee

Eric Lee is one of Singapore's leading gospel musicians. He has penned two highly successful praise worship albums, 'Here I am', and 'Lead Us On' which have received rave reviews in Singapore and abroad in various organizations such as Radio Kingfisher in South Africa and the Christian Music Association in the US. Impact Magazine commends "meaningful lyrical writing" found in Eric's songwriting. Together with his band, 'a2J', they push the boundaries of contemporary praise worship music while keeping to their strong rooted faith in the message of Jesus Christ. Eric's music has been given airplay in radio stations in South Africa, USA and his songs have been translated into Cantonese and Mandarin in countries like Hong Kong and Taiwan. Eric and his team are available for touring, ministering and training.

email: trikorian@yahoo.com
website: www.ericlee.net

Patrick Leong

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Patrick Leong has released 2 albums, For your love and Unto You.

His second release entitled "Unto You" was released on the 13 January 2006 . The album is a compilation of personalised worship songs that touches deep into ones heart bringing about healing, restoration and even the intimacy with the Almighty God. Comprising of 9 brand new tracks and an invited guest singer from Singapore , Galvin Sng of a song in which he wrote “Above All Else”.

"Unto You" will bring about change and transformation to the soul with the intimacy of the worth of worship unto God in the highest honour. Through the songs, messages and testimony of “Unto You” Patrick hopes that you will fall in love with the Maker of heaven and earth as you will be transformed, renewed and be blessed.

Patrick Leong is no stranger in the Malaysian music scene. He sang lead vocals for the song "Silenced by You Love" in Wah Lok's album Every Time I Pray . He has also sung back up vocals for some of Malaysia 's top secular stars like Siti Nurhaliza, Sheila Majid and international artistes such as Taiwan 's Wang Lee Hom and Indonesians Kris Dayanti and Melly Goe Slow.

However, his major break came when he was invited to perform the song Angel Tears at a Concert for Peace at Pangkor Laut in 2002, together with Luciano Pavarotti himself. Among the distinguished guests in the audience was Malaysia 's Prime Minister, Dr. Mahatir and Malaysian billionaire, Tan Sri Francis Yeoh. Angel Tears is a beautiful song written by New York Artist and Painter , Vy De Fonsey as a dedication to Sept 11 victims.

Patrick Leong's outstanding performance of Angel Tears is milestone for a Malaysian Artiste.

In 2003, Patrick launched his own solo Gospel album For Your Love . He wrote all the songs in the album. He has also set up his own recording label Oops Asia. With his distinctive voice, this talented singer/songwriter is already making a major impact in the Gospel music scene.

 Website : www.oops-asia.com

Doreen Tang

Doreen is the Choir Director at Petaling Jaya Evangelical Free Church (PJEFC). In May 2003, she performed lead vocals with the Canticle Singers for several songs at The Rose of Sharon, a contemporary Oratario. Her recording break came she caught the attention of Prody G, an Orchestral Director at the Tabernacle of David. In Prody G's recent album entitled Lamb of God, Doreen performed lead vocals for 6 songs, namely Lamb of God, El Shaddai, Worthy is the Lamb, I will trust in You, Both riches and honor, Kasih Syurga. Her powerful and distinctive voice contributed greatly to the album.

Doreen has also made her way into several secular musicals. She played  lead roles in M the Opera and Tunku, the Musical.

Elvira

Elvira is a talented and versatile young singer from Sunway Damansara Anglican Centre. She performed lead vocals for 2 songs in Wah Lok's album, Shining Stars, namely She moves her feet to dance and Sing. Since then, she gave an excellent performance as Hannah in the musical Two in Galilee. She also sang as lead vocalist in a contemporary Oratorio The Rose of Sharon. Both these performances were with the Canticle Singers. With her cheerful and bubbly character, Elvira is set to make her impact in the music scene.

Prody G

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Prody G is currently the Orchestra Conductor at the Tabernacle of David (TOD). During his tenure with TOD, he released 2 albums namely Mighty Jehovah and Lamb of God. The songs in these 2 albums were written by Prody himself. Prior to this, Prody was the Concertmaster for the Orchestra Kuala Lumpur.

Glenn Packiam

MUSIC runs through Glenn Packiam's veins. Born on Feb 27,1978, this Malaysian's love affair with music began at a relatively young age. Having collectively picked up the guitar, piano and trumpet by the time he was 10, it is hardly surprising that the 25-year-old is currently making waves in the American music scene.

He had made a name for himself in 1992 when he wrote the theme song for an International Church Conference organised by the FGA. Entitled We Arise it has since become a staple in many churches. In 1996, he attended the Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he studied Theology and Music. He served in the music ministry there and took teams to different cities in the United States as well as Europe, Africa and Malaysia. Upon graduation, he was appointed Associate Music Director of ORU, overseeing the music ministries.

He wrote and recorded his songs on the ORU CD called Sacred Vow. He then joined the New Life Church in Colorado Springs as an Associate Pastor of Worship in 2000. He was recently appointed director of the Worship School there.

Two of Packiam's songs, namely We Lift You Up and You Are are included in Integrity Music latest compilation called More Than Life. Integrity Music is one of the world's leading worship recording label. The album was released in Malaysia a month ago. And that is not all. Packiam has signed up with Integrity to record eight songs to be released in July this year in the United States. 

KB Chan

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Pastor KBCHAN is a worship leader, a songwriter and Christian recording artiste with a Psalmist anointing. He has so far released six Christian albums being, ‘Revival is in this Land', which has 6,000 copies sold in 1989, ‘In a Sacrifice of Praise' in 1991, ‘Look on our Fields' done in the USA in 1992, ‘The New Season' in 1994, ‘A Song in the Night' in 2002 and now the latest worship album called ‘Intimacy – a worship experience' 2005. All the albums have been well received locally and abroad. So far KB has written more than 60 songs.

Saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit in August 1987, he spent the earlier part of his ministry reaching out to the small churches in the East Cost of Malaysia and moved among some AOG churches in Kuala Lumpur back in 1989-1991 while still working in the bank. He was called into full time ministry in July 1992 after working in a bank for 23 years.

While preparing to serve the Lord in a big way in 1994, the doctors told him that his kidneys had failed and he needed to go for dialysis three times a week. He has been a dialysis patient for more than 10 years now. In spite of his physical condition, he still carries his keyboard and ministers to smaller churches locally. He was a worship Pastor for two years in a local church.

Ordained and recognized as a minister in 1996, he started a ministry of worship and intercession called ‘Sweet Incense'. Many lives have been touched and transformed by his music as he ushers them into the throne room of God. His life and testimony have been a good testimony of God's grace and provision in times of needs. He has been acknowledge as a ‘walking miracle' and spends his time witnessing to new dialysis patients and has brought many to the Lord these 10 years.

In July 2003, his kidneys were removed because doctors said it was life threatening. It was a miraculous operation and doctors took five and a half hours to perform the operation. In spite of the fact that he has no kidneys and has to do dialysis three times a week, the Lord strengthens and restores his ministry to the nation. He is now traveling across the nation to minister in churches and camps and has brought much comfort to the hurting and the broken-hearted. He has just completed his sixth album called 'Intimacy-a worship experience'. Pastor KBCHAN is married with two daughters. One is married to an Australian and they are both Pastors and his younger daughter is a graduate.

Website: www.kbchan.net
E mail : sweetincense@hotmail.com

Maria Angela Rebano

Maria Angela Rebano is a very gifted professional jazz singer and recording artiste. With her lovely husky voice, she has captivated many hearts in live performances across Malaysia. Recently she recorded 6 songs for Wah Lok's album Every Time I Pray and Shining Stars. She also song lead vocals in the albums Together We Stand by Praise City Church and Christmas Gift. Maria is also an anointed worship leader and able to bring some of the deepest expressions in worship. She gave us an outstanding vocal recording in the worship songs "Flow Holy Spirit" and "Make my heart Your resting place"

Maria Esther Rebano maqer74@hotmail.com

Bernard McDonagh

Bernard McDonagh came to Christ in his home town of Geraldton, Western Australia in 1980. He moved to Sydney in early 1986 to study at the International Institute for Creative Ministries (I.I.C.M.). He completed the Music Diploma course, majoring in guitar. He graduated with honours in December 1987, also winning unit awards in 3 subjects.

Bernard and his wife came to live in Malaysia in 1991. Since then he has worked full time, teaching music at international schools in K.L. He has been active in the local church-music scene for most of this time, including church music on a weekly basis, inter-church and inter-denominational meetings, rallies, workshops and seminars, as well as recording sessions and writing articles. He remains passionate about music and the artistic vocation, and continues to hope for better things in Christian music. He and his wife have one beautiful daughter!

P/s. Bernard played acoustic guitars in the albums "Every Time I Pray", "Shining Stars" and "Together We Stand"

E-mail: berniemusic@yahoo.com

Geoffrey Woo

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Geoffrey Woo is a singer/composer, and has been in the music ministry for 20 years. He received this calling while he was an Engineering student in Melbourne, Australia. Upon completion of his studies, he returned to Malaysia and stepped out into the ministry and has been living by faith all these years. This is the special aspect of his ministry, to be evidence of God's ability to provide supernaturally.

In those 20 years, Geoffrey has released 5 albums and 3 singles. The last album, REPRISE, is a retrospective album culled from his previous work. It is also a commemoration of 25 years of song-writing. Two of his singles have received radio air-play in Singapore, namely, JUST ONE LIFE Pt.II and MORE THAN LIFE. The latter single has literally traveled around the world, having been selected for the onboard programming on Singapore Airlines flights for one month.

Throughout his ministry, Geoffrey has ministered in churches around Malaysia and Singapore, and has toured Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia, Manila in the Philippines, and Jakarta and Bali in Indonesia. In spite of all this, Geoffrey still manages to keep a low profile.

E mail: geowoo@rocketmail.com

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Aris Siew -
Sr Pastor of Praise City Church

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Aris Siew is a Songwriter, Senior Pastor and worship leader, all in one. He has released 2 albums, Fire to Gold and Together We Stand ( album by Praise City Church). One would wonder how he balances his time between music and pastoring . Nevertheless, Aris has done a great job pastoring the Praise City Church. The church has branches in Malacca, Bentong and Seremban. He is also a very anointed worship leader, having led large worship services at Breakthrough Rallies organized by NECF.

E mail : praisecc@ppp.nasionet.net

Michelle Tan

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Michelle is one of Malaysia's youngest artiste emerging in Gospel Music. She comes from a very musical church, The Tabernacle of David. With such a background, she has written many worship songs at a young age. In 2001, aged 20 years, she released her debut solo album Better Days. She wrote all the songs in the album. Her songs are both exciting and fresh and has her own distinctive style. Michelle is set to become one of Malaysia's outstanding Christian artistes/songwriter in the years to come. 

E mail: melle_bd@hotmail.com

Jordan Rivers

Jordan is an excellent lead guitarist. Many regard him as one of the best Christian lead guitarist in Malaysia. Besides being a guitarist, he is also a song writer and music producer. He worked as a secular musician for many years. Several years ago, he received his calling. He left his work with secular music to serve God full time in Christian music. In year 2002, he released his debut album Hallowed be Thy name.

Danny Cheh

Danny Cheh is a songwriter from Community Baptist Church, Malaysia. He graduated from Berkelee College of Music, Boston. In 1999, Danny released his album Love Letters. He has also produced albums for other artistes in United States. Presently he serves as Music Director in Morning Star, Boston. 

E mail: deeceemusick@yahoo.com