But first Grace Jie Jie’s daddy Gary Chao (曹格) wants to tell children of the world that Life Is Beautiful (美丽人生). Both of Gary’s children, Joe and Grace, are featured in this MV. Aren’t they just precious? <3
Here to make Monday a little easier =)
First, Jane Zhang is singing the English theme for the Terminator 5! Apparently that’s why she missed out on the I am a Singer finale.
Meanwhile, here is one more of those pretty theme songs she excels at. The song is written by up-and-rising musician Xu Ziwei, who also wrote the theme song for upcoming Chen Xiao drama Twilight of the Empire :
Here to make Monday a little easier =)
It’s been a while since the last Music Monday. But this week’s selection is decent enough to make up for it … I hope.
Well Li Wei‘s 李炜 motto Enjoy My Life or ELIFE – live an entertaining and easy with earnest and energy.
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One of my favorite Taiwanese indie bands 1976 released their new album “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” today. I haven’t listened to it yet, but considering I’m usually the late one on the block with indie news I thought I would seize the moment, in keeping with their theme of, in this fast-paced world of today, emphasizing the moments as we travel through time rather than trying to reach a particular destination . You can listen to the 10 tracks from the album here. Buy it at yesasia here.
1976 – 流浪者之路 MV (Their main plug )
More release and concert news below on Milk@Coffee, SuperVC etc.
Xue Zhiqian is the first person to be nominated for all six of the major awards given by the Chinese Pop Music Ceremony in one year, including “best original composer,” “best album,” “best male singer,” “most popular singer,” “best album producer,” and “Golden song of the year” for both “Legend” and “Deeply in love with you,” which you can read about here and here.
Legend/Chuan Shuo, music and lyrics by Xue Zhiqian:
Cfensi’s comment: I love that part@3:22!
In the recently unveiled Chinese Music List 2008 Beijing Pop Music ceremony nomination list, new popular group Milk@Coffee, got seven nominations with their album “The Older the Lonelier”. They were not the only ones to get seven nominations, but they’re a bit more indie than the rest who did, so it’s fairly impressive. I feel like Chinese indie is becoming mainstream, which simply means it’s getting more noticed and more money, which is great. 
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