Friday, October 26, 2007
Alexander Lee-Hom Wang was born in Rochester, New York on May 17, 1976. He attended Jefferson Road Elementary School, Pittsford Middle School, then later Pittsford Sutherland High School in the town of Pittsford. Known for its excellence in education, the Pittsford School District cradled Leehom as a youngster, making him a well rounded person. Leehom graduated from Sutherland High School with a perfect 1600 SAT score. After graduation, he studied at Williams College and graduated with honors majoring in Music & Asian Studies. He furthered his studies by attending a semester at Berklee College of Music in the Professional Music program, with voice as his principal instrument.
In 1995 he was signed to a professional recording contract while visiting his grandparents in Taiwan. Since then, Wang has become one of the new songwriters and musicians revolutionizing the Chinese-language music industry. He is active in all areas of music production, from composing to producing, to music arrangement, to lyric writing, to directing his own music videos.
Although he did not begin learning Chinese until he was 18, Wang is now fluent in Chinese in both speaking and writing and has written many Chinese lyrics for his songs. Wang plays over 10 musical instruments. In his albums and live concerts, Wang can be heard playing piano, drums, guitar, bass, violin, vibraphone, erhu, xun, and more.
for the first time in my life,
im actually interested in a CHINESE SINGER.
while many Singaporeans are still crazy over Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, Nicholas Tse, Stephanie Sun and all those, WANG LEE HOM stands out the most.
im not sure why many people are crazy over him, maybe because he's goodlooking, or he's talented or he sings well.
personally, i've fallen in love with him because he shows without a doubt the most professionalism in his concerts. not only does he write the songs, he wrote the music and he makes the music.
the amazing feat of singing and playing complicated piano melodies, dancing and singing at the same time, and simply put, the most breath taking coordination between him and the band though he's constantly running ard the big stage.
as seen from his life story above, there is no doubt about his amazing abilities.
maybe he appeals to me more because he is well versed in English and Chinese and Japanese and in Music.
the ability to play SO many instruments so well, simply sweeps me off my feet.
as well as his singing capability which is simply. WOW.
so for anyone who thinks i like him because he's good looking and hot. well those are plus points.
but what really captures my heart is his talent.
he may be old. but talent knows no boundaries to age.
i know it may sounds exaggerated but i think i like him as much as if not more than Jamie Cullum and Jason Mraz. which is. amazing.
too bad he's too far away, and not as if he'll acknowledge my admiration for him over those high pitched giggly bimsy(no offense hilda) girls swooning over his goodlooks and superficially his instrument playing abilities.
but still. Kudos to him for being such a pride for Chinese, as well as Changing my mentality towards Chinese music.
one good example of his songs is LOVE LOVE LOVE.
i fell in LOVE with it after i heard it. simply. awestrucking. it has rather strong Jamie Cullum semblance. and i adore it. ALOT.
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