Talk:Music of Singapore

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[edit] NDP songs?

Shouldn't this be mentioned, especially the large collection of NDP songs built up over the years? -- Natalinasmpf 21:40, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes, these should be mentioned. While I don't really enjoy singing them in school, I have to admit some songs are good. Even my Indonesian ex-classmate who used to joke about S'porean's "snobbishness" admires some of the songs. Hmm .... I wonder who wrote these songs; they certainly deserve some credit. -- Vsion 21:54, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I don't know what they are, but they sound probably relevant, judging from your question and Vsion's response. This article could use expansion in a whole lot of different directions. Tuf-Kat 22:11, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
Some of them are known as "theme songs" for the NDP, but collectivity, they can be called "national songs". Afterall, we can have only one theme song per year, and they were only writtern for this purpose since 1998. We do have plenty of songs prior to and since then, right? :D--Huaiwei 05:23, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Should we also list the older genre of NDP songs such as "Chan Mali Chan", "We are Singapore", etc. ? Eh ... btw, how old is Rui En ? She is quite jude, sial... ;-) -- Vsion 10:30, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
Sure...but in the meantime, we might as well make mention on the Sing Singapore thingy and other past events which had helped many of such songs to be born? :D--Huaiwei 10:40, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Structural problems

This article is definitely much needed, however, as defined by the introduction, there is only one kind of Singapore music, ie. in English. How about the musical scene in Mandarin (which is alive and kicking) and in Malay? Structural problems. Must be addressed. Mandel 16:26, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Yeah. In fact, the English music scene seems to be relatively less developed compared to its Chinese and Malay cousins.--Huaiwei 16:37, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
I found it strange that xinyao (in particular) is not included in this general article about Singapore music, especially since it is supposed to be an indigenous style. Phytomagus 05:41, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestions to improve article

Some suggestions to improve this article - perhaps we can reference the current show on Channel U which walks through the development of music in Singapore from the 1920s? :) xinyao is definitely a very important part of Singapore music history just like Taiwan's school min'ge. Recent developments like Project SuperStar, Campus Superstar and SuperBands can be included. Speaking of competitions, popular competitions in the '80s like Dou Ge Jing Yi can be included also - but that'll require senior wikipedians who still have recollections of the programmes.

Keep your suggestions coming in! Jinhua 14:54, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Condolences to people in Singapore music scene

Condolences to the staff at Ocean Butterflies for the premature demise of one of their founding fathers. :( Jinhua 14:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Observatory (band)

I have just created the subject article, fixing a redlink in this article. As I am not from Singapore (but discovered this band on a trip there in 2005) I would welcome any corrections or amplifications to the article. ++Lar: t/c 04:20, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Singer-songwrites like Amanda Tee should be discussed. Cibwins 16:02, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)