Organisation

周華健 (Wakin Chau)

Wakin chau is one of the most influential singer songwriter in the Asian Pop Music industry.

Despite breaking into the scene over 30 years ago, and debuting his Mandarin album “Direction of the heart” <心的方向> in 1987 through Rock records, he is still one of the most relevant and sought-after singer in the current music scene. From London to China, New York to Singapore, he constantly tours and performs to sell-out crowds all over the world.

Wakin has released numerous ground-breaking albums including Mandarin, Cantonese and English albums over the course of his singing career, many of which are multi-award winning, chart-topping best sellers.

Some of his most iconic works include his Mandarin album “You make me happy and sad” <让我欢喜让我忧> which sold over 2 million copies, elevating him to Superstar status; “Flowery Heart” <花心> (that sold over 3 million in Asia, prompting his loving fans to name him “National singing hero” (国民歌王); While the first single of Mandarin album “Love Follows” <爱相随>is a KTV hot favourite, his “Nothing will stop me from loving you” <风雨无阻>album hit yet another sales record in the Asian Music Industry.

Wakin’s English album “I Remember” did equally well. It broke the Taiwan music album sales record for English albums and he was awarded the Best Singer award at the fourth Taiwan Golden Melody Award the same year. He was candidly named “Slayers of the Heavenly Kings” (天王杀手)by the Hong Kong media when his Cantonese album “Music brings us together”< 有 弦 相 聚 >attained chart and commercial success. “You stand by me” <弦途有你> and“Completely” <弦弦全 全>were multi-award winners at various Hong Kong prestigious music awards. In his latest work, mandarin album “Jiang hu”<江湖>, he blended literary arts with music, and garnered four nominations in the Golden Melody Award.

Wakin Chau’s vocal abilities, songwriting skills as well as his easy-going personality had made him well-loved by fans and media throughout the years, making him an irreplaceable unshakeable icon in the Asian music industry.

Ken Chong

Award-winning Songwriter, Arranger, Producer

As a songwriter signed exclusively for Funkie Monkies Publishing, Ken has written songs and arranged music for major artists in the Asia Pacific region. These include A-list artist, Stefanie Sun’s (孙燕姿) ‘Rainbow Bot’ 《彩虹金 刚》 from her 2016 EP with the same title; winner of The Voice Of China (Season 2), Li Qi’s (李琦) ‘Love Paradise’ 《爱情乐园》 from his 2016 album, ‘Laugh’《笑》; BEJ48’s 《紳士風度》 from the girl group’s 2018 album, ‘B A Fighter’; Benkho’s (刘彬濠) 2020’s single, ‘True Love’; BBF’s ‘This Is Our Youth’ 《重裝上陣》 from the boyband’s 2016 EP, ' Go for Our Glory’ (王者之路); and Liz’s (麗 絲) ‘Crush On’ 《迷恋》 from her 2018 single, ‘Crush On Liz In Crazy Paradise’. Other works include those of Shennio Lin (林芯仪), Lady Bees (蜜蜂少女队) and Dragon V. Ken also arranged the music for BBF’s tracks, ‘Go for Our Glory’ 《王者之路》 and ‘An Exclusive Show’ 《独家 献映》 from the boyband’s 2016 EP, 'Go for Our Glory’ 《王者之路》.

In the audio post-production arena, Ken composed, arranged and produced the song, ‘You Moved My Heart’《是你让我心动》 also titled, ‘Every Day Every Night’《朝朝暮暮》performed by Hong Kong’s Golden Horse Award-winning actress, Sandra Ng (吴君如), which is the theme song for the full feature film, ‘A Fantastic Ghost Wedding’ 《非常婚事》 also known as ‘Revelation of Ghost Marriage’《冥婚启示》 of which Ken also scored the soundtrack for. Other full feature films that Ken have composed songs and/or scored soundtrack for include ‘Ghost Child’ 《鬼 仔》, ‘Ghost On Air’《灵听》 and ‘Dead Mine’. Ken has scored music for TV commercials including ‘Systema’, ‘Top Detergent’, ‘Yakult’, ‘Singapore Press Holdings’, ‘KFC’, ‘Subway’, ‘Ministry of Community, Youth & Sports’, ‘Pediasure’ etc.. He has scored music for TV programs in Singapore, like ‘Geng Anam’, ‘Moulmein High’ and ‘Police & Thief’, as well as international documentaries like ‘Psychic Vietnam’ (BBC) and ‘Hyper Rescue Tokyo’ on National Geographic Channel.

Ken is an alumnus of Nanyang Technological University where he obtained his PhD in Arts after completing his PhD research in songwriting at the National Institute of Education. He is also an alumnus of Bath Spa University (UK) where he obtained his Master’s degree (with Distinction) in Music (Songwriting).

Jason Chong

Multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter, Arranger, Producer

Jason is a multi-instrumental songwriter, music producer, and arranger hailing from the sunny island of Singapore. Starting his musical journey at the age of 14, his keen learning abilities have allowed him to teach himself instruments like the guitar, drums, keyboard, and bass guitar, with the latter being his principal instrument.

He was awarded a scholarship by the Media Development Authority of Singapore in 2010 to pursue a Bachelor’s in Creative Technology, majoring in Audio Engineering & Sound Production at JMC Academy in Melbourne, Australia.

Jason was signed to Funkie Monkies Publishing as an exclusive songwriter and producer in 2014 upon returning to Singapore and has since sold songs to various artistes and groups around the Asia-Pacific region. He has also arranged and produced for regional artistes like Amuyi 呂薔 (Taiwan), Ferlyn G 黃晶玲 (Singapore), Mornin Chen 陈梦辰 (Taiwan), BBF (China), JPGirls (Vietnam), and many more. In 2016, he co-wrote and produced the song 《为梦想闪耀》 alongside veteran Mandopop singer Derrick Hoh 何維健 as a theme song for the drama ‘The Dream Coders’ 《梦想程式》 which was aired on Mediacorp’s Channel 8 in 2017 and has been nominated for the Best Theme Song for the Star Awards 2018.

He has also participated in songwriting camps organised by Funkie Monkies in Singapore, and Warner Chappell Music in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, and Taiwan respectively. He was 1 of the 2 Singaporean representatives to participate in MUST’s first-ever International Songwriting Camp in Oct 2017.

Jason has been sought after locally and regionally as an arranger and producer for his expertise and taste in the Electronic Dance Music (EDM), R&B, Hip-hop, Trap, and Electro-Pop styles of music.

Mr Eric Ng

Principal, Examination Board Chairperson Multiple Platinum Award-winning Songwriter, Arranger, Producer

Being one of the main founders of TSMC, Mr Eric Ng’s extensive knowledge and experience in the industry to bridge music education and opportunities.

Since launching his career in the late 90s, Eric has become a chart-topping staple within the Asian pop scene, establishing himself as a highly acclaimed songwriter, producer and music arranger. Recognized as the launchpad for multiple hits for artists such as A-Mei 张惠妹, Sandy Lam 林忆莲, Hebe Tian 田馥, so on, his success is only over-shadowed by an unprecedented level of creative energy that has fuelled him daily for nearly two decades straight.

His involvement with Xiaohan as a composer for musicals such as Liao Zhai Rocks! 《聊斋》, Lao Jiu《老九》 and Nanyang the musical received constant rousing appraisals by the media. As music director, he ventured into movies such as 881 and 12 Lotus《十二莲花》, directed by Royston Tan and Turn you around – the Voice of China, directed by Chai Yee Wei. The original movie soundtrack of 881 earned the honour of being the highest selling movie soundtrack in Singapore history.

His unique talent has been stamped across both the commercial and indie spirit of music-making, forging catchy jingles for Macdonald’s, Super, Samsung and other high profile brands.

His recent work includes ‘The Younger Me’ by Wakin Chau 周华健 and ‘I Pray’ by Super Junior’s Sungmin mini-album ‘Orgel' which rose to #1 in 13 different countries on the iTunes Charts (K-Pop) including the USA and the UK in less than 24 hours.

Ms Xiaohan

Creative Director, Academic Board Chairperson Award-winning Lyricist and Author

With a PhD in Virology to her name, Xiaohan 小寒 is a Mandopop lyricist whose works had won her 7 Best Local Lyricist awards at the Singapore Hit Awards and 3 at the E Awards. She is the first and only Singaporean lyricist to be nominated three times in the prestigious Taiwan Golden Melody Award (台灣金曲獎). She worked with many well-known artistes like EXO，Eason Chen 陳奕迅，Sandy Lam林憶蓮，Jolin Tsai 蔡依林，JJ Lin 林俊傑，Khalil Fong 方大同，Tanya Chua 蔡健雅 and many more, publishing over 400 lyrics since 1998. She also penned the lyrics for National Day Parade in 2008 and 2009 as well as Chingay “Fire in Snow” in 2013 and wrote for musicals such as Liao Zhai Rocks! 《聊斋》 and Lao Jiu 《老九》. She has been a columnist of Lianhe Wanbao for 13 years and has published 6 books so far: “Tears are Capsules” 《眼泪是胶囊》，“Count Less happiness” 《無指幸福》， “Train of No return” 《回不去的候車站》，“Girl with Perfect Imperfection” 《幸好我不是滿分女生》， “Eugenics College” 《優生學院》and "Undercover Teacher"《穿校服的老師》.

Xiaohan is currently onboard the Speak Mandarin Campaign Council and is constantly conducting school tours, in hopes to spark the students’ interest in music, as well as the Chinese language. She has been lending her knowledge and experience of the music industry to FM Pop Music School for the past 15 years and has taught over 500 students in her lyrics writing class, which many of them had gone on the publish lyrics for A-list singers.

Geoffrey Low

Geoffrey Low is one of Singapore’s sought-after engineers with a 20 years wealth of experience from the studios, “live” and broadcast.

Known for his versatility, Geoffrey carries a dynamic credit list that ranges from:

• album mixes for top MandoPop artists like Stefanie Sun, Tanya Chua, The Lion
  Band
• working with international producers like David Foster, Owen Morris (Oasis)
  and local producers like Adam Lee, Kenn C, Eric Ng etc.
• TV broadcast mixes for local shows like The Final One, National Day Parades - surround mixes for international MTV concert programs with recent artists like Alessia Cara, One Republic, BeBe Rexha, A-Pink etc.
• engineering for local artists like The Sam Willows, Gentle Bones and Charlie Lim.

In addition to studio and broadcast, Geoffrey's live concert FOH or Monitor Engineer credits includes events like the Global Chinese Music Awards, Kit Chan 2015 Concert etc.

With limited music background, Geoffrey discovered the potential of synthesizers and MIDI in his early days. Geoffrey joined a local band, Club Ecstasy to engineer and co- produce their pioneering EDM debut album “Midi Genetics” in 1994. This album went on to win the local album of the year in 1995’s 987 Perfect Ten Music Awards.
Realising the importance of education, Geoffrey went on to graduate with top honors, a Msc. in Music Information Technology and a Dip. in Advance Audio Production from the UK. Geoffrey returned to Singapore to begin his professional career at Singapore's largest recording studio called, "The Audioplex".

As a Studio Executive/Engineer, he worked with the best regional and international musicians, producers, artists and film scorers.

He engineered numerous album tracks ranging from pop to jazz and even continued to produce a couple of albums on the local front with his old band mate under a new name, The Usual Suspects. One of its singles, was awarded Top Local Instrumental Contemporary of the year 2004 by The Composes and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS).

After “Audioplex”, Geoffrey founded a partnership company, called “Resonance Audio” which specializes in niche audio solutions. Projects extended to surround production, film music and broadcast mixes for MTV Asia, where he has mixed extensively for their “live” musical performance programs. This expands his credit list internationally having a mix for TV programs with artists like Norah Jones, Cranberries, Simple Plan etc.

Geoffrey then became a senior lecturer at Singapore Polytechnic developing courses in Music and Audio Technology. In addition to curriculum, Geoffrey manages the school's studio facilities and industrial training program. In 2009, he mentored 3 students to set up a new audio production company called "Soundfarm Production Studios", securing a grant of S$50000 from Spring Singapore. The company went on to generate revenues up to S$200,000 a year.
Apart from sound engineer work, Geoffrey's consultancy includes product application and production training for industry operators and businesses. Being a trainer for Dolby Laboratories broadcast products since 2007, Geoffrey has conducted several surround production trainings to broadcasters and educational institutes in many South East Asia countries and China. In China, he had become a guest lecturer in Beijing’s renowned CUC and trained engineers who are currently working on "The Voice, China”.

Geoffrey recently joined Dolby Laboratories as a Staff Content Engineer, looking after content production engagements across the broadcast and OTT ecosystems for South East Asia.

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mm2全亚影视娱乐（mm2 Asia Ltd，简称“mm2”）总裁

章能容1985年毕业于新加坡国立大学，获土木工学学士学位。自2017年4月起，他便担任全亚影视娱乐公司的总裁，负责监督和管理集团的业务运营，并为全亚影视娱乐公司寻找新的商机。章能容先生曾于2005年至2011年间担任新加坡新传媒（Mediacorp）副总裁和首席客户官，负责监管该集团的媒体业务，包括电视、广播、报纸、数字和现场活动部分。同时，他也是制作公司Vividthree的非执行董事，新加坡太和观慈善有限公司董事会成员，以及新加坡媒体节顾问委员会成员。

Monica Lee

With offices in more than 40 countries, Warner Chappell Music Taiwan takes the lead in MandoPop music. Monica Lee is President, Asia-Pacific for Warner/Chappell Music. She oversees the publisher's operations across the region after previously serving as Senior Vice President for WCM, Asia-Pacific. She joined WCM in 2002 as Creative Director for Taiwan after its acquisition of Musset Publications, an indie publishing company where she served as General Manager. She also previously held A&R gigs at Universal Records Taiwan and PolyGram Records Taiwan.

Under Monica’s impressive direction, Warner/Chappell has built an outstanding reputation across the Asia-Pacific songwriting community and throughout the region’s music industry. Monica has also played a vital role, from signing promising new talent and helping steer the careers of established songwriters, to strategically aligning with digital partners and growing Warner Chappell’s presence in key markets.

Warner/Chappell Music is a global music publishing company of Warner Music Group, home to a wide array of legendary songwriters such as Led Zepplin, Beyonce, Katy Perry, and Bruno Mars, as well as a rich catalogue of contemporary hits and influential standards.