Sounds
Classic Light
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When I was asked to do a classical album, I didn't know what to expect. I'd done a few concertos and penguin suit stuff before, but classical musicians never liked to party after the concerts, so those gigs didn't appeal to me much. I mean, who likes memorizing 30 pages of music for a one night concert and no beer? At least in jazz when you make a mistake, it's creative. In classical music, when you make a mistake, you suck. But the concept of redoing these great melodies, and playing them my way was very appealing.
Chris Babida, who has produced like a ton of Chinese pop singers and has done some great film scoring, really surprised me with his tracks. He turned these standard classical tunes into a saxophone make-out album, which according to a few friends, actually got them to second base plus a couple of times. I enjoyed adding a sad and sometimes soulful sound, changing the melodies just a little, but not a lot. The weird sleeper on this album is "Little Stars" which I got into a big argument with my record company boss over, because I thought it was dumb. He reasoned with me that Mozart wrote it, and I was insulting Mozart if I didn't play it. So I played it, and I'm still playing it. Everyone loves to twinkle twinkle. It works for little kids, for schools, and even for Star TV. It's funny how things work out.
Credits
Producer |
David Jerng |
Assistant Producers |
Jona Huang / Tommy Chan / Ken |
Arrangements |
Chris Babida |
Background Vocals |
Bobo Lee / Pale Sanders |
Recorded by |
Ho Chin Tang at CBS Sony Studio, HK |
Photographer |
Joshua Lee |
Wardrobe by |
Pai-Di Studio |
Stylist |
Hsieh Li Chun |
Make Up Artist |
Han Chung Wei |
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