I’m headed to LA, House of Blues (!) in one week to join Wanting 曲婉婷 on tour up the American West Coast!! Very, very, excited. LA, SF, Portland and Seattle. It’s going to be incredible to come back to the States (it’s been over a year!)
Thanks to HypnoticAsia for the feature! Read it here!
還有一個星期我就回去美國巡迴了！洛杉磯，舊金山，坡特蘭，及西雅圖。我已經超過一年都沒有回美國了。我非常期待有這個很棒的機會表演！
感謝網站HypnoticAsia! 謝謝你們的支持幫我宣傳我的訊息！
這是我最近拍的廣告：Yahoo奇摩購物中心十周年慶第1波TVC
雖然我只出現3秒我還是花了整天排片，哈哈，這滿正常的。編曲也是我的。我改變了我專輯的「鞭炮」。如果你們專心聽就可以聽出來我把歌詞換成：「想讓幸福在每一個角落圍繞，更好！嗚嗚嗚, Better!」Better 就是「更好」的意思。
This is the new Yahoo commercial I appear in! It celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Yahoo Online Store. Even though I only appear in 3 seconds of it, I was there for a whole day, haha. That’s pretty common for film shoots. The model actress Ann was really cool, me being such a noob when it comes to commercials. I composed the music for this spot as well, modifying my own song ‘Firecracker’ and adding the word “better” to the chorus.
Here’s more pics from the shoot and a great interview as well. 我們那天有多拍幾張照片，還有我的訪問：http://bit.ly/dawenyahoo
有一些人再問我第一次寫廣告的編曲在那裡可以看。我把連接放在這裡了。我第一次寫廣告的編曲是為江蕙的佳麗寶化妝品Impress印象之美系列。曲風是古典音樂，我還先參考莫扎特的風格然後再寫編曲。
Some of you have been asking to see the first commercial I ever wrote music for. This was back in 2012 when I did the music for this Kanebo commercial starring legend Jody Chiang. The musical style was Classical and I used Mozart as a reference.
我第一次在台北小巨蛋表演太奇妙了。我現在才能夠喘口氣把一些感覺寫下來。好多人問我我有沒有緊張。講實話，我有欸，但不是因為觀眾的關係。我緊張因為這麼大的場地我得需要戴耳帽 (ear monitors)聽聲音表演。好多細節給我一個新的感覺，新的經驗。我戴耳帽就聽不見現場的聲音，但讓我最剛動的是歌迷的尖叫大到一個程度我後來雖然戴耳帽還是可以聽到大叫的熱情鼓勵跟支持。我永遠不會忘記那個感覺。
So it’s been so crazy I haven’t really had a chance to sit back and reflect on my performance at the 9th Annual KKBox Awards on Feb 22nd. I sang Justin Timberlake’s ‘Suit and Tie’ and my own ‘Beautiful’. It was my first time performing in front of 15,000 people and I will never forget that moment. A lot of people asked me if I was nervous, and truthfully, I was, but not because of the crowd. It was my first time wearing ear monitors and being in a huge arena like that, I was overwhelmed by all the logistics that come with a huge awards show. When I put on my ear monitors, I couldn’t hear anything else. Having said that though, when I did take the stage and finally sing I was aware of this crazy energy coming from the crowd. The shouts and cheers of my supporters were able to pierce through the vacuum of my ear monitors and that is a feeling I will never forget.
表演之後我非常興奮，講話不清楚有講得太快，哈哈。我在後台一直跳來跳去。媒體有問我我表演自己打分數會打多少。我誠懇得回答：我覺得我任何的表演是不可能完美的。但是我今晚只有一個目標：我想好好的唱完這一次的表演還有想要自己享受這個時刻。按照這個目標我覺得我有成功。我當然希望我下次表演會越來越順。下面的照片是我表演的最誇張跟精彩的時刻。“Stop！”
The media asked me later how I felt I did. Taiwanese reporters love asking performers this question. I answered honestly: No performance of mine in my opinion, is ever perfect and mine certainly wasn’t that night. However, I had one goal and that was to enjoy my time on stage, to savor the moment of performing at the Taipei Arena for the first time. Going off that, I felt like I succeeded. Of course, I hope I improve in future performances. This was one of the most thrilling moments I’ve ever had in a live performance: “Stop!”
最後要感謝KKBox給我這麼寶貴的機會在小巨蛋表演，還有我公司環球唱片，千萬不會忘記我的國際後援會：你們的尖叫讓我好感動，好愛你們，也看到你們做的牌子！！
也要謝謝阿達老師在這麼短的時間幫我把表演的編曲完成，謝謝你！今年已經有好多好棒的表演機會，我真的要感謝住！
Huge thanks to KKBox for inviting me to perform as a newcomer, to my label Universal, and to my fanclub! Also big ups to the amazing Gideon Su for helping me get my arrangement in order! We had barely any time to put it together! What an auspicious year it’s turning out to be and I do have to thank God for the tremendous opportunities I’ve had already!
還沒講完！我那天就認識了好多歌手！！我在後台遇到了A-Lin, 還有蘇打綠的青峰！我還看到林俊傑經過我旁邊，我好興奮！！我也跟日本的Perfume拍照！頒獎典禮這種活動好人腦，好瘋狂。我老闆說是像來到廟去拜拜的樣子。
Award shows are crazy affairs. I met many amazing musicians that I look up to. A-Lin, Sodagreen, just to name a few. I saw JJLin brush past and it felt surreal. The girl group Perfume was there all the way from Japan and they were lovely.
那天晚上只有兩個新人，我跟王詩安。我後來也恭喜她因為他跟我一樣第一次在小巨蛋表演。雙王之夜，哈哈！
Oh, also a shoutout to Diana Wang! She was the other newcomer for the evening. We were the two “Wangs” of the night. It was her first time performing at the Arena as well.
好期待接下來的活動！謝謝大家瘋狂的支持！！
Can’t wait for all the other amazing events coming up! Going on tour in two weeks! Thank you everyone for your crazy support and love!
Dawen 大文
Can’t tell you how excited I am to be touring with Wanting in a few weeks! I decided to cover a snippet of her song “You Exist In My Song.” Thought I’d change the groove. Hope you guys like it! Cannot wait to go back to the US for the tour!
「你存在。。。」這首個好有名，副歌一聽就難忘。因為我很快就要去美國參加曲婉婷的巡迴，所以我想唱她的主打歌。希望大家喜歡我改變的曲風。
Friends in the US! I’m coming home! I didn’t know I’d be coming back so quickly and for a tour at that! I’ll be opening for Canadian-Chinese singer songwriter Wanting for the end of her Say The Words North American Tour. Dates below!
March 20 Los Angeles, CA @House of Blues
March 23 San Francisco, CA @Filmore
March 24 Portland, OR @Lola’s Room at Mcmenamins
March 25 Seattle, WA @Triple Door
Buy tickets here: www.bandsintown.com/
美國的朋友！我要會來了！沒想到我這麼快就有機會回家。我三月中會跟曲婉婷跑到美國西岸巡迴！我3/20從洛杉磯開始。去的城市也有舊金山，波特蘭，最後在西雅圖。希望你們都可以來！！我太久每會美國了！！在此買票：www.bandsintown.com/
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