一个小秘密，和一封很鼓励我的信。。。 A little secret, and a very encouraging letter to me…

我有一个小秘密，说出来你大概不会相信，但可能你会认同。。。
I have a little secret, you may not believe it if I told you, but you might just agree…

从一开始录唱片，我对自己的歌声就不是很有把握，相信吗？
早期我都不敢在别人面前听自己的唱片，总觉得自己的声音很难听，很怕他们当众批评、指指点点（有些人是会这样做的）。。。
一些朋友听了我的唱片说我不适合唱快歌，有些则说我不适合唱慢歌。。。那总结是什么？我根本不适合唱歌！
所以我一直对自己的歌声感到很自卑。。。
不像高分贝高伟宏、尾声伟荣或例外人丘历他们那么有把握。。。

From the time I started recording albums, I was never confident of my singing voice, do you believe?
At the beginning I did not quite dare to listen to my own album when others were around, because I thought my voice sounded terrible and was very concerned that these people would publicly criticise or ridicule me (some people are like that)…
Some friends after listening to my album said my voice was not suited for fast songs, and some said I was not suited for slow songs… then what is the conclusion? That I’m not suited to sing at all!
So I have often felt inferior regarding my voice…
Unlike Geoff David Koh Wei Hong, or Wilson Wei Rong, or Remnant Danny who are all so confident…

高分贝高伟宏，又名高尊。。。  淳厚的歌声还略带抖音。。。
Geoff David Koh Wei Hong… rich and thick voice with some hint of vibrato…

蒙福歌王尾声伟荣。。。  谈到唱歌，他大概无法明白自卑的定义，哈哈。。。
Blessed singing champ, Wilson Wei Rong… perhaps he can’t quite understand the meaning of feeling inferior when it comes to singing, haha…

例外人主音丘历更叫我自卑，他还说唱假音对他来说是轻而易举的事情，而我的假音在很多年前早已不见了。。。唉。。。
And The Remnant’s lead singer makes me feel even worse, once he even said singing falsetto is peanuts to him while my falsetto has long disappeared many years ago… sigh…

虽然我知道歌曲能感动人心最重要，但我也常祷告神说，既然让我录唱片，那就要让我的歌声进步！
因为歌曲再感人，如果人受不了你的歌声也会听不下去的。。。
然而我也知道上帝若让我的歌声太好听，我大概也很容易骄傲起来，觉得自己很棒。。。唉！人就是这么复杂！哈哈。。。

Though I know very well the most important thing is that your songs can touch people’s hearts, I still prayed to God and said, since You allow me to record albums, do let my voice improve too! Because no matter how touching a song is, if your voice is tormenting, people will not continue to listen…
However I also know if God blesses me with a wonderful voice, I’ll probably become very proud easily, thinkng I’m so great… Sigh! Humans are just so complicated! Haha…

后来上帝真的越来越赐福我，能有荣幸让知名音乐及编曲大师如 Martin Tang 和 Kenn C 等人帮我编曲和制作唱片！！
但我心中也有个隐忧，就是他们那么专业，那么熟悉唱片市场，听了我的歌声后会不会偷偷想干嘛我敢录唱片？？？
让我很感恩和感动的，特别是Kenn，他似乎对我的唱片事奉很有负担；几次帮我制作、配唱和教导我技巧和表达过后，竟然没打退堂鼓，还继续鼓励我，这一次还做我的新专辑的全盘制作人！！

Later God indeed blesses me more and more, and I have the honour of top musicians and well-known arrangers like Martin Tang and Kenn C arranging songs for me and helping to produce my albums!!
But I harbour a secret concern in my heart that whether these very professional musicians who know the recording market so well, would be thinking in their hearts as to why I dare to record albums after hearing my voice???
What I feel very grateful and touched about is especially Kenn, he seems to have a great burden for my recording ministry too; after producing and coaching my recording a few times, he did not give up but instead continued to encourage me, and this time he is even the producer for my entire new album!!

我这次新专辑的筹备工作已进入尾声，刚才收到Kenn的一封信，今天要跟你们分享的就是这封很感动与鼓励我的信。。。
Kenn，谢谢你！

The production of my new album is approaching the end now, and I received a letter from Kenn just now, and what I want to share wth you today is really this letter that really touches and encourages me…
Thanks, Kenn!

Dear Pastor Lim,