终于录完最后两首歌：“再充满我心灵”和“这到底是谁”。。。可以回家了，很是感恩！

这次录音还要面对隔壁家刚好在装修的问题，敲敲打打一大堆吵杂声，若要等到他们停工就要到傍晚六点过后才能录音了！这怎录得完？所以只能够祷告在间中有安静时刻，我们就趁此时刻赶快录。。。神也垂听了我们的祷告，录音工程也就在这看似短促的时间顺利完成了。。。感谢主！

“再充满我心灵”是属“元老级”歌曲，因是我1988年还在纽西兰求学，开始学写歌时所写的其中一首歌曲。。。某天在车里边听边跟着唱教会现场敬拜所录的这首歌，不知不觉眼泪就流下来了，因为想起当时写这首歌时的属灵光景。。。再看看今天神保守我走过了多少日子，所以就感动得落泪。。。过后就告诉祖说我一定要录这首，还叫他负责编曲。。。今天录这首时真的很有感觉，刚好梅兰姐来探班听我唱，她也觉得很感动。。。

最后才录“这到底是谁”，Kenn 的编曲非常棒、很有感觉，我非常喜欢。。。

这次专辑有很多不同风格，Kenn 的确是一个很好的制作人，指示及设计我的唱法，学了很多功课。。。

听了那么多，相信你们很期待这张专辑的发行吧？哈哈，我也非常期待呢，卖花赞花香。。。

但还有一些后制工作要完成，希望六月就能正式推出了，你们就耐心等待吧，哈哈。。。

Finally I finished recording the last two songs : “Fill My Heart Again” and “Who Is This Really?”… and I can go home now, I’m very grateful!

This time recording we faced the problem of the next door neighbour doing renovation work, so it was very noisy throughout, and if we were to wait till they stopped work to start recording, that would be after 6pm! How could we ver finish recording then? So we could only pray for some quiet intervals in between to quickly record some during that time… and God heard our prayer too, we managed to smoothly complete our recording despite the seemingly limited time, praise the Lord!

“Fill My Heart Again” is a “veteran” song as it was written when I was still a student in New Zealand and when I began my song-writing attempt… One day as I was listening to and singing along our church’s live recording of this song, suddenly tears welled up in my eyes as I recalled my spiritual condition during that period of my life when I wrote this song… And I looked at how God had preserved me till this day, that was why I felt so touched and shed tears… After that I told Jaydon I must record this song and asked him to arrange this song… There was really a lot of “feel” when I recorded this song today, and Sister Mei Lan happened to drop by for a visit and she listened and was very touched too…

Finally I recorded “Who Is This Really”, Kenn’s arrangement is very nice, has a lot of “feel”, I like it very much…

This album has a lot of different genres, and Kenn is really a good producer in guiding and shaping my singing, I leant a lot…

Hearing so much of my sharing, I believe you must be eagerly awaiting the release of this album? Haha, me too, self-advertising…

But there is still some post-production work to be done, hopefully can officially release the album by June, meanwhile do wait patiently, haha…

昨天我录歌一半竟然忘记自己到底是谁！
连我的录音师兼制作人也搞混乱了！！
但请放心我现在已恢复正常了。。。
昨天到底发生什么事呢？？？

Yesterday half way through recording, I forgot who I actually was!
Even my recording engineer cum producer was confused!!
But don’t worry, I’m back to normal now…
What actually happened yesterday???

今天(3月24日)很特别，我们提早到录音室，燕姿还在跟 Kenn 忙新专辑事宜。。。过后，燕姿就来与我们交谈，她的友善和亲和力叫我们都大跌眼镜；她真的是一个很谦卑和乐意助人的当红艺人，如 Kenn 形容的，有时跟燕姿交谈都会忘记她是那么成功的艺人，因为她真的毫无架子。。。

与我同来的例外人真是收获不浅，燕姿毫不吝啬的给予他们很多宝贵的意见，还每首歌听了给评语。。。她喜欢“太迟了”，说这是例外人该走的路线。。。过后她还开玩笑说要收顾问费。。。

聊了很久她也不急着走，还留下来在厨房跟我们一起喝咖啡，吃糕点，继续聊天。。。简直就像老朋友一样。。。让随队来的阿伟吴志伟受宠若惊能如此近距离与他“偶像”接触，哈哈。。。

总之，那真是一个特别的下午，我也求上帝亲自记念及赐福燕姿，让救恩、喜乐、平安与她同在，阿们！

( 结果我们喝茶聊天直到下午5点，感谢主我今天还能完成一首歌“谁说我不敢跳”，而且例外人和阿伟也一起帮忙合音，大家录得很开心，哈哈。。。)

Today(Mar 24th) is very special, we went to the recording studio early, Stefanie was still busy with recording work with Kenn… Later, she came to talk to us, her friendliness and approachability were really surprising to all of us; she is really a humble and helpful super star, as Kenn described, sometimes you would forget how popular an artiste she is when you are talking with her because she does not act like a diva…

The Remnant who came with me benefited a lot, Stefanie was very generous in giving them a lot of precious advice, and even gave comment after listening to every of their songs… She likes “Too Late” and said that is the direction they should go… after that she joked that she wanted to charge us consultation fees…

After talking for a long time, she was not in a hurry to leave, she stayed back to have afternoon tea with us in the kitchen and continued to talk… just like a good old friend… and Ah Wee (Goh Chee Wee) who came along was so excited to have such close contact with his “idol”, haha…

All in all, it was a very special afternoon, I just pray that God will remember and bless Stefanie, that salvation, joy and peace will be with her, Amen!

( As a result, we had afternoon tea till 5pm, thank God I could still complete recording one song “Dare Me To Jump”, and The Remnant and Ah Wee helped in singing backup vocals too, we had a happy time recording, haha… )

哈哈。。。看了以上主题，你一定在想我要写什么。。。其实是我这几天的行程。。。

我今天刚在我制作人，也是孙燕姿的演唱会总监兼制作人，KennC 的录音室录完两首歌。。。我还有5首歌要录。。。

刚才录完后，张惠妹的音乐总监，也是例外人的发掘人，Martin Tang 带我们去吃晚饭。。。

明天在录音室会见到孙燕姿，因制作人叫我提早去，能认识她也向她请教一下华语乐坛事宜。。。

后天则约见了蔡健雅母亲一起吃早餐，也谈谈音乐的事情。。。

所以除了录音，我也忙着其他事情。。。得以认识这些人才都是上帝的赐福。。。

Haha… you must be wondering what the above topic is all about… actually it is my schedule for the next few days…

I have just finished recording two songs today at my producer’s studio, my producer is Kenn C, who is also Stefanie Sun Yan Zi’s concert music director and producer… I have 5 more songs to go…

After recording just now, Amei’s music director, also The Remnant’s producer, Martin Tang took us to dinner…

I will meet Yan Zi tomorrow at the studio as my producer asked me to go earlier so I could get to know her and ask her things concerning the music industry…

Day after tomorrow I have a breakfast appointment with Tanya Cai Jian Ya’s mother to talk about music as well…

So apart from recording, I am also busy with other things… to be able to know all these talents is also a blessing from God…

今天又飞来新加坡继续灌录我的新专辑。。。
Flew to Singapore again today to continue the recording of my new album…

感谢主让我有这个福分为他唱歌。。。
Thank God for such blessing to be able to sing for Him…

但为主歌唱这条路可不是那么简单。。。不止技巧方面，心态也非常重要。。。所以请多为我祷告!
But to sing for the Lord is not such a simple matter… not just skill wise, the heart’s attitude is very important too… so do pray for me always!

愿这次能顺利完成，快快回家。。。
May the recording be completed smoothly this time, and I can go home soon…

“牵我的手”始终是我最受欢迎的歌。。。每一场演唱会，无论我到过那边多少遍，总要唱这首歌。。。若不唱，台下的人会不满足，觉得不完整。。。
“Hold My Hand” is always my most popular song… For every concert, no matter how many times I have been to that place, it is a must-sing… otherwise the audience will not be satisfied feeling the concert is not complete…

所以这次当然也不例外，但我自己本身往往也会用“牵我的手”作呼召，结束。。。
Of course there was no difference this time, but I myself normally would use “Hold My Hand” (Khan Gua e Chiu) during the altar call to end as well…

这屋子的女主人也告诉我，她当初就是爱听这首歌，所以到教会去，结果就信了主。。。
The lady of this house told me too that it was because she liked this song so she went to church to hear this song, as a result she received the Lord…

所以这一次他们很感恩的邀请我们去他们家吃饭。。。
So this time they wanted to show their gratitude and invited us to their house for a meal…

他们屋子不是很大啦。。。只是很高。。。
Well, their house is not that big… just very high…

屋子不是很大啦。。。只是很宽。。。
Well, the house is not that big… just very wide…

屋子不是很大啦。。。只是让人在里面变得比较矮小一点。。。
Well, the house is not that big… just that it makes people look very small inside…

屋子不是很大啦。。。只是要到房间路程比较远一点。。。
Well, the house is not that big… just that it is quite a distance to go to the bedrooms…

屋子不是很大啦。。。只是能够在里面打篮球罢了。。。
Well, the house is not that big… just that you can play basketball inside…

屋子不是很大啦。。。只是从这里走到那里容易脚酸。。。
Well, the house is not that big… just that your legs get tired easily walking from here to there…

说真的，能救到各式各样的人，我只能说神真奇妙，都是他的恩典。。。
But truly, to be able to save all kinds of people, I can only say God is amazing, it is all His grace…

人自己是做不到的，所以只能把一切荣耀归给主。。。
By ourselves we cannot do it, so we can only give the glory to the Lord…

你说我这张照片可爱吗？。。。咦？怎么突然间离题？哈哈哈。。。
Do you think I look cute in this picture?… Huh? Why out of topic all of a sudden? Hahaha…

很抱歉一直没通知大家所挑选出来，将放在例外人首张EP里头的照片。。。
以下就是多数人喜欢的四张例外人的个人照，谢谢大家了！

I’m sorry for not informing you all which photos you all have chosen to put in The Remnant’s first EP…
The following are the four individual photos of The Remnant chosen by the majority, thank you all!

团长兼贝斯手/Band leader and bassist : 祖 Jaydon

主音歌手兼木吉他手/Lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist : 丘历 Danny

第二主音歌手兼电子吉他手/2nd vocalist and electric guitarist : 阿保 Rambo

鼓手/Drummer : 田圣 Daniel

哈哈。。。很多人看了我上一篇“好痛苦啊”，都纷纷来安慰我，以为我“真的”很痛苦。。。
真的很谢谢你们的关心，但其实没有那么糟糕啦，那只是一个形容词说很有挑战性啦。。。
昨天唱“轻烟”时，需要想象Susan Boyle那种艺术美感唱法；今天唱“来指引我”又要唱得像美国摇滚歌手“嘶哑、呐喊”唱法，两个极端，你们说难不难？但听到自己录出来的声音真的是挺好玩的。。。
Haha… after reading my previous post “What A Torture”, many quickly came to comfort me thinking that it is “a real” torture for me…
Thank you all for caring, but actually it is not really that bad, it is just a “description” to say it is very challenging…
Yesterday while singing “A Mist”, I had to imagine Susan Boyle’s type of classical and beautiful singing; and today I had to imagine American rock singer’s “husky and broken-voice” style while singing “Come and Guide Me”, two extremes, so you tell me is it difficult? But to hear your own recorded voice is really quite fun…

你们看，我是不是很开心。。。
Look, don’t  I look so happy?

唱歌是很开心的事情啦，尤其是为主而唱。。。
Singing is a very happy thing, especially if you are singing for the Lord…

你问高尊就知道啦，真的要向他多学习咯，他这么厉害这么有才华。。。
You ask Gao Zun and he will tell you, really need to learn from him, he is so good and so talented…

但录唱片的确没有那么简单，尤其是当制作人很专业时，而且他们会尽量“磨”你，让你能把上帝给你的潜能都发挥出来。。。
But recording an album is really not that simple, especially when your producer is very professional, and they will do their best to “grind” you so that your God-given potentials can come out…

所以想到上帝那么恩待与赐福给我，我就很开心、很感恩，也一定要把歌录得最好。。。
So when I think of how gracious God is and how He has blessed me, I would be very happy and grateful and would want to do the best for Him…

录累了，就停下来喝一杯水。。。
When feeling tired from recording, just pause a while and take a drink…
或再思想神的爱，神的恩典。。。
Or pause to think again of God’s love and grace…

感觉一下自己的渺小和上帝的伟大，就知道能事奉他是天大的荣幸。。。
Consider again how insignificant we are and how great God is, and know what great privilege it is to serve Him…

知道一切努力过后，就会看到美丽的成果。。。
Knowing after all the hard work, you will see the beautiful result…

感谢主，我是他美丽的创造。。。(咦？这跟今天关于录唱片的主题有什么关系吗？哈哈。。。)
Thank God I am His beautiful creation… ( Eh? Has this got anything to do with today’s topic on recording? Haha…)

我在新加坡录音进入第三天。。。
第一天才录了一首“上帝在乎我”，第二天录了印尼文版的“上帝在乎我”和“不是梦”。。。
今天第三天，录“轻烟”一首也录不完。。。

My recording in Singapore has entered the third day…
I only recorded one song “Tuhan Peduli” (Chinese version) on the first day, and on the second day recorded the Indonesian version of the same song and “Not A Dream”…
Today is the third day and I could not even complete “A Mist”…

好惭愧哦。。。哈哈。。。
Feel so bad… haha…

原因是“轻烟”的编曲太棒、太美了，所以有点高难度唱，制作人要求也很高。。。但我们两个都非常喜欢这首歌。。。
The reason being the arrangement for “A Mist” (Qing Yan) is so good and beautiful that it is rather challenging to sing, and the producer does expect a lot from this song… but we both like the song very much…

录唱片真的不容易啊。。。
Recording an album is really not easy…

最后我们决定先回家休息，明天再继续。。。
Finally we decided to go home and rest, and continue tomorrow…

多羡慕高尊啊，一口气就录了七首歌，果然高人一等。。。
So envious of Gao Zun who recorded 7 songs at one go, really ahead of everybody else…

录音过程，喝了好多杯水。。。
During the process of recording, I drank so many glasses of water…

其实我想录唱片有点像女人生孩子一样，虽然很痛苦，可是一看到生出来的孩子，就很快乐的把痛苦都忘掉了。。。
Actually, I think recording an album is quite similar to a woman giving birth, though it is painful, the joy upon seeing the new born baby will cause all the pain to be forgotten…

这要求非常紧急，因时间缘故，我们需要马上做决定。。。
例外人二月底将在印尼推出他们两首歌EP，所以现在就急需把封面弄好；当中会放每人个人照一张，可是我们举棋不定，不知道哪一张最好看或最适合，就请大家帮他们四个都选好了！
以下我会登出每人相片各四张，请你们按号码帮他们每个选出最好看的一张，记得他们每位的四张相片中，你只能挑选一张哦！谢谢！！

This is an urgent request, due to time factor, we need to make a decision immediately…
The Remnant will be releasing their 2-song EP in Indonesia at the end of February, so we need to complete the album cover now; and in the album we want to put a personal photo of each of them, but we are undecided as to which is their best or most suitable shot… so we really need you to help the four of them to choose!
I will post four photos for each of them here, please help them choose the best according to the reference number I have given… Remember out of the four photos, you are to choose ONE ONLY for each of them, thanks!!

Jaydon 1

Jaydon 2

Jaydon 3

Jaydon 4

Danny 1

Danny 2

Danny 3

Danny 4

Rambo 1

Rambo 2

Rambo 3

Rambo 4

Daniel 1

Daniel 2

Daniel 3

Daniel 4

嗯。。。不好意思，这两位不必选，他们只是例外人的大粉丝而已。。。
Err… sorry, these two are not for choosing… they are just Remnant’s two BIG fans…

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