Happy New Year!

Managed to find his superfab Hennessy Artistry TV ad running for quite a while on MTV. Someone has at last kindly posted @ youtube, thank you!

Really like his charming look & guitar strap. Vry addicting ^__^ Not much news on him now but he did have a vry interesting 2006. So here's a brief recap:
Jan - Attended Ren Ci Charity Show Spore. He came, he sang & he conquered ^__^ Successfuly staged TW Love Can concerts @ Taipei Arena for 2 days.
Feb - Went to HK to promote concert & talked abt new album being lighter
Mar - DT & Leo Ku in Beijing for release of Beautiful On Every Side written for Rejoice on International's Women Day. Did a talk & met with fans @ HKU. Attended Lee Hom TW concert. DT in the kitchen with Lydia Shum & Ronald Cheng. Attended play called Little Town of Tanshui cos his dad was performing. Honda Civic song The Moment released, 2 versions sang by him & Jane Zhang.
Apr - Hurt his right hand during motorbike accident in LA. Successfully staged HK Love Can concerts @ HK Coliseum for 3 days. Appointed spokeman for Sony Walkman in China for 2 yrs. KL Love Can concert postponed.
May - The Great Leap & Susan Says were on the Musicians Club's 2005 list of 10 best albums & 10 best songs in TW. The Great Leap received 6 nominations in GMA. Visited KL to meet his fans & promote Love Can concert postponed to Oct. Malau, DT's rescued cat, had his 1st birthday. Attended Suzhou concert. DT's Walkman song available online. DT Walkman cm released.
Jun - The Great Leap awarded Best Album of the year in GMA.
Jul - Celebrated birthday in TW & had his hair cut vry short. Can't Get You Outta My Mind released as single off his new album Beautiful. Shanghai Walkman promo where he also celebrated his birthday. Album release & presale announced. 1st album mv release & gift of Wan Bu Liao can with preorder. Appeared in presales promo in TW & GQ mag.
Aug - Release 5th studio album, Beautiful. 2nd single is Too Beautiful. DT went on TV promo & media took his words out of context again. Shooting of Marry Me Today with Jolin Tsai. News that China censors disapproved lyrics of I Don't Wanna Know continuing David's record of having songs banned in every new album release. DT attended autograph sessions & radio interviews in TW. DT China tour for Beautiful commenced from Qingdao to Beijing to Shanghai to Sichuan to Chengdu to Quangzhou. DT endorsed Disney's Back to School campaign. Attended Solar concert in HK.
Sep - DT appeared on Jade Solid Gold in HK. Guest in Karen Mok's TW concert where they sang Marry Me Today. Appeared in Guangzhou concert. DT cancelled some autograph sessions in TW when he was taken ill. Appeared in HitFM concert. 2nd part of China promo of Beautiful from Jiangxi to Henan. Guest in Jolin's Shanghai concert where they sang Marry Me Today & created headline galore when he gave her a friendly peck on the cheek. Attended KTV competition in Shanghai where the winner was a fan from Japan.
Oct - Attended launch of Carina Lau's pub in Shanghai. Attended Jimi Hendrix exhibition in TW & attempted to refute fabricated stories in tabloids. Malaysia promo of Beautiful commenced from KL where he also celebrated Lantern Festival with his fans then onto Melaka & Ipoh. Back in Taipei, DT went on university tour with his good mates, Andrew Chen & Josh Chen, who also performed during the tour. Sang Walk On during Walkman promo in China. Extremely successfully KL Love Can concert completed his Love Can Concert tour this yr.
Nov - Appeared in large-scale concert in Wuhan. Attended Wild Day Out outdoor concert in HK. Appeared in Hubei concert. Went back to LA for 10 days' leave.
Dec - Showcased in the last of the Hennessy Artistry concerts around the world ending in Shanghai. Participated in charity concert in Shanghai. Will be seen in New Year's Eve Concert tonite.
I like the fact that he did so much touring for Beautiful & his many live appearance in concerts all over China. He now rarely appears in award shows. I remembered he said that one of the main reasons he attended award shows is so he can see his fans & let his fans see him. So now he finds another way to meet his fans *__*
I know there is still a lot of misunderstanding among ppl who are not his fans & who believed what the media fabricated abt him. The harm been done which could well be the intention of all these fabricated stories as well as stories of his 'copying songs' from an online forum discussion. I have always been wary of these so-called 'online forum discussion' emerging from China. They have too often been used by the Chinese media as gospel which led me to believe that the ppl who posted on these kinda forums usually have specific agenda & are not your garden variety fan. Easy to use the anonymity of the net to post slander without being caught.
I am also glad that after trying without success to clear his name, David just let it go. He is an intelligent man & probably knew what was going on but he is also matured enough not to make too much of a fuss. The media is all ready to pounce on him if he makes more statements to clear himself. They would just report that he is trying to 'create' news & so he stay quiet & kept a low profile. Best to leave the ugly rumors alone. As I always say, if haters wanna believe them they always will no matter what.
The good thing to report is Beautiful still make it on the list of best as well as recommended albums of the year. Mostly the comment is although this album was not what the critics wanted or expected, but David Tao is still David Tao & he is still amongst the best when it comes to coming out with a quality album with well-written, well arranged, well-produced songs. The songs may not be to your taste but that's not a reason to criticise a composer. You can hardly criticise Debussy for being bland just cos you don't like romantic music, rite?
The standout hit from this album is the duet with Jolin, Marry Me Today, which again surprised me as there was so much criticism abt this song. Again insidious online comment that he 'copied' this song *roll eyes* don't these haters ever give it up? What is it abt David that arouse so much hatred from these poor souls? They should really go to anger management classes cos remember hate is an acid that will erode the cup just as much as the drinker *just in case any hater is reading ~__^*
Rambling along here heehee being the last day of 2006, a very good year for David I think. A year where he has some very quiet achievements, staged a few successful concerts, met many fans in China & all over Asia, wrote many beautiful songs and launched a very personal album. Looking forward to what he will bring in 2007. Happy New Year everyone *__*