DT on the road

Not much news abt David's showcase in Ipoh which should be his last stop in his Beautiful promo I would think. You know I love that he always try to promote on the road for his new album. Vry few big stars do that, they normally just go to the major cities. Reminds me of the rock bands in US who do roadshow to take it to their fans. That's what music is all abt for real. In these days of music going online, it has become more than ever a commodity. Ringtones are sad cases of how commercialised music has become. I like to applaud David's attempt to bring it back to live. I am thinking that maybe he is not vry happy abt how music is evolving online & he rather his music be heard live. He even broke the taboo of performing live 3 weeks before his concert. When awards are actually given out for most downloaded song, most internet searches, most online votes, its refreshing to have a singer/composer who do not buy into such popularity by remote.
A positive post for once ^__^ Came abt when I saw a news snippet where they highlighted the things stars had to do for promotion. 1st they show Jay promoting latest mv with Hebe, Jolin watching a GUY doing her Dancing Diva & David strumming the guitar for a contestant for singing contest. Of the 3, only David was doing something related to his musical talents.
Jay was boxbeating & trying to dance like Usher, both of which he sucks majorly sry to say. I found the Asian singers who can really beatbox well are John of Tension & Se7en. Anyway he is promoting the hyped mv he did with Hebe, not the song he wrote but the mv he directed. Jolin works vry hard for her dancing probably more so than her singing & that is how she is promoted. Even her album is called the Dancing not Singing Diva. Btw Marry me today is included in her latest compilation album proving that this song is only unpopular with so-called music critics who nvr really understood what this song is all abt.
David is no Eric Clapton I have to admit, he uses the guitar more for composing than performing. But in the clip, you can really see his musician side, he treats the guitar as a means of presenting the song & vocals. Again I realised why he is my idol. His respect for music & his unwillingess to use it to promote himself. I know its kinda contradictory since he is promoting his music, but he is using it as a medium to convey the things he want to convey. That is why I love Beautiful where he held back his creativeness & instead let the songs & his voice take us on a musical journey ...
David takes it on the road again the next few weeks. He will be performing in universities in Taipei tomorrow & Kaoshiong on 10/15. Then after KL Love Can Concert on 10/28, he will be one of the many performers in Wild Day Out, a 10-hr concert marathon in HK.