DT in trouble

As I suspected, David has been dragged into the 'EMI buy chart' controvesy. Ever since Jay announced that he will released his new album on 10/26, the same date as David's Taipei concert, I have been waiting for something like this. Anyway suspicion has been thrown into why Power of Live came 1st in sales for the 5 main music stores in Taiwan but 18 in G-music chart. Jay's result is of cos clean & honest, he came 3 in both.
OK, even DT fans would know that it is impossible for Power of Live to sell better than Jay's new album. David has nvr sell better than Jay but it is not something both EMI or DT fans ever been concerned abt. So what would EMI buy charts for an album which is not even a new studio album from David when everybody know it is impossible to get No 1 before Jay. So who did? Who can gain when David & EMI's reputation go down the drain? Ask yourself this before you believe this news which would probably escalate to Sina & Tom websites.
OK Jay fans reading this would think that I am hating on Jay. Honestly I have no interest in him initially but its when I noticed that he seems to be unhealthily obssessed with David that I began to research more abt him. Jay likes to win & he wants to be seen as influential. Basically he wants to be known as the Taiwanese musician who opens doors for other Taiwanese musicans to conquer new musical frontiers. The one that other musicians follow & emulate. OK, that's a fair ambition to have & I dun begrudge him for that. For a while, he rode the charts & ppl praised him & lauded him. He was known as Asia's King of R&B & was the biggest winner in most Chinese awards shows.
But have you noticed that less & less they say he is r&b anymore? He is known more for his 'chinese wind' songs, a genre most Chinese music experts hope will die down & nvr be heard again. Why? Well, have you heard any American or European pop music that featured classical or operatic music? Not much rite? Cos a real musician will not keep taking music from the past to insert into their own music. That's not creativity just laziness.
Jay is also winning less & less awards & it rankled. One of the things Jay mentioned abt Sam Chen, EMI head, was that he was hurt when he heard Sam celebrating when he lost in an award show to a EMI artiste. Now who could Jay possibly lost to in an award show? That's when I know poor David will suffer through no fault of his. David has always avoided competition with Jay. He even asked not to be labelled r&b. He nvr strive to be known as influential & he is happy when he win awards but not too concerned when he dun.
Anyway you may think I am just a mad raving DT fanatic who is being fanciful. But this is what my blog is for so I can give an alternative view to the negative news abt David. I criticised him plenty as u know cos I know he is just human & has a lot of faults. But the one thing he will not do is 'buy chart' for his albums. Most DT fans would know that but lotsa ppl esp Jay fans will believe that he did in order to score a win against Jay.
Of cos nobody questioned Jay's one million sales figure with 9/10 accounted for in mainland China. Last yr Rain also claimed 1 million sales with half accounted for in mainland China, which meant that Rain sold four times more than Jay in Asia outside of China. That's the trouble with trying to win, in the end you find you lose more than you win. Jay himself has also been accused of falsifying sales figures by Feng Xiao Gang, director of The Banquet. He said Secret is not the box office success in China as claimed. Secret is not actually box office success anywhere in Asia either, it did not break any records, it did not come first in any rating. Lust Caution is the unofficial box office success of chinese movies this yr. Secret did fairly well for a domestic movie but just cos it did not flop dun necessarily mean it was a box office success. The haste that it came out on dvd/vcd could mean they are trying to recoup their losses as it is heavily budgeted with expensive CGI effects.

Awarding DT

The Global music award show is vry boring & just reaffirmed the sorry state of the chinese music industry. Most singers still sing karaoke style with vry little emotion. Note to singer: closing yr eyes while singing is not emoting. The mainland chinese singers are usually the better or more natural singers & have better stage charisma. Show Lou still cannnot convince me he can dance. Note to dancer: moving your arms & legs in synchronicity is not dancing, even a puppet can do that. Most winners tried to promote their upcoming albums or concerts during their acceptance speech which I thought rather tacky.
David appeared vry spaced out, probably cos he just stepped off a plane. He got confused with his first award & thought it was for Marry me today when it was for Wan Bu Liao & thanked Jolin ^__^ The nxt award for best duet was for Marry me today so he thanked Jolin again. Interesting that the other two duets which won were both covers of old songs with new reworking of melody. Joey Yung sang Marry me today & I must say she was the best I heard after Jolin. She also won Best female singer. It was a pity they didn't arrange for her to sing with David. Eason Chan looked good too & sang Under Mt Fuji beautifully.
Btw this is EMI head Sam Chen who presented DT with a guitar strap during his concert promo. He has sensibly refused to reply to Jay's puerile attack on him.

The DT effect

Got the Power of Live today & experienced the "butterfly effect" all over again ^__^ Just listening to small things like the slight break in his voice, the way he hold a note or the quality of his voice just make me so happy, so aware of him & his power to move me.
It was great to see the huge tangerine on stage at last & it was a less rock version of Black Tangerine than the HK one but no less powerful. The rendition of Blue Moon/Somewhere over the Rainbow was more mellow but wonderfully haunting. Melody was so beautiful but heartbreaking & I honestly hope he won't have to sing it live again as I could see the pain of loss on his face. The dvd ended with a relaxed David chatting abt the experiences of his various concerts. It was extremely enjoyable. The cd has more talking & bonus track of Free. Free lyrics written by DT & David K & all guitars performed by DT. He also wrote very meaningful preface in the photo & lyrics booklet:
Power of Live
The butterfly has always been a symbol of life to me. Or, rather, a symbol of the magical transformation of life. And though a butterfly may appear fragile and, throughout history, it has come to represent a powerful, spiritual and soulful presence.
Perhaps scientific, perhaps poetic, the "butterfly effect" is a theory that suggests the gentle flapping of a butterfly's wings may perhaps create tiny changes in the atmosphere, which in turn, could ultimate cause a tornado.
What is certain, however, is that the "butterfly effect" does exist in my world. It exists in the world of art, music and literature. Every time a lyric, a note, a brush stroke or an image touches you, you are experiencing this effect. It enters your senses unassumingly but creates a ripple effect that changes your life, forever.
This "effect" is even more powerful when it is shared and experienced collectively first hand. This is the power of "live".
You have all individually and collectively changed my life forever and I hope I have done the same through my music. This is the "Power of Live" and it comes from the power that flows from life.
Thank you.
DT
As I watched the dvd, I suddenly realised he was not stubborn in not doing another Soul Power. I think he is no longer able to do another Soul Power because he is always moving forward. He is always a few steps ahead & he can no longer turn back. I also realised now that his album Beautiful is not only abt memories but moving with the times. Because if you don't move ahead & insist on staying at the same place, then how can you have memories? I was so wrong abt him AGAIN. I thought he is being hackneyed & mushy abt this whole 'rememberance of things past' when actually he is telling us to move on with the time. The theme is memories AND time, one goes with the other. That could be why he put the Blade Runner reference at the end cos its a movie abt the future. So the 'butterfly effect' at work again *__*
Our dear friend Jay Chou :P seems to be a loose cannon lately aiming his fire at EMI head Sam Chen. He claimed that Sam was behind the JJ rumors in order to 'stir up controversy' & presumedly get Jolin into the news headlines. He also claimed EMI released falsified figures abt Jolin's cd sales. However he clarified that he was not gunning at Jolin but his No 1 enemy Sam Chen *roll eyes* Sounds rather juvenile like his 1st single >"< Anyway he has released 'actual figures' of his cd sales which presently stand at 1,079,980 asiawide with, get this, 900,000 in China. This man is getting more annoying by the minute. Anyway only mentioned this cos Sam Chen is David's boss as well.