關於 songs about playing with fire ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

"Kids are like fire. You can't control them. You've just got to contain them until they burn themselves out."

That's my favourite quote from the movie Playing With Fire, which turned out to surpass our expectations in more ways than one. To be frank, I didn't understand why the kids were so excited about the trailer every time we saw it and they were the ones who said "I wanna watch this show, it's nice!". I didn't see the appeal that they did but the idea of having firefighters turned into babysitters did sound promising to me.

We were at the premiere today (to my giveaway winners, hope you guys enjoyed the show, yeah?) and the hubby was running a temperature so I told him to catch some rest during the show if possible. It turned out that both of us surprisingly laughed so hard and laughed so much throughout the show along with the kids. He found the show funny and extremely entertaining and many parts seriously cracked him up. The kids gave their thumbs up and loved the plot, the cast, the songs, the happy ending and everything. For me, I was surprised to hear myself laughing uncontrollably too and this emo mama also shed a couple of tears at the touching bit about family. Aiyoh, why so easily cry one.

John Cena was truly awesome in the show and so were the guys, Keegan Michael Key, John Leguizamo and Tyler Mane, who acted as his co-workers in the fire depot. My kids said the kids acted very well too and we also love Masher the Dog (or should we call him Sparkle Pony). It's a good mix of characters and these guys had great chemistry too.

Hilarious, entertaining, fun-filled and absolutely true when it comes to looking after kids (which is tiring and frustrating yet happy and fulfilling), I think you might enjoy this show more than you think you will too. P.S. Don't miss the bloopers at the end credits too, really very funny!

Playing With Fire opens in cinemas on Janurary 9. Thanks for having us today, United International Pictures Singapore!

#ahappymum #uipsingapore #playingwithfiremovie

Welcome to my 2nd blog.

I guess you can say that I'm your classic Virgo - perfectionistic, idealistic, a little anal and OCD. Which to me is ironic, given my early musical alter-ego or public persona, has been mostly sunshine, beaches, ukuleles and chill acoustic music. With artistic and musical expression, sometimes you discover new facets of yourself. I love that about art and music. But as chill and as easy all of it looked, I definitely was so not chill about it behind the scenes. From how we chose to combine different instruments for each song, to keeping it fresh and creative and slightly different each time, to picking the locations, to getting the perfect takes, to video editing. I could be glued to the chair, forgetting to eat, drink or pee... all day all night until the work is done. That was my flow.

Flow is always easy, when you can catch the wave. When you feel like you know what you’re doing, when you feel like there's a clear direction. When you catch the wave, you can just ride on the momentum, and everything seems to go smoothly because you can simply function on "what feels right". But then you have those roadbumps, or even those walls. At those points, time seems to move way slower. Everyday becomes a drag, and you start to feel lost, unmotivated, and stuck. But they are necessary. They are there so you can be better. They are there to give you a better board to ride the wave on, because waves all die off eventually. And I always have to remind myself that it's called life, and it's totally normal. But before I got onto it, I had no idea what it was, or what it would look like.

I still remember when "flow" didn't exist for me. I still remember the time when I had my first ever professionally produced and published solo song, before the whole R&K phase, when I worked with the first producer I had ever worked with. I remember winning a certain competition hosted by a certain label, thinking all of it was so exciting and so cool, before the scary reality struck. And then after all the congratulations, he sat me down, and told me the harshest things, but also the most real and genuine words that I still remember today.

I remember going through hours and hours worth of meetings with him, and feeling very discouraged after all of them, thinking that I suck. But I know all he wanted was to try to fire me up. I still see it as tough love till this day, but I guess I was too soft and meek back then to take it like a pro. It definitely took me a while. I remember typing out something he said to me, as a status on my personal private facebook account, and I posted it only really to have it serve as a personal reminder. Essentially, the point was that I had to step up my game. But it wasn't just "step up your game". It was a creative metaphor. Amongst a lot of other things, he said, “Ok, so you won the competition, you’re just the fittest kid in a fat camp. Now you have to go run the olympics. It’s a different playing field completely." I remember posting something like “fit kid in a fat camp”, just because I found it very tongue-in-cheek, and was a good reminder. I was fired up, determined, inspired, motivated, I had an imaginary bandana around my forehead, and I’m like, heck yeah, let’s do this. And then… One day later, with his index finger pointed towards my direction, and with a firm, but calm kind of assertion, he said “Hey, don't quote me on facebook." Ohhhh-kay. Ooops. *Delete.* (I guess all these years later, I just quoted him again. Oops.)

But I can say that whether or not you agree with his mentoring methods, he was, kind of, my first music industry mentor. I remember a lot of the comments he had on a lot of the songs I had. I remember him finally liking ONE particular song that I had, that he ended up arranging and producing for.

I remember sitting on his producer chair, listening to the finished arrangement of my song on the large speakers he had, and being moved to tears. I remember internally freaking out about the crazy makeup on my face for the music video, but was too chicken to say a word about how much of a freak it made me feel like. I remembered from the first time I walked into the studio to record the song. I showed up with a large mug of tea and honey. He told me immediately I should not have had tea, because if it’s caffeinated my voice will drain and die sooner. Darn. Lesson learned. I then found myself in the recording room, and I was so nervous my voice was shaking. My vocal muscles did not listen to me, at all. I didn't realize a professional microphone can pick up so much of my vocal imperfections... But I stuck it out anyway; I only had one session, I had no choice. Walking out of the studio at the end of it, I really thought he was gonna be so harsh with his words. I mentally prepped for it. But he actually was nice for a change. “Hey, not bad for a first time. You should be proud of yourself.” Phew. okay.

And there it was. My first song ever published.

My stories and memories will always be something I can look back on with a smile, no matter what they are. I’m proud to look back and realize how much I’ve grown, thanks to this producer of harsh words, and many other mentors of mine, I hustled hard and was unapologetic about it when I caught my first wave, in the early stages of R&K. It maybe one of many road bumps right now, but when the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th wave comes, I’ll have new experiences, new stories to share, and new waves to ride on yet again, musical or not, and I’ll enjoy them and cherish them with new perspectives in place. I guess my point is this - Enjoy the ride, enjoy the flow, and be chill with your road bumps or walls. Even if there are no waves to ride on at the moment - still know and have faith that new ones are coming your way. To me, “hope” and “faith” are different. Hope can sometimes produce false expectations, and leave us in despair and disappointment; but faith, on the other hand, keeps us going against all odds. Know the difference. At least, it’s what I know I can always hold on to, and it’s still keeping me going.


Till next time. Choose love, and bring light.

Love,
R

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下一次寫什麼好呢？
Inspire me:
你們想知道的故事
Let me know what you want me to share!
你們的故事
Tell me your stories! I'd love to read/share them too!

在我心目中永遠最偉大的藝術家陶山老師

還記得7年前我開始抱著吉他唱cover
收到老師留言發給我的信 真的很不可思議
那時候我在馬來西亞還有三年的高中要唸
不過我知道我只要努力考上台灣的大學 我就能來和老師做音樂了
熬了三年終於能來台灣做音樂了 很開心的是老師沒有忘記我
見到他並完成的第一首歌 在2013年就是你夠了沒
接下來的故事 就要銜接到老師的故事了

我對這些作品都有滿滿的使命感和愛
我嘗試去比賽上節目不為了什麼只為了能讓它們被聽見
但未發行始終無法讓歌曲傳得更遠
從萬分的不願意割捨 到時間久了釋懷也許真的該把它們賣了吧
這是在我心裡這些年來 作為一個音樂人不能捍衛自己作品的遺憾

今年奇蹟發生了
在電腦裡放了4年的歌 終於有它們的歸處

9月20日 你夠了沒 用原demo名字 無色憂傷正式發行

www.SKRpresents.com 上線了！

(English below) 網站上不單有昨天分享的免費卡拉帶，也有陶山老師精心寫的博客，希望可以和大家貢獻他的音樂世界：

在我專職做音樂的這15年裡，我最怕的一件事就是音樂會變成只是工作，我怕我會失去當初那個愛上音樂的男孩 - 在車庫和朋友練團，一起寫歌，學著如何錄音，最棒之處就是聽著我們剛剛創作出來的音樂，感受到音樂帶給我的魔力。這個魔力也是我後來專職做音樂工作後一直努力想保護的，是我對音樂最純粹的愛與熱情。

每一次寫歌，每一次錄vocal，每一次編曲，製作或混音，每一個case，我都要能感受到這個魔力！愛上這個歌曲，愛上這個我們一起創造的音樂；有時候如果我已經愛上了一首歌，它變成我的寶貝，然後合作對象想要改變它，或是我覺得這個case會變成只是工作而失去魔力，我就會讓他們知道我的理由然後推掉這個工作；非常不好合作，非常藝術家我知道，但是這是我唯一能保護我對音樂的愛的方法。

所以在我沒有接工作的時候，我最好的充電方法就是在網路上搜尋我有感覺的聲音，燃起我創作靈感的聲音，有時候是他們翻唱我的曲子，有時候是朋友發現介紹給我...... 只要我聽到感動我的聲音，我就會主動聯絡他們，問他們願不願意和我一起做一些好玩的音樂。 就這樣我用這種方法玩音樂已經超過五年了，一開始我很不聰明，我會和這些很棒的歌手們做出很多首歌曲，但是全部都只留在我們的電腦裡沒有發出；我們試過自己拍過MV，上傳在網路上，但是因為沒有正式發行管道發行歌曲，這些音樂沒有辦法得到任何收入，也不可能一直投錢，我們發現找不到平衡，也還找不到長遠的作法就先停止了。

就這樣週、月、年過去，有些歌手會拿著我們創作的作品去找經紀或唱片的機會，或是我們在雙方的同意下把歌曲賣給其他人；有些歌曲仍然被困在我的電腦裡；有些歌曲發行了，成績也不錯....... 但在我心裡我知道，我還沒找到一個完美對待這些歌曲的方式，我的夢想裡完美的狀態是我們能自在的創作有魔力的音樂，在它還有魔力的時候分享與發行它。

SKR這個點子就在這樣許多不完美的嘗試中開始了，我繼續找著我有感覺的聲音，在最自由最有熱情的時候做出我們都喜歡的音樂，就像小時候做音樂一樣，沒有合約，沒有束縛，一起做音樂只因為我們喜歡一起做音樂的感覺，哪天我們合作沒有感覺了，就握手道別祝福彼此走向新的旅程。

而非常幸運的，在去年年底，在Union-Square(前KK Farm)的幫忙下SKR的發行管道終於正式成立了。 有了正式的發行管道，之前被困在我的電腦裡的音樂現在都可以發行了，之後我們在熱情下做出的音樂也都可以馬上發行，發行的收入再合理地分配給所有幫助這個音樂和影像完成的朋友們；如果市場迴響好，大家一起得利；若市場迴響不如預期也沒關係，因為我們享受了這整個創作的過程，對我來說這是最好的酬勞！

再來就是我另外一個瘋狂的點子， 因為SKR是我音樂上的遊樂場，一個我可以實驗性玩的地方。 所以我，再次藝術家式的，直覺的，強烈的決定要分享歌曲裡的我彈的樂器的分軌檔案； 對我來說，我想分享一首歌形成的過程，我也想知道有什麼創意的方法能從我分享的這些檔案裡延伸出去； 也許最簡單的唱一首cover，也許DJ能很酷地拿走我的吉他混進另一首歌裡，也許不會彈樂器卻有豐富創作能量的人能用我的音樂寫出一首全新的旋律，也許樂團能拿著這些stems表演live，有或者有人對編曲很有興趣，那他也許可以從我的編曲裡得到他想要的資訊..... 我不知道，我不知道未來的世界音樂會是什麼樣子， 但是我永遠記得那個愛上音樂帶給他神奇魔力的小男孩； 在音樂上分享我現在所知道的，如果這些分享能帶給任何一個現在對音樂有興趣的人幫助，那SKR就已經成功了！

www.SKRpresents.com is now live!

Visit the website for some freebie instrumentals and stems, as well as having the opportunity to read Skot's blog; so much behind the scenes, advices, anecdotes... here's a sample of what's on!

(Skot原文如下)

For the past 15 years that I’ve been making music professionally, the thing that I’m most scared of is this: that making music will feel like work. I’m afraid I’ll lose the innocence and passion that I had when I was a boy. Playing in a band with my best friends, writing songs together, learning how to record, and the best part of all, listening back to the music we created. This magical feeling I get when making music is the most important part, and I always need to protect it. I want to feel this magic feeling every time I write a song, work with an artist, do an arrangement, or produce or mix a song. If an artist wants to drastically change a song that I’ve already fallen in love with, or the client wants me to work in a way where it will feel like work, I’ll reject the case. I know I’m very difficult to work with, and a bit of an artist myself, but this is the only way I can keep my love for making music.

When I’m not doing paid jobs, the best way for me to recharge is to find new and exciting voices to work with. Sometimes I discover people when they cover my songs, and send it to me, sometimes friends will recommend great singers they’ve discovered, etc. I always reach out to singers that move me, and ask if they want to come over and make music together. I’ve been doing this for over 5 years now. And in the beginning, I wasn’t smart about it. I’d make SO many songs with these amazing singers I found online, but the songs would end up just sitting on my computer with no way out. So then we started shooting our own music videos and releasing them on YouTube. But we had no way of ‘officially’ releasing these songs. So we had no money coming in, and we couldn’t continue making music videos for all the songs still stuck in my computer. Days turned to weeks, turned to years, and everyone had to move on. The singers would sign with a manager, or a record company, or maybe we’d agree to sell the songs to someone else, etc. Some of these trapped songs have come out already, some of these songs were even hits, but still.. I wanted a way to create a song with an amazing singer, shoot an MV and be able to release it right away. That’s been my dream for a while now.

That’s how SKR started. I want to keep finding new talent to work with, and make music that inspires me, that keeps me awake at night, like how I used feel growing up. And I want the music to be pure. No money, no contracts, no commitments. Just make music because I love the feeling of making music. And people can come and go as they please. And I’m so lucky that the end of last year, we officially launched SKR with the help of Union Square (formerly Kkfarm). So I have an official way of releasing those old songs that have been stuck in my computer. And if there’s any income, we can divide it among everyone that helped bring the song out of my computer and into the world. When a singer and I make a new song, we can shoot an MV right away and release it while we all still feel the fire from what we created. If the market likes what we’re doing, then everyone who helped out on this song will benefit. If the song totally flops, we’ll still be happy that we created something we’re proud of and had the ability to put it out. There’s no regrets. Because the process of creating music is the best payment we can ever receive.

Which brings me to my craziest idea. SKR is a musical playground for me. Somewhere where we can try things that haven’t been done before. I don’t know exactly why, but I have a very strong feeling to release the instrumentals and the stems of the songs I’ve done for SKR. I don’t know what will happen when I do this. But I’m really looking forward and curious to see what will be created from this. Maybe a DJ will remix some of my guitar tracks into something super cool. Maybe it will give a chance to people who can write great melodies, but don’t play an instrument. They can sing their own melodies over my instrumentals. Singers who love to cover songs, but don’t play an instrument, can download these instrumentals and easily do a cover now. Even bands can download the stems to perform any of these songs live. Or maybe it will help people who are interested in learning how to do arrangements hear more clearly how I put these tracks together. I don’t know. I don’t know what will happen to the music industry in the future either. But I always remember that magical feeling I had as a kid, falling in love with making music. And if these instrumentals or stems can inspire someone else musically, then SKR is already a success.

平安夜聖誕大餐後怎麼過？
約上你的家人朋友一起來杯熱紅酒吧！🍷

柳橙 x1
蘋果 x1
八角 x2
肉桂棒 x3
紅酒 750ml
糖 些許
白蘭地 一小杯

時間：20分鐘

[Daphne Silent Night Mulled Wine Mix]
How are you celebrating your Christmas Eve with your loved ones?
how about have a sip of homemade mulled wine together next to the fire place!

orange x 1
apple x 1
star anise x 2
cinnamon stick x 3
red wine 750ml
sugar some
brandy one small cup

Time: 20 minutes

Playing：輕爵士版 Light Jazz Silent Night
Violin / Piano: Daphne Su 蘇子茵

#DaphneSu
#蘇子茵
#美女音樂家