Music, music, music

23 April 2010
Last nite, we went to see Lewis Pragasam's Asiabeat & Friends Concert at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas and it turned out to be one of my best musical outings so far for the year. To me, it was music at its best! Of course,  Lewis was in his metal with his drums. But it was his guest, Tengku Ryo from Indonesia, who  stole my heart. With his violin, he mersmerised the audience with his rendition of traditional Zapin Melayu music fusing it with the beat of the Tango. It was fantastic! This young fellow had a story of his life to all his fusion numbers - mixing the sounds of the violin with the trombone, tabla and the drums, with back-up sounds of the piano, guitar and the keyboard. Then there was John 'Kaizan' Neptune, playing the Japanese flute and his home-made tabla of some sort. Local singers include Zainal Abidin and a young local group Caprice.
To me, Lewis Pragasam applied reserach and development(R&D) in the music discipline, integrating the beautiful sounds of specific musical instruments to produce new music. Kudos to Lewis and Asiabeat!
~If music be the food of love, play on~ Shakespeare