Lee Hom's " Forever 1st Day " Album Diary

89/09/23~89/09/29 @ Part 17

Dear Friends,

Just back from Singapore last night promoting my new album "Forever's First Day", and writing to you today from my hotel in HK, in one hour I am leaving for Heng Dian in the province of Zhe Jiang.what a crazy life this is!

Singapore was wonderful, I hadn't been there since last November, for the Singapore Golden Melody awards.

I can't believe 10 months have flown by so quickly. This time in Singapore, I gave a few appearances including a live mini-concert with a few hundred fans broadcasted on the local radio station FM 933, an autographing session, and an appearance as special guest for a live TV charity show for the Singapore heart foundation. Both were great experiences, it's always great to see my fans face to face, and performing for charity makes my feel so fortunate to be blessed with the gift of music. It's nice to be able to be doing what you love and also putting to a good cause.

Another highlight of my promotion tour in Singapore was seeing my dear friend and violin teacher, Lim Soon Lee. Mr. Lee taught me the violin for a few years between the ages of 9 and 13, and remains to this day one of the most influential figures of my music education. He is simply the epitome of a musician.and a true music lover. Nowadays, he is spending more time conducting his orchestra with the National University of Singapore, and touring abroad doing appearances in Japan and the United States. What is most remarkable about Mr. Lee is that as he teaches, he has the ability to inspire his students. His soft spoken voice reflects an inner strength and constant dedication to his craft. I cherish the fact that although throughout the last ten years, we have gone down such different paths in the music world, we still are able to converge and talk about Brahms, or Michael Tilson Thomas, or Yo Yo Ma. He is one of the handful of musicians that understands me.

Last night, I flew back to HK and had a concert in the Convention Center for approximately 8,000 people!

What a great night! The crowd was unusually responsive to the songs "Don't Be Afraid" and "Descendants of the Dragon" and "Julia" and "Crying Palms". It makes such a difference to me that the audience is receptive and into the performance.this is one of the major ways in which I can gauge how well I performed. Since, your reaction was so positive last night, today I am in such good spirits! Thank you!

Now for a week in Heng Dian. I am about to get on a plane to Hang Zhou and then take a four hour bus ride to a little town I've never heard of before called Heng Dian to continue shooting Stanley Tong's, "China Strike Force". The population of this town is only a few thousand and supposedly was constructed primarily for the purpose of shooting movies. It is a city within a city filled with sets and props etc.

I'll be doing primarily action sequences with Coolio, Norika, and Aaron. Wish me luck! I'll tell you more about it next week after I come back.

I hope you are all doing well, my cyberspace friends.

Thank you for letting me share my life with you, and thank you for your continued support.

Yours,
Homeboy