Leading A Simple Life Like Nicole And Paris

Monday, July 13, 2009 @10:12 PM

Back on track!

I was up in KL last Saturday. A great trip I must say. I dragged Jana out of bed at 4am! It was quite a journey cause we experienced a little hiccup on the way there. My road trip with Jana hasn't been smooth. haha. We was once stucked at Senawang at 3am. Thank God we got great people to the rescue. Any way I had 3 very productive meetings.

But most importantly I had so much fun with my team.
Loads of discussion on moving forward, gossips and laughter plus Faizal Tahir's songs in the car.

To LoveMusic Entertainment team, thank you for being my pillars of strength and putting me back on track again. I'm truly touched by your loyalty. Let's start from scratch again, work hard together and look forward to our Bali trip! Nothing beats a great trip with great company!

I have decided to go for APM 2009. It will be interesting to see what's the outcome is. I've planned to catch up with friends and Pak Osman of course.
Israk Mikraj falls on 19th so I'll be back by then. How times flies! Soon it will be Ramadhan.

As for Shout Awards, I will send my team instead ;)
Like every year, I will make predictions for APM. So I'll do mine tomorrow, all for fun sake ;)

ps: Cerita Kedai Kopi by Malique ibrahim is stuck in my head.

Outz
JJ@13thJuly2009, 2324hours

Thursday, July 09, 2009 @7:39 PM

Guess who's back!

I'm back from hibernation!
Initial plan to privatize my blog was to stay away from people and just go hibernation for a while. But with the number of emails asking for invites were ridiculous, so I had to make it public again. Nope don't get me wrong. I didn't say I'm famous.. but I've got avid readers! yeay!

Any way I had a great seafood session with the people I love; my family plus D's. It's been a while since I last had seafood. There's reasons to celebrate. D finally passed his TP and Jana receive her distinction in International Business. So D drove us just now in his Daddy's Ford. Impreza next? haha.

After all that has happened, I am grateful cause I know who the true people are. I am also blessed cause there are people who kept me sane. Alhamdulilah.
Thank you Allah for putting me through this test.

Another song stuck in my head.
The best hip hop duo ever in ASIA! No doubt about it!

I need to pack some stuffs for my KL trip tomorrow. Just a day trip to settle some issues.
So will it be SHOUTS Awards or APM?

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JJ@11thjuly2009, 0015hours

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @10:53 PM

Better in Time

I know its a very old song but somehow ever since Janz been sampling with it plus Sheyna's singing to it, Leona Lewis's song got stuck in my mind.

I too got better in time. Syukur Alhamdulilah.
I believe Allah has set this as one of the hardest obstacle in my life but I've gotta accept it; terima Qada' & Qadar. Cause I believe HE knows what's best for each of his ummah.
My daily prayers has certainly helped.

Enjoy the clip

It's been the longest winter without you
I didn't know where to turn to
See somehow I can't forget you
After all that we've been through

Going coming
Thought I heard a knock
Who's there no one
Thinking that I deserve it
Now I realize that I really didn't know
If you didn't notice you mean everything
Quickly I'm learning to love again
All that I know is I'mma be ok

[Chorus:]
Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too
It'll all get better in time
Even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to
It'll all get better in time

I couldn't turn on the TV
Without something there to remind me
Was it all that easy
To just put aside your feelings

If I'm dreaming don't wanna laugh
Hurt my feelings but that's the path
I'll believe in
And I know time will heal it
If you didn't notice boy you mean everything
Quickly I'm learning to love again
All I know is I'mma be ok

[Chorus:]
Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too
It'll all get better in time
Even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to
It'll all get better in time

Since there's no more you and me
It's time I let you go
So I can be free
And live my life how it should be
No matter how hard it is I'll be fine without you
Yes I will

[Chorus: x2]
Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too
It'll all get better in time
Even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to (yes I do)
It'll all get better in time

After tomorrow, I'll decide if I continue to privatize my blog or keep it open.

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JJ@7thJuly09, 2310hours

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 @9:28 PM

Phew!

I felt better; slightly better now especially after a long chat with 2 great individuals. They are people from this industry. It's not that sharing with people not from this industry is difficult but they don't know what's the industry is all about. They assumed to understand what you went through but they soon switch camps. But like I've said before I don't wanna influence any parties.

So both individuals are managers which makes them understood my situation very well. Don't get me wrong. I don't go around telling people my stories. Its only to people close and people who asked.

Min called me up to asked me few stuffs about work. The thing I really like about her is that dia tak bodoh sombong, something that our community needs to learn. Its very norm for her or Ally (Hady's manager) to ask for my opinion on things which they are unsure of. Then she asked,"Will they be performing for APM?" I replied, "No and they are no longer my boys..." There was an awkward silence before she asked me if everything's alright. I shared with her all the details. I mean even before this, we shared a lot about work, personal issues and others. As a manager, she understood very well what I went through and what managers do for their artistes.

Here's a brief discription of a manager's responsibilities and tasks:
1) Find shows
- Propose to every potential organizers/producers/production houses for our artistes to appear and make performance or contribution
2) Once shows are confirmed, follow up with downpayment and details of show and later follow up with the balance
3) Updates the fanclub
4) Find outfit sponsors if a must
- In Singapore it's difficult to find outfit sponsors unless you've got connections
5) Prepare minus one for artistes
6) Before event, make sure artistes have eaten
- Alternatively food and drinks to be ready backstage plus loads of tissue
7) Do soundcheck at times (or most of the time)
8) Promote the songs to radios and ensure they stay on charts
9) PR with all the press and media
- PR is a very important skill and it does pays off.
10) If you have artistes who wanna be known as composers and producers, you get them jobs such as theme songs, jingles or even introduce their creativity to other artistes
11) Ensure they deliver their best to the fans
12) Cover up the mess they did
- Eg, their late coming, their ugly late night habits, their social life etc

So that's some of the stuffs we, managers do. And as managers we always want the best for the artistes and that also means restricting on performing at FREE SHOWS or FRIENDS' events. Artiste may not like it but we have to make them exclusive. If they are readily available then their market price will drop. Soon people will get bored as they are often seen everywhere.

After a good 45minutes with her, I came to my senses. She told me to stay strong, cheer up and keep on moving. Cause the field is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Even during the interview with Shai, I managed to stay calm and professional. Cause I know if I don't do that it will reflect badly on me and my company. As for them, I really dont know what they have said. Cause I dont bother to know.

As for me now, what's left are memories and pain.
I am definitely gonna be stronger and handle people with cautious.

Siblings, you are being loved!
Thank you!

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JJ@1stJuly2009, 2234hours

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 @11:54 PM

Cry

I think I am done with crying. Cos all my tears have all dried up.

Just like any relationship break up, we learned to let go and move on.
The scar will remain just like a tattoo in my heart.

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JJ@1stJuly2009, 008hours

Monday, June 29, 2009 @12:46 PM

Songs

The songs I put on repeat mode:

Shayna Zaid- Gotta Get Up
Introduced by Aina dear. Love her for this.
One of the few people who showed love despite the distance.

Mario - If I Hurt You

Michael Jackson - Man in the mirror

Monday, June 22, 2009 @10:33 PM

Knock you down

Hmmm, I have not been blogging for some time.
The mood to blog just kills me or maybe my mind's pretty blocked out.
Too many things to be written; some are better left unwritten.
Too many fake people out there. It's getting harder to find people who's keeping it real.

Anyway, enjoy my favorite track for this week:

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JJ@22ndJune2009, 2300hours