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Having grown up in the working class, Nicholas uses songwriting as both catharsis and self-discovery. He believes "that there is an ideal, honest way to live and through the writing process, I'll be able to find it".
With the release of his new EP "The Greatest Enemy”, Nicholas looks set to get back on the road and reconnect with audiences. To him, rediscovering that connection between audience and performer is "the best feeling on earth and I want to keep chasing it".
After several years of living in Germany, I finally had the chance to fly back to Singapore. While my main priority was to spend time with family and friends, I knew that despite my hang-ups, I wanted to do something with my music during my time back home. Most people would’ve used such an opportunity to put together a regular show, but I decided to do something fairly different.
Read More‘How are you?’ has been a question that I’ve found difficult to answer, even when it comes to replying friends and family from back home. Here’s my unedited answer to that.
Read MoreIf you’ve been following this blog, you might remember that I started offering subscriptions on Bandcamp sometime in 2017. Here’s a little update on how that has been going for me.
Read More‘How are you doing?’
That is a question I’ve found very difficult to answer. Ever since the pandemic reached Germany, I’ve found myself constantly moving back and forth between extreme states of numbness and anxiety.
Read MoreSo if you didn’t know, my summer - and life in general here - didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to. As if the logistics of moving to another city wasn’t stressful enough, I also had to process my emotions surrounding the big move.
Read MoreEarlier this year, it dawned on me that Forgiefan would be 10 years old in 2021. Naturally, the thought of doing something to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its release has often crossed my mind in these past few months.
Read MoreAs I was dealing with my emotions concerning admission to university, my digital distributor informed me that they were letting me go. Somehow, in the crazy world that is my mind, it felt like the last string that tied me to music in Singapore had finally given way and I was all on my own.
Read MoreHey everyone, it’s been a while! A lot has happened since my last post. So to begin unpacking emotionally, here’s an update regarding my studies here in Germany.
Read MoreIt’s a weird time to be alive, let alone make music. No one could've imagined it: a world without live shows. Yet this is our reality now. If there is anything to be realised from this pandemic, it is that we musicians urgently need to utilise our creativity and come up with ways to survive without live shows, so that the music can carry on.
Read MoreI’ve been having more than enough time to reflect on this first year living overseas. Moments of nostalgia have swept over me, as I looked back at my journey, emotional and otherwise, that has gone by in the blink of an eye.
Read MoreWhen people think of Germany, what often comes to mind is beer, sausages and football. But there’s so much more to the country than that. With cover bands being the minority here unlike Singapore, the numerous music venues littered across Germany together form not only a fulfilling circuit for overseas acts to tour, but also opportunities for a whole slew of local indie acts to organically grow their fan bases.
Though I’m sure that I’ve only just begun to scratch the surface, here are some of the amazing German acts I’ve discovered through my travels and Spotify:
Read MoreFor a week or so, my mind has been recalling the time I accompanied my mother and her friends to trek in Nepal. I think it’s because something I learnt then has finally begun to become truly relatable to my life.
I saw the trip as an opportunity to not only spend quality time with my mother, but also to try something new to expand my perspective. I also hoped I could healthily gather song material and inspiration post Forgiefan, instead of seeking a new muse to break my heart. Little did I know what was in store for me.
Read MoreI count myself so lucky to have had people and retailers support my passion all these years. I did a long overdue stock take recently. I can’t believe I have actually moved more than 700 units of Forgiefan and 400 of I Have Damned Every Moment Over!
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In 2017, I travelled the furthest ever for my music, to a town called Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. It was the last show of my European tour that year, which included a performance televised to 4 million households in Germany, and I stood at the water’s edge, thinking how fortunate I am.
Read MorePerforming music is a relatively safe process. You get to a venue, do your soundcheck, have a small dinner, pour your heart out for an hour or more and receive love from your audience in return. Then there are the other nights, when trouble will find me.
Before memory fades, here are a few interesting stories from the years of performing.
Read MoreLately I’ve been preoccupied with the future, not in that “living in the future” way though! Reason being, I’ve been quietly setting things up to prepare for a new chapter in my life (will announce it properly when the time’s right). Honestly, it’s scary and uncomfortable.
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