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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Monday, October 08, 2007
Kerana Karina Theme Song In The Bag!
On Saturday night, the same time England were recording their upset win over Australia in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal, the theme song for Kerana Karina (KK) was recorded at the cleverly-named Eargasm Studio in Sri Hartamas. Performed by the lead actress of KK Marsha herself, the still untitled song was composed and produced by Azmeer, with lyrics by none other than, um, me. 
It all began just last week when Azmeer came by the office to discuss taking on the producing gig. A couple of days later, he had 2 tracks for us to choose from. We settled on the first option, an up-tempo tune with some catchy hooks which everyone agreed would suit the overall feel of KK and Marsha’s vocals.
That same night I went back and started working on the lyrics. And since I had written KK’s storyline, it was just a matter of adapting the same for the song. It took some 3 hours to complete everything and after some minor touchups the following morning, the lyrics were then emailed to Azmeer.
At the recording session, Marsha was a bit under the weather, but the vocals still sounded good. Great, in fact. And she got everything down in just under 3 hours.
The song will be released together with the drama by the end of the month and will also be available for download on http://www.gua.com.my/.
kerana karina
It all began just last week when Azmeer came by the office to discuss taking on the producing gig. A couple of days later, he had 2 tracks for us to choose from. We settled on the first option, an up-tempo tune with some catchy hooks which everyone agreed would suit the overall feel of KK and Marsha’s vocals.That same night I went back and started working on the lyrics. And since I had written KK’s storyline, it was just a matter of adapting the same for the song. It took some 3 hours to complete everything and after some minor touchups the following morning, the lyrics were then emailed to Azmeer.
At the recording session, Marsha was a bit under the weather, but the vocals still sounded good. Great, in fact. And she got everything down in just under 3 hours.
kerana karina
The song will be released together with the drama by the end of the month and will also be available for download on http://www.gua.com.my/.kerana karina
Friday, October 05, 2007
Kerana Karina Kicks Off!
A couple of days ago, shooting began for Kerana Karina (KK). In case you’re the ignorant sort, KK’s a piece of history in the making, ‘cos when it’s launched in early November, it’ll be the first ever Malaysian made-for-web drama series. And it can only be viewed on http://www.gua.com.my/. Very cool indeed.
And how’s this for a powerhouse cast: Marsha Londoh (who plays the lead role), Zizan Nin, Elaine Daly, Razaly Hussein, Sazzy Falak, Alan Yun and first-time actor Roslan Aziz.
The original concept was mooted by my executive producer Michael who also came up with the title. And yours truly actually wrote the story. It took a couple of days, but once the creative juices flowed, the synopses for all 20 episodes came rather easily. And yes, this will be my first drama ever. A piece of personal history right there.
Anyway, KK’s about Karina (duh), the latest starlet in the music business who takes the industry by storm with her debut album. For Karina’s sophomore effort, the label boss (Roslan Aziz) decides to hire this hot shot producer with some overseas experience, Imran (Zizan Nin).
But turns out, Karina and Imran have some sort of “history” together and things get tricky from that point onwards…
Produced by Grand Brilliance, KK’s directed by this cool dude with a cool name, Aidil Fitri. Script's by Eenaz Mokhtar. Shooting should be done by 10th Oct and the PC has been slated for 23rd Oct.
Read more about KK here and here…
And how’s this for a powerhouse cast: Marsha Londoh (who plays the lead role), Zizan Nin, Elaine Daly, Razaly Hussein, Sazzy Falak, Alan Yun and first-time actor Roslan Aziz.
kerana karina
The original concept was mooted by my executive producer Michael who also came up with the title. And yours truly actually wrote the story. It took a couple of days, but once the creative juices flowed, the synopses for all 20 episodes came rather easily. And yes, this will be my first drama ever. A piece of personal history right there.
Anyway, KK’s about Karina (duh), the latest starlet in the music business who takes the industry by storm with her debut album. For Karina’s sophomore effort, the label boss (Roslan Aziz) decides to hire this hot shot producer with some overseas experience, Imran (Zizan Nin).
But turns out, Karina and Imran have some sort of “history” together and things get tricky from that point onwards…
Produced by Grand Brilliance, KK’s directed by this cool dude with a cool name, Aidil Fitri. Script's by Eenaz Mokhtar. Shooting should be done by 10th Oct and the PC has been slated for 23rd Oct.
Read more about KK here and here…
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Repositioning Alert!
When I started this blog earlier this year, we were in the early stages of putting together a “secret” plan for new media dominance. And it remained hush-hush until early August when basically most of the plan was laid out at a trade launch. Then came the relaunches of 8TV, TV3 and ntv7 portals. And of course, on Sept 11, gua.com.my was revealed to the world.
Which means I can now stop being too cryptic and talk about this stuff in the open. Phew!
I’m also maintaining another blog on gua.com.my which focuses on entertainment and pop culture, featuring some regular stuff I’ve done here like The 7 Coolest thingy and Thursday Night Rant.
So what does this mean for MZ 2.0? Well, the time has come for me to get even more personal and give you peeps out there more of an insiders’ view on the stuff above, especially on gua.com.my.
So be prepared for some truly engaging stuff as I lift the proverbial veil and tell you things like why we chose to do shows like BABE BITS (isn’t it obvious?) and how many forms I need to fill to get ONE bloody thing done around here. I’m kidding!
Which means I can now stop being too cryptic and talk about this stuff in the open. Phew!
I’m also maintaining another blog on gua.com.my which focuses on entertainment and pop culture, featuring some regular stuff I’ve done here like The 7 Coolest thingy and Thursday Night Rant.
So what does this mean for MZ 2.0? Well, the time has come for me to get even more personal and give you peeps out there more of an insiders’ view on the stuff above, especially on gua.com.my.
So be prepared for some truly engaging stuff as I lift the proverbial veil and tell you things like why we chose to do shows like BABE BITS (isn’t it obvious?) and how many forms I need to fill to get ONE bloody thing done around here. I’m kidding!
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