Noticed a lot of singers nowadays also tout themselves to be
composers. Some of them started out just singing, and after a
couple of years, foray into the composing arena. However, are all
of them competent composers? Or are they just pretenders who write
a couple of mediocre pieces so as to pass themselves off as
"multi-talented stars"?
For one, I was quite impressed by Gigi's composing talent. I have
always thought of her to be just a pretty thing, nothing else. But
after listening to "Hua Huo" and "Shen Shuo", I was utterly
dumbfounded by her song-writing skills. This girl can really
write!
However, I can't say the same for many others, eg. Andy Lau. I
quite like him as an artiste, but his song-writing (esp. Ma Tong, I
really can't stomach that)...DUH...To me, his song-writing was
"born" more because he was a willing learner of many things, hence
he gave a try at song-writing too. But his attempts make me wish
that he will just stick to what he does best, which definitely does
not include song-writing.
Just a word to all wannabes out there: Just do what you do best,
and don't undermine your ability or success by foraying into areas
which you don't have any clue about.
