Thursday 29 September 2011

Yen-j

Ok, my first post on music will be about the Taiwanese singer-songwriter Yen-j.

Yen-j is a young Taiwanese newcomer who grew up in the US. He has a background in jazz music and knows how to play numerous instruments: piano, guitar, trombone, bass. He is one of the few newcomers who is really talented musically and artistically. He shows that he is hardworking and very serious about creating a sound that is different from the mainstream Chinese music scene. Until today I am almost sick of the repetitive and dull styles of many Chinese songs, but Yen-j has brought some hope with his jazzy-pop songs.

This is a simple but nice melodic love song from his previous album:




This song, particularly, touched my heart because of the similarity of the situation described in the song and my current situation, stuck in between nowhere, still figuring what I'm going to do next in life.



While this is a newer song. I especially love the hand-drawn animation in the music video.