For 21-year-old Amanda Tee, music has played a huge part of her life, ever since she was little. “I’ve always liked the guitar,” she said. “But it was only when I was 14 that I took lessons.”
She accompanied her friend for formal lessons, but her friend eventually gave up the instrument. Amanda though, continued on and, a year later, started writing her own songs. “It just felt natural to me, and I didn’t want to always sing other people’s songs,” she said. “Although if I heard my first songs again, I’d probably cringe.”
The singer-songwriter will be one of the performers at this month’s NUS Arts Festival, a prospect she admitted was a little daunting. “It’s a been a while since I’ve done originals, and I’m doing it with a four-piece band – although this will be an acoustic session,” she said.
“And because recently I’ve been doing a lot of solo stuff and playing covers, so this is one of the few times that I’m playing original stuff in an acoustic format and with a band. It should be quite interesting for those who are into acoustic, mellow, intimate stuff. They might enjoy it.”
And she’s already got plans to do more. An EP is in the works, although she said it was taking a bit longer to record because of her band members’ schedules. “I’m trying to get (my music) back on track. So maybe after the EP, we can have some months of concentrated gigs. And hopefully that can have some impact.”
Although she has no plans to go full-time yet, Amanda insisted she’s serious about her music. She’s even entertained the thought of going overseas. However, the main thing is to get the EP done. “We’ll see how the EP goes.love Hopefully we can make enough from it so that we can do a full-length album.”
loveAmanda performs tomorrow at the NUS UCC Theatre Foyer, 7pm. Free.
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She accompanied her friend for formal lessons, but her friend eventually gave up the instrument. Amanda though, continued on and, a year later, started writing her own songs. “It just felt natural to me, and I didn’t want to always sing other people’s songs,” she said. “Although if I heard my first songs again, I’d probably cringe.”
The singer-songwriter will be one of the performers at this month’s NUS Arts Festival, a prospect she admitted was a little daunting. “It’s a been a while since I’ve done originals, and I’m doing it with a four-piece band – although this will be an acoustic session,” she said.
“And because recently I’ve been doing a lot of solo stuff and playing covers, so this is one of the few times that I’m playing original stuff in an acoustic format and with a band. It should be quite interesting for those who are into acoustic, mellow, intimate stuff. They might enjoy it.”
And she’s already got plans to do more. An EP is in the works, although she said it was taking a bit longer to record because of her band members’ schedules. “I’m trying to get (my music) back on track. So maybe after the EP, we can have some months of concentrated gigs. And hopefully that can have some impact.”
Although she has no plans to go full-time yet, Amanda insisted she’s serious about her music. She’s even entertained the thought of going overseas. However, the main thing is to get the EP done. “We’ll see how the EP goes.love Hopefully we can make enough from it so that we can do a full-length album.”
loveAmanda performs tomorrow at the NUS UCC Theatre Foyer, 7pm. Free.
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