Vocalist / Guitarist / Percussionist - Jasper Hawkins
Drummer - Dan XXX
Bassist - Cam Roots

Recording and Mixing Engineer - Cheuk Lau
Co-Recording Engineer - Yannick Charron, Houston Peel, Beau Jeffries

I dont think everyone can be 100% satisfied their own mixes. It's an art that you can never stop judging or critiquing. This mix is my first mix of a three-piece band.

Anyway, great song, performed by a bunch of very talented musicians along with my good engineering bros. We spent weeks (or maybe months) working on it. 

Listening back into the mix, I think the instrumentals were mixed so nicely (all thank's to the great TLA Valve console which glued all those babies together). 

If I have a chance (and time) to mix this again, I will put WAY more attentions into the vocal processing. Recently I learnt from readings that chaining compressors is a great approach to even out dynamics throughout different sections of the song. 

Nonetheless, the emotions in the song were still well captured. It's a great song to get everybody pumped up in bars.

Jasper Hawkins - Dance

Vocalist - Jasson Borgueta
Guitarist - Eric Borgueta
Drummer - Pat Callis

Recording and Mixing Engineer - Cheuk Lau
Co-Recording Engineer - Yannick Charron

I initially  recorded this with just the Borgueta brothers -  a simple song with acoustic guitar and cajon (which i learned the proper pronunciation is ka-horn). I am still amazed with their talents (and their great sense of humour).

With the help of another musician who I just met on the musicians database, Pat improvised the drum part of the song. Giving it a rocky kind of sound.

This was one of the production / assignment that I felt I had the creative control. Reverse Vocal swells, simulated amp plugin for the guitars. It was all experimental and at the same time, very fun. Thank's for that guys !!

Jasson Borgueta - Lihim (Rock)

One day, I decided to everything wrong. Made this song with my mate's help - Jun Bin and Phoebe ! 

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填詞/作曲： 劉卓璇


人總 遇上折磨
懷緬 過往色彩
發現人的本質
竟這麼醜惡 
亦深信愛會帶著希望  


當初 是這麼傻
無奈 見證腐敗

往日如此天真
信有天打救
獅子山都改容貌去


今朝的生命 只得一個我   (今朝的生命  不只一個我)
應好好把握 好好珍惜過
愛國已太遲 再說沒意思 
往下來 別怪著自己當初太無知 


傷口早康復 想再痛改過 （想好好今日  想再痛改過）
得不到的 只想再爭取過
試努力向前 那怕會變遷
過下來 要對著自己 不再帶著悔意

 
 
後序
 
首歌的理念：
1）先愛人後愛國
2）先思考後前行
 
在同一個星期看見多個香港負面新聞有所感觸，其中由中共發表的白皮書難道是聖旨？內裡提及共產黨(本質是權貴資本主義以及政治專制的黨）全面享有香港的管治權，它給你多少你只好接受。獨裁的觀念與以民為主的理念反其道而行。白皮書內都是壓制人民的管治，其中嚴重濫用的是"愛國"這個概念。
 
我覺得愛國是沒問題的，有問題的是他們只考慮香港特首必須愛國，但愛國哪來客觀標準？這樣是剝奪香港人的參選和投票權利，踐踏我們的人權。所以我想用此曲表明一個正確的意念：「先愛人，愛國的感情自然跟著來」。應以人為主構建健康體制，才會有和諧社會。
雖然生活在外國，但我在香港出世和居住過十年，對香港很是關心，此情還在，希望有天回故土時美好的文化還在。
 
以下的可能會帶來很多爭議，但我覺得天賦自由包括出生便應享有發言的權利，所以大膽提出討論。我認為黃霑所填詞的「獅子山下」若在二零一四年推出可能甚有爭議，為什麼呢? 因為歌中鼓勵人們要克苦埋頭苦幹，沒提及制度的公平和社會的公義。今人應"先思考後拼搏"。可能以前的社會經濟落後簡單，生活就是糊口生存，故努力的成果會帶來温飽。只要努力讀書，努力工作，咬緊牙關大家同舟共濟，不用多想。現代人是否應該這樣做呢？時代不同了，若只懂埋頭工作不去思考，不去看看是否體制出現問題，最後只會被不公義的體制慢慢侵蝕人權，令人失去自我，忘卻了自己的生存意義。
 
但需如此，「獅子山下」歌詞帶給我們的正面意識令人鼓舞，例如鼓勵人們互助、團結、克苦和努力。對於生活在廿一世紀的人，我們希望歌中也要敎人積極爭取自己應有的權利。所以在我作的這首歌中引用了多年前「獅子山下」的元素，但卻想鼓勵人們要站在獅子山上看清楚，先思考後前行。
 
我希望大家珍惜香港美好的東西，珍識自己只得一次的生命，好好捍衛自己的家園，勇敢去做自己覺得有意義的事情。
 
還有要感謝父母的支持，他們給了我對此歌曲的意見、歌詞內容及後序檢查。這對我是非常重要和有幫助的，謝謝。

獅子山上 Above Mountain (Demo)

Just for fun, I actually edited this song for my EMP course, then re-edited and chuck in huge amount of glitchy sound. Totally experimental but it works.

Shut Up and Kiss (Shut Up and Let Me GO remix)

A great friend of mine approached me, and he was preparing music for his dance class. So I did it, 10 minutes of non-stop music for everybody to enjoy... :-)

Dance Popping Mix

I love this place, this is where I connect with like-minded people. :-)

"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while." Steve Jobs

Cheuk Johnny Lau

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