"The G Strings" is an Ukulele band, where we share the happy sounds of the Ukulele through wedding songs, covers of pop songs, and original songs.



Flip Leaf Communications is a creative agency that specializes in Marketing, Design, Branding, Events and Fashion.

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In a generation that emphasizes rather than embrace the age gap, music is probably the last true art form that bridges the "two masses" without being the object of lingering suspicion. Music transcends time zones, continents and cultures, invariably universal in it's appeal. I have always loved music from the 50s to the 90s, whatever the genre. As a young child on vacation, sneaking into my uncle's room to secretly play his prized vinyl collection of rock, soul, pop and blues legends, it left an impressionable mark on me during these "tender years" of mine. My affection for the music of this period has led to my endeavors to gather like minded musicians to play and enjoy songs that have reached "immortal" status within us.

Farid has been an active participant in the local music scene as a singer-guitarist in numerous groups including:

SHADES (The BEATLES of Singapore winners)





THE ESQUIRES (Soul Motown Band) 



THE SHADY BLUES (3 piece power blues band)



PARTY DOLL BAND (8 piece 50s rock & roll show band) 



SPIRIT VOICES (World Music Band) 



THE OBVIOUS CHILD (World Music Band) 



BDS JAZZ ORCHESTRA / COMBO (Jazz standards & big band material) 



BUSY DOING SOMETHING (Dance band) 



THE LUIZ SOLIANO BAND Jazz (Pop & Jazz) 



THE MAVERICKS (Country & Western) 



THE ROLLING BONES (Igor's first in-house "horror theme" dance band) 



SHYYNE (Classic Rock band) 



THE RIKI HENDRIX BACK UP BAND (Sessionist on Riki's live dates in Singapore) 



SYNE OF TYME



THE MARINA XAVIER BAND



KENNY HOGAN'S HEROES



DANNY KOH & THE HIGH COURTS 



JACK VERSUS JILL






 Farid also wrote the radio friendly hit singles "THE 5Cs" (Later covered by Siva Choy on his "Why You so like that" comedy album , "LOVE YOU AIDA", and also produced the music for the soundtrack of the "Dam Stoopid Video". A poke at the typically materialistic Singapore girl with songs like "Sarong Party Girl" and "Better Hammer This Fella". "GREENTHUMB" was a tune commissioned by the national parks board for their "Skyrise Garden Show" and "CITIZEN OF THE WORLD" won critical praise & top prize at the "LOVE THE EARTH" Band competition.

 Farid's influences include Jose Feliciano, Chuck Berry, Dire Straits, U2, The Beatles, Steve Morse, classic rock acts and above all PAUL SIMON.




Been playing the Baritone Ukulele about three years now after giving up on the Guitar and needing a travel version of my Banjo..the Uke has overtaken both instruments in interest for me however and I rarely play the other two now.
This year I decided to try a few 'open mics' and as such have been honing what I play and hopefully generally going in the right direction..I mainly play covers of various types but at the time of writing this have stuck a few versions of public domain songs for legal reasons!!..I might undertake the odd original from time and time and the odd none download cover as a nod to the original and the artist who undertook the song.
This profile is for my own referance as much as anything a way of checking progress and testing things out..plus checking out different sounds on other channels/

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