Farewell Marilyn [#1 draft]

My Memory || Original (Acoustic)

I watched the documentary “The Price of Sex” in March 2012, which included a Q&A session with its courageous and remarkable maker, Mimi Chakarova. 

What really struck me was how some of the women interviewed in the film would have regular customers who, on realising that the women were trafficked, would show token acts of kindness, for example by letting them use their phones or by giving them extra money, but would still have sex with them because they had already paid for it.  I couldn't shake the mix of disbelief and anger at these men and the society that would allow this to happen. Then, I remembered I was part of that society. If I know that this is happening but don’t say anything, then I might as well be condoning it. 

At the end of the session, Mimi left us with a challenge to respond to what we had seen. This song is my response. Please check out http://priceofsex.org/. 

‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good [people] do nothing’ Edmund Burke

Beautiful || Original

This song is about the danger of good things become idols. 

(Mark 10:17-22)

Farewell Marilyn || Original (Acoustic)

I wrote this song after watching the film “Nefarious: Merchant of Souls” (http://nefariousdocumentary.com/the-films/nefarious-i/).  I already knew that rich countries in the West (like the UK) feed much of the demand for the child-sex trade affecting poor communities around the world. What really shocked me, however, was how in some of these communities that have been exploited for so long, the selling of children had become the accepted norm among parents. What was most saddening was seeing how this broken environment had trapped the minds of the children, giving them a warped view of what they needed to do to please (honour) their parents.     

I tried to write this song from the perspective of a fictional child in such a community as a pimp approaches his family to buy him. 

Honour Bound || Original (Acoustic)

Privileged to be part a team providing background music for a CCiL Christmas event that happened on the 23rd of December. 

Have a blessed Christmas! 

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings

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Hello!  

I am a follower of Jesus.
Studying @ London School of Theology. 
Working @ the Chinese Church in London. 

I love listening to, and sharing music.

TimcyLau

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