Hello everyone! I'm Dom Wong and welcome aboard this little blog adventure I like to call "A Journey Through Folk".
I picked up the acoustic guitar when i was about 12 years old and managed to sing and strum through my very first song about half a year later. I then spent the next 8 years of my life exploring many different styles and genres of music and trying to fit myself into a particular one that I felt comfortable in. The sad thing was that, it took me 8 years to discover folk music and its beauty.
Some of you may immediately associate folk music (especially in the local sense) with songs like "Bengawan Solo", "Kookabura" and for the most part, you're right. Folk music goes back many many years where lyrics and melodies were passed down by oral tradition instead of the pen and paper we have today (more like mp3 records and the likes). But before you dismiss folk music as an uninteresting thing of the past, I'd like you to hear me out.
If you've listened to a Damien Rice song (I'm sure you have.. Blower's Daughter, 9 Crimes, Cannonball?) you would have thought that his vocal style and arrangement of his songs are utterly boring. But there is that something that is present that keeps you stuck to your seat and in a way, lets you experience a certain kind of catharsis.
Well, that's the effect that a lot of folk music has on most people so just sit back, relax and let me share my 'folk experiences' with you.
Just to round things up and let you know a little more about myself and my music, here are two tracks from my EP "Everyday From Today" for your listening pleasure. It's not folk music as I will be introducing to you and takes a few seconds to load, but do leave some comments if you feel inclined to do so. =)
I picked up the acoustic guitar when i was about 12 years old and managed to sing and strum through my very first song about half a year later. I then spent the next 8 years of my life exploring many different styles and genres of music and trying to fit myself into a particular one that I felt comfortable in. The sad thing was that, it took me 8 years to discover folk music and its beauty.
Some of you may immediately associate folk music (especially in the local sense) with songs like "Bengawan Solo", "Kookabura" and for the most part, you're right. Folk music goes back many many years where lyrics and melodies were passed down by oral tradition instead of the pen and paper we have today (more like mp3 records and the likes). But before you dismiss folk music as an uninteresting thing of the past, I'd like you to hear me out.
If you've listened to a Damien Rice song (I'm sure you have.. Blower's Daughter, 9 Crimes, Cannonball?) you would have thought that his vocal style and arrangement of his songs are utterly boring. But there is that something that is present that keeps you stuck to your seat and in a way, lets you experience a certain kind of catharsis.
Well, that's the effect that a lot of folk music has on most people so just sit back, relax and let me share my 'folk experiences' with you.
Just to round things up and let you know a little more about myself and my music, here are two tracks from my EP "Everyday From Today" for your listening pleasure. It's not folk music as I will be introducing to you and takes a few seconds to load, but do leave some comments if you feel inclined to do so. =)
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