Randomness
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Tags Chinese, Asian American, music, folk, singer songwriter, Singapore, musician, art, recording
Musings on art, travel, and life from Chinese-American singer-songwriter Dawn Xiana Moon. Melancholy, Asian-influenced folk.
Latest Blog Posts
- It's done! on Oct 30, 2009 in recording music industry
It's done!After 70-80 hours at Uptown Recording (recording and mixing) and Gravity Studios (mastering), the music is done! I can't wait to let you all hear it. It's a little scary to be essentially finished with the album after so long - I've been pl...
- Conceptual Art and Craft on Oct 17, 2009 in aesthetics music industry
Conceptual Art and CraftDenis Dutton, philosophy of art professor at the University of Canterbury, writes an interesting piece about conceptual art and its place in society. Clearly, he values craftsmanship: We ought, then, to stop kidding ourselves...
- Name the New Album! on Oct 6, 2009 in recording
Name the New Album!That's right, we're being very democratic around here. You get to choose the name of the recording I've been working on for the last few months!Blog Polls...
- Highlights from Ireland on Oct 1, 2009 in travel Ireland Belfast Dublin
Highlights from IrelandReading Joyce's Dubliners in a cafe and realizing that the coffee company mentioned in one of the stories was Bewley's. Guess the name of the cafe I was reading in? Exactly. It's been around since 1840. Teaching two Israelis ho...
- Of Giants and Heroes on Sep 11, 2009 in travel Ireland
Of Giants and HeroesI booked the tour through Northern Ireland for two reasons: Giant's Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. One is a series of natural formations that almost look like they were built by man, and the other brought all my Indiana...
- Monasterboice, Drogheda, and Derry on Sep 9, 2009 in Derry travel Ireland musicians
Monasterboice, Drogheda, and Derry"Do we have any Australians?" Cheers. "Do we have any Canadians?" Cheers. "New Zealand? Germany? Israel?" Cheers for each. And then: "Americans?" Muted acknowledgment. Apparently all of us have traveled enough to be...
- A Primer in Luring Tourists on Sep 7, 2009 in travel Ireland Dublin
A Primer in Luring TouristsPhase 1: Mention Vikings. Phase 3: Profit! But what's Phase 2? Dublinia would have been much better if we were in elementary school. But even then, some placards had grammatical errors, one needed updating (2007 was in the...
