興趣
我其中一位唱片老闆Keith Yip曾教導我們說，人必須要有一樣終生的興趣，唱歌也好，彈琴也好，夾band也好，甚至像他一樣玩發燒音響也好，若然沒有，要快些發掘或培養一下啊！不然生活會好像欠缺什麼似的。
說來奇怪，小時候的我很喜歡鋼琴，喜歡清脆的琴聲，但一直沒有把琴學好，因為我覺得唱歌比較有滿足感，因為對於我來說，一開口就可唱，隨時隨地都可練習，有時間有心情就可，想唱就唱。於是經常跟著家裡的唱片偷師模仿歌聲的神髓，也有短暫跟過幾位歌唱老師學正統音樂，但很快就到了卡拉OK流行的年代，那時候，我們愛唱歌的一羣，天天往卡拉OK廂房去練歌，唱得不亦樂乎，自得其樂。還記得有一種卡拉OK系統是會在你唱完一首歌後評分及會在你高歌途中間中給你評語的！箇中樂趣及氣氛，對於熱愛唱歌的我，真的是十個趣！
有一次，我們一班熱愛唱歌的朋友參加完歌唱比賽後，意猶未盡，一起到了上述一家K房，每人試唱一首然後被唱機評論，大家切磋一下，看看賽果是否跟我們比賽一樣。你猜猜結果如何？我們經常有三甲的，也有九十幾分，但其他平常沒有獎項的，竟有九十八分甚至最高可達九十九分！我們不但不會氣餒或生氣，反而很認真的近距離互相觀摩及研究機器的評分標準！結論是原來只要唱得愈是跟原唱一模一樣，分數就會愈高。現在想起來都覺得好好笑！好好玩！
About Astor
Astor is able to express herself with logical literacy but full of artistic feelings. She acts to record her valuable, interesting and unforgettable experiences during her travel and plans to share with others her instant feelings, thoughtful insights and findings via poems, free verses, prose, narration, reference, etc.
Music, Movie, Musicals and Me
Music and theatre have had a close relationship. Theatre can associate with movie or musical theatre (musicals) and I love both of them. I sing theme songs in some Asian movies, such as“When I Dream” (theme from “Dragon Squad”). It easily recalls people not only from scenes of the movie, but also from memory. I love theme music from movies as well as songs from Musicals, especially Broadway. I remember I have fallen in love with Broadway since I was 12. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theatre; performers often sing and dance as if there is a live audience watching. Some musical films were adapted for the stage after their great success, such as “The Wizard of Oz” and“Fame”, while successful musicals also definitely received movie adaptations, i.e. stage-to-film adaptations, such as“Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Evita”. We can share our moments after all these years by passing through “Over the Rainbow”, “Out Here On My Own”, “I Don’t Know How To Love Him”, “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”, “You Must Love Me” ……
“Moon River” (theme from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) has to be selected in my new album "Theatre" although it has been covered by hundreds of artists all over the world. I sing it each time, it seems like a live performance accompanied by the pianist just in front of the audience.
“The Way We Were” (theme from “The Way We Were”) must be selected because it was the song of one of my favorite singers that influences me most, Barbra Streisand, and I won the singing contest with it!
“For All We Know” (theme from “Lovers and OtherStrangers”) was selected, of course, in tribute to my forever idol, the Carpenters.
WORDS from Astor :
I hope all of you would like the presentation of my albums.
Everlasting love dedicated to SUPERSTAR...
My dearest family,
Mom and Dad,
Uncle,
Tony,
Jan.
All the one I love,
Teachers and tutors, who have enlightened me,
All singers and writers of the original songs, especially Karen and Richard Carpenter.
All musicians,
All my fans and friends.
Thanks GOD.
Astor Fong
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