Chet Lam
ABOUT
Chet Lam has been living globally, using music as a bridge connecting the world in his unique way of storytelling. He is a story-singer who keeps exploring with music and words, and manifesting on his ever changing shows from with just one guitar to accompanied by a full orchestra.
The veteran Hong Kong singer songwriter, music producer, writer, TV presenter and traveller started his independent label ‘LYFE Music’ in 2003 which has been bringing a handful of music related projects to life: Lam's 18 own studio albums in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, 9 bestselling books, concerts for himself and other independent acts such as Hanjin, Fama. His major accolades include Best Folk Singer at the 2012 and 2016 Top Chinese Music Awards; Album of the Year (Cantonese) for Requiem for Flowers at the 2012 Chinese Music Media Awards; Best Folk Artist at the 2004 and 2005 Chinese Music Media Awards; Song of the Year for Yu Jian at the 2004 Global Chinese Music Awards; and Best Original Film Song at the 2003 Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.
In 2012, Lam started another label ‘Seeing Creative’ continuing to organize shows for independent music acts including Arai Soichiro (Singing Hands), and the ‘Future Sounds of Hong Kong Music Festival’ featuring 5 highly acclaimed bands from Hong Kong including Chokchukmo, ToNick, Supper Moment.
In additional to pending national Pop hits for other artists such as Eason Chan, Stephanie Sun, Dadawa, Gigi Leung, in 2015 Lam founded a crowd funding website www.MusicBee.cc with fellow musicians Vicky Fung, Victor Tse and creative team Why Interactive’s Kevin Wong, dedicated to Chinese independent music artists. In two years nearly 6 million Hong Kong dollars were raised for about 30 music projects.
In 2016 and 2019, Lam collaborated with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) to explore the possibilities of Chinese orchestral music by interpreting songs of different languages. The commercially and artistically acclaimed crossover concerts saw them playing folk songs around the world and Lam’s original tunes, in 6 different languages.
The veteran Hong Kong singer songwriter, music producer, writer, TV presenter and traveller started his independent label ‘LYFE Music’ in 2003 which has been bringing a handful of music related projects to life: Lam's 18 own studio albums in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, 9 bestselling books, concerts for himself and other independent acts such as Hanjin, Fama. His major accolades include Best Folk Singer at the 2012 and 2016 Top Chinese Music Awards; Album of the Year (Cantonese) for Requiem for Flowers at the 2012 Chinese Music Media Awards; Best Folk Artist at the 2004 and 2005 Chinese Music Media Awards; Song of the Year for Yu Jian at the 2004 Global Chinese Music Awards; and Best Original Film Song at the 2003 Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.
In 2012, Lam started another label ‘Seeing Creative’ continuing to organize shows for independent music acts including Arai Soichiro (Singing Hands), and the ‘Future Sounds of Hong Kong Music Festival’ featuring 5 highly acclaimed bands from Hong Kong including Chokchukmo, ToNick, Supper Moment.
In additional to pending national Pop hits for other artists such as Eason Chan, Stephanie Sun, Dadawa, Gigi Leung, in 2015 Lam founded a crowd funding website www.MusicBee.cc with fellow musicians Vicky Fung, Victor Tse and creative team Why Interactive’s Kevin Wong, dedicated to Chinese independent music artists. In two years nearly 6 million Hong Kong dollars were raised for about 30 music projects.
In 2016 and 2019, Lam collaborated with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) to explore the possibilities of Chinese orchestral music by interpreting songs of different languages. The commercially and artistically acclaimed crossover concerts saw them playing folk songs around the world and Lam’s original tunes, in 6 different languages.
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