QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ May 3 2006 4 01 PM) [snapback]2363334[/snapback]
We can really just blame the 4 music charts and the media from what has become of the scenery for the female singers. Right now, it's more or less just Joey's or Miriam's world. Sammi has pretty much stepped back from singing because of her film producing earlier and now her health; with her lack of participation, the media and the music charts just immediately boot her off the list. As for Kelly, even though she continues to work hard for the sake of music with continuous great performances, the media and music charts just somehow remove her from competing for the female singer award; instead, they just keep giving her that Asia award.
I love Kelly's singing so much, so it's really angering when I see that she gets presented the Asia award every year when she obviously is still sticking around in the music industry and still releasing albums. It's not like Kelly's really old or anything; why are they banning her from award receiving? As for Denise, HK people just haven't completely accepted her as one of the lead singers. The only thing that they recognize her for is being Anita Mui's apprentice. I guess Denise doesn't have that much of an ambition to compete either.
Fiona's just on the A-list of female singers because her company has no more other female singers, so in order for Warner to hold their place with the other record companies, they just have to do their best to push Fiona out there. They had Gigi Leung before, but she's in a bit of isolation because of her personal life, so Fiona's Warner's only choice at the moment. Kary obviously can't squeeze up to the A-list because Gold Label is still mainly focusing on Miriam's achievements as their main female singer, and Janice just came into the picture last year. It's a good thing for Janice though; we wouldn't want people suddenly giving criticisms because of her sudden promotions even if she does have the talent for it. 
Personally, I would rather encourage a competition between Joey and Vincy even though Vincy is relatively a newbie. I like Miriam but she's not a decent singer nor an amazing actress. Seriously, Miriam's voice is strong and deep but it's not instrumentally beautiful.

I'm quite baffled how the music industry has narrowed down to such few female artists but only one or two truly possesses singing talent and potential.

It does upset me too how Kelly has been pushed aside. The HK audience are the ones complaining how depressing the music industry has become these past few years but yet, they're shoving someone like Kelly away.

Denise also gained acceptance through her unique and bold
Brokeback Mountain-like songs. Hm, seems like a concept along those lines would gain any recognition these days. As for Fiona, makes sense. I believe that even though Miriam is quite overrated in both arenas but because she has been exposed for quite a while now, her fanbase is both decent and stable.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ May 3 2006 4 01 PM) [snapback]2363334[/snapback]
Some HK people definitely do have some kind of hatred towards Joey because of her continuous awards receiving. It was heated up so much during the time just before the award ceremonies.
I wonder how old Vincy is? She must be 21 or older, considering she was at the Budweiser promotion of which Isabella and Steven weren't allowed to be at since they weren't old enough. Vincy just simply makes Twins and the others look so bad.
Twins really need to get into action because what if it does happen that HK people start looking for more talent, then Twins may really get neglected from that. 
Vincy's appearance was unexpected, that's for sure.
That's why I say that Twins, especially Gillian, have to act fast to show their improvements/talents if they want to be here to stay. I'd say that if that doesn't happen, then I really am afraid that Charlene will just head to the acting department and make a wonderful career there while Gillian, sadly, will most likely be frozen. It's unlikely that Gillian can go into acting as well since it's conflicting with Charlene. Then if EEG goes on with their newbies, then Gillian will just be left in the dust.
I agree that Gillian's biggest shot at making it for stays in the music industry is her upcoming solo. Hopefully, it will be an emotional and meaningful song with a catchy tune, but not a really simple one that will be labelled as 'another K song'.
There is another factor that Gillian could still have a chance in singing, which is her already built up popularity from Twins. But it may not go that way because if EEG really wanted to push Vincy or any other newbie up to a place like Joey's, they can do it with their financial standings, like what we've been seeing with Twins.
We also have to hope that there are still other people supporting Gillian's career in EEG, despite Mani's barriers. You know, EEG/Mani have good techniques of knowing how to push their artistes forward, but they just have a problem of knowing when to use it and who to use it on.
Another thing that Gillian needs is a chance to perform a more challenging song solo in HK. Gillian hasn't performed a song solo on HK television; therefore, HK people do not see what Gillian can do. I guess Vincy is at least 21+. It's just funny watching all of the EEG artists get drunk and shed their goody images.
Even though, I'm a bit skeptical towards EEG's current marketing strategies at the moment but if Yumiko, Mandy, Isabella, Stephy, Niki, and even Fiona are still being supported in the music industry, I guess, there's hope for Gillian. I believe Gillian has as much potential and talent as Kary but with a different unique voice. When Cookies first debuted, there was just something about Kary's voice that struck and observe how successful she is now in her solo career? Kary is considered as one of the most promising artists right now. I'm not trying to brag how I predicted correctly about Kary but that is the same exact potential I see in Gillian, someone who is just waiting for that same opportunity. I really hope that all goes well for Gillian with or without Twins. Since Gillian is the ultimate creator of her upcoming solo, I do wish that she uses this opportunity to her advantage, increase the difficulty level of performance, finally expose her vocals to vibrato, strengthen her weaknesses by singing her notes with a more powerful touch, and just truly, reveal her hidden potential. It'll be Gillian's special song, I hope that Gillian will measure her own potential and go crazy with it.
If EEG is reserving this year for Gillian to seriously practice and improve her vocals, I guess, missing a few films here and there won't hurt Gillian's acting career that much. Gillian has already gained a lot of recognition in the acting arena, it's time for her to concentrate and save her music career. Hope to hear a new Gillian in her next live performances.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ May 3 2006 4 01 PM) [snapback]2363334[/snapback]
Wow, from what you said, it sounds so much like KG are made possible because (1) Mani has no other choice. and (2) Gillian is simply competent for the job.
I don't doubt your theory at all. It's all still so amusing that 'Cupid Arrow' by Kenny and Isabella was sang live numerous times, and it was a commerical song, but it wasn't as well-liked nor accepted as 'Conscience Discovery' with Kenny and Gillian, despite its lack of promotions?
Voices are natural things, so Mani can't change the fact that Kenny's and Gillian's voices synchronize; therefore, they are suitable for a duet.
I'm not fond of hearing a Kenny+Charlene duet either because I don't think they could synchronize well either. (1) Charlene has a deeper voice than Kenny, so unless they're going to get Kenny to sing the female part and Charlene the male part, I don't see how it'll work out. I don't really want to hear Charlene try to stretch her voice out to meet the high notes either. (2)Kenny and Charlene have a similar voice base, and duets usually don't work out that well with similar voice bases. (3) Kenny's voice is simply hard to synchronize with for almost anyone.
Kenny's upcoming film is going to EMG produced, so the female lead's more than likely going to be an EEG artiste. Even if Mani did want to 'reserve' Kenny for Charlene, she wouldn't be able to do that since Charlene has another film on hand. There's a high chance that it could be Isabella though since EEG does want to push her into more acting. The only downside with the choice of Isabella is she doesn't have a very stable and promising boxoffice result. There's a slight chance that Gillian will be used, just so the film can mooch off of Gillian's popularity and receive good responses.
Well, I guess Sa could sing a duet with Kenny but most likely, the duet will only be kept on CD though. Sa has matured these past few years, her voice has also changed a bit; her vocals aren't able to stretch as high as before anymore without breaking live. I don't want to imagine how weird it will sound if Sa sang lower than Kenny live because lowering the notes live with Gillian wasn't as visible but it surely will be obvious with Kenny. If Sa can't even sing higher than Gillian, um...chances are, Sa won't out stretch Kenny in high notes.
Why can't EEG just give that lead role to Gillian? Oh, is it because Gillian's demand payment is too high for a cheap EMG production?

Anyways, I really doubt the role will be handed over to Gillian. If Kenny and Isabella have already collaborated in another duet, another music video, EEG would just have to complete their mission in promoting these two together with a film or perhaps Vincy? That will be an early jumpstart for her acting career.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ May 3 2006 4 01 PM) [snapback]2363334[/snapback]
Aw!
This photo's so cute!! I was hoping that there was a photo of KG during the Budweiser event, and there is one! Hmm..... notice how Kenny's changed his hairstyle twice since the filming of the EEG version of 'Conscience Discovery' while Gillian's is still the same?
Gillian doesn't seem like a person who would leave, but I guess if she really was being frozen, then I guess she would have a reason to do so. If Gillian does get frozen, then she should just pay the money to cease the contract she has with EEG. Even if she doesn't find a different company to switch, she could at least have her freedom of changing careers. Of course being her fans, we would want her to continue with her career, but her desire counts more.
I think there'll be a good chance of promotion if she does switch companies because what's better than an artiste who already has popularity built up? I'm sure other record companies are bright enough to put Gillian in some extra training and practice with her singing to let her improve, unlike EEG who just rushes everyone through with their jobs. The best record companies are actually EEG - because of their financial powers used to support their artistes through, Gold Label - because of the abilities to preserve talent of their artistes, and East Asia - because of their talented artistes. It's mainly the three thirds of division in HK between these record companies right now. If Gillian does switch record companies, I hope she'll be an artiste like Eason and Janice who can prove EEG wrong with their neglection. Odd. Everyone has changed their hairstyles except for Gillian.

Are they purposely pushing Gillian to maintain that perm? Anyways, I love this KG picture as well. They compliment each other quite well don't they?
I also want Gillian to switch companies. Seems like Gold Lable encourages their artists to really sing with or without talent. Stephy cannot sing but even the songs her company chooses to promote her image with are more flexible than Twins'. Twins, Twins, Twins! Twins already have nice catchy songs, they just need to really work on the emotional stretches of complicated songs.
QUOTE(lilsleepyhead916 @ May 3 2006 4 42 PM) [snapback]2363544[/snapback]
But I do hope that she leaves EEG, especially if they continue treating her this way, and if after Twins split, they freeze her. Hhhmm, maybe if another company really liked Gillian and she was frozen, wouldn't it be nice of them to pay for Gillian's contract to end so that Gillian could go to their company?
That'll be pretty nice and cool.
Also, here is the Transformation Party song, I changed the file type to mp3.
Twins - Transformation Party
And here's the Yennis Cheung song that you wanted.
Yennis Cheung - 49 Days ThemesongThanks for the uploads. I really like Yennis's song. Hm, a nice song I wished Gillian could have sung. I bet if Gillian sang the song, all of Yennis's vibratos would be taken out of Gillian's version. Don't understand why Gillian is always stuck to simple songs or the music crew simplify the songs for her when it's not at all necessary.
That is plausible since it's sort of common. If another company who has been interested in Gillian and willing to expand and elaborate on her potential more than EEG is willing to invest, they can terminate Gillian's contract with a new contract that will cancel out the regulations of EEG's contract and also compensation for altering and ending the contract earlier than the legal date. But true to what Little_Purple_Bell stated, it would be difficult to go against EEG and her buddies like Joey and Sa. If Gillian does enter Gold Label, a direct competitor of EEG, that is going to be tough on Gillian.
QUOTE(shorty vicky @ May 3 2006 8 40 PM) [snapback]2364584[/snapback]

what's all this about changing her company? i doubt that it'll happen anytime soon in the coming years. eeg was what made her who she is today. even if she desires to change companies, i doubt eeg would let her go that easily. as cruel as they are, they'd probably crush her popularity before she'd even stepped a foot away from their threshold.

also, i assume that paying for a contract to end earlier would cost her a fortune. i know that applies for your phone contracts as well.

it'll probably be the cost of your phone contract times a thousand.

and i doubt gillian can afford to fork up all that cash. she might seem rich, but my theory is, she really isn't dued to numerous reasons. lol.
but really, i can't exactly imagine gillian going to another company. seems like with eeg, she can get more promotion and exposure (though they're quite unjust. lol) but i guess if eeg was a real asshole, then it's perfectly normal and understandable that gillian says "f u, eeg" and leave for the better.

btw, i heard that twins had a 10 year contract. hmm i wonder if they had to sign contracts under the name of TWINS. if so, then wouldn't they need to stay as TWINS until the 10 year was up? doesn't EEG has to compensate if they go against the contract?

or maybe they had separate contracts under their own name. hmmm........ well i'm not even going to bother with this problem anymore, i'm not even the tiniest bit educated with law.

That does trigger another fear. Since the contract of Twins or just Gillian is coming to an end pretty soon, no more or less than 3-4 years, EEG loves to freeze their artists during that grace period to strip them from the popularity EEG helped build. There has been more than enough examples of how cruel EEG can become when they don't want other companies to feed off the popularity they built for their ex-artists. I think that even though EEG has helped expose Twins to an amazing phase of their lives, Gillian is pretty much finished with the "all about eye candy promotions" company and should move on into a more "musically supportive" agency that will further benefit her in becoming a well respected singer, not idol.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ May 3 2006 9 09 PM) [snapback]2364718[/snapback]
EEG has expressed that earlier that everything signed with the name 'Twins' will actually expire when 2007 hits. That's why all the rumours of the disband surfaced so roughly this year, and we do have reasons to believe that the disband could happen.
Yeah. EEG is just trying to gain as much profit as they can by using the "Show more support for Twins if you don't want them to disband, blah blah, purchase their concert tickets, purchase their albums with the second and third versions too, and oh, don't forget to purchase their holiday special albums too" tactic.

It's all about making money. Even if Twins' days were to end, EEG has gained more than enough. Plus, EEG has realized that Twins just aren't as powerful as before; the fans have matured and their cute image won't last anymore. At least EEG's prediction was quite on target. Twins in general have weakened. To prolong their unification is to only build them up for endless criticisms especially with newbies that are so much better like Vincy.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ May 3 2006 9 56 PM) [snapback]2364885[/snapback]
It sure is, but it's most likely just wishful thinking. Like you've mentioned, EEG already has both Twins' youth tied under their hands, and if Gillian, I don't think Charlene would leave, decided to leave, boy... are they going to seek out a fortune from her before letting her go.
I agree that Gillian would probably improve her singing skills in Gold Label. It's more free over there because they don't force their artistes to be a part of everything; it's like how Leo, Kary, and Justin are simply there for singing, and they just take on film roles once in a while to keep up with exposure.
Well, EEG signs A LOT of people up under their management, but only a few of those really do start receiving jobs such as singing or acting. I find that so dumb.
How many companies do what they do and just sign whatever people they can get and then just pick and chose from the bunch?
Anyway, I believe that it'll be beneficial for both if the split occurred as well, but I would chose to think twice if the splitting is going to make Gillian follow Steven's footsteps.
There was this one time during an interview of when Charlene actually accidently blurted out that she feels that Twins have nowhere else to develop together in regards of music since they've even sang chinese operas together already.It's quite true and all, but I don't think she was supposed to say that out loud.
The split sounds good, but I'm just not sure if the outcome will actually be that great. I mean, in terms of how EEG will treat Gillian. We know that Charlene will be safely placed in the arena of acting by EEG, but what about Gillian? Perhaps it isn't that bad that Charlene has another film that she's going to film later on this year because maybe Gillian can practise her singing more during the time that she's more free in. Then hopefully, she'll make enough improvements to prove herself in the singing area. But yeah, I definitely won't be surprised if a disbanding of Twins took place sometime next year. Well, I guess we have to take into consideration too that Gillian needed a company like EEG to launch the beginning of her career but now, Gillian needs much more than just a wealthy company like EEG to promote her. Gillian's youth years were given to EEG because she was still in the exploration stages of becoming a singer and actress but she should resume her real career in another company that will invest the proper training like Gold Label. EEG began Gillian's journey, another company like Gold Lable should end it when she's in her 30's.
I agree with Sa. Twins have sung an array of songs together from children songs, Chinese opera, puppy love songs, all the way up to pop-rock. Twins have reached their climax together.
QUOTE(blurgal @ May 4 2006 1 33 AM) [snapback]2365474[/snapback]
guess its just me who wants twins to be together though... they themselves expressed that they want to remain together but there's people like you guys who prefer them apart... guess, twins would split in somewhere near soon...
but thats rather right isnt it..as she said before, she's straightforward, blurting out things of what she thinks.. at least this shows that twins themselves know there's still lots of room to improve on, and they are trying hard to kick away the reputation they were given... i wont want a split though.... and if they were to split, i would want gillian to go into acting too cos i think her acting is better than her singing

charlene's movies boxoffice are very high usually....well, if you mentioned that, 49days ended with a
reasonable box office, isnt that due to us fans, who watched it who made up most of the boxoffice too? its about the same as charlene's movie with those big stars... since their storylines arent really nice at all..with the plot quite lame?
Well, Twins can't admit that they don't enjoy working with each other. I believe Twins do enjoy and have shared lots of wonderful memories together as a pair but I really think it's time for them to mature separately. Even Twins themselves have shown signs to believe the same. By Sa blurting that out, it just shows that even Sa knows that Twins have been together for way too long. They really have no other area to improve, grow, or insight the fans anymore. They've gone from A through Z, can't repeat the alphabet or else it will only result into more bashings.
I also support Gillian in acting as well alongside with singing. It's less competitive and more international. Plus, I believe Gillian can handle both.
Well, even with a lame plot, big stars like Jackie, Nic, Charlie plus others like Daniel, Terence, Andy, Dave, etc. (whoa, almost every character consisted of a star) is a great enough cast to make a smashing box office; Andy who is like the King of HK or something plus Charlie combined is also enough to gain a decent result with or without Sa actually. In contrast, Gillian, Stephen, Steven, who are all still considered the young generation of stars who don't have such high profile fanbases yet still made it amongst quite a few films that were also released. BOK had the least promising cast. Tao Hong? Hm, a mainland actress that no one really noticed beforehand, Daniel, someone the HK media isn't all in all fond of, and Gillian, the stiff member of Twins but still, the result turned out good.
Another essay. I hope you guys don't get bored of reading. I just have so much to say but so little time these days.