November Rain

Salam to all! Been receiving smses and emails asking and urging me to blog frequently. For those concerned, thank you very much and I will do my very best to update you on wat's going around me at present. So let me start by recapping the month of November. Before I start, my greatest appreciation and deepest thanks to my families, friends, fans, musicians, Ria 897FM, Warna 942FM, Berita Harian, Sensasi and everyone involved directly and indirectly in my music adventure!

• LELAKI BARU

'Lelaki Baru' finally reached the summit of Ria Chartz and stayed at No 1 for 2 consecutive weeks. It is no longer the top dog but nevertheless still in the top 5 on 30 Nov 2008. It still feels like a dream come true...more of this here Thank you very much to everyone who requested 'Lelaki Baru'....the RIA 897FM DJs for promoting and playing the song... Someone told me yesterday 'Lelaki Baru' is now playing on Warna 942FM....thanks, that's wonderful news!

• PERFORMANCES

Performed at 2 events. First was at Japanese Association for an event called 'COMPASS Musical Extravaganza' , which was jointly organised by both the Japanese Association & COMPASS. It was fun and enriching experience to be mingling with fellow musicians, songwriters from Singapore & Japan. Second was a fundraising campaign ' Kami Peduli' which was held at Singapore Expo. Jointly organised by MegaXpress and Life Records, it featured a myriad of Singaporean artistes of various genres across various eras. It was to create a fund to assist a number of veteran artistes who are presently struggling with illnesses. Sang 'Lelaki Baru' for the 1st time 'live' and it felt good to finally performed it at last. The video is here

• PRESS

Humbled to be given opportunities to be featured in 2 articles....in Berita Harian and Sensasi respectively. Thanks to Zaharian Osman for writing a piece about me, the song 'Lelaki Baru' and the story behind it. More of it here Thanks to Junaidah Jumahat of Sensasi for the opportunity to be featured in Sensasi magazine. It's already out in newstands December edition featuring Taufik Batisah on its cover. I will blog about tis in my next post. Cheers!!

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Zaibaktian serasi dengan 'Lelaki Baru'

Special thanks to Zaharian Osman & Berita Harian for publishing this article! Thanks also to ppl @ Fatimah Mohsen for setting me up for a modest photoshoot! Thanks also to semua yg msg and call me pagi2 lagi inform me pasal tis article! Zaibaktian serasi dengan 'Lelaki Baru'

By Zaharian Osman

USAHANYA hendak bertapak dalam bidang seni bukan baru dilakukan - berbulan-bulan lamanya, malah memakan tahun.

Kini, selepas setahun bekerja keras mengetengahkan lagu-lagu daripada album pertamanya, Keagungan Mu, penyanyi tempatan, Zaibaktian Abu Bakar, 32 tahun, pula melihat hasilnya.

Single Lelaki Baru yang ke udara sejak dua bulan lalu itu kian diminati.

Ternyata, gabungan antara beliau dengan Yazri, anggota band Merah, mahu melahirkan lagu ini amat serasi dan menjadi.

Lebih membanggakan, hanya setelah empat minggu ia berjaya mencapai kedudukan naib juara di Ria Chartz baru-baru ini.

Muzik dan susunan lagu genre rok ini menceritakan perihal seorang bekas banduan yang ingin mengubah haluan hidup sehingga kembali semula ke pangkuan mereka yang disayangi.

Lagu yang kuat perutusan itu sejajar dengan Projek Reben Kuning (YRP) yang memberi peluang kepada bekas pesalah agar diterima kembali ke pangkuan masyarakat.

Yazri berkata: 'Lagu itu saya cipta khas untuk Zai kerana saya lihat semangat yang membara untuk bangkit dan membaiki diri menerusi seni muzik.

'Ini meyakinkan dengan kesungguhan Zai muncul semula dengan irama yang lebih segar.'

Perasaan gembira menyelinap masuk pada diri Zaibaktian kerana terharu dengan sambutan yang diterima pada lagu ini.

Ini sebagai pengenalan untuk album repackage yang sedang dalam pembikinan ketika ini.

Ditemui di sesi fotografi, Zai berkata: 'Saya ingin mengenalkan bakat dan identiti saya sebagai penyanyi dan penggubah lagu.'

Apabila diamati seni kata lagu ini, penulis dapati ia kaya dengan penceritaan yang kurang didapati di kebanyakan lagu kebelakangan ini.

Nilai positif serta kesungguhan yang diterapkan begitu tulus pada cara penyampaian dan penghayatan Zai pada lagu ini.

Kesan mendengar begitu menyentuh dan menyuntik semangat yang memberangsangkan.

Esok, bertempat di Auditorium Persatuan Jepun Singapura (JAS), Adam Road, sempena acara Musical Extravaganza anjuran Persatuan Pelindung Hak Cipta dan Penggubah Lagu Singapura (Compass), Zai akan membuat persembahan.

Mereka yang ingin mengenali genre muzik perjuangan Zaibaktian boleh layari http://zaibaktian.blogspot.com.

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