Written, performed, recorded, produced by Shueh-li Ong.
Photo & coverart by S Ong.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 8, 2011
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In a career that has spanned three albums and countless show productions, Australian-born Singapore recording artist, Shueh-li Ong is undoubtedly best known for layering theremins, tin-whistles, guqin, exotic synth and vocal lines, to create bombastic productions.
This composer-producer has written everything from ballads to fusion-pop, theatrical soundscapes to prog-rock, showcasing her fresh yet poignant brand of ancient art meets new technology/east meets west sound.
So it is a treat when she strips down all grandeur to expose her voice in lyrics of cryptic imagery.
Accompanied by the double bass and rhodes piano, Shueh-li’s new single “A Working Title” is released concurrently with a music video filmed and edited by her, featuring artwork by friends from divergent artistic backgrounds much like herself.
Shueh-li loves to incite inquiry into her music, and only the listener will know if she has left something unusual in “A Working Title” to discover!
Click on the Tunecore media player, or Soundcloud.com/ShuehliOng to listen to the song.
LYRICS :
Verse 1 – I take the fall then catch myself
My needs are important too, but so are you
Can’t make up my mind whom to be true
I oscillate between the two, when I think of you
… Then you notice that you miss me, I’m etched into your mind
Chorus – Our sentence is delivered, Guilty as charged
Of trying to steal a working title
Verse 2 – When teardrops fall, I catch my breath
My needs are important too, but so are you
I got to think of happy times
Forgetting that you crossed the line, isn’t such a crime
… And you wonder why you miss me, Each time we say goodbye
Music Video “A Working Title” – artwork on clipboard segment contributed by (in order of appearance) :
William Stewart (Photos), Margie Nugent/Will Cook (Body Artist/Photographer; model Jessica Mellow), and Mike Brunt (Paintings). Shueh-li (digital design on pictures of self).
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