My Album concept, 3rd song [Meditation]

Em...... I think more than 80% when people listen to this song, I am sure they will say "Wow! you feel sad?" or maybe "Your relationship broke up already?"...... Because this song have been commently using in most of the sad scene movie....

Althougt people feel that this song is represent sad, but I feel it is not really represent sad..... but is only personal feeling. When I listen to this song I feel it is Romance, rather than upset. I use back the orchestra version of it. From the day I play harmonica until now, I still hope that someday in the future, I can play with an orchestra lively...... I know, maybe this is not going to happen to me, but I still hoping that it will happen in the future.......

When I go for classical concert, actually I really admire those who stand on the stage and perform together with the whole orchestra group..... Everytime I watch the performance, I will have this feeling. There are a lot of great orchestra work with harmonica, but not much people know about it.......

I feel that is it Romance is because the arrangement of this song. I love harp, it make me feel warm and touch, like a song sung by Britney Spears, "Everytime" the intro is so touching......

Now let me introduce my producer and sound engineer Mr Kevin Liew and his girl friend.


On the left hand side, is Mr. Kevin Liew, my producer and sound engineer. Thank you very much on his help and hard work, without him my EP would not be make it and have such good recording and mixing quality.

On the right hand side photo, that is his girl friend Miss Chyi Fen. Both of them are so kind and helpfull.





Feel free to post comment after you have listen to this song..... What is your feeling when you listen to this song. Is it sad? romance? or anything.... Thank you...

My Album Concept, 2nd song [Carmen FanDyssey]

I wish most of you have listen to my 1st song Cotton Eyed Joe, all of you are welcome to leave your comment. Thank you very much....

The second song that I am going to introduce to all of you is composed by George Bizet, Carmen. Why I put the title as Carmen FanDyssey? is because of the style of the song and is more than 3 combination of different Carmen theme and also music style.....

The intro of this song, I am using Hip hop beat to create an mistery feeling, and while you listen to the intro you wouldn't know is Carmen. I love that beat very much when I am doing the music arrangement on this song. Because that Hip Hop beat it give me bouncing feel no matter when I listen to it or playing live show performance. Beside that, when I repeat the theme again, I do improvisation on the 2nd and 3rd repeat...

The second part, from Hipp Hop beat, I switch to Latin style. it will makes you move and feel dancing.Because it feel like a celebration party, very happy and relaxing music style. I also have add in some support melody to make it more colors on the background music.....

After that, from latin I switch to classical style. I am using pizzicato, piano, string, and brass as a main instrument to create a classic feel on this part. Is a very straight forward waltz style.

The last part, from Classical style I change it to Techno Dance music style. It feel like more energy and powerfull. The whole song I make it feel like Fusion song, because it contain more than 2 music style in the song, and you will feel like from the intro is 2000 years and above, then switch to 1980's, and then back to 1800 century and finally come back to 2000 millennium century.

I have cut out 1 mins and 40 second to let all of you listen the concept and music that I have mention above..... Wish all of you love it....

My Album concept,1st song [Cotton Eyed Joe]

Now I am going to share my experience during I am doing my music and while I am in the recording studio...

My album concept is more to fusion style, fusion style it means that a fews style combine in one song. For example, Hip Hop plus Rock plus Jazz and then finally turn into Pop and so on.I started learn harmonica at the age of 14, and during that time, I have listen to a lot of harmonica music. Over 90% harmonica music is harmonica original compositions and classical music. I love both of music genre very much,and during that time I dislike Dance music, especially Techno, Trance and so on..... I feel that Dance music are very anoying......

I study music at the age of 19 after I have graduated from my secondary school, I never knew that the world of music is so huge..... Start from there, I have learn a lot of music knowledge and play around with all my college friends. I started love others music genre, and from there, it influence me a lot on my music thinking..... Started from there, I listen to others music and seldom listen to harmonica music. Such as Jazz, Rock, RnB, Pop, Fusion, Swing, Big Band, Bounce, Techno and so on......

From there, I change my thinking, and I think of why not harmonica music combine with others music style?? So I do a lot of performance and experiment on it. The concept of my album slowly develop. This is my 1st EP album, there are 5 songs inside. The 1st song is Cotton Eyed Joe. This is the Rednex original country dance music, I watched Vanessa Mae live performance DVD at England. She play this song during her concert, I love it so much. Then I started my idea why not I am using 10 holes diatonic (Blues Harp)to play this song?? So I started doing the music programing on this song. I change the style into more techno feel, hahahaha.....It feel more energetic, young, powerfull and futuristic......

During my recording in studio, the first time recording I sue up nearly 4 hours to record this song. Why it take so long?? because me and my sound engineer keep seacrhing for the right harmonica sound for this song. Actually, I have a fews different branding types of harmonica. Althought is the same key, but the characteristic of each harmonica is different.Different characteristic will have different color tone. That's why we use up so many hours to record. But at the end, I felt very tired and the first recording was fail......

The second recording, I use up to 2 hours to finish the recording. Because of the first time recording experience, I use different types of harmonica to record this song. I have use 3 types of 10 holes diatonic harmonica to record this song. Finally, My engineer and me, both of us is so satisfied on the result.

You can listen to the demo here, the whole song is 3 mins 30 second plus, but this demo version is just 1 mins only. It is the starting part of the song.... Hope you will enjoy it and like it....

1 year pass from Taiwan festival, a lot of things happen to me........

I have been long time didn't write in my blog..... actually from last year until now, a lot of things happen to me, although is just 1 year only....... Actually I wish to write it here to share with all of you, not just in my music and harmonica, but also my life style.........

From last year 2006 august, after I have came back from Taiwan harmonica festival, I have learn a lot, not just in harmonica knowledge,but also human life..... Last year when I came back from Taiwan, I am busy on producing my harmonica album... from choosing song, music programming, and studio recording.......

Today I wish to share my life style to all of you, what had happened during this one year time.....

In 2006, December, everybody was so exciting about Christmas....but me.... I don't have any idea about what to do in Christmas, because my relationship between my ex girl friend (which you can see the photo in my blog on the Taiwan 1st day trip)and I turn into dead road..... A lot of people were curious, why it will happened such things to us? I just can say nothings wrong with others people, is just our ambition, our goal, our future plan and thinking have a big gap between both of us. We broke up at the begining year of 2007, by that time, I didn't have any mood to continue my music journey. Upset and down mood always stay with me. Luckly, I stil have a lot of people comfort me and give me encouragement. From there, I slowly learn how to stand up and keep continue on my music journey......

Because in July 2007, I have a show in UCSI, which is my music college. So I start my music journey again, and keep producing my album. From that time, my life style is almost everyday stay in studio, sometimes we start recording at 2am in the morning..... Hahahahaha..... its very fun.... I know you wil ask : "why you want to do recording in that time? It's not good for healhty". If I can choose, I will choose in the morning or afternoon time. But I don't have choice, Because in day time I need to work.

I have learn a lot of knowledge during my recording.... is not an easy task to finish this EP. From that time I also getting know a lot of people. All of them are so helpfull and kindest. Crossfire is a modern singing band, Jim Loo is the guitarist in that band. He play guitar on my EP, which is The Flight Of Bumble Bees, as u can hear it at the second repeat of this song. He is so cool.... He burn up all the bumble bees..... Kari, is the arranger, composer, bassis and singer in that band. His knowledge on music arrangement is fantastic, he is so kind and funny. Work with him you won't get boring and will always laugh..... My producer and recording engineer, Kevin, and he have a partner Jacky. both of them also help me a lot in terms of technique support and others support. Their mixing is super execellent.

From there I also start getting know another person, her name is Celeste, which is my girl friend recently, she is a nurse. Because my EP need to write down all the scrips in both chinese and english, so she is handle chinese part and the english part is handle by Kevin girl friend, Chy Fen. Celeste always give me good encouragement and always there to support me. From that time, I starting notice this girl.

Finally, we manage to finished all the hard works and sending my master copy to print out. I want to thanks all of them... without their hard work and coropration, my EP won't be so wonderful........




This is Crossfire member, the one who stand behind with long hair, is Jim Loo. very good in playing guitar. The one who wear specticle with dark green shirt, is Mr. Kari. He is super genius, from music arrangment, playing bass, piano, singing, graphic design and animations.... Wow.... super star..hehehe....





She is my girl friend Celeste.... she is very good in writing, she keep helping and encourage me. I will keep my music journey along with her........

This is my new EP cover......... There are 5 songs inside my EP. Cotton Eyed Joe, Carmen FanDyssey, Meditations, The Flight Of Bumble Bees, and Norturne Bb- No. 9.

Thank you....

It's been long time I didn't update my blog here, I am really too busy on my work and dreams...... I am now using friendster the most..... and if you want to add me, you can add me with this ID. owen3318@yahoo.com

Hope to meet you all there :)

Owen Harmonica

Mr. Owen Ho have recorded 5 songs in his album. He combined modern music with his harmonica. One of the song call Carmen FanDyssey, he have using more than 3 music style in that song. It include Hip- hop, Latin, Classical and Dance music. He play very well in this song in terms of music and technique. His EP sold out with 3 months. Now he is preparing his new full album

Is Just My Believe........

Hi.... Long time didn't write here, and I wish everybody stay well and happy...... I always thinking of why human come to this world???? and I have a lot of different answer as well, but no matter why we come to this world, in my mind, I always want to do something that I wish...... and I always feel that, I have something important to finish it, but it always can not find the answer, what is the important things that I have to finish.........

Music, I always believe music is a very strong communication language that everybody know. Is very fantastic that, no matter who you are, when you listen to music, you will feel it in your heart, no matter is happy song, sad, funky, funny and so on......... So when I study in my college, I always believe that, our international language is "MUSIC" not any language that we can leanr inthis world...... because some of the people they don't know about others language, but with music, they get connected together and can dance and have fun with each other...... I still remember in 2002 Japan Atsugi Asia harmonica festival..... we have France, Taiwan, Irael, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China take part in this festival..... for me, I can't speak Korean, Japanese, France and Irael language...... but when we met in the opening ceremory dinner, we can have fun together, and i stil remember that I performed together with my France friend, Mr. Alexandre Thollon. He is very good harmonica player and have a fews album too..... now he continue his music study...... I am so admire his life....... hahahaha........ Because I always wanted to study in oversea....... is not because of the certificate...... is just want to learn more and know more and get deep into music...... We performed on the stage and everybody in the house was dancing in the floor and some of the world class harmonica player one by one come to the stage join our performance....... that is really unforgetable.....

So until now, I stil believe that music have a very strong power that words can't explain......Becasue you can not see the music, you can not touch it..... is invisible....... you just can feel it...... and I also believe that, things that can't see it, can't touch it, is powerfull than anything you can see and touch......... Harmonica is just a small instrument that I love, but if you ask me why I love it so much...... I also can not get the answer......hehehehehe...... This small little instrument have a very beautiful tone and it's also have a very wide range of expression....... I hope I can bring more to all of you and let everybody know that.... actually this little instrument not just only for competition and performance...... is also cna have fun no matter where you are......

I will keep on walking through my believe...... and make my dream come true......

Hi everybody.........

Hi.... for so long I didn't write my journey....... and between it also happen a lot of things.........hehe..... life still go on.... Sorry for let you all waiting for so long..... and now I will compile all the photos included others country journey that I haven't post yet....

I know a lot of people still want to see what I have go through in my life... and now, I want to continue to write it and let all of you can read it and see it...... Last week, Taiwan earthquake, I am so worry about them and hope it will stop and everybody is fine over there....... But our country also not in good condition, because some of the stage was flooded..... a lot of people don't have food to eat, don't have place to sleep..... they are so pity........ I wish this coming new year will bring good to everybody...... no more sad news or unexpected things happen..... Wishing everybody blessed memories of the last year and have a great beginning for this year... God Bless....

Owen