TVB Mag Cover Story: Raymond Lam - Are You Ready to Get Wet Self-Confidence Two years in music scene, 2 albums, 2 sessions of concert, is this the right time? Raymond admitted that he is worried but at the same time he is confident : [Last year the company has told me about organizing a solo concert for me, and I was planning to spend more time on singing and gaining as much as experience possible before I decide further about having my own concert. It was totally out of my expectations when they broke this news to me. I have not even had any experience in running a mini concert and all out a sudden I am told that I will be taking this big step to stage a solo concert at the Coliseum this year! So, I was thinking if everyone is confident in me and felt that the timing is right, I just have to believe in myself do all that I could and try my level best]. HK Coliseum is a place where HK singer dreams to stage their own solo concert, is also a platform that determines a singer's future success or failure and above all every song that you sing lives on for eternity. Raymond, being a newbie, is now given such a golden opportunity, inevitably he feels the pressure : [Instead of focusing on the pressure, I will use it as an avenue to motivate myself! When I was told of this, pressure aside, I felt excited about it, the Coliseum is every singer's dream, I could not have imagined that that this is going to be reality, and I thought this could not be happening, not until last week's Press Conference only was I able to be convinced that this is not a dream after all!] In view of his intense filming schedule [Journey of a Star] in China, every concert-related interviews and shooting has to be done in parts, mostly done in the wee hours of the morning. Is time running out on him for all the preparations? Raymond sighed with a great relief said : [Filming is almost completed, and I will have more time for stamina and dance training, everything has been planned out, I will not be too worried about not having enough time to rest. But I am quite worried about not being able to remember the dance steps. I'm fortunate that the company has sent two very good dance instructors, Sunny and Chris, and also the top crews working on the backscene for which I am very grateful to the company for all the arrangements] Footnote 01. Raymond rarely performed dances publicly, but for this concert, he will have a big breakthrough in this area. 02. In 2007, with "Finding you in loving memory" he entered the music scene and won [Most Popular Male Newcomer Gold Award], from then on Raymond gained public recognition for his strong vocal. 03. In 2008, he released his 2nd album (Your Love), in just a matter of one month, his album reached Platinum Sales Record, this gives him the confidence to continue his venture in the music scene. 04. In 2008, Raymond's sub-theme song for [Moonlight Resonance] - [Love Without Regret], his soft and passionate voice won the hearts of all the girls in Hong Kong, also with this song, he has garnered the 'Top 10 Golden Songs' award. Another Side of Raymond Raymond has earlier revealed that in his concert, he will appear in sexy costumes. He said costumes are merely eye-pleasers. However, Raymond said : [As a singer, the focus should be on the songs at any one concert, the audience comes to listen to our singing. This is my core responsibilities and I really hope that I will be able to meet everyone's expectations]. Mastering singing skills is indeed an important task. Raymond first gained recognition for his good vocal in [Finding You In Loving Memory], 'Goon Ga Jai''s heart warming song [Love Without Regret] and others. Nevertheless, he longs for a breakthrough: [Singing ballads (love songs) is the audience's definitive point of view about me, and this is also the real me. But for this concert, I hope to portray another side of my style that people have not seen, actually, not many people have heard me singing fast/upbeat songs, especially, upbeat songs coupled with fast dance, this would be my very first attempt in a public environment, there might be rap songs as well. I will try everything new as far as I could]. Besides featuring upbeat songs accompanied by sexy dancers in a 'water tank' up on stage, Raymond also revealed there would be some elements of fashion show added to it, purely to keep the audience entertained : [I look at this as a fun-filled party, and I hope that there will be all night interactions with the audience. Actually I hope that under a safety-controlled environment, I will be able to get into the midst of the audience and have audience come up on stage to have fun together] Asked about hanging in mid-air : [I have been hanging in mid-air with the help of wires when filming ancient series, hence I think there should not be much of a problem, but, let's wait for the arrangements set up by the company. The guest list has been finalised which include Raymond's senior, Charlene Choi and Vincy Chan, his junior colleague, Wong Cho Lam and his good old friend, who is very popular now, Laughing Gor (Michael Tse). As for his rumoured girlfriend, Linda Chung, Ms Virginia Lok revealed that the management is trying to have Linda perform a song with Raymond (Sum Ling), but she is still in the midst of filming, hopefully she will have some time off to attend the concert. Besides, Raymond also said that he has also personally invited a few 'special guests : [ I have rang up a few friends whom I have not worked before and extended my personal invitation to them. They have said yes to it. We will be having an on-stage 'singing jam session'. Raymond would not reveal the names. Mag Scan: Credit to RaymondForest Translated by: choccho @ AsianFanatics
rumoured girlfriend linda chung? I thought they had a little fight earlier saying they weren't together to begin with, and linda saying she's relieved raymond would stop biting onto her. Anyway, seems like the whole concert thing is going to be a big hit! Lots of cool plans going on for it =P
