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Tan Tze Hoong
Tan Tze Hoong
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Originally from Subang Jaya, Malaysia, I am currently a student pursuing a B.B.A in the United States.
I serve as the bassist at The Mission, an international college student church at Wichita State University in Kansas. I enjoy playing the guitar. I do prefer playing an acoustic over an electric guitar.
Over the period of eight years writing songs, I have written about more than 70 songs. However, I only manage to remember about 40 or so to be written down in record. Although I enjoy listening, learning and writing different music genres’ songs, I am primarily interested with writing alternative music’s songs.
I serve as the bassist at The Mission, an international college student church at Wichita State University in Kansas. I enjoy playing the guitar. I do prefer playing an acoustic over an electric guitar.
Over the period of eight years writing songs, I have written about more than 70 songs. However, I only manage to remember about 40 or so to be written down in record. Although I enjoy listening, learning and writing different music genres’ songs, I am primarily interested with writing alternative music’s songs.
Do you play live?
I play live all the time, usually in church settings. I don't know if there were any special moments, I get nervous everytime I play and all I ever try to focus on was to get my music and my message across clearly as I possibily can.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
If I have the opportunity and nothing else clashes with it, I think I would
Band History:
I have played the guitar and the bass. I do occasionally play around the drums as much as I can. At the age of 12, I started learning how to play piano. I remember a piano teacher used to come to my house every week for classical piano lesson. Never had I had the intention to switch to other instruments, I started picking up a guitar at the age of 13. I just thought that it would be fun to play other instruments than the piano. I learn to play chords and progressions anywhere, from my neighbors to watching live or broadcasted performances.
At the age of 15, I started getting involved with a band. We played for special occasions and events in school. I then realized that there were many other bands like the one I had. I wanted to be a little more distinct from the rest of the people. That thought led me to start writing songs of my own.
It took me weeks to try to write something. I was never the best in English. One day as I was leaning upon something God has laid in my heart, words started coming out from me. And, I've been writing songs ever since.
At the age of 15, I started getting involved with a band. We played for special occasions and events in school. I then realized that there were many other bands like the one I had. I wanted to be a little more distinct from the rest of the people. That thought led me to start writing songs of my own.
It took me weeks to try to write something. I was never the best in English. One day as I was leaning upon something God has laid in my heart, words started coming out from me. And, I've been writing songs ever since.
Your influences?
I have a wide range of influences, different artists contributes to different parts of my music. Being a guitarist, I always admired John Mayer and following to him are Jason Mraz, Dave Matthew and so on. I love Dc Talk for their intelligent lyrics, which I try to follow and also Jars of Clay. Generally, my music as people would comment that I play more alternative music.
Equipment used:
I have 2 semi-acoustic guitars, a Fender and an Indiana.
Anything else...?
My songs speaks of my thoughts through different phases in my life and also the experiences God has brought me through. Often also, I write about something God lays in my heart.