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LH: Welcome back to Talk Asia. My guest is Wang Lee Hom. Lee Hom, you're not
just, I mean, singing, yeah right, (laughs) you write, you produce. You've
got your own studios -- Home Boys Studios. (WL: That's right.) I mean, what
gave you the idea to start that in the first place... the studios?
WL: Um, just the bulk of work that I have to come up with. I produce for
other artists as well and compose for them as well. Um, I just produced for
some Korean artists. And there's a lot of crossovers going on right now in
Asia. And it's really exciting so I decided that I'm going to need a studio
in New York. I'm going to need a studio in Taipei. And maybe the rest I can
get by with just my laptop.
LH: Yes. I was just going to say... so there is a business man inside there
somewhere.
WL: No. It's actually.. it's not open for public, so that's probably the lack
of a business man inside of me. If there was one, I'd probably open it up and
charge people for it. But I'm not going to do that.
LH: You mentioned earlier, briefly, about acting. What is it about acting
that's so attractive?
WL: Well I started doing musical theatre. And I loved it so much from the age
of 13, you know, growing up in New York, Rod was a huge influence as well. So
just the singing, the acting, the dancing... they're all my passions. So when
that... I wasn't really able to do acting for so many years, just doing these
pop albums and uh, you know, the opportunity presented itself. Actually in
2000, I did my first movie and ever since then I've been enjoying doing
movies.
LH: Could you focus on one given the choice?
WL: I can definitely focus on music. (LH: laughs) I don't think I'm much of
an actor. But I just love being surrounded by creative people and a lot of
times, doing music is a lonely struggle, especially composing, and arranging,
producing my own albums. Acting, everyday you get called and you're
surrounded by other actors and creative people.
LH: Right. Right. Fame. Obviously. Has that made life difficult for you? Has
it changed your life a lot?
WL: Well I think um, it's changed my life tremendously. And uh, for better
and for worse, just like anything.
LH: How do you deal with this loss of privacy and intrusion? How do you do it?
WL: Well it can be a real pain in the neck and um, you know, I feel lucky
that I can go back to New York and not be recognized and not be followed by
paparazzi and be... that at times can be really, really annoying, um but you
know, in today's day and age, anybody with a cellphone that has a camera on
it... and a blog. I mean, there's... I don't know about other parts of the
world, but in the Chinese entertainment news, there's this recent trend of
journalists or media, present company excluded, just going on to the Internet
and seeing a blog and saying "Oh, so and so saw so and so." You know, it's
completely irresponsible but in the blog he says this and that can become the
title of the newspaper article.
LH: No way! (WL: Yeah.) So during your time off, do you hide away somewhere
then? Or just go back to... (laughs)
WL: I spend a lot of time in the studio. So it's great. Music is my best and
healthiest escape.
LH: Now that you've been in the business or in any business for a few years,
do you think that's changed you as a person?
WL: Deep down inside, no. Um, but as far as having better interpersonal
skills, I think it has, yeah, and being more mature... (LH: Right. Good,
good.) Dealing with different people. Yeah.
LH: Any advice you would give, and I'm talking to you like you've been a
veteran (WL: I am a veteran.) I wouldn't even dare use that word... to
younger people thinking of going into the business.
WL: Yeah. I think that artists, you have to be true to yourself and because
there are so many record company executives, so many fossils, that tell you,
"Trust me, I know what I'm doing. You can be the next, um, U2, or you could
be the next Stevie Wonder, or you could be the next Wang Lee Hom or
whatever." And I hear that so much and every time I hear that it makes me so
upset because you're depriving this new artist of being the first themselves.
(LH: Right.) And I always tell new artists to put your time and energy into
finding that unique quality which makes you a star or which makes your music,
you know, worth listening to.
LH: Rather than just being a copy cat. (WL: Yeah.)
LH: The new comers. Any new comers you've seen, I mean, there's so many when
you open the pages of a magazine.
WL: Yeah. Sometimes it gets, it gets confusing. New comers, I love artists
with great voices like um, ah Daniel Powter, he was at the MTV Asia Awards.
And I was so happy to see him there. You know the guy who sings, "Bad Day."
Everybody knows "Bad Day" now. But not everybody knows Daniel Powter yet. I
love his album, I think it's great. Chinese artists. Um, new artists like
Chau Gu. You know, he's from Malaysia. Gary, he's worked hard. He's really
making it happening, he's got a great voice and a great attitude. JJ Lim,
from Singapore. (LH: Wow.) These are artists that I really support.
LH: Wow. Great, great. What's next for you?
WL: Next for me? I'm writing a musical right now. Like I said, (LH:
Wonderful) I'm coming back to square one because these are my roots and uh
music theatre to me is something that lacks presence, especially in pop
culture out here in Asia. So I want to write a Chinese musical, and that's uh
in the works right now. It's going to be completely original, completely new
piece.
LH: Oh, Lee Hom, I'm very happy for you. Congratulations. (WL: Thank you.)
Thank you so much.
WL: Thank you Lorraine. It's great to be back. (LH: Really appreciate it.
Okay.)
LH: You've been watching Talk Asia. I'm Lorraine Hahn. Let's talk again, next
week.
*Credit to CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/16/talkasia.wang.script/index.html
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