I went to BarCamp Singapore. And it was only for 1 day! Which I found out at the very end of the day. Other than all night karaoke session afterwards (with old friends in Singapore), there’s only one session I’d like to highlight.
Photo courtesty of Ivan Chew
D-I-Y Music
My favourite topic. Last year, I presented Music 2.0 at BarCamp Malaysia and received good words from attended participants. I wanted to present again about music for BarCamp JB 2008, but I knew something was missing in my idea. And I’ve found the 5th element in BarCamp Singapore! Meet Ivan Chew, a self made recording artist from Singapore. He has a virtual band partner. And he records his band’s albums all by himself, without paying expensive audio engineer fees. His presentation opens up a new level of knowledge sharing in music, which although I already knew the how-to, but I was waiting for a real musician to come out and play with us BarCampers. I just know how “kedekut” & “insecure” our Malaysian artists can be, so I am not expecting my very own Malaysians to open up their “trade” secrets. But coming over to a foreign soil & see how one person can change the world, my hope was not hopeless. I hope to work with Ivan on a few ideas to continue spread the knowledge of independant music business.
And this was why I came for BarCamp Singapore. To search for that missing piece. Is it the right one? Only God knows and only us can try work things out. Let’s see how it goes.
I’ve also enjoyed Chandra’s session about “3 interesting marketing stories” where he explains how a certain established publication changed the way they do business, he describes how minimal input can greatly improve your business and another part which I missed. Listening to Chandra talk has always been interesting ever since I met him the first time at Google.sg office. I see you next time too Vinoaj! Get well soon.
I have no major complaints about BarCamp Singapore 3, other than the small crowd and the usual overcrowdness of the typical tech, business topics. I couldn’t be bothered with those stuff because what I’m looking for is something I never knew and would love to learn from anyone.
Like what? Hah, at the end of my trip, a few hours before I boarded my bus back to KL, I learned how make my own “minyak lintah” with all the super secret ingredients. Now that’s one knowledge you can’t buy or get at BarCamps!