Friday, April 17, 2009

KENTE FINALS - THE WINNERS.










Champion - Carrey
Runner Up - Feraddy
2nd Runner up - Alfred


Tapi, ini adalah pandangan saya, Carrey is a great & humble guy but last night maybe he should not have won. Carrey adalah my top 5, because saya rasa dia ada potensi untuk menang. Tapi, bila dia menang,..saya tidak puas hati pulak.. Konsep KE Next Top Entertainer is to find the best entertainer. Carrey is an entertainer but vocally semalam dia overcooked it. Why?

Dusun Song:
1) Most of the time saya tidak faham apa yang dia nyanyikan. He was 'chewing' his words. Dia seakan-akan sedang chewing gum sambil menyanyi. So dari segi competition amat penting untuk kita memahami apa yang ingin beliau sampaikan. In this case, saya disappointed because vocally he is good, no doubt. Furthermore,..dia nyanyi dengan loghat 'orang putih'..Bro,..lagu dusun no need mau slang-slang macam orang putih kio..jaga2 sikit next time..siou.

2) Aduh judges, tidak dengarkah pitching dia terlari. Few times dia sumbang habis. Some of the audience look at each other and garu kepala. I said 'oopss' beberapa kali..Oh no bro,..what happened?

3)Overdoing it - It's a very nice song and arrangement pun bagus tapi bila dia nyanyi, dia senyum happy all the way. Lagu tu lagu sedihkah? or love song or lagu happy? I dont understand sebab penyampaiannya tidak jelas..'chewing' the words. It's unfair for the judges to komen penyanyi yang lain kerana tidak menghayati lagu, tapi Carrey pulak yang tersenyum gumbira, no bad comments.

English Song - Geek in The Pink (Jason Mraz)
1) The minute Carrey buka mulut, kalau saya judges, saya trus tidak dapat bagi markah tinggi. Why? Sumbang. Banyak pitching out. (Watch the video back, kalo tidak percaya).

2)Lagu Geek in the Pink have 3 main components, melody, scat singing & rap singing. Melody singing dia ok but sumbang in most places. Carrey,,oh carrey..janganlah scat kalau tidak expert betul. Judges unfortunately not familiar with scat singing sebab none yang bagi komen. But my challenge to him is to do it again in the future. I'm sure it'll be better. Terima cabaran ini carrey,..you can do it!

Scat singing adalah improvised, the melodic lines biasanya variasi dalam skala and arpeggio fragments, stock patterns and riffs. As well, scatting usually incorporates musical structure. Bila scat mesti ikut tempo music and scat note to note. Carrey so sorry,..you suck a bit in the song. Scat tanpa ikut tempo is not scatting at all.

Overall,..you all can buat postmortem bila tengok balik video malam itu. Be honest. I like Carrey, but he didn't do justice to himself. Maybe becoz I have high expectation on him. Kemenangan beliau adalah disebabkan oleh stage performance & the judges apparently like him so much sampai tidak nampak his weaknesses. But he was entertaining.. the whole purpose of the event, right?

So,..siapalah yang patut menang, Astroboy?

Feraddy patut menang. Dalam kedua-dua lagu beliau, note pertama yang keluar dari mulut amat penting. He sang brilliantly. Ada 1 or 2 pitching lari but it's ok. He was overall brilliant! Saya tidak kenal Feraddy at all. Nama penuh pun tidak tahu..oppss sorry. But bro, your dynamics in several choruses were commendable. Feraddy supported low register beliau gunakan diagraphm dgn baik.I think it was a C3..and Monica, balik2 cakap perut..mana ada support gitu. High register beliau G4 is not easy to do, especially bila buat sustain & vibrato dihujung. Ini you need skills. Carrey langsung tidak ada tunjuk vocal ability. Feraddy also did few riffs yang sangat bagus. In fact, lagu yang dinyanyikan oleh beliau, iaitu lagu Danny Malinggi adalah jauh lebih baik dari tuan punya lagu..sorry Danny.

Georgia Joy,..her voice menggemakan dewan!! Untuk seketika, dewan trus senyap ni.. I thought she had a chance to win third placing. Pitching only ada satu dua dalam lagu Matahari..but overall her performance was very good. Better than Carrey dari segi vocal prowness.

Alfred - Third place..memang lagu rendah dan tidak begitu mencabar sesuai untuk beliau. Not many mistakes but I don't see the hype. Maybe beliau menang markah yang tinggi dalam presentation kot? hmmm,.. I dunno.

Laimen @ Bernard - Another contestant yang patut ada placing, at least ketiga. Jury cakap, tidak cukup penghayatan? Odoi dogo Cosmas Chin.. cuba rewind balik the tape and judge again. I think he has given his all dalam lagu tu without overdoing it. Maybe jury mau semua contestants buat macam Carrey,.. gunakan setiap inci pentas. Excuse me panel juri,..ini year 2009 lah! Mariah Carey, Sheila Majid, Siti Nurhaliza, Jaclyn Victor, Brian Mcknight ..dorang semua bukan jenis berlari-lari bila menyanyi. Diana mentioned, 'Bila kamu keluar dari stage maksudnya kamu dah tamat menyanyi, that is singing/stage ethics'??? Astaga Diana, where on earth did you learn that? Bernard was making clothe change, Britney Spears, Whitney, Mariah, Siti, etc pun keluar stage kijap untuk tukar baju. Diana mentioned ' Napa tidak tukar baju saja di atas pentas?' Otuuk otuukk... There are no hard and fast rule to change costume selama 10 saat. Bukannya 5 minit kami menunggu dia tukar costume.. Gimmick bogia tu. Saya rasa panel juri potong markah beliau disebabkan oleh itu. Maybe,..wo puh tze tou.

Jisius - Vocal yang sangat baik. Voice projection yang bagus, showmanship yang kadang2 tidak well choreographed but overall very good. Vocal control, much better than Carrey. Ada pontensi top 3 but maybe judges cari package? But Jisius unfortunately cannot dance. Sorry bro. Mau ambik kelas tarian. Panggil saya, saya pun mau join.

Hary - He, to me ada appeal tersendiri. Dia boleh menyanyi dengan baik. No problems in pitching like Carrey. Very Indon-style. Beliau tidak perlu bergerak terlebih, tapi he made an impact. The girls love him. Likeability yang tinggi. He is better than Alfred.

Conclusion:
I was disappointed in Carrey sebab he was my favourite, huhu. Dia tidak dapat deliver dengan baik, vocally, sebab I dont understand a word he was singing, sumbang & pitchy in many parts. But untuk beliau menang sebegitu bila dibandingkan dengan yang lain. Well,....he was surely entertaining..for sure..congrats bro!

My personal true winners based on 40% Vocal, 40% Showmanship 10% Costume 10% Rythmn/Pitching:

My Champion - Feraddy
Runner up - Bernard / Carrey
2nd Runner up - Joy atau Hary

Ciao!

17 comments:

Lissa Dolly said...

nah trus sa teruja mau komen sini...ya ya ya dan sgt yaaaaaaaa!!sa pun amat dukacita kecewa dgn keputusan semlm...

sa sukung semua y u ckp sini terutama
"Hary - He, to me ada appeal tersendiri. Dia boleh menyanyi dengan baik. No problems in pitching like Carrey. Very Indon-style. Beliau tidak perlu bergerak terlebih, tapi he made an impact. The girls love him. Likeability yang tinggi." ....

sa pun ikut toriak hehehehe..

tp apa buli buat...nasib menyebelahi carrey .... congrat sajala urmmmm

Astro Boy said...

Thanks Lisa.. well what to do kan.. Congrats to Carrey bukan silap dia juga. He did his best also...

XiGorX said...

waaa...best la smalam tu...pasal si carrey menang tu, sa no komen la, sbb sa rasa ramai yg sependapat dengan kamu 2 ni...sa pun la lebih kurang...walau pun sa nda pandai judging tapi sa pandai dingar kalau ada kesumbangan, atau pun yg terlari tempo....tapi carrey memang entertaining, base on performance dia memang layak, but vocally sa rasa si Feraddy lebih patut la, si Joy pun..daymnnn, hebat begitu spatutnya ada placing tu...tapi apa2 pun Tahniah to all the winners la..and congrats also to the organizing commitees of KENTE for the job well done...

antyserayoh said...

Excuse me ... kalu ya pun tia paya lah mau hentam every inch on carrey.. u think all the competition in sabah the best be the winner ka? if u want me to compare the finalist with the contestant yg best during heat lagi ramai.. Joy for me she sang with no technique.. tia tau lah urg sabah kalu dengar urg teriak high note mesti clap.. but then ada jua kena boo kan?? ok then sorry joy i don't know her but during the heat 3 there are 2 more gals yg deserve to be in the final but she was chosen so ada urg bisng? Lucky for her to get in the final.. if u want to compare the singing u should listen to Marlenney.. she got the technique.. Bernard salah pilih lagu lah.. Feraddy yes he is good i admit that. But winner oredy being announce.. janganlah mau kasi jatuh orang sampai kasi kuar segala istilah menyanyi di blog lagi tu.. Be profesional lah send him the mesej ask tel him to improve since u said he is one of your favourite.. Kalu ko sendiri kena pun ko tia suka jua kan respect carrey's feeling, of course he will do his postmoterm to see how he performe last night. Sumore there are the families friends and his supporter as well.. I only shock when Jisius don't get the placing.. Thank you for reading

Danny F. Malinggi said...

Actually i'm happy Feraddy can deliver my song better than me! that's what we want kan! kalau mau nyanyi lagu orang lain make sure u can sing better than the original singer! but when u said that, Ferrady sang better than me, saya sedikit terkilan la bos! coz i never said that my singing for Minogivangkoh pomuandamanku is the best. i NEVER admit that i'm a good singer! itu sahaja yang saya mampu buat ba, saya cipta lagu dan saya nyanyikan lagu tersebut mengikut kemampuan saya! tapi persoaalannya disini, apa tujuan astroboy mahu membandingkan suara saya dengan Ferraddy? jadi kalau vocal ferrady lebih baik dari vocal saya sendiri maknanya saya kena buat lebih hebat dari Ferrady kah? atau kau mau saya gulung tikar sahaja and forget about singing sudahlah? well, i'm sorrylah kalau itu yang kau maksudkan! baguslah kalau ramai orang diluar sana boleh menyanyi lebih baik dari saya! padahal saya sendiri TIDAK PERNAH mengaku yang saya ini hebat menyanyi. Apa yang kau dengar itu lah saya, i have my limit juga dalam menyanyi, syukurlah c ferrady boleh menyanyi sebagus itu dan pandai menyanyi dengan menggunakan segala teknik! setiap orang mempunyai kemampuan yang berbeza-beza. I'm happy bila ada orang boleh menyanyi lagu saya dengan baik! tapi sekurang-kurangnya bagilah credit untuk saya sebagai pencipta lagu, jgn terus melemahkan semangat saya sebagai penyanyi dan pencipta lagu itu. Sudahlah perjuangan saya dalam bidang nyanyian ini sampai bikin album pun semuanya keluar duit poket sendiri tanpa ada bantuan penaja, jadi bila ada komen sebegini saya rasa seperti usaha saya selama ini tidak dihargai. Anyway thank u jugalah kasi sedarkan saya, untuk tidak siok sendiri kan! Makin lama semakin ramai yang memberi komen negatif kepada saya secara direct atau indirectly...lama-lama semangat berkarya pun pandai pudar... becoz saya rasa kebnyakkan usaha saya ni adalah atas perbelanjaan sendiri tanpa dapat pulangan. Artis2 KL semua nampak gah sebab apa ja dorang buat ada tajaan dan mendapat bayaran lumayan. Tapi saya sebagai artis tempatan langsung tidak nampak keuntungan sebagai penyanyi dari segi wang ringgit, itulah penampilan pun ala-ala kadar ja! sebab peruntukkan mana ada! hanya kerana minat dan rasa cinta kepada bidang nyanyian saya masih menyanyi! tetapi kalau semakin dikutuk...entah berapa lama la ni semangat masih membara... nama pun penyanyi part time ja pun... so kalau saya mengundurkan diri dalam bidang ini ... at least ada juga sumbangan saya la kan... at least orang lain masih boleh nyanyi lagu-lagu saya... tapi janganlah pula cakap... uiooo... punya best dia nyanyi!!! lebih best dari penyanyi asal dia ooo!!! kecil hati juga ba si penyanyi asal tu...bukan tidak boleh menerima kritikkan.. tapi tapis-tapis la ba sikit... hormat menghormati perasaan orang lain kan satu amalan yang mulia...

XiGorX said...

Danny F.Malinggi...you're still the best bro...It's such a blessing that everyone has talent(s), and your talent is something that I'm dying for to have...Keep up the good work.....all the best...

Astro Boy said...

To MEG: "Joy for me she sang with no technique.. tia tau lah urg sabah kalu dengar urg teriak high note mesti clap"..If you noticed diseluruh dunia bila women sang in high registers, ramai yang teriak2.. Not Sabahans alone.. Unfortunately ko tidak baca my ulasan betul2. I was mainly critizing the jury not Carrey. Everyone malam tu ada faults, in fact.. I even mentioned 'Carrey didn't do justice to himself"..Ko faham kah maksud tu? Meaning..he is good, a great performer but he to me for him, didn't deliver as I expected. Be professional? On what? Tell him he didn't perform as well as he could.? What makes you think saya teda cakap sama dia? Excuse me. Just like you, and everyone else..semua ada favourite and semua ada pandangan siapa yang bagus & etc. Marlenney memang bagus, thats why she is in the finals. Heat 1, first singer, sugandoi Keningau , I forgot her name..itu pun I thought bagus tapi judges tidak kasih masuk dia. Carrey is a great performer, if you check out my Top 5. Why should I bring him down. Kalau saya ingin menjadi seseorang yang akan maju lagi dalam industri ini, bukankah komen2 positif patut diterima?? Atau kita mau jadi seseorang yang tidak mahu terima kritikan dan tidak progress. Carrey I think is a pro, conductor for Sri Bayu choir, the best in Sabah, vocal coach at Pusakag, student at UMS and now a champion. Let him make the choice to improve. So Meg, no need to feel uptight, marah bila seseorang itu kena komen. Bukankah komen tu bagus untuk improvekan diri.? I think if someone komen pasal diri kamu,..I am sure, frm cara ko tulis comment, you r the type yg senan terima kritikan dan improvekan diri,..betul kan?

Astro Boy said...

To DANNY: Siou..Saya harap ko tidak sensitif sangat on my comments. Memang betul sungguh terharu jika seseorang menyanyikan lagu kamu. Kalau saya, its an honour. Saya cuma bagi komen saya. Setahu saya, jika Danny baca balik ulasan, tidak ada sedikit pun komen atau kritik mengenai suara, style, skills atau kebolehan Danny menyanyi atau mencipta lagu.? Saya rasa tidak ada. Astaga, tak kan saya cakap "in fact Feraddy membawa lagu itu lebih baik dari penyanyi asal, sorry Danny". Disebabkan statement ini, ko trus mo berhenti menyanyi!!?? Jangan Danny,.. sebab itu pada mulanya saya was2 mau buat ulasan sebab saya tahu ramai dan mungkin culture orang bumiputera kita tidak biasa terima komen atau kritikan. Blog ini dilahirkan untuk saya bagi ulasan, komen2 mengenai artis Sabah..untuk improvement. Ya mungkin ada yang terasa mula2 tapi kalau yg terlalu sensitif dan tidak mau improve, siapa rugi?

Dalam ulasan saya,again,.. langsung,..saya tidak kritik kamu. 100% tidak..sila baca balik.

Beginilah, Artis besar2 Malaysia senantiasa kena komen, kritik terutamanya di Semenanjung disebabkan ada avenue untuk dikomen. Bukan tiba masanya, artis Sabah dikomen. Tidakkah artis2 Sabah mahu meningkatkan prestasi? Adakah artis Sabah cuma mahu mendengar komen2 yang bagus seperti " waah bagus suara dia, bagus skill dia"? Kalau kita tidak tahu kesilapan kita amacam kita mau improvekan lagi?

Conclusion: Danny, siou..seperti saya cakap tadi..Saya langsung tidak ada mengkomen/ kritik kebolehan, skill kamu menyanyi atau mencipta lagu. Langsung tidak ada.

XiGorX said...

bagi saya, smua artist sabah berbakat dan buli tahan, tu pasal dorang jadi artist..but its time for us to put our local industry to a new level...

mamaii said...

rancak o kamu..hehe well done KENTE!! tu ja sya mau cakap..

XiGorX said...

mai..ko teda ow tu malam kan..mana ko pigi ow?...hehehe

deffny@pollo said...

adidi...ngapain...disina pnas banget sih...janla gduh2 bh....komen negatif ini penting bh untk memperbtulkan diri...see American Idol..mcmna teruknya mulut c simon...but...smua juaranya malatup n millionaire...so bukala pikiran trma komen...well,peserta tu mlm smua hibat2 bh...sa jala yg plg ndak hibat:<....tp,wlaupn sa ndak hibat sbb hingus sdg bermaharajalela...at least sa tau jg sepa ptt menang...kan ni ptndgan mau cri yg natural talent yg suara ndak kna buat2..4 me,HARYNIANTI deserve TO BE A WINNER....tp pa pun...sepa pn yg menang its ok bh jg....buknya sepa mnang mlm tu...diala kunu raja@rartu dunia hburan...ni smua ptndgn ja bh...tp kmi pserta2 enjoy ja...smua pn kwn2 jg...mana da gduh2,,,jd janla kmurg pula yg bgaduh...adidid...sepa pun yg menang tu mlm sa xheran sbb smua d thap yg sma..n ada bkat...(kecuali sa)...so.palan2 bh...jan gduh2...hehehehe...GOD BLESS KE...

Clarence said...

First of all, I'd like to say, you're next to professional AstroBoy. Most of the time, I agreed with you about all your constructive criticism to our local singers or everything related to The music industry in Sabah. It's always a good move to wake-up a sleeping beauty and breaks with convention "Jangan Kacau Harimau sedang Tidur". You did it in a right way and right time. With all your criticism, we hope that it can open up eyes amongst our artists or artist-to-be in a near future. We know, to be someone like you, it needs "keberanian" to critic something that is not right.

Back to the post topic, whether we like it or not, we have to respect the judges' decision. They had given the power to choose the winner and we can't do nothing about it. They themselves are just a normal human being, sometimes the chances of doing mistakes are expected.

To Dany, take it easy bro. Many times that i heard people says ..you sang the song better than the original singer. For me, it doesn't mean that you're not good at all. You should take it as a challenge. You are you and people likes you because you are Danny FM. You have your own "Kekuatan". Im your fan, anyway. (jaga c astroboy haha)

To carrey (the winner), You got style man! keep it up!

To KE members, Well Done!!

Thank you.

Astro Boy said...

Thank You Clarence! Memang tugas saya ni mau tulis/post cerita yang panas(yang betul saja..takut kana saman nanti).. komen2 yg constructive,positif tapi as a Sabahan kita mesti serve sama 'bambangan' sikit, cili untuk pedaskan sikit..hahaha..

Also setuju to what you say..judges kadang2 in some situation have to choose a winner. Tapi everyone ada choice dorang juga. Makes life so wonderful sb ada variasi.. TQ.

deffny@pollo said...

astroboy.....said something abt marsha,linda,candy,noni,.......yg dpt msuk af tp smpai skg xda album.....what is ur opnion abt that?

mamaii said...

ada ba sya mesh.. sna atas malakat sya duduk dkt tu sound, hahaa

jasonjay said...

my humble comment,

This is just my observation - generally I agree with the judges based on the participants' performances that nite ... as for the rest of the comments on who should win, I also agree based on the rehearsal performances that friday afternoon ...

Let's life moves on ... for the wannabe artistes/entertainers and people like us ...

Jason Jay

P.S. My first comment here by the way. I hope to see more constructive critiques and comments, and not attacking particular individual. That way I believe this site will be more credible and become a focal point for those who wants to see the kadus music industry to grow, develop and gain respect from the public at large. Each and everyone of us has the role to play and contribute if we wish. Astroboy already did his part. Congrats!