Save Our Earth Through Music!

Iknow it’s a little late.

Okay that is an understatement. We’re very late in covering this event but hey better late then never right?

Eco Music Challenge 2011 is an online song-writing competition organised by the National Environment Agency (NEA) for talented and passionate individuals to express their appreciation and support for our beautiful environment through music!

Link to NEA Eco Music Challenge Website

We here at Singing Windows love our local singer song-writers. So it gives us great joy to see a competition where they can show case their talents and for a good cause to boot!

I’m sure many of us who enjoy music and are learners of it all dream of writing that next hit single that will wow the world and top the music charts. But for all those who have tried we know that it can be a very difficult process and the end result might not even be to our liking. However when you finally do write something that expresses your feelings completely, it can be a very rewarding experience.

Some of us here at Singing Windows know this very well because we too have attempted this daunting task. And we can safely say we really really completely and utterly suck at it. So we’re in no position to really give any advice on song writing but we know someone who can.

Here’s Inch Chua with some tips to song writing:

And if you’re curious about the competition or if you’re looking for some inspiration, we’re going to showcase some of the contestant’s entries!

First we have the lovely couple of Jannassa and Jake and their song Earth Heroes.

We find it to be a very good entry. We liked the singer and the guitarist did a great job. He definitely has some skills. However we find that it might have been better if the singer could have been a tiny bit louder.

Next we have a song by Zu Xian titled Take Action Now.

We liked how catchy the song was and the creative way she sung the chorus. The video was also very well made. Something not everyone can do. She is definitely a contender in this competition.

I kind of like the title of the song "Take Action Now". I can't stress much on the importance of taking action to save our earth now. Allow me to take this opportunity to share with you guys what we can do to play a part in saving gaia. Well, nowadays, you see many recycle bins around. What I usually do is that after finishing my bottle of drinks, I will store it at some corner of my table and once I collected enough, I will throw them all into the recycle bin. This is some small action which I hope all the readers can do together with me :)

Lastly we have a very adorable 6 year old girl to close off our post with her song entry Let’s Be Friends To Earth.

It’s fantastic to see someone so young be so passionate about song writing and saving the earth. We wish her all the best and that may her passion continue even as she grows up.

Oh and if you’re thinking of joining the Eco Challenge we’re sorry to say that the competition is closing tomorrow. Our apologies, but we did tell you we were late didn’t we?