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May Ong (ShiXiaN) is a passionate singer who loves to try out new music and experimentation. Her producer, Calvin Nam, who is also her husband, sometimes performs with her as an accompanist, though he is more involved in the studio.
Early in her childhood, she was inclined towards music, and participate in the choir during her secondary school days. Since young she loved singing, inspirited by her dad’s old Chinese music. Music touched her and inspired her to reach for the sky.
After much involvement in her choir, May moved on to join the Bukit Panjang & Teck Whye Military School band as an alto/tenor saxophone player. After four year playing the saxophone, May then continued to pursue her goals as a singer by joining Kucinta MusicWorks, which was heavily involved in original Chinese music.
During 1994, she went into acting and was a compere with Stage Art Group’s performances. May was really hot on her heels towards the entertainment industry and it didn’t stop there as her passion drove her wild.
In 1996, May applied for audition with Ocean Butterflies Productions and got in with subsequent trainings in vocal singing. However, it didn’t turn out too well as she was not shortlisted eventually after the training. So May moved on to singing Chinese repertoires unplugged at the popular Chinese restaurant “Unplugged Ming Ge Chang Ting†for two months.
She was also working as a Karaoke Jockey in a Specialist De Club at Tengah Airbase.
With all in rush in singing, May was soon to be in for a bigger opportunity when she went to Australia and volunteered into musicals where she sang in “Sound of Music†presented by Rockdale Musical Society as a soprano. At the same time, she was trained under her vocal teacher, Anthony Winter, who specialized in opera and lyrical singing and taught her for a year. Concurrently, she attended summer course with NIDA(National Institute of Dramatic Arts) in dancing and singing in musicals. Her last performance with musicals was at “The Pirates of Penzance†musical where she finally had to leave due to the urgent issues in 1999.
May started getting involved in her church choir when she got back to Singapore, in addition, several small performances here and there. In 2003, she got involved with Calvin, who introduced her into her 1st rock band “Genetic Habit†as a backup female singer. The band’s first gig was it's launching of first album “From Outside†held at Orchard Library. Till then, she has maintain a constant role in the band.
Calvin being a music producer decided that May had more vocal potential then just a backup singer and started working on a new intended album "Sleeper's Tale" involving New Age/Chill Out/Ambient electronic music. Still under construction, the album is due to release in 2007, so keep a look a lookout for it!!
Performances
Union Square, Singapore, Mar 2004
Fez Singer/Songwriting Competition (Semi-Finals), Fez, Singapore, 2004
POW Prince of Wales, Singapore, Mar 2005
NCSS Dinner and Dance, Sept 2006
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