About Us
Led by Singapore’s very own pride, critically acclaimed music producer/ composer/ arranger/ guitarist Eric Ng黄韵仁, and multi-award winning lyrics Xiaohan小寒, Funkie Monkies is a brand that instantly comes to mind when one speaks of local made Mandarin hits. The duo has been making waves in the Mandapop industry for the past 20 years. In 2006, they decided that it was time to start imparting their writing skills to new aspiring local songwriters. FM Pop Music School announced its grand opening on 31 March 2006.
Together with their fellow music maker Jim Lim 林倛玉, FM Pop Music School, the training wing of Funkie Monkies has groomed up to at least 500 local melody composers, lyricists as well as music arranger to date. Many of these trainees were subsequently signed as Exclusive writers by the Publishing wing of Funkie Monkies, on top of the steadily increasing number of talents discovered over the years. The Exclusive songwriters in Funkie Monkies Publishing have proven to have a strong presence in the local/ regional pop music industry, as well as writing advertising jingles and movie scoring/theme songs. Their works have been performed by A List artistes such as A-Mei, Jolin Tsai, Show Luo, Eason Chan, Jam Hsiao, Stefanie Sun and so on, featured in movies such as local hit movie 881, Imperfect, 3688, the Days and Regional movies such as even Hong Kong’s Breakup Club and china's "Voice of China - Turn You Around" etc. They had also written and produced jingles for Guinness, Samsung, F&N, Macdonalds, Super coffee etc.
Funkie Monkies Publishing is always on the look out for passionate new songwriters amongst their training wing to get them industry ready, providing them with a platform to have their works published and performed by the industry’s leading artistes. What better way to celebrate FM Pop Music School’s 10th year anniversary then to discover for more new songwriters? Except this time, Funkie Monkies Publishing will be looking out for hit making gems not only from FM Pop Music School, but also from the public.
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Funkie Monkies Songwriting Camp
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Funkie Monkies Publishing Songwriting Camp’s main objective is to provide aspiring songwriters/musicians an unique experience to work together to produce no less than 20 quality original song demoes, complete with melody, lyrics, vocals, music arrangement and production in 10 hours under the professional guidance of Asia’s music veterans (see “Mentors”). During this camp, the songwriters will experience an in-depth, hands-on exploration on the joys of collaborating in songwriting.
Through demo submissions from the public, Funkie Monkies will accept up to a total of 80 participants including vocalists, melody composers, lyricists, musicians and music arrangers, who will be grouped into self sufficient teams of 3 or 4. The teams will be given a room each at the ITE Central on 9th December 2017. Mentors who are leading producers, hit makers and music publishers will make their rounds, sharing tips and offering insights to level up the compositions.
At the end of the 10 hours, the participants will have to present a clear draft of their composition to the mentors and peers. Besides giving their input on the songs and how best to improve it.
There will be a free, full-scale music conference held the next day 10th December, at the Ground Theatre, *SCAPE from 4-9:30 pm, where the guests and mentors will be sharing relevant information on demo production, the real world song selection process and the current mandarin market trends. Aspiring songwriters will be able to win a 1-on-1 mentoring session with the industry gurus during the conference.
Four awards of Best Song, Outstanding Lyricist, Outstanding Composer and Outstanding Music Arranger from the previous day will be given out during the Music Conference. They will stand to win an Exclusive Writer’s contract which is a ticket to continued grooming by mentors at Funkie Monkies Publishing, a chance to work on the theme song for mm2 entertainment’s upcoming movie as well as attractive prizes from beyerdynamic Asia and Klotz.
Check out our previous songcamp, please click the links below!
Funkie Monkies presents “20 hits in 10 hours” Day 1
Funkie Monkies Present “20 Hits in 10 hours” Day 2!
PRIZES
Contract
Win an Exclusive Songwriter Contract from Funkie Monkies Publishing, Top Singapore Music Publisher
Top Music
Winners Determined by Top Music Industry Professionals
Awards
4 Award Categories : Best Song, Outstanding Lyricist, Outstanding Melody Composer, Outstanding Music Arranger
Trophies
Prizes from beyerdynamics and Klotz
Publish Your Song
A chance to write for mm2 Entertainment’s next movie/drama series.
PARTNERS
OFFICIAL ORGANISER
SUPPORTED BY
IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH ARTS PARTICIPATION
OFFICIAL MUSIC PARTNERS
PROGRAMME PARTNER
VENUE PARTNER
OFFICIAL MICROPHONES AND HEADPHONES PARTNER
OFFICIAL CABLES PARTNER
OFFICIAL LOUDSPEAKER PARTNER SUPPORTED BY
LEGAL PARTNER
PRINTING PARTNER
REGISTRATION
Entry Procedure
Step 1
Option 1: Funkie Monkies Publishing’s “Professional Songwriting Camp 2017”
& Free Music Conference on 9th and 10th December.
Go to STEP 2.
or
Option 2: RSVP form for Free Music Conference on the 10th December 2017 (Open to public)
Registration Form: https://goo.gl/yRfeu7
Step 2
Eligibility: Professional Songwriting Camp 2017
1) Open to Singaporeans and Singapore PR
2) Applicants should not be under any publishing contractual obligations with any other music publishing house. (Besides Funkie Monkies Publishing Pte Ltd)
3) Fully available on 19th November 2017, 9th and 10th of December 2017
Step 3
Register with us simply by filling in this online form: https://goo.gl/yRfeu7
Applying as a
1) Lyricist,
2) Melody Composer
3) Music Arranger, whichever applicable.
4) RSVP for the Free Music Conference on the 10th December 2017.
*Submit your demo/lyrics before 3rd November 2017 to: songcamp@fmmusic.com.sg
(Details Below)
Step 4
“Upon Notification of Acceptance”, successful applicants are to acknowledge the following contracts via email via: songcamp@fmmusic.com.sg within 3 working days. Bring the signed hardcopy of both contracts to the songcamp brief on the 19th Nov 2017 (more details in email).
Applicants will only be confirmed to attend the songwriting camp after both signed contracts are signed and received.
1) Terms and Conditions Contract
2) Song by Song Contract
**Notification of successful applicants will be announced from the 13th – 15th November, 2017.
Demo Submission Details
By 3rd November 2017 with the following details:
a)Email Header: “Funkie Monkies Songwriting Camp Demo Submission”
(Lyrics/Melody/Arrangement) *indicate where appropriate
b) Name (as per NRIC):
c) Works (1 Chinese Lyrics or 2 demos of Melody/ Arrangements, whichever applicable).
Format of submitted works:
For Lyricists:
Applicants are to rewrite the Chinese lyrics to an existing pop song, of which the youtube link must be included in the application. The lyrics should be submitted as microsoft word document format (.doc) written in Font 12, 1.5 spacing.
For Melody composers:
– Demoes submitted are to feature a human voice (instrumental not permitted) performing the melody.The applicant is not allowed to sing to an existing commercially released pre-recorded track. The minimal requirement of one instrument backing up the song. Demos to be submitted in mp3 format (up to 320kbps).
For Music arrangers:
Music arrangements submitted have to be fully programmed by the applicant in audio form. No MIDI files or music scores are required. It can be in the form of original songs written by the applicant or a reinterpretation of existing songs, in which case the youtube link of the existing song must be included in the application. Music Arrangements are to be submitted in mp3 format (up to 320kpbs).
Our Mentors
Who are we anyway?
Meet the team who built the dream
Mr Benjamin Lim 林明阳
Alex “Nese” Ni倪子冈
Ms Monica Lee李昌琪
Jessica Chang
Eric Ng 黄韵仁
Jim Lim 林倛玉
Xiaohan 小寒
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