Kelvin Tan (musician)

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Kelvin Tan
Born (1964-08-22) 22 August 1964 (age 57)
EducationBachelor of Arts (Honours) in Literature
Alma mater Anglo-Chinese School
Jurong Junior College
National University of Singapore
Occupationmusician, writer, lecturer

Kelvin Tan (born 22 August 1964) is a Singaporean musician, writer and lecturer. He has released two novels, All Broken Up and Dancing (1992), and the Nethe(r);R (2001) and over 102 musical albums. He teaches part-time at LASALLE College of the Arts and is guitarist for The Oddfellows, for whom he wrote and sang the hit "She's So Innocent".

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Tan is also a member of the bands Stigmata, Prana vs r-H and Path Integral. In 1997, he co-founded Aporia Society, a multi-disciplinary arts society. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life

Educated at Anglo-Chinese School. As a 14-year-old, he was introduced to the music of Charlie Parker, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, and the literature of JD Salinger, Saul Bellow and Philip Roth. He failed his 'O' Levels in 1981. [5] Tan later attended Jurong Junior College and graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Literature in 1990.

Career

In 1982, Tan was awarded a merit certificate for "Swan Leda" in the Shell National Short-Story Competition. In 1986, his play Tramps Like Us was awarded third prize in the Shell Short Play Competition. [6] He joined The Oddfellows as lead guitarist in 1991.

His novel All Broken Up and Dancing (1992) was originally a short story published in The Straits Times in 1985. [7] In 1986, he contributed the song "Seen the End" to BigO magazine's Nothing on the Radio cassette. The song was a response to the Hotel New World disaster of the same year. [8]

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References

  1. Yeow, Kai Chai (September 19, 2013). "Songs for the departed". The Straits Times . p. C8.
  2. sojourner. "KELVIN TAN- The Bluest Silence Digipack CD". Rock in the Fine City. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. "Baybeats 08 Band Profile: The Oddfellows". library @ esplanade. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  4. Tan, Kelvin. "Dialectic Realm". Dialectic Realm. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. Chua, Rebecca (6 September 1986). "For Art and". Singapore Press Holdings. The Straits Times. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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