Li Feihui
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Roy Loi Fey Huei, who is more commonly or affectionally known as Li Fei Hui (Traditional Chinese: 黎沸揮), was dubbed as one of Singapore's brightest exports in Taiwan's music industry, back in the early 1990s. For the past two decades, besides penning his own songs and producing his own albums, the legendary musician has also been actively involved in writing and producing hit songs for many popular artistes of the region, such as Andy Lau
, Jeff Chang
, Jacky Cheung
, Kelly Poon
, Tanya Chua
, A-do
, etc. Currently, he is pre-occupied with the training of aspiring artistes and musical talents in his newly established music school - Focus Music. He is also specially hand-picked by Mediacorp to participate as one of the judges in the judging panel of Singapore's biggest reality Chinese singing competitions - Project Superstar
& Campus SuperStar
.
, on the 12th of July 1965. Standing at the height of 170 cm, the Hainan
ese, highly-anticipated talent started to pen his own songs in 1986, at the mere age of 21. In the same year, he managed to have three of his songs published and had them sang by renowned artistes of the Mando-pop scene. In total, he released five albums in Singapore, three albums in Taiwan, and an outstanding number of ten compilations in the past twenty years of his career.
Though Roy is a renowned song-writer and lyricist, he had not been attending proper music training prior to the release of his chart-topper hits. According to Roy, he just goes according to the feel of his strummings on the guitar when penning songs.
<<愛如潮水>>, a prominent classic hit penned by Roy, catapulted Jeff Chang
to instant stardom in 1994. Inevitably, this song managed to top the charts of countless radio stations in Asia, karaoke play lists, handphone ringtone downloads charts, etc. In addition to this, <<愛如潮水>> has also garnered the likes of Hong Kong's heavenly king, Andy Lau
, as he chose to resing and compile it in one of his albums.
Besides penning songs for commercial purposes, the patriotic Roy has also written and published the theme song for the President Star Charity Show in 1994. He specially played this piece of composition on the piano in his 1994 album, in dedication to the then-president of Singapore, Mr Ong Teng Cheong
.
After dwelling and carving a niche for himself in Taiwan for 8 years, he decided to return to Singapore and joined Tinybox Music as a music consultant. From then, he embarked on his journey as an instructor who trains aspiring singing talents.
One of his most acclaimed prodigies - Project Superstar female champion of the 1st season, Kelly Poon
, whom he had painstakingly trained for three years before she achieved stardom through this nation-wide Chinese singing competition.
Besides being the music director for Kelly Poon's debut album, Love Me, Kelly, his self-written songs are also compiled in it.
In November 2006, he left Tinybox Music and established his own music school - Focus Music (黎沸揮音樂房).
Project Superstar 2nd season's contestants - Nathaniel Tan (runner up for the male category), Jeremy Kwan, Jeff Teay, are currently under his meticulous tutelage at Focus Music.
Roy is also known as a stern, witty, saracastic albeit, jovial judge of the previous 2 seasons of Project Superstar and Campus SuperStar.
With his flamboyant dressing style and chiselled good looks, Roy definitely has the charm to make fans of the younger generation swoon over him.
1994 - 2nd 93.3 FM Hit Awards - Nomination for Best Local Artiste
1994 - 2nd 93.3 FM Hit Awards - Nomination for Best Local Music Composition
1995 - 3rd 93.3 FM Hit Awards - Nomination for Best Local Artiste
2000 - 7th 93.3 FM Hit Awards - Best Lyricist
2004 - COMPASS Awards - Best Local Chinese Pop song
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
, Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang is a Taiwanese male singer, who performs sentimental Mandarin pop ballads.Chang was born in Yunlin, Taiwan. He started off his showbiz career by winning a singing competition while in college...
, Jacky Cheung
Jacky Cheung
Jacky Cheung is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. The Chinese language media refers to him, Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings , with more than 60 million records sold as of 2000....
, Kelly Poon
Kelly Poon
Kelly Poon Kar Lai is a Singaporean singer who emerged from one of the Chinese singing competition held in Singapore, Project SuperStar.Kelly Poon graduated from Huamin Primary School, Yishun Town Secondary School and Singapore Polytechnic....
, Tanya Chua
Tanya Chua
Tanya Chua is a Golden Melody Award-winning Singaporean singer and songwriter.-Music career:A former business administration student at Singapore Polytechnic, Chua started out singing in English, releasing her first English album, Bored, in 1997...
, A-do
A-do
Do Cheng Yi , popularly known as A-Do , is a singer from Singapore.The ex-construction foreman was spotted by Singaporean producer Billy Koh in his company's talent search. He has since been signed to Ocean Butterflies Music....
, etc. Currently, he is pre-occupied with the training of aspiring artistes and musical talents in his newly established music school - Focus Music. He is also specially hand-picked by Mediacorp to participate as one of the judges in the judging panel of Singapore's biggest reality Chinese singing competitions - Project Superstar
Project SuperStar
Project SuperStar is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast every Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on Channel U in Singapore. Project SuperStar was organised to uncover and develop young talent in Mandarin pop in Singapore. Closely modelled after the Pop Idol, 24...
& Campus SuperStar
Campus SuperStar
Campus SuperStar is a spin-off of Project SuperStar, a popular singing talent-search competition in Singapore. The contestants comprise students from secondary schools, junior colleges and Institutes of Technical Education . This differs from Project Superstar, where contestants must be over 18 to...
.
Biography
Roy was born in BruneiBrunei
Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
, on the 12th of July 1965. Standing at the height of 170 cm, the Hainan
Hainan
Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...
ese, highly-anticipated talent started to pen his own songs in 1986, at the mere age of 21. In the same year, he managed to have three of his songs published and had them sang by renowned artistes of the Mando-pop scene. In total, he released five albums in Singapore, three albums in Taiwan, and an outstanding number of ten compilations in the past twenty years of his career.
Though Roy is a renowned song-writer and lyricist, he had not been attending proper music training prior to the release of his chart-topper hits. According to Roy, he just goes according to the feel of his strummings on the guitar when penning songs.
<<愛如潮水>>, a prominent classic hit penned by Roy, catapulted Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang is a Taiwanese male singer, who performs sentimental Mandarin pop ballads.Chang was born in Yunlin, Taiwan. He started off his showbiz career by winning a singing competition while in college...
to instant stardom in 1994. Inevitably, this song managed to top the charts of countless radio stations in Asia, karaoke play lists, handphone ringtone downloads charts, etc. In addition to this, <<愛如潮水>> has also garnered the likes of Hong Kong's heavenly king, Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
, as he chose to resing and compile it in one of his albums.
Besides penning songs for commercial purposes, the patriotic Roy has also written and published the theme song for the President Star Charity Show in 1994. He specially played this piece of composition on the piano in his 1994 album, in dedication to the then-president of Singapore, Mr Ong Teng Cheong
Ong Teng Cheong
Ong Teng Cheong was the first directly elected President of the Republic of Singapore. He was the nation's fifth President, and served a six-year term from 1 September 1993 to 31 August 1999.-Early life:...
.
After dwelling and carving a niche for himself in Taiwan for 8 years, he decided to return to Singapore and joined Tinybox Music as a music consultant. From then, he embarked on his journey as an instructor who trains aspiring singing talents.
One of his most acclaimed prodigies - Project Superstar female champion of the 1st season, Kelly Poon
Kelly Poon
Kelly Poon Kar Lai is a Singaporean singer who emerged from one of the Chinese singing competition held in Singapore, Project SuperStar.Kelly Poon graduated from Huamin Primary School, Yishun Town Secondary School and Singapore Polytechnic....
, whom he had painstakingly trained for three years before she achieved stardom through this nation-wide Chinese singing competition.
Besides being the music director for Kelly Poon's debut album, Love Me, Kelly, his self-written songs are also compiled in it.
In November 2006, he left Tinybox Music and established his own music school - Focus Music (黎沸揮音樂房).
Project Superstar 2nd season's contestants - Nathaniel Tan (runner up for the male category), Jeremy Kwan, Jeff Teay, are currently under his meticulous tutelage at Focus Music.
Roy is also known as a stern, witty, saracastic albeit, jovial judge of the previous 2 seasons of Project Superstar and Campus SuperStar.
With his flamboyant dressing style and chiselled good looks, Roy definitely has the charm to make fans of the younger generation swoon over him.
Awards and nominations
(the list below isn't complete as Roy has garnered too many awards and nominations in his much vaunted 20 year career)1994 - 2nd 93.3 FM Hit Awards - Nomination for Best Local Artiste
1994 - 2nd 93.3 FM Hit Awards - Nomination for Best Local Music Composition
1995 - 3rd 93.3 FM Hit Awards - Nomination for Best Local Artiste
2000 - 7th 93.3 FM Hit Awards - Best Lyricist
2004 - COMPASS Awards - Best Local Chinese Pop song
Albums
| Year | Title in Chinese | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 《請在我心經過》 | Please pass through my heart |
| 1989 | 《改變》 | Change |
| 1990 | 《只有你能完成我的歌》 | Only you can finish/complete my song |
| 1992 | 《等你等到我心痛》 | Waited for you till my heart ached |
| 1994 | 《說走就走》 | Time flies, Love flies |
| 1997 | 《亂飛》 | Puff Away |
External links
- http://www.focusmusic.com.sg - [Focus Music]
- http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=20428170 - [Roy's Fanclub on Friendster]
- http://tw.club.yahoo.com/clubs/LFH_Home/ - [Roy's Taiwan Yahoo Fanclub]
- http://asia.groups.yahoo.com/group/Royli_fansclub - [Roy's Singapore Yahoo Fanclub]