‘Forced’ to sing at first, Joel Tan has now signed with Universal Music Singapore Gentle Bones deserves all the attention he’s getting in Singapore’s music scene today. He even deserves to perform internationally in front of thousands of music lovers. Yes, he’s that good. Source Joel Tan first began singing only when his friends ‘forced’ him to perform for his class in Hwa Chong. Today, he has achieved his first major record deal ever, and it’s with international label Universal Music Singapore. For the 21-year-old, this means perks like gigs (better stalk gentlebones.com to keep yourself updated), merch (YAAAAS T-SHIRTS), his face on a lot of things you buy endorsements, and rights to record and publish music. But that’s not all there is to boast about. Here’s a chap who shot up to Number One on Singapore’s iTunes charts IN ONE DAY (thanks to his DEBUT single, ‘Until We Die’), opened a concert for Christina Perri and performed outside Singapore. Even though his achievements reflect sheer talent quite clearly, he prefers to give most of the credit to “luck”. “I was really lucky to be given the chance to showcase my works to music lovers in Singapore and the help I received from local radio stations, […]
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