Golden Melody Academia
New to the Golden Melody Awards events, 2017 Golden Melody Academia creates industry-academic cooperation with “The value of A&R and Songwriting” as this year’s theme. In seminars and discussions, well-known national composers and lyrics writers are invited to interact with students of song writing related majors .It bridges the academic and industrial activities and generates the continuous influence of popular music in schools.
Kay Huang was one of the judges for “One Million Star” from 2007, and was invited to join the panel of judges for “Super Boy”, organized by Hunan Satellite Television; Dragon Television’s “My Show”; and Beijing Television’s “Kua Jie Ge Wang”. She still continues to launch new works, and was the winner of the Best Instrumental Composition of the 24th Golden Melody Awards, and the Best Composer Singer Award of the 7th Golden Indie Music Awards, in 2016. She is a promoter of Mandarin music education, and has been invited to participate in lectures and seminars everywhere in Asia.
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Hung-Yu Chen
Ayre Records Production Coordinator
Graduating from the School of Theatre Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Hung-Yu Chen is a professional record planner and coordinator. He has worked as a senior planner for Mandala Works International Communications, Dieng Jung Record, PolyGram, Universal Music Group, BMG Music Taiwan Inc., and Holiday Co., Ltd. In recent years, as a well-known lyricist, Hung-Yu Chen was in charge of a few classic albums including “Sandy Lam-Gaia”, the Best Mandarin Album and the Best Mandarin Female Singer of the 24th Golden Melody Awards and “Julia Peng –Darling”, the Best Mandarin Female Singer of the 27th Golden Melody Awards.Lo Ta-yu
The Godfather of Mandopop
The most fascinating part of Lo Ta-yu’s music is that he can always turn his passion and desire for the era into a truly moving song of life. As time goes by, all the well-known songs becomes symbolic of the abundant spirit and strength accumulated through a generation. He was born in the era, he devoted himself to the era and created the era. He is Lo Ta-yu.Lin Xi
Lyricist
Lin Xi was born in Hong Kong. Majoring in translation, he graduated from the School of Chinese, the University of Hong Kong. He has worked as a university teacher’s assistant, newspaper editor, and creative chief of Asian television, general manager of a Hong Kong music factory, and a consultant and creative director of the Department of Advertising of Commercial Radio Hong Kong. He is now a full-time lyricist, prose writer and columnist.Kay Huang
Musician
Kay Huang participated in the 3rd Jin-Yun-Jiang singing competition when she was 14. She is also one of the promoters for the “Movement of New Music” in the Taiwan pop music industry in the 1980’s. In 1986, Kay Huang launched her first solo album, “Sad Boys”. Due to being able to write lyrics, compose, arrange, play, sing harmony and produce songs, she is known as the “Music Wizard” and is a rare all-rounded musician.Kay Huang was one of the judges for “One Million Star” from 2007, and was invited to join the panel of judges for “Super Boy”, organized by Hunan Satellite Television; Dragon Television’s “My Show”; and Beijing Television’s “Kua Jie Ge Wang”. She still continues to launch new works, and was the winner of the Best Instrumental Composition of the 24th Golden Melody Awards, and the Best Composer Singer Award of the 7th Golden Indie Music Awards, in 2016. She is a promoter of Mandarin music education, and has been invited to participate in lectures and seminars everywhere in Asia.