Word: bonding
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...duddy factor. Kids can relate. "Classical music is an underexploited commodity in Asia given that there is a strong tradition of Asian parents who want their children to play the violin or piano," says Steve McClure, Asia bureau chief for Billboard magazine. In the hands of a group like bond, a classical piece sounds like a palatable pop song that won't frighten away the folks while pulling in the kids. "It makes the music accessible," says Jamie Lee, music manager for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra...
...what you will about the liberties the bond string quartet takes with a piece of classical music, you can't fault its sexually charged performances for being off key. Off color, yes. A bond concert is a melodic lap dance: the four sylphs do energetic things with their orchestral instruments, not to mention their hips, that would compel Stradivari to order an exorcism. One does not learn to straddle a cello that way at a conservatory...
...light me a cigarette. Ever since Thai-Chinese violin sensation Vanessa-Mae was featured on a 1995 album cover as if she had just won a wet-nightgown competition, record companies have been prowling for accomplished female musicians capable of playing fiddle at a high, steamy pitch. In bond (the "b" is lowercase in deference to 007 copyright lawyers), U.K.-based Decca Records has found its own variation of Sex in the Symphony. Released in 2000, the group's first album, Born, topped classical music charts around the world, selling more than 1 million copies to date. The quartet...
...group?Eos, Tania Davis, Haylie Ecker and Gay-Yee Westerhoff?embark on a 16-date concert tour in Asia this week. Expectations are high. Nearly one-third of Born sales has come from the region, an unusually high proportion for a debut album by Australian and British musicians. The bond bombshells may give purists a bad case of classical gas, but their tracks play so well against those of regional pop bands that the group was awarded a coveted opening slot at the recent inaugural MTV Asia Awards...
...also says the formation of BOND is beneficial because neither group is “stuck” in the position of being “the only BGLT group around...