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Last Updated: 12/3/2009

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Country: AU
Signup Date: 10/21/2005

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Tuesday, December 01, 2009 

Current mood:Bill Fuckin' Murray
Good 1.30am to all you night-owls and day-burrowers alike!

As I completed my sixth shift in a row at work, I was very lucky to be offered a beer on my way home. In quiet celebration of my work pal's birthday, I obliged. A good way to end the day, a great way to end a long week.

I came home to an empty unit except for the cat, which is probably one of my favourite things to do. Straight upstairs to this dodgy computer to put the finishing touches on a dubstep coda to a dance track I've been working on for a week. Very, very satisfying!

In the lead up to the East Brunswick Club and El Joyero shows, I have been busy juggling promo, events, miscellaneous management, a day-job and that rollercoaster we call 'life in general'. I'm proud to say that I've made it to the other side unscathed and more motivated than ever. Little did I realise, but it's bloody Christmas already. May the stress dissolve from here on in.

The album's coming along great. All the songs have been written, just a few more to record. I've given up on a release date, because it keeps getting pushed back. Fuck it, it'll be ready when it's ready.

Nothing has me excited as much as the day off I have tomorrow. It has been a long time coming.

S'pose I should tell you about the shows. If you're in Melbourne, pay close attention. I'm flying the 4 members of my band down for two special shows. Every support band I've chosen is a band I truly love and strongly suggest you check out. Some haven't played for awhile, so I'm real excited to see it all unfold.

Wed 9th Dec - East Brunswick Club
The Hondas, J. Hawk (with band), The Townhouses
7.30pm, $10
www.myspace.com/thetownhouses
www.myspace.com/jhawkmusic
www.myspace.com/thehondasmusic
www.eastbrunswickclub.com

Thu 10th Dec - El Joyero
Kissy Trouble Company, Wintercoats
7pm, $5
www.myspace.com/eljoyerocafe
www.myspace.com/wintercoats
www.myspace.com/minorleagues


I hope to see you at either show. Thank you all for the support thus far. It's been a quiet year, but a sweet one, and I look forward to the next.

-Yeo
Currently watching:
Coffee and Cigarettes
Release date: 2004-09-21
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Saturday, September 05, 2009 

Current mood:  focused
I'm on a mission from Gawd. I'm puttin' the band back together.

Not really. More like I'm starting a new one here in Melbourne.
I have secured a percussionist, and have spoken to a few friends about guest performing. I've also locked in a number of shows around town.

Expect it to be stripped back, with quite a few acoustic numbers. I'm pretty excited to have a few gigs coming up, as I have somehow allowed myself to commit to other musical projects more so than my own - even though the primary reason I moved away from QLD was to escape all that. Now I have an excuse to focus on my own work, and also try some new things.

The name of the new outfit will be "Yeo (Fun Size)".
Not as punchy as the Fresh Goods at full throttle, but a little more upbeat and haywire than your regular singer-songwriter format. You won't find any Pete Murrays around here...

Anyone in Melbourne, visit http://www.myspace.com/sna..ckswithyeo to catch the latest gig roster.

Love you all,
Yeo





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Thursday, February 12, 2009 

Current mood:  adventurous



With a readership of over one million per month, Oryx Magazine is the award-winning inflight magazine of Qatar Airlines, a leader in luxury airlines.

I was lucky enough to land a feature in the February issue, and its probably my favourite article yet - the journalist did a superb job....


Mr Feel Good
Words: Alexandria Gouveia
Photos: Victoria Zschommler

Yeo Hann Choong is turning the world’s attention to the antipodean
music scene with his sweet and soulful sound.

Life isn’t a set of train tracks that you’re put on when you were born. If you don’t want to do something, don’t do it, even if everyone else is doing it,” says 22-year-old Yeo Hann Choong in a manner reminiscent of Forrest Gump. But far from being like the film’s simpleton, Yeo, as he is commonly known, is one of the rare new kids on the block with a brain; no mass marketing cogs are forcing him to churn out mediocre tunes.
    A former masters student in audiology – he quit the course to concentrate on music – Yeo has an uncanny mathematical precision when it comes to his lyrics and sound. His debut album Trouble Being Yourself exposes this talent as well as his undeniable vocal similarities to Jaime Cullum and N.E.R.D. Fusing hip hop, pop and jazz, it’s difficult to determine who inspires Yeo.
    “Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Timbaland, Scott Storch, Andre 3000,” he reels off. But just as I try to label him a hip hop act he fervently continues: “I also love superstar performers like Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake who really have an amazing sound and stage presence; Lauryn Hill teaches me so much about music and human nature.
    “Nothing makes me happier than funk, soul and Motown – Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield – and there are a few modern artists doing their own take on it – Amy Winehouse, Jamie Lidell. I give huge respect to Daft Punk. I have a selection of garden variety guitar-driven rock bands from Nirvana to Led Zeppelin, to Rage Against The Machine and Queens of the Stone Age…”
    Stopping him before he lists every musician known to mankind, it’s clear Yeo cannot be pigeonholed. Hisn eclectic taste results in a sound that’s something of a musical casserole with an amalgamation of sweet, sour and soulful tunes coated by thick vocals that, when heated, emulate the sound of a powerful 10-piece band. From ballads to old-school funk beats and rock, Yeo hopes to appeal to the wider audiences by offering a sample of everything.
    “I want to keep surprising people,” he enthuses.His lyrics are devised to make people happy. “I want my lyrics to express that, at the end of the day, we’re all doing our best to get along with everyone else. If we can understand that, then honest mistakes aren’t such a heavy blow and we realise that staying angry achieves nothing,” he says idealistically. It’s this philosophical attitude that could see him equal fellow Aussie Sam Sparro’s global success.
    “I think Sam Sparro has a great voice and brilliant penmanship. To crack the UK and the US, I would probably have a bigger chance by doing the opposite of Mr Sparro,” the singer half jokes. “I need to be everywhere, but not necessarily all at once because that can really damage your audience before you’ve won them over; a strong multifaceted viral marketing campaign that grows organically to the point where opinions on my music are difficult to ignore because of word of mouth.” With Australia now out on the big screen and Hugh Jackman recently voted the world’s sexiest man, the spotlight is on the continent, making it an ideal time for new artists to launch their careers. “Attention towards Australia is growing. The closed minds of the population are opening up,”confirms Yeo, who is making the most of this by working on six new EP tracks and touring Australia with his band, The Fresh Goods.     Unable to play all of his instruments when he performs live, Yeo put the band together. The Fresh Goods consist of a keyboarder, a trumpeter, a bassist, a drummer and Yeo on lead vocals, alternating between guitar and synthesizer.
    Ever sagacious, baby-faced Yeo is aware of how his image plays a role, but rather than go down the clean, tailored Jonas Brothers route, he opts for T-shirts and jeans. “Nothing too flashy. I’m that quiet kid who wanted to be your friend, so I lent you a toy in kindergarten,” he says, becoming a potential favourite for mums and nans. “The music should speak for itself without visuals getting in the way.
    ”Despite his innocent exterior, Yeo’s adamant he won’t be ripped off by managers. But, having nicknamed himself “Mr Feel Good”, one can’t help but think he’s too nice (or too cheesy) for this cutthroat industry. “I’m not at all prepared for fame,”he admits, adding demurely, “I don’t even consider that it might be coming.”
    Yet with his first album gaining avid attention, fame could be just around the corner for Yeo. Modest but not without ambition, on his future he muses: “Hopefully I’ll be alive, somewhere overseas, touring and writing on a tour bus with my closest friends. I really hope to have improved my singing voice and be so well practiced that I can effortlessly play a perfect set to thousands of people with a hot band.”




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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 

Current mood:  blissful
Category: Music

Recently we supported Adam Green at the Zoo. Here's what Rave had to say about it.

"Having graduated from uni the previous day, I am still a tad disheveled as I drag myself up the all-familiar Zoo stairs. Opening to a modestly sized crowd, Yeo & The Fresh Goods are a massively fun if somewhat incongruous support act. Prancing around the stage with the vigour of Energizer bunnies, Yeo Choong and his accordingly fresh-faced cohorts funk like Curtis Mayfield fronting Parliament, sending taut drumbeats, fat basslines, clipped guitar chords, sunny trumpet fills and Bernie Worell-channelling synth lines flying everywhere. The tragically hip keytar makes an appearance on a couple of groove-laden songs, adding a slight smattering of cheese to the Freshgoods’ good-time musical smorgasbord; elsewhere, their forays into ’70s soul prove to be a resounding success, bringing the band’s vocal harmonies out to the front." - Denis Semchenko

Currently listening:
Open & Close/Afrodisiac
By Fela Kuti
Release date: 2005-08-09
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 

My music made thecoolhunter.net!!!!

Stoked! Read this....

 

And the heavens have smiled upon me.

Cya at the next gig!

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Friday, February 08, 2008 

Current mood:  blessed
Category: Music
Big thanks to those who came to the Zoo. You troopers RULE Brisbane. I felt so sick afterwards, and sick in a good way, because I think we played a great gig. Maidens, you made my evening. Thanks for having me.

Anybody else see this week's issue of Scene? I'm speechless.

'Trouble Being Yourself'
Yeo
(Independent)

This is one sparkling little surprise straight out of a Brisbane bedroom studio. It's the work of the clearly talented Yeo Choong, a 21-year-old Uni student. It's songs are soul, reggae and electro funk-laced folky rock pop with an undoubted cool indie edge, but also a lot of mainstream appeal. I know it sounds like too much - a potentially clunky mish-mash of styles but it totally works. It's Yeo's sagely naïve everyman charm that pulls it all together. The album is all awash with synth and programmed drums, natty keyboard plonks and buckets of hot buttered soul. Some songs are shimmering pure smooth electro pop that Phoenix would be proud of – others are Beatlesque folk songs that ache with feeling. He apparently wrote some of these songs for other people with his voice as a guide track. But his voice has a personal and soulful quality. It sounds to me like the voice of someone I'd like as a person and that's what you want. I just hope he gets with good management and a label that allow this young man to unfurl his talent his own unique way.
Pat Whyte
Currently reading:
The Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories
By Nicholas Gurewitch
Release date: 13 November, 2007
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