Bio
Name: Lorraine Tan, Chen Li Xin
Chinese Name: 陈莉芯
Birth Place: Singapore
Height: 162cm
Weight: 43kg
Blood Type: O+
Profession:
Singer / Songwriter / Entrepreneur
Lorraine 陈莉芯
There probably isn't a more romantic singer anywhere then Lorraine 陈莉芯.
Just the fact that she has penned more than 100 original love songs over the past five years alone justifies that claim, but Lorraine's love affair with romance isn't just about her professional career. Everything about Lorraine is almost like an urban fairytale.
Coming from a strict traditional Chinese family, Lorraine's father was the typical strong, silent type. Whenever he sang, however, he was full of expression, particularly in showing his love towards a young Lorraine. That triggered her passion in singing and music, and she began actively pursuing her dream.
Music became the centre of Lorraine's life, and played a huge part in every critical point. She won music competitions while pursuing her degree in civil engineering, sang semi-professionally, met the love of her life while singing and made a successful career out of it.
It is no wonder that while other ballad singers make their name expressing sadness and heartbreak, Lorraine has mostly written and sung happy songs about love. It's not a marketing ploy, it simply is who she is as a person.
"The world we live in grows more cynical about love every day. Divorce rates are up, birth rates are down, and songs that top the charts are usually about heartbreaks. Maybe I can't change what is happening, but I do believe that through my music, I might share my view that the world is not all that bleak," said Lorraine.
To that effect, back in 2006, Lorraine set up Wedding Harmony with her husband, a company which writes songs for wedding couples and performs at their ceremonies. Since then, they have made the happy day even more special for over 500 couples. Her customers also requested that she put their songs into albums that they can purchase.
She then released two albums, Original Love Stories Vol.1 & 2, which compiled the songs she had written, back in 2006 and 2008 respectively. The albums primarily catered to her network of clients and their friends.
Earlier this year, Lorraine decided to take her music career to a higher level with a commercial Chinese album, 我的世界 (My World), which sold out in both Singapore and Malaysia, despite the lack of a notable marketing budget.
The commercial album was produced under her own label, Pink Piano Productions, and the album was supported generously by sponsors.
She said, "With the encouraging performance of my first two albums, I wanted to try my hand at something a little more commercial, so that I could share my music to a larger audience. I learned a lot from that experience. As a singer/songwriter, I used to just focus on the music, but the commercial album taught me a lot about professional producing, as well as managing perceptions."
The album's positive reception from the fans, and her love for her country, next led her to compose and record a single during National Day. Aptly titled My Singapore, the song received strong airplay on FM 93.3 and Class 95, leading to Lorraine performing the track to a 5,000-strong crowd at the National Day party at Marina Barrage.
Lorraine's fairy tale continues with her the release of her fourth and latest album, Original Love Stories Vol. 3: Forever, which will hit the shelves in Oct 2011.
Discography
1. 2006 Original Love Stories Vol. 1 – ENG (Not marketed commercially)
2. 2008 Original Love Stories Vol. 2 – ENG (Not marketed commercially)
3. 2011 (Feb) - 我的世界 （Chinese)-released in Singapore & Msia
4. 2011 (Oct) – Forever – Original Love Songs Vol. 3 - ENG
About Wedding Harmony
Wedding Harmony was founded in 2006 by Lorraine and her husband Dr SM Yuen as Singapore's first wedding music company specialising in the writing and production of original wedding love songs. Its vision was to create Musical Weddings, by combining the unique original love song concept, with high quality "live" actual wedding day performances. Till date, Wedding Harmony has performed at over 500 weddings and its lead singer/songwriter artiste Lorraine has written and produced over 100 original wedding love songs and tribute to parents' songs.
Lorraine and Wedding Harmony's musical journey is one of inspiration, joy and friendship, and they perform comfortably in English and Chinese, with an outstanding repertoire consisting of a mix of pop, evergreen, jazz, and bossanova. Working only with the best musicians and sound crew in the Singapore music scene, Wedding Harmony always strives to bring high quality music and entertainment onto stage, maintaining its position as Singapore's premier wedding music company.