Asia's King of R&B - David Tao

Gaining the title "Asia's King of R&B" is not without a reason and it comes with responsibilities. He is one of the pioneers who brought the R&B culture into the Asian music industry and ever since then, the industry took the revolution by storm. R&B is no longer an element which is dominated by the Westerners. This caused much changes into the music industry and later, many R&B singers and composers came to rise. Borned in Hong Kong and brought up in the United States, the Taiwan-based composer-singer has bagged numerous important awards in prestigious international award ceremonies. He's none other than David Tao. Borned to a pair of talented couple, it's no wonder he too has the gift of his song cum composer dad and his chinese opera singer mother.

David is well-known for his remarkable vocal and his creativity in composing songs for his own albums and his apprentice, Tension. His songs range from romance to nature. Not only he could carry off all genre of songs impressively, he has a vocal which touches peoples' soul. I have been listening to his songs since he released his first album "David Tao" in 1997. The first song that caught my attention was "Airport 10:30" (飞机场的十点半).



It was that song which allowed me to know who David was although I hadn't a clue how he looked like then. Anyway, it was his songs and his vocal which attracted me to his music. Other songs that have made it to my favourite list are:

1. 流沙 (Liu Sha)
2. 普通朋友 (Regular Friends)
3. 愛很簡單 (Love Simple)
4. 天天 (Close To You)
5. 月亮代表我的心 (The Moon Represents my Heart - newly rendered from an oldie by Teresa Teng)

Well, as you may have figured it out, the list does not stop here, it goes on.

In an interview, David revealed that he likes to cook and wash the dishes. His specialty is blueberry cheesecake. Before becoming a singer, he had had a few jobs. The one that took me by surprise was he used to be a cop in US. Like many artists who has yet to shoot to stardom, he had his share of hardship while making it big to the entertainment industry.

Majoring in cinematography, David plans to produce a film of his own one day. Am awaiting his first film with much anticipation....