User talk:Edmund L Smith

An artiste with a difference…

Edmund Smith is fondly known as “Ed” by his fans and friends. Ed is widely known as an artiste with a difference because of his passion for the marginalized community. Ed has served in programs for the illiterate, the mentally challenged, the deaf, people with AIDS and the homosexual community. Ed never fails to use his talents as one of his methods in reaching out to the marginalized communities whom he loves.

Ed sings acts and dances professionally. 	Ed appeared on big screen in Singapore’s “Chicken Rice War” under Raintree Pictures in 2000 	Ed released his first short CD entitled “Perfect” under Griffen Productions in 2003 	Ed released his first complete CD (11 songs) entitled “Wake Up” under Gecko Music in 2005 	A VCD was released on one of Ed’s concerts entitled “Festa San Pedro” under RLM Arts in 2005 	Ed released a CD entitled “ Homosexuality and the Exgay Lifestyle” – its a combination of his hit songs from the Wake Up album & a radio interview done in Australia in 2006 	Ed released a short video entitled “is it Real Love” produced by Life Wire in 2006

Ed recalls dancing in competitions and family events since he was about 5 years old. Ed started performing professionally at a tender age of 13 (1983). He started of as a dancer. In 1987, Ed was the champion in the Melaka state level singing competition. Ed’s first manager spotted him in 1989 while he was jamming at a pub during a night out with friends. That was the beginning of Ed’s career as pubs/lounges/hotels singer. This went on till it was time for Ed to leave for Singapore in 1997 to pursue his studies.

Ed graduated in: 1.	Community Services    - Christchurch Educational College, New Zealand. 2.	Cross Cultural Studies - MCMS, Malaysia. 3.	Vocals (singing)          - School of Creative Arts - City Harvest, Singapore. While living in Singapore from 1997 to 2002, Ed didn’t just study. He joined some talent agencies that opened doors to many performing assignments. And some of them are as below: -	Ed sang for many events and was even invited to be the Guest Artiste for the very first “Showoff Concert” in 2002, just before he left for Malaysia. -	Ed also got an acting role as Zhi Wei in the much-loved Musical Drama – “Mid Autumn’s Love”. -	 Ed got a dancing role for the very popular Comedy Musical entitled “Ka-ra-o-ke”.

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