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Lo reaches high note by going solo

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Thomas Chan

What are your plans for this year? I will have two albums released very soon. One Cantonese and one Mandarin. There are three Mandarin songs for the coming Cantonese album which will probably be released in August or September. Also, this week I will go to Taiwan to record a song with a band called Tolaku.

How and when did you start your showbiz career? I was the lead singer of Black & Blue between 1994 and 1996. After that I was given the chance to sign a contract with Sony Music in early 1998 to be a solo singer. Initially, after going solo I had to bear the pressure on my own. I wondered how to handle pressure from the changes in my life. I usually hid away and cried because I didn't want to tell my family and make them anxious.

These days I would consult my family and seek help from my colleagues when I encounter problems.

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What was your childhood ambition? I wanted to be a painter when I was very young, then I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was in secondary school. I'd never thought of being a singer or musician though I often pretended I was singing on stage at home when I was a kid.

How many hours a week do you spend singing and playing guitar? I don't count how many hours I spend singing and playing guitar a week, but I think I spend at least four to five hours a day on them. Sometimes I am a lazy girl. I like to spend hours watching TV, especially Cable TV's Discovery Channel. Besides guitar, I can play the drums.

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Will you be holding any con certs this year? I would love to. I think holding solo concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum is the dream of every singer. I don't think I can do that this year because I don't have enough new hits.

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