Vietnamese-Australian singer Thanh Bui will open a music centre for children in Ho chi Minh City on July 1.
Soul Academy will be the place where children can play with musicfreely. "My centre is professional but not academic," he said.
"I want the kids coming to my place to exclaim ‘Wow! So cool!' They canplay any kind of musical instrument they like in the Red Room (PassionRoom) or the Yellow Room (Creative Room) with teachers," he shared.
"We need to pay attention to a new generation starting now. I expectthat Soul Academy will bring kids great moments, like our slogan‘Where music fulfils you' says."
The singer, who hasalready opened two similar centres in Sydney and Melbourne, talked abouthis plan to hold concerts as well as to build an international-standardstudio at the centre.
"I'll pick some potential kids whofeel interested in singing for the local music industry. I don't mean tobuild my place as a singer training centre, just as a place that allowschildren to be creative with music, where a child's dream of singingcan be nurtured," Bui said.
"When you want to become asinger abroad, you have to sing well, know how to dance, play at leastone music instrument, understand musical theory or be able to composesongs. By comparison, being a singer in Vietnam is quite easy in myopinion," he said.
He pointed out the disparity when itcomes to being a doctor, which requires five or seven years to study,with someone who has an aptitude for singing and learns in studies forseveral months only. "How can you have a long career if you don't have astrong basis?" he pondered.
"My centre is a place forchildren to fully explore their desires to play music, but through that,I expect that a generation of professionals will be naturally trained,"he said.
Bui (whose real name is Bui Vu Thanh) finishedin the Top 8 of Australian Idol 2008. He has joined Asian singers, suchas Thailand-based Tata Young, to perform on Asian-wide channels
He said it's just the first step on the road to bring Vietnamese music to the world.
"Firstly I want to work with Asian singers, since their cultures andmusic are close to ours. In the near future, after the Soul Academyis completed, you will see more collaborative projects," he said.
Soul Academy will be the place where children can play with musicfreely. "My centre is professional but not academic," he said.
"I want the kids coming to my place to exclaim ‘Wow! So cool!' They canplay any kind of musical instrument they like in the Red Room (PassionRoom) or the Yellow Room (Creative Room) with teachers," he shared.
"We need to pay attention to a new generation starting now. I expectthat Soul Academy will bring kids great moments, like our slogan‘Where music fulfils you' says."
The singer, who hasalready opened two similar centres in Sydney and Melbourne, talked abouthis plan to hold concerts as well as to build an international-standardstudio at the centre.
"I'll pick some potential kids whofeel interested in singing for the local music industry. I don't mean tobuild my place as a singer training centre, just as a place that allowschildren to be creative with music, where a child's dream of singingcan be nurtured," Bui said.
"When you want to become asinger abroad, you have to sing well, know how to dance, play at leastone music instrument, understand musical theory or be able to composesongs. By comparison, being a singer in Vietnam is quite easy in myopinion," he said.
He pointed out the disparity when itcomes to being a doctor, which requires five or seven years to study,with someone who has an aptitude for singing and learns in studies forseveral months only. "How can you have a long career if you don't have astrong basis?" he pondered.
"My centre is a place forchildren to fully explore their desires to play music, but through that,I expect that a generation of professionals will be naturally trained,"he said.
Bui (whose real name is Bui Vu Thanh) finishedin the Top 8 of Australian Idol 2008. He has joined Asian singers, suchas Thailand-based Tata Young, to perform on Asian-wide channels
He said it's just the first step on the road to bring Vietnamese music to the world.
"Firstly I want to work with Asian singers, since their cultures andmusic are close to ours. In the near future, after the Soul Academyis completed, you will see more collaborative projects," he said.
