Nineteen Eighty Studios

30/12/2024

In association with Stand Up CATC, we're launching into 2025 with a series of stand-up comedy shows! The Fast and the Funniest is an open mic night featuring over 10 comedians as well as your host, NS Siong.

More details and tickets over at https://nineteeneighty.studio/product-category/events/comedy/

Wednesday 8 January 2025 | 7PM–9.30PM Presented by Stand Up CATC, now in its 7th year and the longest-running monthly underground comedy show in Singapore! ‘The Fast & The Funniest’…

13/12/2024

Friday 27 December | 8PM–9.30PM

Stand Up CATC, in conjunction with Nineteen Eighty Studios, is proud to once again present Singapore’s youngest and fastest growing in popularity comedic sensation:

Tejas V Hirah!

A first-place winner of The Lemon Stand Comedy Club Contest, Tejas is ever ready to once again stage the festive Tejas V Hirah and the 3 (not so) Wise Men!

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE:
https://nineteeneighty.studio/product/tejas-v-hirah-and-the-3-not-so-wise-men/

04/12/2024

Nineteen Eighty Studios presents the debut of Fuzz’s Comedy Jam. Hosted by Fadzri Rashid (aka Fakkah Fuzz), this brand-new format sees one of Singapore’s foremost stand-up comics performing with six guest comedians, accompanied by live music from Fariz Jabba & The Fuzztones. Close off the year with an evening of side-splitting laughs and head-bobbin’ beats with an evening that’ll get you livin’, laughin’ and lovin’ again.

TICKETS:

Saturday 14 December | Doors 7:30PM Nineteen Eighty Studios presents the debut of Fuzz’s Comedy Jam. Hosted by Fadzri Rashid (aka Fakkah Fuzz), this brand-new format sees one of Singapore’s foremos…

07/11/2024

This Saturday at Nineteen Eighty Studios 🤘

Doors: 7PM Nineteen Eighty Studios proudly presents local veterans of the original rock music scene, There Be Wolves and special guests, Solvant. The Wolves are back in town after a short hiatus fo…

25/09/2024

This Saturday, we officially bid farewell to our friend and mentor Kelly Olafson. After 25 years in Singapore (longer than he and his wife Barb have lived anywhere!), next month he will be returning to his homeland of Calgary, Canada, for good. Please join us for an evening of music, memories and laughs, with freeflow drinks and food! Featuring performances from Kelly's bands – Ocean Blvd and Good Company – as well as an acoustic by the wonderful Victor Chen.

As this is a catered event, we would greatly appreciate buying tickets in advance in order to manage expectations. Don't leave it til the last minute! Please buy your tickets now at the link below:

https://nineteeneighty.studio/product/farewell-to-kelly-olafson/

15/09/2024

Times are tough! We're all in this together though, so let's help each other out. No code needed, and no cart limit. Effective on all transactions made before October. Simply go to our website and book your jams before the end of the month. 🫵

https://nineteeneighty.studio/product-category/rehearsal/

09/05/2024

A few months back, some ITE students came to Nineteen Eighty Studios to shoot a short film about making a music video. We watched them roll in some serious equipement and toil for long hours. They were a lovely bunch, and made excellent use of our space for the project. Here's the result:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWgFPKDpvGk

And behind the scenes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uywQnq-xLY

05/05/2024

No better way to kick the weekend off than rocking out. Let's support the local music scene and put Singapore on the map for great talent.
Tickets still available at https://therebewolves.com/product-category/shows/

04/05/2024

We know it! Help your kids get smarter by learning music. We can put you in touch with some of the best music teachers in the business!

The arts are under attack in every possible educational environment. While anything concerning STEM, including manual coding is getting funded and pushed while the arts are getting decimated.

Not to mention AI is going to make much of manual coding obsolete soon enough. all you will need to be able to do is tell AI what you want to code and it will code it all for you and debug it. Faster than any human being ever could. Will people code in the future by hand for pleasure? I’m sure there are a few super nerds out there who will. But if we’re talking, reaching the human heart and organizing the Brain, there will be people playing piano for pleasure much more than there will be those writing C++ For for that dopamine hit by hand.

Manipulating a musical instrument for self satisfaction of the artistic heart will never be replaced. That relationship is often formed in primary schools. In public education.

Every study everywhere forever has always given us this data. Children who play musical instruments score better and do better on every test imaginable. Their brains are organized at a higher level and what they learn playing an instrument makes everything they do academically stronger. We’ve seen the data forever on this.

 A lot of people will say why can’t it be “and” instead of “or” and it’s because only one side of this equation is getting ripped out of schools. And it is not tech and coding. We’re going to have an apple to Apple discussion about accessibility let’s not pretend the arts are not being cremated right in front of our eyes. 

And this is coming from a nerd who loves everything to do tech.

But It won’t matter, because the adults jagoffs of today who run our education system - have turned the primary schools of today into college recruitment programs. They were the exact same anti art bollards of 30 years ago who weren’t in band then and they don’t advocate for band now. These are the people making decisions where the money goes.

They don’t understand and they never will because if they did, we wouldn’t be where we are right now—with band programs on life-support more and more every single year.

*** this post has gone viral (unfortunately) and some people do not understand that I expect you to be able to do some of your own research but since some of you can’t just say into your phone “show me the MIT study on how music affects a child’s brain“ I’ll have to do the work for you. here is a link to an article that has even more associated links within it.

 you’re welcome.

https://awarenessact.com/if-you-want-smarter-kids-teach-them-music-not-coding-according-to-mit/?fbclid=IwAR3C3Pv6giFV9zpgZOyPJYjk4HBVCGb0MTj_dKhQ078C_2XooetcY7QoJwM

29/03/2024

Missed us? Cos we've missed you! Back at Nineteen Eighty Studios this Saturday, we have alt-rock darlings PHFEW opening the evening. If you're a fan of Ash, Teenage Fanclub and Weezer you'll definitely want to give them a listen.

Also, there's still time to sign up for Errik Wong's "Amp Camp" in the afternoon. The Maestro of Tone will walk you through the fundamentals of dialling in a good tone through a variety of industry-leading amps, so you'll always sound good.

Register your interest for Amp Camp here: https://forms.gle/4kkVd8u3pMPX8rio8

Register your interest for the jam here (or at the door):
https://nineteeneighty.studio/product/strait-up-blues-march-30th/

23/03/2024

Ahead of our Strait Up Blues Jam at the end of this month, Embers frontman and jam veteran Errik Wong is hosting a special clinic aimed at those who are not so familiar with amps and how to dial them in for a live situation. Errik will take the class through a range of typical amp styles and how to get the best out of anything. In particular, how to sit right in the mix and how to jump out when you need to.

Sign up here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed-DpQ5sXKj80rHZI3iCAY_vOSNEJcEK6cSmoW-7v879FTnw/viewform

20/03/2024

Music is good for your brain! 💪 Get 10% off bookings with the discount code easterbunny till 6 April.

Music can be medicine for your mind, with benefits from memory improvement to stress relief.

07/02/2024

31/01/2024

We're trying something different for this jam – instead of house band Embers opening the night, the opening band will consist of regular jammers who have collaborated and rehearsed on a curated set of covers! Get down early and show support. The usual rounds will follow.

24/01/2024

Go on down to BLK 160 Woodlands Street 13 for some great music with some Singapore Legends.

14/01/2024

The Strait Up Blues Jam is a regular opportunity for musicians of all abilities to meet and play with like-minded music-lovers.

Enjoy an evening of spontaneous music in a comfortable venue with a class-leading equipment backline and some of the best players in the Singapore scene.

Non-musicians who want to come soak in the sounds and enjoy some post-dinner live music are also welcome!