Estb in 1998 with Director-Composer Shueh-li Ong at the helm and Michael Spicer as Consultant
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Electric Muse continues to develop interactive music technology for live performance.
PRESENT :
In 2004 Shueh-li produced Xenovibes the Concert [XV] which premiered at the Old Parliament House in Singapore. [XV] was to be the new progressive sound with live virtousic performance ideals, and to tie in popular music with the new tech edge. The show featured Michael Spicer, Jeff Long and John Anthony Martinez who flew in from the USA to participate in the launch of this vehicle.
In 2005 Shueh-li moved to be based in the USA when awarded a visa given only to Artists of Extraordinary Ability. [XV USA] was then made possible through the alliance between Electric Muse and Fingerfoot Music Productions USA; a company formed late 2004 to pursue this alliance. FMP is an associate of EM Singapore with its Publishing company a member of ASCAP (since 1999). EM is a member of COMPASS (since 2000) and EM Publishing USA to be of ASCAP (2008).
Michael lectures at the Singapore Polytechnic and is a regular presenter at the International Computer Music Conferences. He is also the leader of Polytechnic electro-acoustic group 'Sonic Escapades'.
HISTORY :
When Electric Muse was formed in Singapore, the goal of Music-multimedia technologist, performer and show designer Shueh-li Ong and music-software technologist-performer Michael Spicer was to build and market music technology for music applications.
Demand for their business grew to include live performance, education and show design and planning, along with their reputation for the ability to extend the musical norm in live performance.
Shueh-li and Michael first ventured into business together with 'Multimedia Creative Concepts' in Australia ('90), involving Film/TV Music, Music Synthesis and Technology, Computer Music Composition and Computer Animation.
In 1993 they were invited by a Singapore multimedia company to apply their expertise. Shueh-li led the Marketing Dept whilst Michael designed specialised audio applications as Snr Software Programmer. The formation of the Special Projects Dept ('95) allowed Shueh-li, who concurrently headed it and Michael as Project Leader, to initiate design and R&D into virtual musical instruments, algorithmic composition and 2D/3D animation designs.
These became the foundation for a series of award- winning Music Edutainment CDs, and a cyber playhouse for experimental research.
