It is quite surprising for musicians who have countless hours of practice under their belts spent more on music lessons than their parents would want to recall and who have all played frequently in professional settings at one time or another, to perform for free.
In fact, the players that makeup busking group Attune actually pay to play, if you count their petrol and parking fees, along with their time preparing for the at-least-once-a-month sessions at Publika Mall in KL.
The whole project started from a misunderstanding: Dr Andrew Filmer remembers that fateful day in January 2015, hanging out with fellow Attune founders Lee Hai Lin and Saw Sue-Mae – all of whom were former Penang State Orchestra and Chorus (PESSOC) members. “The three of us grew up musically together in Penang, playing in orchestras together. Around three years ago we had an informal reunion, drinking chai latte and seeing where life had led us,” he says.
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