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Analysis of 醉赤壁 (Tale of the Red Cliff) by 林俊杰 (JJ Lin)

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For GEK1053/GEH1006 Chinese Music, Language and Literature (in English)  Discussion Group: D1  Project Team: 2  By Guo Ziyue (A0129620L), Chen Ying (A0123612W), Chong Rei Yin (A0158157X) and Daisy Manning (A0164368W)   Introduction The song Tale of the Red Cliff was first released in Asia on October 18, 2008. The singer/composer is JJ Lin (林俊杰) who is a Singaporean singer, songwriter, record producer and actor based in Taiwan while the lyricist is Vincent Fang. JJ Lin first released the song on his album “Sixology.” His record company at the time was Ocean Butterflies Music, which is based out of Singapore but also has locations in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the United States. Sixology is named as such because it was Lin’s sixth album release. The album is entirely in Mandarin and is considered Mandopop. The album also won the Album of the Year award in both Hong Kong and Taiwan. The song has not been used in any films or TV dramas, however ...