Ellen Joyce Loo
Encyclopedia
Ellen Joyce Loo is a member of the Hong Kong
cantopop
musical group at17
. She was born in Canada
on March 27, 1986. Loo learned classical guitar
from her father at the age of nine. She entered the musical competition "Original Music 2000" (原音2000) with her older brother P.J. Loo in Hong Kong, sponsored by Tom Lee Music, and together they won third prize. Loo was later signed by the music production company People Mountain People Sea
and formed the group at17
with Eman Lam
.
Apart from writing songs for her own group, she is also involved in the production and song writing of other singers' albums such as Kay Tse
, Miriam Yeung
, Sally Yeh
and Ken Chu
.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
cantopop
Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
musical group at17
At17
at17 , consist of Eman Lam and Ellen Joyce Loo, is a Hong Kong based Cantopop and folktronica girl band managed under production company People Mountain People Sea.-Biography:...
. She was born in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on March 27, 1986. Loo learned classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
from her father at the age of nine. She entered the musical competition "Original Music 2000" (原音2000) with her older brother P.J. Loo in Hong Kong, sponsored by Tom Lee Music, and together they won third prize. Loo was later signed by the music production company People Mountain People Sea
People Mountain People Sea
People Mountain People Sea , is a Hong Kong music production company established by renowned singer-songwriter Anthony Wong Yiu Ming with a team of artists and musicians on 16 June 1999.-About PMPS:...
and formed the group at17
At17
at17 , consist of Eman Lam and Ellen Joyce Loo, is a Hong Kong based Cantopop and folktronica girl band managed under production company People Mountain People Sea.-Biography:...
with Eman Lam
Eman Lam
Eman Lam is a Hong Kong cantopop singer and musician. Lam and Ellen Joyce Loo form the group at17.- Background :Eman Lam is the sister of Hong Kong based singer-songwriter and musician Chet Lam. Probably influenced by her brother, she began performing music early in life...
.
Apart from writing songs for her own group, she is also involved in the production and song writing of other singers' albums such as Kay Tse
Kay Tse
Kay Tse is a Hong Kong Cantopop songwriter, recording-artist, entertainer and one of the premier Cantonese singers.Raised In Hong Kong, China. Tse made her debut to the music industry and was signed with Ban Ban Music in 2005 and released her debut album. She became a prominent figure in the...
, Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung, RN, is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon...
, Sally Yeh
Sally Yeh
Sally Yeh , sometimes written as Sally Yip or Yip Sin-Man, is a Cantopop singer in the Hong Kong music industry and an actress in the Hong Kong film industry.-Overview:...
and Ken Chu
Ken Chu
Ken Chu |F4]]. Educated in Singapore , he speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English.-Biography:Chu was working as a waiter in Taiwan when he was discovered by Cai Zhiping, the creator of the boy band F4...
.
Publication
- Lost. Escape. Rockmuiology - A collection of the photographs she took over 3 years of her life with her Revue 35CC camera prior the publication, accompanied by a series of writings (in English). 240 pages, published by Youth Culture (青春文化) in July 2006, Hong Kong, ISBN 988-99184-0-4.
- I learned the chords at seventeen, collection of 22 originals guitar scores from at17s songs, transcribed by Loo in both staffStaff (music)In standard Western musical notation, the staff, or stave, is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch—or, in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments. Appropriate music symbols, depending upon the intended effect,...
and guitar tablatureTablatureTablature is a form of musical notation indicating instrument fingering rather than musical pitches....
. 2005, published by People Mountain People SeaPeople Mountain People SeaPeople Mountain People Sea , is a Hong Kong music production company established by renowned singer-songwriter Anthony Wong Yiu Ming with a team of artists and musicians on 16 June 1999.-About PMPS:...
/ Kubrick, Hong Kong, ISBN 988-97905-7-2
Trivia
- Loo used her Bryan Adams Custom-made Guild Jumbo Box acoustic guitar in almost every concert before 2004.