It's my first time as a mentor for Noise Singapore's The Music Mentorship programme this year. I'd heard about it for the first time many years ago when Jason Tan and Don Richmond were involved. I'd been spending a lot of time at their old recording studio and they were mentors to Zahidah and Shigga Shay respectively and I remember thinking it was such a great idea to enable newbies to learn from experienced musicians in a non-threatening, organic environment. Giving back to the community is an important part of our scene. It continues the legacy of the musicians' role of passing on history aurally in some way. 

At the feedback session yesterday I felt pretty inspired seeing the variety of young artists who have talent and purpose. Most interesting to me were Canvas Conversations...