NEWTONE

NEWTONE is band of physics majors who are fond of Japanese Animation and Japanese Culture. It is a fact to note that most of the members has not played or even touched their instruments until the group decided to join the contest. The name NEWTONE came to mind when Earl (Lead Guitar) was thinking of a name for a band which had something to do with Sir Isaac Newton, while flipping through the pages of Feb 09’s NEWTYPE magazine on the train ride to JICC to submit the form.

NEWTONE started with Carmen’s initiative to join Japan Embassy’s J-Pop/Anime Singing Contest after mistaking it for a video contest. Along with Jica, they started recruiting other Physics Majors who were fond of Japanese Animation. Earl joined the crew as their manager, but turned out to be the lead guitarist. At the same time, his close friends Neil and Ed joined to become the bassist and drummer (Jica’s instructor). Cindy was then poised to become the band’s vocalist but settled down to be the acoustic guitarist, and Carmen started to learn how to play rhythm guitar. Master came along to mix the tracks for the instruments but eventually decided to be the keyboardist for the live performance.