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The wait was over after 18 years and YBAM released
‘Melody of Truth & Beauty 3 In Vows We Soar’. It
was officially launched in conjunction with the 50th
Anniversary of YBAM in year 2020, and the online
promotion ceremony was held on 21 November.

To prepare the album, about 40 members from
different part of the country volunteered to serve
the role as the organising committee. It was not easy
to gather everyone for the album making, and the
outbreak of COVID-19 presented various challenges
to the preparation process of the album. Fortunately,
with perseverance and vows from everyone involved,
the album was finally produced.

The album not only contains the winners of the 2nd
'the Melody of Truth & Beauty Hymns Composition
Contest’ but also combines the work of several
Buddhist songwriters, hoping to appeal to Buddhist
song lovers of all ages. Each of the ten songs on the 来到数码时代，此专辑改以U盘形式推出。里头除了收录十首歌
album has a different theme to convey a different 曲，也包含了电子版歌词以及专辑册子。
message. Through the lyrics, we hope to encourage In the digital era, this album was released in the form of a USB flash drive
instead. In addition to the ten songs, it also contains electronic version of the
people to not underestimate the power of individual, lyrics and the album booklet.
but to actively cultivate the traits of compassion,
gratitude, and mutual help, and to use this aspiration
to initiate and influence life as the slogan of the
album ‘ In Vows We Soar with Courage!’

At the night of the launching ceremony, TV host Dennis
Gan was invited to host, with singer-songwriter Yise
Loo singing the first new song of the album for the
ceremony. As for other album artists who could
not go to the studio for online live streaming, they
sent their pre-recorded online blessing. The singer-
songwriter line-up included Christopher Lay, Jeryl
Lee, Babies Lau, Brian Chew, Madison Lau, Kaede
Chong and other outstanding singes and songwriters
in the Malaysian Chinese music family. 罗忆诗担任歌手嘉宾首唱专辑里的新歌。
Yise Loo was the guest singer to premiere the new songs from the album.
The nearly one-and-a-half-hour performance was full
of sincerity, opening with the first album ‘Melody of Participating singers included Aldo Loo, Lim Chee
Truth & Beauty’ classic songs that were adapted into Hoong, How Jia Wen, Wu Wei Hua, Ong Lindy, Liaw
a string of songs, taking the audience to relive the Ling Min, and a live guitar accompanist Koo Chong Yi.
craze of the year, including the ‘Melody of Truth &
Beauty II’ which was released in 2002 and remained With the passing of 18 years, the energy of the
an album with songs that touched the heart of original Buddhist songs that accompanied countless
people. people during growing up must be continued and
transmitted, and the third album ‘In Vows We Soar’
The ‘Melody of Truth & Beauty’ team presented 5 continues to spread positive energy in a way that
songs from the new album on screen in different warms the this era, especially the reconstruction of
styles, including the live debut of ‘Satisfactory Heart’ values after the pandemic. For every landscape that
by Yise Loo, a sign language video for ‘Like for Life’, a you walk through in life, there is always a song that
new arrangement of ‘Promise to Accompany You’, the echoes it. Carrying the suitcase of truth, kindness and
patriotic expression of ‘Together We Build A Home’ beauty, let’s meet and vow to embark on a journey of
and the title song of the album ‘In Vows We Soar’. the mind!