A life detaching from a single piano, Tor Saksit Vejsupaporn

    Speaking of Tor Saksit Vejsupaporn, an image of the flower boy with a grand beautiful piano is automatically popped up. Tor's acolytes who've stuck with him throughout from Ruk Tur or prior will embrace one true stamp about how he could master his eponymous piano talent so much that he has been somebody's idol.
    It's such a typical scene witnessing Tor sit behind the grand piano, whether he's singing, taking photos, having his way on the stage or even embarking on an interview. Have been playing piano since 3 years old, he's composed songs after songs as his music talent dictates early when stepping into an entertainment industry. Most of the melodies are rooted from the so-called piano and that's always the go-to soundscape we hear from him.
    The 16th year has noted his journal note in the music industry where he's crafted not only laid-back pop songs featuring with his piano pal, but he's transpired some growing talents within; dancing, acting on stage and coloring himself some new sonic palette in variety shows. The new territory gradients his festive being in an entertainment circle just like how he moved back to be the new face.
    "I was a pianist-artist, so I was very absorbed with my performance on stage or during my concert. My songs are entangled with piano all the way through and one day I happened to slip through the crack to fabricate an idea of being a pianist-artist. With or without a piano, I got to live on. Must I sing? Alright, sing to live. Must I dance? Alright, dance to live. I have to learn to live with or without a single piano and when I've drifted away from the safe zone, I could compose spontaneous music pieces without a piano or maybe leading them with a guitar. It's like tuning creative mind, not just in terms of music but life ahead as an artist."
    From a shy prodigy who prefers to live behind the piano and write romantic-mawkish theme of love song, he grows up from his old frame to the more upbeat and frenzy curve that combine various kinds of musical instrument; he even goes far to the rap part bookmarked in the middle of the song. However, we've seen Tor in the sight we've never thought we'd see and he's more than happy stepping out a little not too far from his buddy piano to explore new baking talents for music and his presence in an entertainment industry.
    His late work leaps from his previous muse as he grows, and each song prevails its own inspiration and composing technique. Today, we ask Tor to elaborate his 5 iconic tracks that mark significant steps among the music journey, and of course, another thrilling milestone for his life as an artist.
Ket Hahm Huang
This song was delivered by a meeting with 4 friends, we took forever to chat before we started composing. It's like hanging out and updating stuff about life and found out that people these days prefer to stalk someone online, someone who's a complete stranger and vice versa. Yet, we stalk them every day, when they post a photo with a guy, we automatically zoom to identify their status like, "Wait, is that her boyfriend? Please, don't. No, no, no, no, stuff like that." And we laughed out of it because it doesn't make any sense. We have no rights to open an Instagram and feel jealous over someone whom we don't even know. It's hilarious, so the very first sentence is, 'I don't know why I feel so jealous over you.' Khaw Panithi Lertudomthana from Fellow Fellow sang this and we were like, 'This is it.' So, that's it, 4 composers sitting there and laughing and writing.
In My Heart, A Waiting Bride's OST
    This is so Tor by just the introduction because this is the first debut I've known for. Love song with a signature mellow piano can directly point to me and I'm thrilled to craft this OST. It goes in a great nuance with the series; mood, ballad theory, piano and so on. Starting with the melody and rearranging it, the lyrics wasn't in the exact version like it is today. When I starred in the drama, the director had asked for the song. so I sent it to him by changing a little bit of the lyrics to make it more compatible with the series. So In My Heart comes after melody and arrangement. 
Suk Wun Khong Dai Choe
This is one of the bookmark songs of my life. It started when I was home and saw a housemaid watching Korean series that the leading actor is a doctor. I watched, walked to the piano, played and sang, 'Saranghaeyo~" just for fun. But it was nice, so I had it recorded. When I met Mac Sarun Wongnoi and said, "Well, I don't know bro. I wrote this song. It's so short, but I'd like you to listen." He was like, "Hey, this is whimsical introduction." Then we sat over and finished the song together just like that.
Yim Kor Por
    It was a pop ballad kind, the real ballad one which I speculated that it would be so authentically beautiful if I freeze the nice retarding style. However, I talked to Po Posayanukul and he suggested the idea of upbeating the tempo, so I fueled the drum up. We went like, 'Woah, that's nice. That's something." Then, we kept humming and left the rap part blank; just spared this verse for some cool rap. We prefer Wonderframe or Supakchaya Sukbaiyen to rap for the song. The lyrics was zero and we didn't know if she'd say yes. But she did come and recorded the rap she composed. I was like Bingo! Everything was as expected.
Pra Kot Kan
    I wrote this song when I practiced composing songs with a guitar. It's not a familiar scene people see me with a guitar, but for this song, it's my intention to rhyme some nice riff with an acoustic guitar, not a piano. I wrote the melody first, expecting a Chinese style, so I curated the vibe like that. Coupling the material with acoustic guitar, Pra Kot Kan was born, Tor without a piano unlike other countless songs of mine.
    Traced back to the early days of Tor being Tor, until now, it seems like we've grown together despite of transformations through 10 years. We always hear his soulful piano chirp with him.
    As an artist, he looked back and absorbed the idea of thinking and crafting talent, especially the talent that sharpens his multi-dimension shades as an artist.
    "I feel like I understand life more in the tone that everything has its own time and rhythm. Everything happens today makes the best out of it. It's funny when I looked back and saw myself sing, "Reading after my mouth." My hair was this long? Or I was so mute in the concert. It's funny, but it was as best as it got to be on that day. And my fans love me for being me at that moment.
    "Life taught me to let live and enjoy the ups and downs. Enjoy it though I can or can't write any songs; enjoy the hits and non-hits. I think this is what artists should bear in mind; enjoy life in every wave they decide to take. Stepping into the game is easy, but standing long enough is tough. I think that's what we have to keep learning alongside our profession."
Favorite Something
  •   La La Land (2016)
  •   ชิพกับเดล (Chip and Dale)
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  •   GrandEx'

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