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HaAavve U Met...?

March - April 2015

By Elissa Nadine

You have a very interesti ng “origin”

story on how you ended up in

Singapore...

Arron: Well, I've been a Permanent Resident

in Singapore since 2008. On top of that, I

currently hold 3 diff erent passports. Haha..

I was born in Trinidad and Tobago and

migrated to Canada when I was 5 where

I became a citi zen. My mother was from

Glasgow, Scotland so through her I applied

for a Briti sh Passport as well. I've lived in

Singapore since I was 16 years old. I grew up

here and this is where I became an adult. For

me, I'm more familiar with this country and

I've lived here longer than anywhere else in

my life. So it's home for me.

How did you get your start in the

industry?

Arron: In school, I always had a passion

for sound and I also had a knack for being

behind the mixer. I loved doing recording and

live sound, plus I was a musician at the ti me

[high school] so audio became this thing

that I ended up doing because nobody

else in the band knew how to do it.

Once I got that fi rst live gig of having

thousands of people roaring for

one band, I was hooked and that

was it.

The name of your band

originates from the

Lati n phrase “Tabula

Rasa”. Tell us more..

Arron: We now call

ourselves Tabula,

but I remember

I came across

the phrase in

school. It actually

means 'clean

slate' in English. It's

basically the opposite

of fate. It sti pulates that any

interacti ons, questi ons or any kind

of decision you make in your life, changes the

outcome of your future. I liked the meaning

Not being able to disti nguish the lines between engineer and musician, Arron

Jardine found his career during music class in high school. Nowadays, not

only is he the owner of his own installati on company, but aft er 11 years, he

maintains the ti tle of lead guitarist in his high school Top

40s cover band. As a Permanent Resident in Singapore,

the 31-year-old shares why he “can’t imagine doing

anything else”, and how Asia will always be his

home..

Arron’s pooch, Hendrix,
couldn’t resist joining the
photoshoot