Eric Ng (born 27 December 1975) is a Singaporean Mandarin pop music songwriter, music producer and music arranger, and session/touring guitarist. He is also the founder of Funkie Monkies Productions and The Songwriter Music College.
Eric was born and raised in Singapore. At the age of 17, he started learning guitar, bass, drums and piano on his own, and started playing in bands because of his love for the band Guns âÂÂnâ Roses. Eric's passion and love for music has helped him gain confidence from early teens.
Eric's first song âÂÂYi Ge Ren Sheng Huo ä¸ÂÃ¥ÂÂ人çÂÂæ´»â (by Diana Yang) was published in 1998. Within the next year, he began to publish numerous songs with Ronald Cheng, Leo Ku, Jordan Chan, Daniel Chan, Angelica Lee, Valen Hsu, Cass Phang, etc. While continue writing hit songs for top selling singers like Karen Mok, Rene Liu, and Wakin Chau, Eric also started to take on more challenges in arrangement and production.
In 2001, Eric wrote âÂÂFirst Class Entertainment Aç´Âå¨Âæ¨Ââ for A-mei, and âÂÂPaper Aeroplane ç´Âé£Âæ©Ââ for Sandy Lam; both were incredibly successful hits, followed with âÂÂTa Zhi Deä»Âå¼å¾Ââ (by Victor Wong), and âÂÂZui Hao De Shi æÂÂ好çÂÂäºÂâ (by Sandy Lam). In 2003, Eric wrote three hits for Fish Leong âÂÂFor your own good çºæÂÂ好âÂÂ, âÂÂThe Intruder 第ä¸Âè âÂÂ, and âÂÂI am not Afraid æÂÂä¸Â害æÂÂâ that received great popularity. With the remarkable success of the song âÂÂDeep ç¡åºÂæ´Ââ written for Tanya Chua è¡åÂ¥é , Eric has elevated to a new career high, and was awarded with 2003 Pepsi Music Chart Best Composer. He also wrote several songs for Stefanie Sun including âÂÂCanâÂÂt be with you ä¸Âè½åÂÂä½ ä¸Âèµ·â and âÂÂWei Zhi De Jing Cai æªçÂ¥çÂÂç²¾éÂÂâÂÂ, the theme song for FAW Group's Vizi.
In 2005, he wrote âÂÂYi Zhuan Yi Wa ä¸Âç£Âä¸Âç¦âÂÂ, the theme song for Hands United Program by Cathay Pacific Air and Habitat for Humanity to fundraise for the Indian Ocean tsunami victims. Eric's ability to write songs that reach and stay in the charts were repeatedly demonstrated by songs like âÂÂInvisible é±形人â (by Stefanie Sun), and âÂÂAmphibian éÂÂ棲åÂÂç©â (by Tanya Chua), âÂÂHostage 人質â (by Amei), etc.
He is recognised as the launchpad for multiple hits for artists such as A-Mei, Sandy Lam, Tanya Chua, Jaycee Chan and Ming Bridges. His other work includes jingles for Samsung, Super and other brands, and performing regularly as a session guitarist for artists such as Sandy Lam and Wakin Chau, staging shows from Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia to London, America, Canada and China.
Never resting on his laurels, Eric moved into movies and musicals locally and internationally. His role as music director for Singapore hit movie <881>, composing for musicals such as Nanyang, Lao Jiu the Musical, Liao Zhai Rocks, (Singapore/Shanghai) and writing theme songs for âÂÂVoice of China - Turn you aroundâ (China), and âÂÂShockwaveâ starring Andy Lau (Hong Kong) etc. helped to elevate the value of music in these productions. The Original Soundtrack of <881> topped sales charts creating waves as the top selling movie soundtrack in Singapore history.
Being the music entrepreneur, Eric founded Funkie Monkies Productions together with lyricist Xiaohan, with the vision of discovering and grooming the next generation of hit makers. As its success grew, Eric expanded Funkie Monkies to include a music publishing department, and a pop music school that also includes a production house and artist management. Starting in 2007, Funkie Monkies has been housing producers and songwriters penning hits for Stefanie Sun, Nicky Lee, Aaron Yan, etc. More than 95% of their exclusive writers were signed after attending the songwriting courses.
Currently, Funkie Monkies songwriters have had their works published by A-list Mandarin artists such as A-mei, Stefanie Sun, Jolin Tsai, Show Lo and the label has successfully launched the careers of Wu Jiahui, Serene Koong, Ming Bridges and Kenny Khoo. It is also one of the Top 6 highest grossing music publishers recognized by Warner Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited Taiwan Branch. Branching into formal education to train industry ready music makers, Eric further established The Songwriter Music College together with mm2 Asia for the next wave of singer songwriters and songwriter producers. The Songwriter Music College differs from Funkie Monkies in that it provides programs that offer official music diplomas.
Eric is also involved in teaching songwriting at The Songwriter Music College and Funkie Monkies Pop Music School in the belief of helping aspiring musicians take a step closer to their dreams.
Eric frequently appears on singing and songwriting competition shows as a judge, consults with brands such as Guinness on enhancing its brand image through music, and participates in global songwriting camps.
Eric made an appearance as an audience member at Paya Lebar Quarter to support his daughter Lyla, who was a contestant in the 2023's singing competition Battle of the Buskers.