Music In 2010 he joined BMA and has since been dubbed "Asia Best Male Singer" by the media. His most recent concert tour of Asia, "Welcome to My World" was a great success. Chaw is renowned for his impressive vocal range, such that he was considered
androgynous when he made his debut. He has often covered songs that ranged from
tenor, such as "Moon River", to songs that are
mezzo-soprano range, such as "Ting Hai". Including chest and mix voices, his vocal range is from G3 to C6. He also sang "My Way" by
Frank Sinatra switching between low tenor to countertenor range. In 2008 he composed and sang a song for the
2008 Beijing Olympics that was released in a Rock records CD called "Far away" (一起飞). The album was titled after the song he composed. Other Rock Records artists that took part include
Genie Zhuo,
2moro,
Alien Huang,
Tracy Zhou. In 2006 Chaw won Hong Kong
TVB8's Best Newcomer Singer award. His big break occurred with the release of his
Mandarin version of
Karyn White's 1988 song "
Superwoman". With this song, he won the Best Mandarin Male singer in the
19th Golden Melody Awards. (The other two songs he sang that night was Dark Humor by Jay Chou and Duo De Ta by Faye Wong (Cantonese version of "SuperWoman.) In 2002 Chaw left his home in Malaysia to go to Taiwan with hopes of joining the entertainment show business. He purchased a one-way plane ticket and brought with him only around
RM1,600 (about
HK$4,000). He tried to get into numerous record companies who criticised him harshly for being ugly and lacking talent. It was only in 2004 that he was signed by
Rock Records when he recovered from insomnia, but his alcohol-fuelled incidents still plagued him until 2013 when he finally decided to give up drinking. One day Chaw went out to
Shilin Night Market and stumbled across a stray cat. He took this cat home and raised it since they both were unwanted by society. He named it "Lin Lin" and wrote a song for the cat "The world's only you" (世界唯一的你). From then on, his career completely changed. After three years of hard work, he signed with
Rock Records.
Project SENSATION Approaching the end of 2011, Chaw, along with his producer & teacher, Michael Tu (涂惠源), launched "Project SENSATION" – a new experimental music project or the more appropriately, a new music label. At the same time the band released a limited debut single "All I Have to Do is Dream", solely available in the 1st mini-concert of SENSATION. The new-formed band members included Gary (vo.), and members from
MUSA's:
Martin "Musa" Musaubach (piano), Lautaro "LuKa" Bellucca (bass & double bass) & Adriano "Gaofei" Moreira (drums & percussions) In 2012 June, "Gary Chaw Project Sensation 1: JAZZ" released. Soon enough the band started their tour in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong during the summertime.
Competition Singer and in the Chinese market (2014-present) In 2014, Chaw entered I Am A Singer 2, and was the first singer to be eliminated, but returned on the repêchage to finish in the top 5. In 2015, Chaw entered The Chinese version of The Masked Singer, using the mask of
Sun Wukong as a disguise, but was instantly recognised by fans online due to his previous performances in other competitions or appearances. He was the first replacement singer, and came second in leg 2, while being eliminated in the first round in legs 3 and 4, meaning he is at risk of being eliminated from the competition in leg 5. ==Personal life==