Hsieh Ho-hsien


Hsieh Ho-hsien is a Taiwanese singer and actor. A Chord is known mainly for writing the lyrics of the song, "Gou Ai," which was played on the Taiwanese drama, The X-Family. "Gou Ai" was also performed on K.O.3an Guo by Pets Tseng. The song has also been parodied multiple times on K.O.3an Guo.

Biography

R Chord was named Ho-hsien, meaning "chord," by his grandfather. R Chord started to play the guitar at a very young age due to the influence of his grandfather, who he looked up to as a role model.
By the year 2004, aged 16, R Chord had composed around 50–60 songs and won a songwriting competition. He attended Guess Guess Guess during the competition period, and was favourably received by the audience. The prize was a contract with HIM International Music, but R Chord did not take up the offer of the contract and instead, went to play underground music with his band, SEA-LEVEL.
R Chord made his first acting debut in KO One as Shayu, following up with many other appearances in other Taiwanese dramas, notably as his character, aChord in Taiwanese drama The X-Family, in which he appeared as a person with supernatural powers tasked with the responsibility of protecting the Dimension. He then played the character Dashu in Hanazakarino Kimitachihe in the year 2006.

Songs

A Chord has composed many songs for Taiwanese dramas such as KO One's "Zhōngjí yī bān", where he helped to write the lyrics such as, Gou Ai from The X-Family, and recently, "Nǐ céngjīng ràng wǒ xīndòng" from They Kiss Again.
He has also helped Danson Tang write the song "Zhǐ qiàn yījù wǒ ài nǐ" in Danson's 1st debut album, Ai Wo.
He has recently recorded more songs such as "Duì nǐ ài bù wán" and "Guòláirén".

Discography

A Chord's album Nothing But A Chord was released on 17 April 2009.
-Just like his debut EP My Name is Xie He Xian. Xie Hexian is My Real Name was released in February 2009. Not only did he write all the music and lyrics, he participated in the whole production process.

Songs

愛我 – Danson Tang 唐禹哲
晨间新闻- Tanya Chua 蔡健雅
安全感 – S.H.E