His father, a journalist, and his mother, an acupuncturist, were always playing the records of singers like Bai Guang and Zhou Xuan.
Many of the songs he wrote then, mainly about friendship and camaraderie, are still popular among the school's students today during gatherings, where different singing groups would often perform together.
[citation needed] Liang later attended the National University of Singapore, where he was the top student for both his major, Chinese studies, and in the Arts faculty in 1988.
[citation needed] He has composed television serial theme songs for the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, now MediaCorp.
[citation needed] Since the 1990s, Liang has also written hits for Cantonese and Mandarin pop stars such as Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Leon Lai, Tony Leung, Alex To, Eric Moo, Kit Chan, Joi Chua and Stefanie Sun.
[6] In August and September 2007, Liang's songs were featured in a local Chinese musical If There're Seasons by The Theatre Practice.
These books recorded the changes in modes of feeling and expression brought about by the peer pressure and complexity of life in a post-modern society.
[10] It contains 15 tracks and features Singaporean singers such as Stefanie Sun, Joi Chua, Tay Kewei, Alfred Sim and younger performers ShiGGa Shay and Tosh Zhang.
[citation needed] Liang runs a Chinese language enrichment centre for primary and secondary school students, set up in 1997, with his wife.
In a 2003 poll conducted by the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (Compass), Liang was voted "Person Who Best Represents the Xinyao Spirit".