Friday, July 29, 2005

The auditions....

My back hurts from lugging my heavy bass ard the streets of bugis....cram sial...hurts when i breathe....

Anyways, abt 2 months ago, Sofian and Donovan approached me...they asked what instruments that i can play coz they were thinking of joining Bandzout and so i said guitars n bass....well one things led to another and they asked me to play bass for their band coz they cldnt find anyone to play the bass....and so i tot wat the heck...n i joined.....

So i was there juz to make up the numbers...and so after 1 session, we figured that we needed another guitarist....and so i brought in Has....and so the line up became me on bass, Has and Don on guitar and ian on drums......till one day Has din bring his guitar along and was tempted to play the guitar and somehow, it sounded really nice.....we played a medley of Cranberries' Zombie and Marilyn Manson's version of Sweet Dreams....so there wasnt much keyboard in there but Has made the songs his own wif his creativity....he's damn good at keyboard....and so it was decided that he stick to keyboard and we went out on a search for another gitarist....

Meanwhile, as we were playing Zombie, a female vocalist was essential and so after so many rejections by Yana, Shahirah(duno who this person is) and a few others, Dila agreed but due to tym constriction, she had 2 bow out....

And so in desperation, i stepped in and tok to yana and somehow manage to convince her to join even tho she claim she cant sing...and by this tym, ian said he was asking a guy name Fahmy to play the guitar but fahmy seem to have some doubts and so ian introduced him to me by saying "he's the leader, wateva juz ask him" and i was lyk....speechless, i tot i was juz along for the ride, how the hell did i become the leader....and so somehow they(Ian, Don and Has) agreed for me to be the leader...

And to summarize things up, the line up became Me on bass, Ian on drums, Fahmy and Don on guitars, Has on keyboard and Yana wif the vocals....the name Tinnitus Effect was decided upon.....For those who duno wat it means, its the ringing effect u get when everything suddenly become silent....it happen to Ian and he came up wif it...i was gg for 'The The' or 'The What" or better still...'What The' hahaha.....

Niways, to be honest, to me, we're not really that gd...wif exception of Fahmy and Has of coz...they are quite gd in fact, especially Has...the others had potential...especially yana as she have a very unpolished voice....Niways after a few sessions, we finally gelled together and got better....

But still, i knew we had stiff competition....so i din expect much even tho i knew Abu who is a fren of mine was one of the judges...so i really din expect much...

Then the faithful day came, 27th July...the day of the audtions...and we sucked...hahaha....the reason, they tot we were given tym to practise which was actually our audition tym...so they din really play to their full potential....a case of miscommunication....and from their reactions, i knew they were pissed at themselves and the judges coz they judges seem really uninterested at our song...in fact, we were stopped 3/4 thruout the song due to tym limit....

So, as i was the leader, i msg them saying "Yo guys, thank you for all the effort u put in this and sorry for all the inconvinience leading up to the auditions. Keep in touch k, TC" coz some of them really had some personal problems which i wont mention here.....and later that nite, i got an sms from the organizers that results will be out the next day, 28th july....

And so the day came....i din receive any calls or sms at all...in fact i really din expect any coz i expected rejection....and so i prepare myself of what 2 say 2 my disheartened members...and this was what i cld think of..."Guys, sory to give u the bad news but we din make it...but dun be down coz i noe we din get to show our full potential but u guys did good..." i felt as a leader i had to somehow try to break the bad news in a gd way....to cheer them up....

And so finally, this was what i msged them "Erm guys....we got thru...."


Outz...

Once again, i sit by the sidelines and watch ur leading ur life happily and i realise thats wats i will always be to u, a spectator....i accept that fact now but dun blame me if i cant forget u in that way coz i cant help this feeling i have for u....but im glad that u're happy....tc....

Shad checked in on...Friday, July 29, 2005

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Wats wrong wif me....?

Was so pumped out to do work this morning....semangat lah kate kan....but duno wat happen....now no mood....sitting all alone in this fucking lab....actually donavan n ian r here but i doin my project alone....they sit far away n i dun wish to join dem.....so bored lah...one plus thing is tat im able to dld msn now....so at least can chat wif ppl.....or so i tot....no one online....wth rite....sheesh....hmmm....

Now bert, ding yu, sk, sam n mei juan havin lecture...they finsh in 15 mins tym....till den im alone....its 8.15 pm now....haiz....so bored.....fahmy keep on comin up from lec...guess the lec is boring i guess....i duno wat to do wif the cookie mei juan gove me....duno lah no mood to eat it....i took one oredy but she forced me take another....den sam dowan to take....haiyoh....

i noe i muz be crapping rite....wat to do, no mood 2 do project....so juz anyhow type lah...dun feel lyk jamming tmr....no money n tired...but they 1 2 jam...so have to make allowance....haiz...bored sia....jamming wif my bandzout mates btw.....i duno how i came abt bein the leader for them....i was there at 1st juz to make up the numbers, cuz i can play bass....but now they ask me 2 be leader....wth.....

I really hope my band get into tapestry 2005 cuz if we dun, the dissapointment will be so bad i duno if we'll be able to recover....god oh god, pls let us thru....i really need this....im banking alot on this....really hope we get it....the result of this may make the difference whether our band will die or not....so pls keep our band alive...keep my dreams alive....

Shad checked in on...Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Monday, July 18, 2005

What's Ur Bugaboo????

Last friday i was helping my fren wif her report n needed to find an alternative word for problem which was suitable wif the sentence that i was using and so i decided to consult www.dictionary.com. They have a very good thesaraus there. And so my fren typed out the word problem pressed enter....when the results were retrieved, i saw many words that i had anicipated but didnt think was suitable. But one word stuck out like a sore thumb, it immediately caught my attention, or rather my fren's attention lah coz as u noe my eye sight not very good so only after she said it to me did i see how interesting the word is....And that word is bugaboo.....what a word rite....

I mean imagine this senario, u see to ah bengs or gangsta staring at each other in a very hostile manner....den one guy comes up to another facing toe-2-toe with each other....with tension so thick it would need a parang to cut it....den one guy says to the other...."What's ur bugaboo!!!!!"

hahahaha ppl are saying its too cute of a word to be used in that situation but i think its very suitable....afterall, y fight? laffing is better.....y not banish all fighting and replace it wif laffing....

Imagine having a laffing competition....erm...i dun really noe how that wld work but it wld really be smth wldn't it.....niways, bert n ding yu r rushing me to go eat....have lots to blog abt...no tym....nvm....update sum other tym.....outz....

Shad checked in on...Monday, July 18, 2005

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Still waiting...

Its been nearly 2 weeks since the auditions....no news yet...haiz...the way we performed, im not sure if we are gd enuf to their standards....hope is gettin bleak....praying hard i get it.....

Niways, i guess now i have to start concentrating on the Bandzout auditions....the auditions will be on the 27th....comin soon...not sure if we'll make it....sure hope we do....

Wish me luck for both auditions.....

Shad checked in on...Thursday, July 14, 2005

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

So freaking bored....

Im so freaking bored in this freaking lab....i no mood to do work sia....i guess tat 45 minit wait in the bloody bus spoil my damn mood to do work....stay in sch till 9+ for nuthing...haiyoh.....sleepy......

Outz.....

Shad checked in on...Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Monday, July 11, 2005

Jamming....

Last friday, i accompanied Albert to Boon's Jamming studio....he wanted to learn the drums u see, so he figured he could learn while me playing songs on the guitar or bass...i wld have prefered a complete band but bert said he wanted onli ppl he was comfortable ard wif to follow...so in the end Ding Yu was asked along as he could play the keyboard.....or so we tot....

My thinking was that mebi the keyboard cld give my guitar or bass some back up tho i knew from the looks of it he don really listen to the songs i usually play....bert said that wldnt be a problem as he wanted to play my originals songs so that they cld come up wif their own beat n rythm...

And so the 1st 40-45 mins was spent for dem to get use to the instruments....i was set n ready to go after minor tuning of the guitar and bass....but i juz gave them tym to get use to the place....they were wat u call 'virgins' hehehe....

Aniways, i always knew the keyboards cld create great effects and so i asked ding yu to play ard wif the voices a little bit...u now, get the effects running....but the blur look on his face told me he din noe how to...so bert n i concluded that he may not be use to this model....so me n bert wen over to the keyboard to play ard wif the controls as we both have experience wif the keyboard....

And after a while, i managed to figure things out while bert attention was quickly distracted by the guitar i left beside the amp...and ding yu quickly came over, excited wif the prospect of having the different voices and effects....

And so me n bert got back to our places and we started playing some warm up before unsuccessfully trying to play a song hahaha...i cld see ding yu was having problem wif the keyboard and so i ask him to play a tune and i n bert will follow it to at least play smth rythmic...and so he did....

And to make things easier for myself, i asked him wat note was he playing...and all he did was look at me and looking blur....and so bert got up to see and he told me "he play B"...and so i came up wif some tune and bert tried to accompany wif some basic drum beats....

It was kinda nice but it got boring after a few mins....so i decided to play an instrumental piece that i have been working on. Bert drums was in sync wif wat i was playin and so i ask ding yu to play a tune wif the base note of A and once again i got a blur look from him....but he managed to find it at last after trying a few keys....at this point, i kinda got suspicious as to how well he can [lay the keyboard....

And so after 2 hours of experimenting, we headed back top sch via bus 13. And on the journey back to sch, i decided to ask ding yu abt the keyboard....and so i asked, "how long have u been playing the keyboard?" And i was greeted wif another blur look before he said "i never play before."

This tym, it was me n bert who gave blur faces and looked at each other...and almost at the same tym we said "I tot u say u played the keyboard?" And he assured us he din...and so we started laffing at our own sillyness...haiz....and i was lyking asking him "dun u find it weird that we suddenly ask u to play the keyboard?" hahaha and he said "yah, tats y i wondering..."

So u see communication is very important....imagine we spent 2 whole hours asking sumone who only had experience wif the recorder to play the keyboard....hahaha...silly sia....i felt kinda stupid....but imagine how he wld have felt....i mean, he must have been so pressurized by us as we seem to expect him to play well for no reason at all wen he tot we knew he cldnt play the keyboard....haha we practically forced the keyboard on him....but i admit, it was fun....

And so now, bert ask me to teach ding yu to play the guitar as he plan to make a band wif him playing drums....he told me that he initially wanted to aske me join but he changed his mind as he tot my standard of playing was far from dem....but i had to tell him the truth...

Im not gd at all...im onli a beginner tho i have to admit that at least i have the basics which is an advantage coz they are onli starting to learn the basics....actually, i dun mind playing wif dem but i got to be realistic, tym is smth i dun have...and oso cash....coz at the moment i have to concentrate on my project, practise for tapestry 2005(hopefully we get in) wif my band, practise for bandzout 2005 auditions wif my schmates, my religious class held by my uncle and oso taking care of my dad....and dun forget abt finding tym for my frens, they're important too. As it is, i hvnt had tym to contact moz of my close frens at all at the moment...haiz....tired....

And so i start blogging again wif a long entry...hope whoever that read tis dun mind taking the tym spent....and so yah....outz....

Shad checked in on...Monday, July 11, 2005

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Tagboard sux....

Juz wen i abt to prove that my tagboard doesnt work, it does.......

Go figure......

Shad checked in on...Thursday, July 07, 2005