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