Mood: Hmmm.
Listening To: WoW conversation









Wow.  I suppose we're so famous until we're getting Muslim fans who're willing to have sex with us.





Wow.  So long for those looooong and loneeeely nights in beds now.  Hmmm.

This is a great discovery, therefore, I left a new tag to link to things like these.

I wonder what abdulhafni will say now.. Hmmm.

Mood: Dead Tired
Listening To: Air con









I've never felt this way before, physically and mentally.  For two times already today, I couldn't even hold a cup of water properly.  If you've been following my blogs, I'm sure you know that I lack of sleep.  Coming back at 4 or 5am in the morning today and sleeping till 9.45 was the best sleep I had for the week.

Right now, I feel like shit.

And the performance?  I guess Schizzow wasted his trip.  I wasted my time mixing and perfecting the beats, disappointed a lot of people and gave a bad impression to some musicians.

I don't even have the energy to start.

Panic Overdrive, Ying Kit's band, started off first because 2 other bands before them pulled themselves out.  This I gotta admit, Ying Kit has improved gradually since Dysnomia broke up.  He has a different field, a different band, and different skills.  I'm amazed that he improved a lot because he must've balanced his time between his assignments and music.

Underwhere performed before we got on stage.  It was kind of odd, if you ask me.  They've got a drum set, 2 guitar amps, 1 bass amps, a DJ turntable set, and there was only three of us there.  Schizzow, Rooshie and me.

The DJ can't even tell that the music was covering our vocals and my guitars.  Great assistance, fellow musician.










Although this is not my first performance, but this is my first with FDM.  And well, I can't say much, but I pretty much screwed a LOT of things up.  I was too tired to even hold my guitar and play the right melodies.  Hitting minor chords at major chord sections, forgot all of my distortion settings, and .. I don't know..

I need to refurnish my guitar pick also.  I didn't check my pick and I took the wrong one.  It was a little bit shorter than the picks I used, and my accuracy to hit the strings were reduced.  I've never really cared much before, and through this performance, I just learnt a new lesson because it screwed up my solo and instrumental bits.

And the crowd?  I mean, I can't blame the crowd for not being supportive or anything as I'm in no position to do that, but I could count the people watching us, man.  I'd say maybe 30?  Before us, was even less, so.. There's nothing much to say also.  Go do the remaining Maths.










I don't know what else to say, man.  It's a total disgrace.  I felt like crap after the performance because my standards were brought down due to lack of practice.. Shiet..










On the other hand, it was great meeting up with Ying Kit and other people during that time.  And congratulations to Rooshie for winning a sweet handphone!  Damn man. .Lucky girl.. Wahahahahahaha..










Right now, everything is over.  Last time, I said I wanted to work with Reason and Audition after my Finals, but I think I would want to put that on a break first.  I'm too tired beyond all reasons after a shitty week.










For those who were and weren't there, but giving us support, I would like to say thanks and apologise for the shitty performance because of my own condition.

I don't know what else to say.  I'm shocked beyond all reasons that I made clear mistakes to the crowd that I never did before.  *sighs*



















Time to get some rest, man.  I really need it..

Mood: Hyped
Listening To: Cars passing by the place









Okay, so maybe not everybody from FDM, but just me. I've been cutting my hair at this saloon for like, 8 to 10 years already? And for 2 years, they've been asking me if I'm releasing an album or not. I always told them no. In fact, as a solo artist, I wouldn't even know where to start.

Today, I woke up, had lunch, and well, thought about it. Since they were asking about any albums I'll be releasing, I might as well just sell them a copy. x)

Sorry man. Would've given them a free copy, but hey! They charged me for cutting my hair for years, so I'll charge them for the album! Muahahahahahaahha.

Like every other normal people, they loved Roosh's voice.

And well, the excitement of the album is slowly dying down inside of me, because I've been selling it off for nearly a month now. I'm pretty happy that after so long, I contributed some of my musical works, recorded it, and released it. Sweet-ness. :)










Wahahahaahaha.. I cut my hair and I got RM4 back. Cukup yaoyeng.. Profitable hair loss, man. Wooooahahahahahahahahahahhaa...










Back to Marketing.  I gave up on Financial Mathematics T.T..






Product Line is a group of products that are closely related because they function in a similar manner, are sold to the same customer groups, are marketed through the same types of outlets, or fall within given price ranges.  For example, Nike produces several lines of athletic shoes and apparel, Nokia produces several lines of telecommunications products, and Charles Schwab prduces several lines of financial services..

Mood: Sleepy
Listening To: D'Cuzzy - Ai Phia









Yesterday, I went to Gurney Plaza and watched Accepted with a special person at 2.  Accepted was a good movie, and the whole outing yesterday was a good one.  :)  And well, Gurney Plaza was taken over by a bunch of Japanese!  Then I realised that Tokyo Fest was in place.

Of course, I did miss out the first few hours of it, but I was in time for the dance competitions. It was nice to watch children doing their cultural dance. The idea was extremely cute. That was one of the groups. The other group consisted of a bunch of high school children. All of them were girls, except for one - which looked like a girl too. All did a cheerleading dance through some Japanese song, then one through the Mickey Mouse song in Japanese. They won the first place in the end.

Then the other 4 groups, were not that bad. Except that some didn't dance with energy, and you can tell that passion isn't there when that happens. Doesn't matter.

Watched Yin Ning and her group dancing yesterday. I'm pretty shocked and amazed on how they danced, man. I got a taste of how the clubbing world's dance floor actually seemed yesterday. O.O










Anyways, sold off 2 FDM albums to my friend who's in SGGS lower 6, and met up with the organiser for the whole event, Joachim. Probably the reason why this journal was written in the first place. I passed him the CD after a while, feeling shy, extremely humble, and giddyish since he's handling the PA system for Gurney Plaza itself. He asked me if the album was Rock or Heavy Rock.. I told him, any tracks can be played, except for the 6th track (Spoilt for a choice), and well, through the amplifiers/speakers on the stage on the groud floor, I could hear..

"This is Schizzow, Rooshie. And this, ain't just another love story. Check it out..

... See it was madness, for week before Christmas.."










FDM hitting Gurney Plaza, yawwwwww... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.. You don't know how freaking hyper I was when that happened. Joachim let the whole CD run without Spoilt for a Choice being heard. Should've taken the mic and announced that if they liked the CD, might as well get it from me.

I <3 connections x).

So, for that, I didn't sell the copy to Joachim because of what he did, but gave it to him for free. Hope you enjoy the music, man! XD.. THANKKKSSS!!! THANKKIIUUUSSS..MUAHAHAHAHA.. ARIGATO GOZAIMASU!!!!!! TERIMA KASIH.. TOR CHEH!!!..Uh... XIE XIE NI.. KAM SIAH..!!! Muahahahahahahaa...

Then Rowan Lee Khai Keat (refer to CD inlay. His name is there. LOL) called me up, asked me if anyone from FDM was in Gurney. Because he could hear My Valentine when he was sitting at McDonalds. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! XD XD XD XD XD










And you know what? The Tokyo Fest didn't end yesterday, but it ends today. So, I'll try my best to drop by and listen to nice FDM music on large amps.. Muahahahahahahahaahahahaha...










WHEEEE!!!!

Mood: Hungry
Listening To: Nothing









My Marketing Assignment is here! Sweetness. Now I need to check everything and compile my side of the assignment TO the assignment. But there's one problem.

They all didn't do any referencing at all. So, the reference page would be blank, until mine kicks in.

Yay! Marketing Assignment! Now I have to start doing it!

Keiichi Tsuchiya's Drift Bible was crazy. After watching it, I felt like as if I had balls of steel

Note the words "FELT LIKE AS IF I HAD balls of steel" - which means I felt, but I didn't have, so I didn't go drifting before you all start bitching about me showing off. I don't drift and THERE, I admit it.










Then I have to prepare the Marketing presentation through powerpoint. I've seen the two malays present, and I'm not suprised they did horrible.

Then comes Management. Talk about being stressed.. Sigh.










And talk about the sales of FDM. Per day, what I sell, may seem much - to me. But I can't help getting over the fact that trying to sell off the albums to other people (instead of friends) is harder.

Oh well. I'm taking up Marketing, better start using the knowledge I've learnt to test my
practicality!



Oh.  Just in case you all didn't know, a couple of nights ago, this stupid fucked up assholic driver knocked the right side of the side mirror for the Camry from the opposite direction, and just sped off, right in front of my eyes.  Since I sat like, sideways, of the Camry, it blocked me from seeing the number plate.  When I went to check the side mirror, it was loose and not rigid because it's motorised.

Edmund fixed it in the most obvious way.  Thanks man.  Would've have figured that a simple button would fix it.

But then again, what pissed me off that he didn't even stop to say sorry although he saw me there eating.  He should be thankful that he didn't stop, or I would've beaten the shit outta him and sped off.  Wanna play hit and run, can.  Two also can play that fucking game, asshole.

Learn to use your fucked up brakes, you perodua fucked up driver.  If you're idiotic enough not to brake, might as well give me your brake pedal so you can do more hit and runs on the road where you speed without braking.  How nice.  And next time, drive towards a wall.  Maybe the Gurney Roundabout and leave a mark there like the VW Golf GTI so I can make a survey, which car is stronger.










I hope you die soon.










Edit:  Emo.  So nice wans.

Mood: T.T
Listening To: XD









XD!!!!

I know I'm late, so everybody would know what the title would be all about.. Well.. It's November the 4th today, so it's our lovely Caryn Foo Poh Yuen's birthday!!!

Wheee!

And thanks to her birthday, I managed to sell off 3 copies to Vanesa XD.. Muahahahahahahahahaha.. 1 for this MGS girl, and the other would be to Edmund..

Post paid, eh.  You'd better watch it Edmund XD

And.. uh.. Today's Keshure Kumaara's birthday (Vanesa's brother) and well, Ejian Loh!  Wheeeee..!!!

Mood: Tired
Listening To: World of Warcraft.









Anyways, I don't know who would be interested to read this, nor did I have the time to explain upon each purchases of the CDs, I don't know why, but I feel like writing this.

Ever wondered why Feel the Groove and Living A Dream uses the same melody? The answer's simple.

Since Fundamental Mentalities had the idea to produce an album that follows a love story, Feel the Groove was just a prelude to many, but from me, it's the beginning for the "love story" which some of you have already listened to.

Since every story that begins, has a way to end, I decided to re-use this tune for the 9th track, the Happy Ending track, Living A Dream.

Why so?

Imagine Feel the Groove as a scene where you're busy minding your own business, when a girl of your dreams appear right in front of you, catching the attention of your heart.

Which is usually a happy thing.

So, for the ending track, I decided to use the same tune, but to stretch some parts a little bit longer since it was too long for a chorus, and too short for a verse.

The drums? If this was a Heavy Metal band, I would've tried my best to actually come up with the best heavy metal drumlines out there, and put it into this song, like how I did to the unreleased version of Feel the Groove, only available in Wormy's laptop - which made me familar to work with Reason.

And if you follow my journals during the composition of the whole album, this track was done after fully composing the 10th track - Chances for Wishes.

Besides that, if you're wondering how I at least tried to get wormy's idea of the girl-that-passes-you-thing and putting it into a song, this would be under my inspirations through instrumental tracks. Some of you are aware or unaware, but some instrumental songs might have a secret message encoded through their melodies. A good example? Steve Vai.

I studied his pieces before, and the messages encoded in his songs are just beautiful and emotional.





I doubt anybody would read that, but that's why it's connected, just in case if you're wondering.










That's about it. I'm just dropping by to drop an entry for fun. Besides that, do you know what's better than the racing game, SCAR, I just borrowed from Edmund? It's simple.

Getting the same game on the PS2. No lag, no worries about low space in your HDD, and we have a freaking pressure sensitive controller to control your brakes!

Also, I just got this game - The Fast And The Furious - only because that they had the Tokyo Drift cover on it. Muahahahahaha.. Drift bar..? Hmmm..










Edit: I have been a kind boy.  I was riding to Midlands just now at 7.28pm, and I heard a chain of consecutive barks.  When I looked towards that direction, there were 2 dogs in front of this house.  The female dog was barking, and the male was humping it.  Since the dog was so noisy, I decided to horn from afar and hope they'd stop humping, but failed.

I did this only because I assumed they were disturbing the peace of the people who lived in the house, where the dogs were barking and humping outside.  okbyez.

Mood: XD
Listening To: Fundamental Mentalities feat. Shazee - Burning Desires









I was going to blog about the whole trip to Juru to pick up our stock, but I'll leave you with pictures instead.



JENG JENG JENG


:')


Fresh off the box!


Now on sale for RM18 per piece, OFFICIALLY!


Yes, Fundamental Mentalities' Sentimentalities has arrived, and it's officially for sale now!

Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!










Okay, now I'll play a little bit of SCAR then go to college.  Bet'cha all thought that I let an Alfa Romeo racing game made me skip college, eh?  XD

FDM!!!1

Mood:
Listening To: FDM - Track 4

aaaaaaaaaAAhHhHH!!! *screams in ur face*
Mwahahaha!!
Awesome & Mad-dope is the WORD
I can wait and I hope it won't be a disappointment!

I would like to wish FDM good luck in here.
I think they've put in a lot of effort to make this album a success and some went through sleepless nights.
I'm sure it was not easy to have this extra commitment though for a short period of time which required
all the teamwork needed xspecially with the num of members in FDM.
It is gonna be worth your money.
Support the local band scenes as everyone's talent deserve to be heard. I know, all of us are very much broke,
but the least you could do to show ur support is to buy the album. Ppl, whatever you are gonna be hearin tru their album
even if it suck-ass costs talent+brains+guts+bucks+experience+morethanwhatwethink for them.

JL, If i shall starve for 4days to get this album,..........!@@$#^%&%(*%^#$!#.....NeAH......ur a good kid, I wont harm you..
*hugs and a peck on ur cheek* (I hope you haven forget bout our lil negotiation ;P) Lol. I'm already sensing some undying love for it.
If it sucks, I'll send another testi but this time with some truth .

Til I get the album, sentimentalities...??

Lotsa LOVE,
Vanesa
VOTE FOR ME!
Someday you will, I know it!

Ohw, here's another thing i have to say. Jean Louis, 'You are a jerk, you know it!'

Very sweet, Vanesa. She's been my biggest fan since she first saw me in church, I guess. And I'm glad that I still get the same amount of support from before.

Wooohahaha.. I love her, mang. XD

ALBUM YAW. SENTIMENTALITIES HITTING YOUR WAY. GET IT! Wahahahahahaha

Mood: Blur.
Listening To: Hammerfall - Always Will Be









Well, in short for Wormy's journal, the KL trip was a waste.  All the tracks were mixed properly, except for one, which caused the progression bar of the album plan to drop.  Tonight, Schizzow and Wormy would be hitting the studios, bugging Freddie once again and I've got no transport there.  With Wormy in B.Ferringhi, Schizzow opposite the floating mosque, my place is definitely out of the way for going to Hits Studios.

I guess I might ask Paul to drop me off there to try and help out by listening to the tracks or something.  I'm kinda scared to take the bike because of the expired Road Tax and Raya's just 2 more weeks.  I might take it to extreme measures if they would be there till 2 or 3 o'clock again.  It depends.

Truthfully, I am sad that the whole plan in sending the master copy to the printing company was a failure, but that doesn't bring down my faith and hope of an album coming out in the end.

Please, let tonight be the last night the FDM duo hits the studios to get things done.









Wohohoho.. Good luck guys..

Mood: Semi-tired
Listening To: TV









Today's a Friday. I haven't been going online because I have been entirely busy due to this week being the deadline for the album. Suprisingly, we managed to pull it off on a last minute basis. Even Schizzow was wondering, why does it all have to be a last minute project when it comes to albums? Even the first FDM ep was a last minute job.

Well, this time, I've analysed and made my conclusion from my view. We planned for the album. Everything that supported the idea, but we forgot the most important thing. Composition.

We had dreams, yet we never prepared the tools. Verses left unwritten, beats (songs) left uncomposed and we wanted an album? Damn. I was stressed like nuts for the past month and glad to say, it paid off.

But as I speak, who knows. The FDM duo who are in KL at the moment, who was supposed to send the master copy to this printing company, might be still mixing the songs. The deadline was supposed to be the afternoon today, but it was stretched till 6pm just now, when I SMS-ed wormy for progress results.

I can't do anything. I'm no sound engineer. I'm just a musician and I would try my best to help out FDM. But since the distance has seperated us, I hope they will be able to get everything settled by tomorrow, which is the day of their expected return.

Good luck, Schizzow and Wormy.. Part of my biggest accomplishment is in your hands now. And everything else that will make FDM reign is in your hands! Make everything go well..





Anyways, last night would be the deadline night. As expected, the last recording night for the year. Or the moment. Who knows? Met up with Freddie, Tong Seng, Kelvyn, Scully and this insane jazz group that were doing their recording.

Who WERE they..? All I know is that they were DAMN good. Gosh..

So you can say, last night I managed to see D'Cuzzy in recording action. Freddie is nuts. He's been practising with mics too much until his takes takes less than 10 minutes. And he added track layers to his lines, making it sound thicker and better.. I don't know. I'm just speechless. It's great to watch professionals at works. Timing was in place, he was in tune. I don't know. He has a sharp ear for tune and timing. Gah.

Makes me feels so paiseh at times.

Last night, we stayed in the studio till 5.30am in the morning. Rooshster had her exams and all, and gosh.. She stayed until that late. I hope she did well overall. I can't help stop thinking about her exams, but it's good she managed to make it for the recording sessions. I didn't do much when it came to my mid terms. Grrrr.

We managed to share jokes and quick mixing sessions with Wormy and Schizzow, hoping to complete the master copy once they reached KL. But sadly, they were still mixing it till 6pm just now. Plus, they took the 7.30am bus. They must've got back home at 5.45am and mixed till they got to the bus, rested and mixed more when they got to KL. I don't know.

I'm pretty much excited about the album coming out, but our health is at risk. I remember in Naza hotel on Tuesday, Schizzow, Wormy and I were down with sicknesses. Flu, coughs, infected toes (Or maybe it's just Schizzow..) and all that. But all this effort, is going down the right way. All that time being put to the right use and spent the right way. Nothing feels better than accomplishment! Yeah.

I'm dying to wait for the album to come out. Then again, I hope that they're taking good care of themselves.




Since the Mid Terms, I haven't been sleeping properly because I have been studying and staying up late. When that finished, I was hooked up with Recording sessions, which made me maintain the same amount of sleep I get every day during the Mid Terms. only 3 or 4 hours of sleep per night. And for the past 2 days, I've been getting the worst headache ever. Not even Panadol stops the pain. I'm still experiencing the problem now. Grrr.

And today, I paid a trip to the Toyota showhouse in town.  I never been there since 2002.  And the last time I went there, it was in with an old Camry, and out with a newer Camry.  We managed to see the 2006/7 edition Camry.  The 6th generation, they say.  2.0e, 2.0g and 2.4v.  The differences compared to the 5th generation of Camrys would be the interior and exterior.  Performance should be the same.

The front part of the exterior reminds me of a Proton Gen2.  I don't know.  The headlights, the bonnet, it's so.. round..  Which brings me to the back of the car, the booth area.  The brakelights looks like as if it's a Honda Accord?  I don't know.  I must be getting blind.  Grrr.  They didn't make it look so squarish (not as squarish like old cars), and thanks to the un-edged exterior, the car actually looks smaller.  And the height of the ride would be a little bit lower, and it's still as spacious as ever.  Good for long distance riding, but never for racing.  Then again, I'm not a car freak, so I can't give out much information.

Besides that, I checked out for gearboxes.  It follows the designs of automatic Mercedez Benz and old school Volvos.  I'm too lazy to look up for the pictures, but here's a headsup.  The design for the Camry Hybrid and the Malaysian Camrys are different.  The Hybrid model looks more sinister because of its sleek and thin headlights.

The 2.0g and 2.4v Camry comes with MID/Xenon Headlights, approved by JPJ.  Whereas, the 2.0e would be using the same old halogen lights.  All three models comes with foglamps on the bodykits.  The 5th Generation (And not the one in between) doesn't have foglamps on their 2.0 models.  Only 2.4 had them.

Uh.  And the prices are insane.  It's like, 139k, 149k and 169k for the 2.0e, 2.0g and 2.4v respectively.  The 2.0e would be the one that turns me off the most as it's the lowest range among the 3 models.  The one in between would be the 2.0g.  But I'm loving the 2.4v seats!  Although leather, but it feels great sitting in a Camry.  And to think to always have thoughts about others saying that it feels comfortable to sit in a Camry.  Now I feel it myself too!

The new Camrys?  Not bad, I'd say.  Like the car it is, it's good for long distance travelling, and it's extremely comfortable.  But, my heart dwells in the engines of Alfa Romeos.  :)





Oh well. I guess that's about it for my update after a day of being offline. Glad to meet up with Tong Seng of D'Cuzzy after so long! Now it's back to my Marketing notes - only if I'm not lazy enough to do it -______-

Mood: Satisfied
Listening To: Incubus - Are You In?









I just came back from another recording session from Wormy's place a few minutes ago. It was the shortest among all the sessions, I suppose? And it was definitely shorter than the first recording attempt for A Night In The Sky last year in his very room. It only lasted for an hour or an hour and a half. And proud to say, after experiementing with the wonders of music, I managed to apply what I've learnt so far in music, and on the guitars.

Of course, in the song, it's going to be very short, but the thing is, it's what I've really learnt so far. Whatever I've applied. Ranging from abusing scales, minor on a major key, octave lead (like how Eric Johnson and Steve Vai would do), harmonies, twisted harmonies, etc.

Well, all I can say is that the track should sound sweet now :). Except for the vocals, but they seem okay after a while.

Enough with the music talk.




If all goes as planned, tonight would be the last night for this year, I would be recording guitars and everything else. Because in just 15 more days, Wormy'll be leaving for New Zealand. He has kindly lent me his laptop and I came up with 2 beats in just 2 days. I had them planned, but I spent too much time on it, causing me to have several writer's blocks. Grrr.

After tomorrow night, it would be the last night of me stepping into Hits Studios by Wormy's side, or for recordings. Who knows, tomorrow night might be the last night I'll be sitting in the oddest vehicle I've ever seen. Renault's Kangoo. Or the 1.5 BMW 318i.

Who knows.

The recording season has nearly reached its final peak the last paragraph in this chapter. But that doesn't mean we're stopping here :). Thanks to the exposure to the people I've worked with - FDM, I've learnt the minds of 5 other great musicians:-

Wormy - for strict consistancy in metronome timing. If it wasn't for him, I would be playing without realising the importance of metronome. And the beat master XD.. Wahahahaha.

Schizzow - for dribblings and flows. But I think I'm quitting the rapping part of FDM. I'll just stick to dark, emo and grateful poems.

Avni - Vocals. What else can I say more? Since last and this year, I only met her twice, I can't say much.

LooLoo - the mastermind behind every impromtu sweet/sad sounding lyrics. If given more time to patch any rhymes, she would come up with a lot of dope ones. I've admired her since the day I read her nearly-untapped talent online 2 years ago.

Rooshie - The lady who asked me to mess around with accidental notes when it comes to music. I would've realised this if I only paid attention during Kelvyn's classes 2 years ago, but I've re-learnt it through her. Did a last minute touch up to the solo because of that little advice she provided. Her harmony theories are weird, but it's catches the attention of the ear at first hearings.




What else can I say? I'm just learning more and more everyday, including my own emotions. My emotions greatly affects my recordings. Musically, or vocally. Whichever it is.


I don't know what else to say, but let's hope this is not the end of the reign of music!





Wooohahahahahah!!! WE'RE NEARLY THERE!!!! A MONTH OF HARD WORK... and still so much to achieve :(




Oh.  And I just realised that I've got an unfinished Moral Midterms going on in just 15 hours.  Looks like I'll be up studying again.  Grrrr

Mood: Sick
Listening To: Schizzow feat. Roosh - My Valentine









Yep. I'm back on Windows. Somehow, I really liked looking at the animation to switch programmes in a mac. Of course, I did face problems like signing out from MSN and deleting an unwanted beat since I saved it twice in different names.

At least I managed to get online! Wahahahahah

Anyways, the weekend seemed short. Seems just like yesterday when I started from nothing to a beautiful sounding track. Of course, it's not completed without the guitars. But other than that, it seems like a very short weekend spent with wormy's MBP. It's the sweetest thing - EVER.

I just can't wait till I get my own Mac! :D

Of course, by focusing entirely on music, I have rested properly from the Mid Terms. I did something I enjoy doing, which was music and it has somehow replenished me. Tomorrow's another day. After these recording sessions, I will resume my studying habits again. Since the Mid Terms are over, there's the Finals to prepare for.

I can't believe that I really spent the whole weekend by recording.  Besides being vain on wormy's webcam, having lunch and dinner, going to church and Simpang Ampat, and sleeping, I've spent all of my time working on the tracks.  It took me a total of 15 hours to finish up my contributions for the album.  And I still have more to work on.  Now it's just up to practical practice.  All related to live recording, unlike MIDI recording.

Makes things easier, but the live kick isn't there.  Oh well.







Tomorrow's another day! We're on a recording spree!! YAY

Mood: Blur
Listening To: Fundamental Mentalities - Track 7.. or 8.. .hmm..tak tau.










Sweetness. I never thought I was able to continue doing this beat until I found out that this part in this song was a little bit too long for either the verses or chorus.. But I decided to stretch it and re-mix the song and, sweet. Now it's rap-able. Lmfao

Oh. I guess leaving this computer connected to the wireless router without knowing is a good thing. I forgot to disconnect while working on some beats and well, my brother's computer got blocked off the net, causing him not to WoW.

Wow.

Some anti-WoW device this is. I'm lovin' it XD... but it has to go back to its rightful owner tonight :(

And throughout my whole beat-making session, I hope there are no stalkers who are looking forward to the FDM album stalks around my place, or they would have the basic idea what's coming out on the album itself.  I work with speakers and headphones.  Whichever is better!  Wheeeee











Time to flood his HDD with a lovely camera. WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH

Mood: Relieved
Listening To: FDM - Track 10 (missing of guitars)










Well, here I am again.  I spent a total of 12 hours on this beat alone and it's sweet.  So many ideas, yet so many climax parts.  I love inspirations!

*phew*

Still, my job is not done.  I'm going to take an hour break or two while enjoying this sweet beat, practice along with it, and then I'm going to get my butt working for another 6 hours on some other beat.

Naza/Nasa hotel, here we come!

Mood: Satisfied
Listening To: FDM - Track 10 (Incomplete)










Seems to me that I needed to update wormy's macintosh MSN so I could sign in. Since I'm lazy, I won't even bother. Lmfao.

Although I've spent a total of 7 hours on this song, it's a good thing. The drum lines are beautiful. The beats and rhythm are finally getting out of my head and this is the result of my many inspirations. From arrangements (Nobuo of EnixSquare - Final Fantasy OST composer), soothing melodies (vocalists), music knowledge, drum inspirations, êverything. This track sounds extremely beautiful to me and I can't wait to record the vocals!

Although I'm feeling extremely bad because I'm not doing the other tracks for the other songs. I can't help feeling selfish and that puts a lot of guilt pressure onto me :(

Nevertheless, this is something I have never composed before. Finally, a song that sounds like a song, unlike other tracks that sounds boring (Like Season of Heartbreaks. Grrr.)



By the way. Just like Schizzow and everybody else who has their own computer, Wormy saved his Multiply password in Firefox itself. Talk about temptations. Lmfao. You'd better double, triple and quadruple check if I set anything odd in your Multiply just in case if you don't see any journals. Something can sure happen WANS. Wahahahahahaha..










This is a preview for myself. Now I REALLY want the FDM album to come out so I can get myself a copy! XD Wahahahahahaa...


If I had a wish, I would vanquish in a swish..


Edit:  Here are some pictures I took during my own break.  Something to cheer me up from being emo due to the song.  Lmfao.



Oops.  Wrong button.


Wheee?


Frustrated.  Grrrr T.T


Ah.  The one that Schizzow used, I assume?


Arrogant


Arrogant + ACAC.  Someone teach me how to pose with those ACAC symbols..?  I think I got mine wrong..


I like this picture for some reason.. Hmmmm.  I remind myself of a certain Peachybutt.


Your average nerdy prom date.


Insert Cheesy Caption here.







Back to work!!!  Wheeee

Mood: Hungry but XD-ed
Listening To: Ddie - Sangsi









I take back about whatever I said about the dreadful October part.  Maybe it was just me.  Anyways, I finally got my electric guitar back and rejoiced with it once again.  And this time, I learnt something new.  Harmony.  Not normal harmony, but.. I don't even know how to explain it.

It's not harmonies based on the 3rd note or the 5th note of the scale, but this would be a little bit different.  It's the harmony of the minor key of the major key of the song.  That means a Amaj riff harmonising with an Aminor 3rd from the root note.

Hmmm.

Talk about guitar battles.  I think I just made up my mind on what to use in the song.  Hohoho.  Wait till I structure it first.  X)..  Hopefully it doesn't take too long, or I'll be wasting time.. Ahhhh.


Twisted theories, yet a twisted battle song is nearly composed..

Mood: Proud, but sleepy.
Listening To: My brother's slacks, walking around the house.








I'll make this simple and short.  Instead of spending more time to study on Marketing, I ended up in Wormy's place.  Needed to rest from the college boredom and stress in libraries.  And well, I finished a song which is way out of my league.  I doubt anybody would know it was me who came up with the whole structure, or let alone, instrument.

No more guitars.

I never expected myself to complete a song without the strummings of a guitar.  I'm no pianist, I never taken up lessons.  Not to boast, but ... How cool is that?  Lmfao

FDM.  Can't See Us Comin' With The Brand New Flavour... x)

Mood: x)
Listening To: .... x)









I just received my allowance x).

My mum is on her way to Sibubu.  x)

..... x)

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I'm happy.  x)





kranng... Krang........ Kraaaaaang...tiow tiow.....

Nyohohohohoo.. I can hear the distorted notes that I used to play over a month ago... Nyohohohohohohohohohohohohohoho...


Oh.  And my brother is rather light on me.  I can use the car like how I use the bike daily.  During office hours, it's his.  During night time....... x)... Nyohohohoho.. And for the whole day, the bike's mine.. Nyohohohohohooohohohoh


NYOHHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHHO

I can't wait to walk out from the lecture theatre later at 4. X)

Mood: :D-ed
Listening To: D'Cuzzy - Ai Phia









Did you know that it takes a lion to mate at least 3000 times for a lioness to get pregnant?  How do they do it?  Simple.  They mate once every 10 to 15 minutes for 2 days, non-stop - under the rain and stars.  In fact, every time a lion is done mating, he will experience problems in removing its penis out from the lioness' vagina.  Dope sial.  National Geographic is dopeness.

Once again, re-recorded a little project that I composed a few days ago in Wormy's house so I can lighten the load on Wormy's shoulders when he needs to mix and edit the song.  Sounds better as I did some last minute edits in the song.  It sounds beautiful and dramatic!

And not emo.

Once again, I managed to mess around with Reason.  Goodness me.  I've never heard anything so realistic anymore.  Technology has made midi music from jumpy fakely accurate notes until "I'm right in front of an orchestra!" sort of feel.  Gosh.  With Pat's stupid keyboard, I never managed to get so many chords and feel out in terms of arrangements, but after messing around with the real shit, I managed to get a lot of chords out.  More onto chords that fits what my heart speaks.

I'm not hiding it, but I'm adding one more side project as my own compilation with Wormy's help - along with Reason and Oxygen 8.  I am recording Season of Heartbreaks again, and this time - no guitars.  It's easier to record everything via Reason and use a wide range of instruments to play the melodies that I composed for Season of Heartbreaks.

This release would probably the most emotional version of it.  I'm tuning down the speed of it so it would sound extremely boring after the first time you listen to it, but possibly making the weak hearted tear.  I think.  Lol



"So emo wan." - Wormy



Hohohoho.  Reason is dopeness.