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









After uploading a shitload sized videos (all snippets of Six String Samurais), I really did miss the good old times.

Not only playing music with the band, but music itself, and the people I've played with, the people I've met, and the things I've learnt.

First up, without him, I'd be useless in the guitar, and I would've chopped up my guitars to start a bonfire by now.  Huge thanks to Kelvyn Yeang, for being both my mentor, and friend, who's always expanding his knowledge regarding music, coming up with odd and new styles .. I admire him a lot, it's because .. Well, he's one of those people who will never stop in doing and trying to achieve something.

And Ocean of Fire is going back into progressive metal, I heard!  And it's going to be released!  YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Secondly, members of Six String Samurais; Ying Kit, Joshua, Roy and Moe.. Guys, you all made me realise that music isn't about written rules on a *.pdf file, but music is all about fun when you're entertaining others.  Only when you're in the studio, then you have things rather...formal to the human ear.  Especially with Ying Kit, and Joshua, who are leaving for UK and US respectively by the end of this year, you two improved my musical journey with your current styles and ideas of songs.  It's essential that you don't bring inspirations from home, but it's also very important that the people around are equally as good, or better, to constantly learn more.  I'm not sure what's up with the band's status, but since you two are leaving, it's always been great playing with you all!

Especially Ying Kit.  It's been 3 years, bro!  Hard to find another guitarist who'll be fit enough to be jammed with.

Thirdly, to those who are active in Multiply.com - Fundamental Mentalities.  Guitars, rock and live music is one thing.  But through this project, and the experience of creating, recording, learning and doing so many other things which requires a lot of technology-based tools, is also another step in my musical journey.  Thanks to Wormy, I managed to get myself hooked onto Reason, as you all know.  But I still have a long way to go, and to do.  For Schizzow and LooLoo, both of you always inspired me in terms of lyrics, and written materials.  I've always admired you two, honestly, since the first day I met you all.  It's because my English is shit at the moment, and you two write beautiful pieces - even if it's sarcastic.  Rooshie and Avni for being wonderful vocalists .. And Rooshie herself for taking vocals to an extreme level - to a level how I treat my music studies .. extremely technical when it comes to creating a mood and emotion in a song.  Ah Zhuuuu?  I hope your piano skills are still bloody ass good :).










I could go on, but I think that's long enough.  Seriously, thanks guys.  I'm pretty satisfied with who I am at the moment, but I know I can learn more.  Still learning, and if there's any projects to be done, I shall apply my knowledge with you all free from biased - meaning I shall not hide anything I know in a certain piece of music when I'm around.  After all, I do owe you all a path in whatever I've learnt.  So .. thanks :)

Mood: Tired + Sick
Listening To: Nothing

 

 

 

Whenever I sleep, I hear those melodious sounds.. Accompanied by the changes of time signatures, and tempos.

Sound weird, but that's what I hear these days.  Not dreams, but blank images with random songs by Dream Theater.  I think I'm starting to lose it.  It's like it as some hypnotic effect on me.  Probably through another one of those regression therapies.

But besides all that, I'm on the journey of revamping some of the things I have, after getting the things I want to get.  The first thing that'll help me out would be the Line6 TonePort UX1.  That will be very interesting.  Because for the sound I have for rhythm, is not really that satisfying.  It's mean to back another guitarist up, on a Heavy Metal song without lead riffs.

Guess it's set in a way to support, than to lead?  It's a good thing, because it takes teamwork to make a song sound.. like a song.  But then again, I don't know.

And with the Korg Toneworks AX1500g, I finally know that I'm being limited and what's the actual con of owning a multi-effects pedal board.

Can't do much.

Just want a more raw sound..

Maybe I should be like my uncle's friend.. Go into those abandoned houses and search for old, but good amps.  After all, there is some sense in old genuine products being better than the new re-make versions of it.  Some bits and pieces are in the product to make them last longer, or sound better, or whatever it is, but that's the problem.  With these small components, they just will never.. sound the same.

In other words, comparing an amp that was made back in 1957 and an amp that's a re-make version of the 1957, but manufactured in 2007.  Although it's as shit fragile as it is a tube amp, but the sound's a little bit..digital.  It's good, really, but it's not entirely .. raw?

 

 

 

 

So!  Since Penang's been wiped out because of this collector of old amplifiers, which guitarists are with me to salvage old amps from old places in KL, eh?  XD ..

takpe lah, can break into some taukeh's house and go 'pinjam' some of his stuff too while we're at it.. loli

Mood: Tired
Listening To: Daft Punk - Aerodynamite

 

 

 

Usually, when it comes to stuff I've never listen to, I'd usually say:

"I'm not a fan of ______________"

Which is the wrong term, after being in touch with music for quite a while.  Now that I've had a slight taste of how the music industry is like, it's more to like: "I've never heard of _____"

That's a proper term.  And I find myself wanting to look for more materials, musicians, genres, and melodies to experiement with these days.  Besides that, there's the study of polyrhythms that I've never had the chance to go through.  In fact, I'm getting a taste of polyrhythms through this song by Daft Punk.

And yes, Daft Punk.  I've never really listened to them before, but it's through these experimental artists that you learn how to mess around with new effects to make a song sound different compared to the rest which are being produced.

Other than that, I don't know.

Where exactly am I heading with this music path?

Guess I should just kick back and focus on the guitar and toss whatever's irrelevant aside.

 

 

 

 

But a mix of everything is just so..tempting.. Hohoho.

 

 

 

 

Anyways, Harry Gregson-Williams stuff on the Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty OST is extremely good in terms of production.  I seriously dig his stuff.  And some of the songs, for a tactical game, have very very heavy Jazz influence.  In fact, the opening theme - Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday (I think) is a Jazz number.  Fortune's theme song is a mix of electronical experimental orchestra with Jazz, and that's just so.. bloody nice.

Pure ear orgasmismnessed.

I don't know how to explain this, but on that OST, when the bass of a certain instrument comes in, it just hovers around the speakers .. Like an audible mist that surrounds you?  I want that effect, but I have no idea how to achieve that sort of thing with a crap Vista OS.

I shall retreat to Keith @ The Ark Studios for reference.. XD

 

 

 

 

And this feeling; being one with those sort of music .. is just simply amazing.  It's like, I've been emotionally directly linked to these sort of music?  When I listen to something that's produced, mixed and composed properly through these headphones, it brings a smile to my face somehow.

I think I've accidentally made it into my religion.

.. Time to upgrade to better headphones, that's for sure.. XD

 

 

 

 

I should head to the library now and study Management Accounting.  I just realised that I know nothing of the subject.  It's not even bloody accounts, that's for sure =___=

Mood: Tired
Listening To: Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons.

 

 

 

It's interesting to go through certain stages of life.  Currently, I think I'm at a point where I'm enjoying life in a very sadistic way?

My partners at Starbucks can't seem to understand my enthusiasm towards work, and whatever I do.

Sometimes I wonder how is it possible, myself?

There's The Secret, but then again, it's all about the mind.

Currently, I'm working during closing hours in Starbucks, and it's no joke to try and juggle my schedule.  I don't even see the faces of my housemates/ex-gf anymore when I go home.  Since my laptop's at the HP Service Centre because I either blew the RAM or motherboard's BIOS, I only relax at home with my iPod and what's left of it.

And imagine, having speakers with a subwoofer, but an 320 x 480 resolution based screen just to watch Top Gear.

Very simple, and homely.  I'll post a picture to that when I get the laptop back.  Should be getting a call either today or tomorrow.

Although the loss of my laptop for a total of 5 days sounds kind of .. sad, but I'm extremely contented with what I have at the moment.  The people that surrounds me, the people I'm working with, and .. stuff, I guess?

Currently, I'm checking out my latest project that I've been asked to session, once again.  It's Iz's song - Bersama/Together.  Since the beat's being laid out, my job is to only stuff in the usual guitar nonsense.  And what I have as a draft, sounds a little bit different.

Although the beginning does sound like John Petrucci's solo in Another Day, it somewhat surprises and disappoints me.

But since the ending sounds good enough to overcome that minor problem, I don't mind at all.

And you heard?  DJ Tiesto's coming down to Port Dickson.  I never said that I wasn't a fan of Trance/House/clubbing nonsense before, meaning to say that I have nothing against them.  Therefore, since the event's in Port Dickson @ Admiral Marina Club, guess who got free tickets?  XD ..

As many tickets as I want, and either on single or both nights.  HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO.  XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

 

 

 

 

But, if I really think about what I'm doing, I don't feel sad.  I feel rather contented.  I don't know why I feel this way, but .. it's not like me to feel this way.  But this whole feeling and perception of life is simply..amazing?  I'm getting paid for work, I'm catching up with studies naturally even when I don't pay attention, and the exposure to this side of the music industry is a great start.

Especially when you're finally getting paid for music, it's an achievement - but it won't last for long, I know.

Plans for Starbucks:
- Work long term even as a part timer till I move to Melbourne.  Try to apply for Coffee Master status (unsure about District Coffee Master title) .. Get to Melbourne, settle down there for a few months till I'm legal to work as a part timer there.  I heard in Melbourne/Starbucks Coffee International (not Berjaya Starbucks Coffee Sdn Bhd, duh), you can apply as a part-time supervisor from my other senior partners in Australia if you worked in Malaysia or something?  Or maybe it's a Starbucks International rule thing that never seem to existed because of Dato Vincent Goh ...

 

 

 

 

Well, being single is fun - if you don't think about needing the significant other.  I'm not saying that I'm stubborn.  I love to share benefits or whatever it is among friends, it's just that.. I have to admit that I do not have the time to care and love for someone .. special?

Besides, I'm out of strength to go on in any relationships.  I'm worn out.  Lol.

 

 

 

 

Oh.  Good news.  I managed to get back on the guitars again.  :)

 

 

 

 

PS.  For those who are working in the F&B line .. Grease traps are probably .. I don't know.  A blessing in disguise to piss off your manager if he's close by.. XD

Mood: Appreciative?
Listening To: Dream Theater - Through Her Eyes.









Yes, it's Dream Theater once again.  But this time, there's nothing to do with technical progressions, 123 time signature changes, 50000000000 bpm increment during a song, so on and so forth.  It's just that I've been studying so hard, until I forgot what was the true purpose of.. music?

I'm not sure how to explain this.. But sometimes it's always nice to tone down and play something melodious.

.. Or something.  I dig the simple..but powerful bass lines?  The song starts after 3 minutes or something.




Nicholas:
She never really had a chance
On that fateful moonlit night
Sacrificed without a fight
A victim of her circumstance

Now that I've become aware
And I've exposed this tragedy
A sadness grows inside of me
It all seems so unfair

I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes

Just beyond the churchyard gates
Where the grass is overgrown
I saw the writing on her stone
I felt like I would suffocate

Inloving memory of our child
So innocent, eyes open wide
I felt so empty as I cried
Like part of me had died

I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes

And as her image
Wandered through my head
I wept just like a baby
As I lay awake in bed

And I know what it's like
To lose someone you love
And this felt just the same

She wasn't given any choice
Desperation stole her voice
I've been given so much more in life
I've got a son, I've got a wife

I had to suffer one last time
To grieve for her and say goodbye
Relive the anguish of my past
To find out who I was at last

The door has opened wide
I'm turning with the tide
Looking through her eyes
Taken off the album Live Scenes In New York.  Music done by Dream Theater, lyrics written by John Petrucci.

From what I understand, this song is from the conceptual album, Scenes From A Memory.  This is the part where Nicholas finally sees the death of Victoria through the regression therapy.  Realises that Victoria was murdered in 1928, how her death has affected his life, and
how unfair it is that Victoria haunts him because of her tragedy.

And.. so on.

The song before this is Beyond This Life, where Nicholas consults The Hypnotherapist to hypnotise him to perform the regression therapy, and finds out how the death took place as written on the media.

.. And the song after this, Home, has an audible sex scene XD










Mmm ...

Mood: Neutral
Listening To: Nothing yet.









Please be warned that you will get lost while reading this journal, but if you're planning to record guitars, and if you're a clumsy player in the studios, please read on.  You might learn a thing or two.

Note to Wormy:  Found a cleaner way to record guitars now.  WHEEEEEEEE

I think there's a new revolution to guitar recording for me, if I'm lazy to practice.  Although it's not really a method that'll earn respect from other great guitarists, but here's a time saving method to record guitars if you're a clumsy/dirty player.

Like, hitting the open strings during a solo, or when you bend your strings too hard, and eventually hitting the other strings which causes an open noted string.  Or unwanted raked notes with the pick/palm.

Kelvyn taught me to use a sock (or anything that you can tie around the guitar neck to muffle any unwanted sounds) and tie around the guitar neck, and start pulling off legato notes .. Or the two hands on the neck technique, like what Steve Vai and Joe Satriani does on concerts.

It would be crazy to have your right hand always holding onto the neck for an hour or two when you're practicing at home, right?  So just use the sock to replace your right hand then.

Not only is this method good for practicing legato solos with, but it's a good 'tool' to use to record solos which are based on the frets which aren't being muffled by the cloth/sock.  I tried it just now, and my playing sounded superb!  No messiness for the first time in my life, but I was cheating myself.

Only in the studios, I guess I'll use this method for a cleaner guitar sound.  Other than that, I'll just keep on practising.










Yum.  Any FDM guitar riffs that needed to be recorded?  :D

Mood: Blur
Listening To: Dream Theater - Through Her Eyes









I feel this song is somewhat .. beautiful.  No technical nonsense.  It's short, simple.. and.. nice.

It doesn't really take brains to come up with the best music in the world, but rather.. emotions.

Mood: XD
Listening To: SlipKnoT - People = Shit









Back to the Nu-Metal era.. The last I heard of SlipKnoT would be back in.. form 3.. that'll be 2003?

These influences came along during the stage when I picked up Metallica on the way.. It was for guitar studies, and that's when I got to know double-peddling nonsense on the drums, and how Heavy Metal nearly sounded like..

I just finished downloading Disasterpieces concert.. Oh my..

Never really seen them wild before.. XD













Let's not forget that Joey Jordison's one of the fastest drummers in history without drug abuse.. wheeeee

Mood: O_O
Listening To: Dream Theater - Octavarium









I was looking through a couple of pictures via Wikipedia.org regarding Dream Theater.  Like this one:



A wireless controller.  This is really interesting, to me, at least.  Knowing Jordan Ruddess (left, in pic), he uses strictly MIDI racks as shown in the 2004 DVD, Live in Budokan.  I'm not sure for how long has he been using MIDI-based racks, but goddamn, I just found out that he never stops exploring what's new, and what's not.

What I learnt today, would be the perfect MIDI-instrument that I might consider purchasing in the distant future.  What can it be?  It's called a Continuum.  I've got no idea what the hell it is, but unlike a normal keyboard, you require to plug this into a bunch fo racks, or to a synth to steal the sound and use it on this.. plastic-looking based keyboard thing?









An example would be this link here.. To me, sometimes, the way that technology advances can be pretty scary at times..

Mood: XD
Listening To: Gf's laptop's broken cooling fan









It's like...zzzt.

I'm not used to her keyboard, but bloody hell, she's using my laptop -_-

Anyways, I find it quite interesting when we put our mind to something, or when we force ourselves to do something we've had passion in, but in a different field, quite satisfying results can be produced.

As for me, a mix of my rusty brain, and a lot of re-wiring in the usual MIDI programme, Reason 3.0, benefited me quite a bit.  I've managed to figure out some new effects in a song, but I believe that I'm not exactly using the devices or racks properly.

But who cares when it comes to all that?  Even if whatever I've done is like, a total mess and probably the longest and weirdest way, I managed to get what I wanted.  And it's still rather astonishing how technology tends to improve over time.  It's unbelievable that everything analogue is starting to turn.. digital.

Computerised.

Soon, there's no such thing as analogue recording anymore, I guess.

But the problem is.. The more we venture into this, the more fake, it sounds.  Guess that's the mark of the 20th century, I suppose?

There are so much that's going on in my mind, and I would want to express it through words, but.. I'll leave everybody who's reading this at a blur (as if they're not already).. It's funny how I've gotten in touch with music a little bit more seriously.  I find myself complaining that each specified sound in a song isn't .. enough.  There's not enough Lo in this, it's too sharp, it's too soft, blah blah blah.

And in the end of the day, the sound that's being produced is rather..biased.  That's why I need $$ to get not only new, but a good set of headphones.

Please God, inspire me to fuckin work la kanninehpukichaocheebai.










Oh.  Friendly local artists.  Have you heard of the MACP before?  It's the Music Authors' Copyright Protection in Malaysia.  Something.. that'll.. get you money.  LOL.

Something about royalty being paid for your tracks being played in clubs, radio stations and anything commercialised.  I never knew such things existed before in Malaysia.  I must be bloody outdated.  Lol.

For the moment, I have no idea what it does.  Briefly, yes.  But I haven't got the time to study it just yet.  I'm guessing that the person I'm working for, Iz, is hinting to me to join along with him very soon.  But the minimum qualification to enter would be 5 of your self-composed songs.

I don't know if that would mean.. FDM-based songs?  Buh.  Can't be bothered at the moment, anyways.










.. Dream Theater is the shit \m/ >.< \m/










And special thanks to my bro for unlocking the secrets of mIRC for me.. bwahahahahahaha.. HELLO RANMA.. XD

Mood: Blur
Listening To: Harry Gregson-William - Olga Gurlukovich









Bloody good production for a game OST, by the way.  I love the mixing!!

I don't know if I should call myself crazy, or just curious.  As you all know, curiousity killed the cat.

Not long ago, I got offered by Iz Sulaini, one of the top 12 finalists of One in a Million - one of the many American Idols but being done in Malaysia, to remix his single which is going to be launched this March, Gonna Be Alright.

.. And I must say, can HE sing.

Unlike his cousin, who happens to be the distorted 50-year old amplifier of Six String Samurais.. Lol

I've never really paid attention to our local talents here because I've been.. well, looking down on our talents here.  But then again, I'm not to blame.  It's all the government's fault for not encouraging not only music, but bloody fuckin' performing arts.  So if I'm ever going to go for some election, neither of you prickheads are getting my vote unless something is to be done to this side of the damned country of you motherfuckers can burn in hell.

.. With that said, I would like to say, re-mix his song.  In what sense?  To come up with a whole new environment, theme, and taste for his song.  Converting a somewhat emo song, to a jiggy jizz-happy song that's suitable in clubs.

With the influences of Dream Theater, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Metallica, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Eric Johnson, Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry, NSYNC, Nobuo Uematsu and Ocean of Fire, I'm proud to say that I know nuts about songs that are qualified to be played in clubs.

Nor should I say, I am a jackass when it comes to clubbing environments.

Wait.. "chest, chest, shoulder, chest, beer belly, chest, chest, beer belly, HOLY FUCK.  AN ERECTION.  shoulder, chest, sweaty nipple, chest, yuck.".. I swear I never had any experience in clubs.  Especially 2 nights ago.  LOL










But so far, I've let some people listened to a brief sample, and they said it's pretty good.  I can understand if they've got harsh comments and if they say that it would suck.  I don't mind, only because that it's my very first time doing this genre of music.  Besides that, I'm no sound engineer, so my production can pretty much such regardless of the ideas I might have.  And I'm still constantly letting my stream of ideas and inspirations to let loose on Reason.  Since it's a club-based song, I'm allowed to use most of the instruments/samples provided in that programme now, instead of the traditional stuff that I would usually use in normal rock songs.  Or whatever it is you want to call them.

And with my ears finally being trained to vomit at super-MIDI-ish sounds, I'm avoiding some instruments that I've used before in previous tracks that I've done for myself and Schizzow.










Oh what joy.. Maybe I should really quit accountancy and take up Music Production kua ...










... NOT.  Debit credit, debit credit.. XD

Mood: Blur
Listening To: Dream Theater - As I Am









I guess most of you are already sick because of this Dream Theater fever I've been having.  But now, I decided to take it onto another level.  I would want to learn what makes John Pettruci...ticks.

Therefore, I have decided to give up playing by ear, and use numeric referencing, a.k.a. guitar tabs for this song.

.. For the solo.

The solo's about 5:11 onwards.. Here it is..





Note that I will be taking on the 3rd fastest guitarist in the world, and the 11th or the 13th best rock guitarist in the world.. SO this ought to be interesting.. XD

For the drummers, here's what Mike Portnoy does for the song.. XD

Mood: Blur
Listening To: NSYNC - This I Promise You .. From another laptop -_-









.. I still never got back my Dream Theater DVD.

I remember I only watched the first few seconds because Dream Theater was way too technical for somone like me back then.  But now I'm interested, and I can't seem to get it back.  LOL.

Which leaves me to torrents.. XD

Until I find another copy here in KL ..

Why so desperate?  It's simple.  I remember a friend of mine told me that Dream Theater came up with an album/DVD that tells a story through music.  A challenging thing for most musicians, and this DVD's the one that has it..




Story at wikipedia.org..

Pretty interesting for a concert.  Guess they picked and merged instrumental music together to tell a story of a couple I guess..

Thanks to youtube, I won't need to wait for the torrent to finish up.. XD

Mood: Buh.
Listening To: Nothing









I just watched an instructional video by Dream Theater's John Pettruci.  It amazes me that what his kind of guitarists would be able to play.  Melodiously, I mean.  Therefore, I've decided to read up on the Pitch Axis Theory, and would love to try and understand..

.. What the hell it would mean.










I hope this would bring me into another stage in the musical level.  I know modes, but applying them is a problem to me.  So through this, I would get a basic feel, before I would venture off into the Guitar Grimoire series.










Amazing.

Mood: Sick
Listening To: Steve Vai - Die To Live









Now that my exams finished, I suppose I should have more time for music - I think.  Anyways, last night, I was down with an infected eye, fever, flu and the urge to have Double Spicy Chicken McDeluxe.  Buh.

But besides that, I was listening to one of Steve Vai's song - Die to Live.  It's not your ordinary 4/4 tempo thing, and I've been listening to a lot of songs by Dream Theater that doesn't stick by the 4/4 rule either.  Die to Live is a 5/4 tempo-based song, and I was thinking about this:

Why didn't I even bothered trying to do something like this?

An odd-numbered tempo would be something nice to mess around with.  I just found out that FFX's To Zanarkand is a 3/4 tempo.










Maybe for the upcoming project, I should try on a 5/4 tempo thing?  XD










Boom boom :'D

Mood: Hungry
Listening To: Dream Theater - The Dance of Eternity









Mmmmm .... Now I really wished that my DT Live in Budokan worked .. I'm wondering what happened to my DT live in NY ..?.. I think it's still in wormy's crib along with my Tokyo Drift.. Lol










I need more ..............

Mood: XD
Listening To: Break Free









As I thought that I had the whole hip-hop boom boom bass drum all figured out, I was wrong.  I forgot that my ears are being deceived by the power of this subwoofer.  Therefore, I got fooled.

I listened to it on my mp3 player, and.. Well, it sounded better than just a normal hit on the bass drum.  At least there was the whole bassy-non-peaking bass drum thing.

But that wasn't enough.  What I heard from my headphones would be that it was too.. Precise.  Too digital.  Too.. midi.

THEREFORE, I decided to try a very old trick up Schizzow's Love Letter beat.  And the results were far better than what I did in Audition.  Having a Compressor around to support your tracks is extremely crucial, and now I see what I've been missing out on!










Through this, I always knew that Reason 3.0 was a very powerful tool.  And I had no idea how powerful it was, until now.  And I haven't entirely unlocked every one of its secrets.. So many things to learn, so little time .. :)










Bliss ... boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom...

Mood: XD
Listening To: Dream Theater - Hell's Kitchen









I've been waiting for weeks (actually, months due to the connection here..) for their discography to be leeched off others for me to .. enjoy.

When I woke up this morning, it's finally complete :D




For a minute, I could've sworn that I heard some purposely-composed off-beat progressive metal song.. And after 15 minutes of that, came to a church-based theme blues..

I'm far more than shocked.  This is my first time listening to Dream Theater and I always wanted to listen to their materials..

Their recordings are so clean .. And all the ideas being put into each songs are hard to get used to.  Too technical..










And John Pettruci!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Mood: Tired
Listening To: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

 

 

 

I'm definitely not being myself these days.  I guess I'm going through another metamorphosis stage at the moment.

But then again, some few things amuses me.  Okay, not some things, but I was listening to Joe Satriani's solo in the G3's Little Wing song back in 2004.  I tried to break it down and noticed that his picking is barely audible.  Now I'm wondering, how do some artists eliminitate that DJ wannabe scratching sound from the guitar when you pick the strings with a plucktrum?

I suppose I got all the time in the world to figure that out.  I just don't want to hear that "shrak shrak shrak shrak" sound when we start shredding.

Anyways, there're a couple of bands I just came across again.  Right now, I would recommend you to listen to Within Temptations if you're a fan of both Heavy Metal, and Orchestral music.  The vocalist can go pretty much high too - the usual goth female vocals; meaning to say that they don't use falseto's to hit the high notes.

Amazing.

And best of all; the mixing product is outstanding.  It's not normal, and it reminded me of XMZ's product from his minor project, Malerjia, in Russia.  It's all about plugins, I suppose and I can't use any of those.

Hooray for Vista.

And speaking of odd mixing.  I've never heard of a band that has the bass guitar on one speaker, and the guitars on the other.  That would be Red Hot Chili Peppers.  Surprisingly, the tightness of the band is still at presence; I suppose this is about tone control and coordination of the band before one's responsibility in the song drowns the other?

Yeah, reminds me of how screwed up Six Strings Samurais can be when we go a little bit too wild.  The horror of the acoustic set last Saturday.. Daniel, Paul and Schizzow once witness an average guitarist.. devoluting into  a voilinist who tried to pick up the guitar on his or her very first time.

Right now, I'm listening to one of the best produced Hip Hop album that just came out locally.  Point Blanc's solo album.  Although I left my album back in Penang and only ripped Ipohmali from the CD, I can't enjoy all of that.. Greatness.

The beats are far beyond dope, anyways.

Jaclyn Victor XD.. still love the way how she did the vocals for that song.. hohoho

But anyways, I'm still on the hunt for Huur Huur Tu.  If you happen to find their album lying around in the International section of any music shops, let me know.  I'm dying to listen to their throat singing since the end of the Penang World Music Festival.

 

 

 

 

But now, I guess besides music, I've got another goal.. It's regarding health.  I guess it's beneficial if I happen to exercise from time to time instead of staying home .. I literally feel lazier as the day passes doing nothing..

 

 

 

 

Can I blow myself up like a balloon instead of exericising there, kellyinyee?  If it works, I'll blow you up too.  I just want to be like..Kirk Hammett, numsayin?  I'll try to make it a habit to attend Celebrity Fitness everyday.. hahahahaha.. I can't see myself doing that la..

 

 

 

 

Okay..time for the God forsaken subject in this world..Macroeconomics.. T_T