new band member and others
a new band member?
a few days ago, i received an email from dave, he told me that there's one 16 year-old was interested to join our humble band.. the 16year old emailed the band that he play a bit of guitar/drums (beginner's level) and piano (grade 5). he hated school life. he feels like quiting school and wanted to join the millions rockstars wannabe (that includes us; Bed" target="_blank">bedroom jam also). all he wants is to play gigs. unfortunately, BJ's haven't had any opportunity to play in any gigs except some minor performances during our USM's years. i used to think that we have some talent then we can be musicians. but boy, i was wrong. it required more than that....
at first, i really felt there will a huge gap among us and him if he's really accepted by the band, which i think is impossible. hahah... if he's a guitar prodigy, or can sing like erm...eric martin or bono, then i'll be first one to welcome him to the band.anyway, let's see whether we have the opportunity to jam with that guy. i think the band is having some vocalist problem. to tell the truth, dave's vocal is too soft, mine is too damn like a eddie vedder (pearl jam copycat/rip-off). i should try to change style a lot. don't wanna be sterotype as a ed ved wannabe just like 'disagree' been stereotype because of the bands vocalist sounds like ed ved.
today i got an email from dave and fei writing bout the 16 year old. 4 person in band is difficult enough, if one more person join in 'the fight'. it will armageddon, baby...
and one more thing, 'jackson' had voiced his intention to me that he wanted to join the band. i dunno how to react to that. i said that i need to discuss with the other band members first. i told dave bout it. he wasn't very happy. if i tell fei..lagi teruk. hahah.. 2 guitarist in the band esp in BJ is already a headache sometimes. luckily we managed to tolerate each other's antics and styles till now. if we add another guitarist in the band, then it means WAR!!!!
there's one thing that contributed to my current playing skills and styles. first, after meeting one of the BJ's fc (our mr. fingerpicker dave). last time we used to trade off a lot of ideas and discuss bout all the things in music. during the earlier phase of 'our partnership', i used to be a lead person while dave doing all the song-writing. i did some song-writing during my first few years of guitar-playing, but it sucked like shit. all i did was lovey-dovey love songs. damn malu to say this to the BJ's. i used to write love songs. hahah.. all members of BJ's looked at me as a damn rockish, metallish bad guy image, ganas and cursed a lot. but i was a fucking jiwang guy. now, when i look back at those lyrics/songs that i had written, i feel eMBA" target="_blank">mbaressed. i really can't face myself for being a 'jiwang karat'. the word 'love' in my songs remains a taboo. even though i wrote Shattered Life (which happens to be a love-lost song and "kantoi-ed in love joke" between me and dave), i never mentioned a word of love in the lyrics. so..if try to write love songs, then fei will be damn surprised... if he read this, he'll know my secrets.....
so after quite long playing along side of dave, i finally found my style of playing/started my song writing evolution (at first without lyrics just instrumental). playing with him give me a lot of confidence dabbling in my own styles. so..a big thank you to mr fingerpicker dave... (but till today i remained a humble player...hahah..betul tak, dave?) let dave do the S.O thing on stage/in the studio, while i remained there standing and playing like a piece of big log.
a few days ago, i received an email from dave, he told me that there's one 16 year-old was interested to join our humble band.. the 16year old emailed the band that he play a bit of guitar/drums (beginner's level) and piano (grade 5). he hated school life. he feels like quiting school and wanted to join the millions rockstars wannabe (that includes us; Bed" target="_blank">bedroom jam also). all he wants is to play gigs. unfortunately, BJ's haven't had any opportunity to play in any gigs except some minor performances during our USM's years. i used to think that we have some talent then we can be musicians. but boy, i was wrong. it required more than that....
at first, i really felt there will a huge gap among us and him if he's really accepted by the band, which i think is impossible. hahah... if he's a guitar prodigy, or can sing like erm...eric martin or bono, then i'll be first one to welcome him to the band.anyway, let's see whether we have the opportunity to jam with that guy. i think the band is having some vocalist problem. to tell the truth, dave's vocal is too soft, mine is too damn like a eddie vedder (pearl jam copycat/rip-off). i should try to change style a lot. don't wanna be sterotype as a ed ved wannabe just like 'disagree' been stereotype because of the bands vocalist sounds like ed ved.
today i got an email from dave and fei writing bout the 16 year old. 4 person in band is difficult enough, if one more person join in 'the fight'. it will armageddon, baby...
and one more thing, 'jackson' had voiced his intention to me that he wanted to join the band. i dunno how to react to that. i said that i need to discuss with the other band members first. i told dave bout it. he wasn't very happy. if i tell fei..lagi teruk. hahah.. 2 guitarist in the band esp in BJ is already a headache sometimes. luckily we managed to tolerate each other's antics and styles till now. if we add another guitarist in the band, then it means WAR!!!!
there's one thing that contributed to my current playing skills and styles. first, after meeting one of the BJ's fc (our mr. fingerpicker dave). last time we used to trade off a lot of ideas and discuss bout all the things in music. during the earlier phase of 'our partnership', i used to be a lead person while dave doing all the song-writing. i did some song-writing during my first few years of guitar-playing, but it sucked like shit. all i did was lovey-dovey love songs. damn malu to say this to the BJ's. i used to write love songs. hahah.. all members of BJ's looked at me as a damn rockish, metallish bad guy image, ganas and cursed a lot. but i was a fucking jiwang guy. now, when i look back at those lyrics/songs that i had written, i feel eMBA" target="_blank">mbaressed. i really can't face myself for being a 'jiwang karat'. the word 'love' in my songs remains a taboo. even though i wrote Shattered Life (which happens to be a love-lost song and "kantoi-ed in love joke" between me and dave), i never mentioned a word of love in the lyrics. so..if try to write love songs, then fei will be damn surprised... if he read this, he'll know my secrets.....
so after quite long playing along side of dave, i finally found my style of playing/started my song writing evolution (at first without lyrics just instrumental). playing with him give me a lot of confidence dabbling in my own styles. so..a big thank you to mr fingerpicker dave... (but till today i remained a humble player...hahah..betul tak, dave?) let dave do the S.O thing on stage/in the studio, while i remained there standing and playing like a piece of big log.
posted by TK at 4:26 PM
1 Comments:
haha...aww..shucks..i kena puji..nyek nyek.
why jackson wants to join ah? i thought he said he terror shread guitar (better than vai?) O.o he can be like...arthur kang...harharhahr...nyek nyek.
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