So far, from as far as I can remember, my state of mind has always been to just chill and relax, stay happy (cept when I'm at home) and not get pissed. So far it has been working real well and everything just falls in place. But sometimes a Zen like mind (wahhh!!!!!) doesn't cut it and anger is the only emotion that'll work for me. It doesn't happen very often but now is that sometimes. Why and what about? Some things are best left unexplained cos they're unexplained-able but a little pouring of the soul usually solves the problem. And hence here's a little of my soul.

Haven't had a chance to really post anything. Mind's a bit blank with all that's happening so far but just a quickie. TAGS was real fun though there could have been more work done on noise control. Next time. PnP CDs are slowly being sold so if you want a copy. SHOUT!!!! Only limited 200 copies out there. Hahahaha...

Things are going real well with SAMANTA though they're taking the ego part of ego pop abit too seriously :P but it'll all work out after awhile. It always does. Just needs more practice and more rockstar on stage. Maybe I'll taking up dancing and exercise more so I don't drain myself out half way thru the set. It's fun to watch SAMANTA on stage. You should come the next time they play. They got a website now too. http://egopop.blogspot.com

E.M.O.T. is trying to get their ass together but we've all been busy with work. But finally we'll be siting down to see what's next for us. But you know EMOT. Just like the nature of teh members, we're all slackers man. And when I say slackers, I actually mean lay-zee. Whee!!!! EMOT should be playing a couple of gigs in June. Do drop by too. Why? Free stuff! dig in your kiasu side and come get 'em.

Opps! There's goes my mind again. Blank. But do come down tonight to Barnone for Barnone sessions organized by the Aging Youth guys. It's Funk night. Ugly in the Morning, Throb and Dancing Nancies. It'll be grooving! Come have a pint with me. Us. Everyone. Blarg! Just come!

Toots and woots!

T.A.G.S.!
The Art of Gear Stomping

Less is more but more is still more. Queries have been targeted towards musicians by both musicians and non-musicians: “Why do you need so many pedals? All you need is maybe 2 or 3 but 12?!” Well, finally, here at the snug and friendly gallery of the Substation, pedal dealers from Singapore are here to show you why. The Art Of Gear Stomping is a showcase of different guitar pedal effects and the sounds they make, featuring brands such as Catalinbread, Z-Vex, George Dennis, MoogerFooger, Line 6, Visual Sound and Fulltone to name a few. Brought to you by the following dealers…

-­ Mr.Misse
-­ Wake Me Up Music
-­ Fierce Design
-­ City Music Pte. Ltd.
-­ Empty71
-­ JM Guitars
Also includes Modders and used gear.

Also for the very first time in Singapore, a clinic by our very own local musicians, Daniel Sasson of Electrico, Wendy Phua of Zhen, Linda Ong of Lunarin, Fuzz of Phorous and IF, Seng Woei Yuan of The Love Experiment, Muhammad Alkhatib of Astreal and Nick Chan of MUON, The Death of Cinema and Astreal. These musicians will be displaying their effects and will show us why and how they incorporate the use of guitar effects in their music.

Date and Time: 21st May 2005 2pm – 8pm
Venue: The Substation Gallery
Tickets: $2 per entry

TAGS is a collaboration by PLATFORM and MISSE Electronics and supported by Aging Youth Production and SUBSTATION

For more information, go to:
www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com
www.mrmisse.com
www.agingyouth.com
www.substation.org

The whole day I've been feelingthe effect of post-performances. Besides being tired. I SOOOoooo wanna gig again. The feeling of performing live in front of a crowd is just toooo.....exhilarating? to describe. Don't talk about the crowd roaring back at you or cheering you on. That's a different thing and anyway here in Singapore, you seldom get that. I'm talking about just performing itself. I couldn't even see teh audience that night because of the lightings and the smoke. But it was great. Getting up that, kicking off the songs. Reaching to point where you get to jump around (for Samanta) or do a spin-a-roo-ni (not Booker T style) or a windmill (for E.M.O.T.). It's just crazy I tell you. I so wanna play again, and again, and again, and again....Gotta work harder to get more gigs. Especially gigs with enough decent space to at least take 2 steps forward and backwards and spin around without hitting your guitar neck on something. "She looks to me and say..!!!"

Last night was fun at Plug and Play. I got to jump around with Samanta and rock it with Eugene's Moment of Truth. I think E.M.O.T.'s contant gigging and anal bitching has helped us get together in some way. I love watching the video. I can now safetly dump the rest cos they're uncompareable to this gig. And people were snapping up the free E.M.O.T. sample CDs we were giving away during our performance. Wow! Unfortunately, Platform didn't make enough to cover cost. I feel bad now that I can't pay the bands. Actually, I wasn't disappointed at the turn-out. I was more disappointed with the sales of the compilation CD. I mean, yea, ticket's are more expensive than the usual gigs going on nowadays but don't forget, there's a wide variety of genres in this gig. AND the CD, which comprises of the band who played that night, is only going on for a measley $5. We're not kids anymore. We can afford $5. And I though that there'll be a stronger support of local music nowadays since it's picking up very nicely nowadays. Maybe I thought wrong. Maybe too many ppl got the free CD. 50 now seems like a lot to give away. Oh well. There's still CDs for sale you know. Just look for me and I'll sell you some. *wink*