Before i forget, here's some pics of my madness during the Alumni Night gig:


Zero Hero in Action!


Kelvin the lead singer. Quite handsome huh. Pm me for his phone number keke


Meng the guitarist-turned bassist. Quite handsome also.


Sean the flamboyant drummer. Also relatively handsome. Shit man the band's full of hunks!


Yiming the China folk rocker. Ok he's not tt handsome, but he sure brings out the country in u!


Sue Ann the keyboardist. Pretty funky tt night.


And of course me la. Must have caught me while i was figuring out which pedal to step on. Hmm


Getting alittle high on the way to the solo.


Yiming got the hint. It's showtime!


Blazing the fretboard with my eyes closed! Classic Rock Pose!

Next up was the senior band....

Robin from RAFE leading the pack.


Daniel "Myung" on the bass! The band head. Not much hair on it tho


Rong Sheng on drums. Or issit Rong He? Ah heck la. Doesnt really matter. Heh


Equally adept on keyboards too


Hui^2 on drums. Quite zai. But not zai enuff for me tho. Heh.


More zai on keys imho.


Last but not least our chio bu singer Hui Ying. Damn hot la...*sizzle*

After tt we have Xinyao performing. Once again i kena the giant arrow again, so here i am up on the stage once more..

Tt's a Bm7 chord if u are wondering.


Mr Xin Jin aka "Jay" singing Shi Jie Mo Ri. Quite steady lar. Got the Jay seh in him haha.


Ailing on the keys for this song. Damn solid...perfect pitch. But dunno what went wrong with this pic. Errr..


Our dear and friendly Yun Rou taking vid of us all this while! Xin Ku Ni Le!

Yeap tt's all for tt night. Pretty cool huh. Heh.

Just came back from the TH Alumni Night gig. My band, Zero Hero (yea kinda lame but yea... it works) was up first and we did tt intro thingy i mentioned a few posts ago. Think it kinda shocked half of the audience and managed to get their attention. Which was good. We started off with Stand By Me by Oasis. Pretty strong start, but we slipped up pretty badly during the bridge section. Dunno if the crowd noticed, but i sure did. Big time, but heh we managed to scramble back to the chorus. It was good until tt glaring error, but after tt we ended off well. So umm, hope we dun cock up again hahaha.

Next up was Don't Look Back In Anger..also by Oasis. (Wonder y we played 2 oasis songs? haha). Personally i feel this song was done much better, cos no slip ups. Tho i played a few wrong notes here and there it wasn't off notes at all. So pretty much covered up, and during the solo i did a little gimmick with Yiming which got the crowd going mad. Or so i thought. But whatever the case it was more fun, and definitely less tense compared to Stand By Me.

Third song was done with Xinyao and we played Shi Jie Mo Ri by Jay Chou. Pretty ok, tot i would forget the chords but i din. Haha, quite heng right there. Ailing is good as usual, and Xin Jin sang pretty well. The crowd was very appreciative of his singing.

Overall i feel today's performance was ok. Can be done better seriously. But one problem i realised is that pple dun know their songs well. Seriously speaking i can play the entire song without any backing la, but the others cant really do tt. And tt will cause u to screw up during a gig cos u'll be at a loss as to where the song is. Esp for drummers, sometimes u jsut cannot hear the rest of the band so this is the only way to keep it tight.

Sigh, but say how many times also no use one lar. Some pple just wun listen.

I lost it again.

Probably i shld manage my time alittle bit better, so tt i can sneak in more sleep, and get more guitar done.

It affects me when i feel tt i dun measure up to others.

It affects me knowing tt i could be much better but i just did not bother to put in the effort.

It affects me when i could not see the result even though i put in the effort.

Somehow i do not understand whether u are super confident about yourself or super contented with your current state. But whatever the case, it's this level which i wanna attain, and it's this tt i respect u for.

Somehow u dun get hyped up over certain things. Tt's cool.

Or maybe i'm putting too much pressure on myself lately.

Probably shld take a step back since everyone's so nonchalant.

When will Sunny come home?

(I used to like this song, but this is not suitable for band imho)

Just back from the Beyond concert with Kai, Guan, Si Chao, Cheng Da and Zheng Han. It's good to see them live, after repeatedly listening to their Live & Basic album for all these years. Good stuff i'd say, belting out hits after hits, which i gladly sang along to. Some of the songs i've nv heard before but it's still good. Apparently they did not cash in on the sad fact tt the lead singer died 10+ yrs ago, which i think deserves respect. Imagine if every concert u have to cry, it will seem pretty fake. But of course, there will be one song for tt fella everytime, and a little memorial session for him. But tt's it. Tastefully done i'd say.

I guess the only gripe abt the whole thing is tt the lead guitarist did not play most of the lead parts and solo. Probably because he had to sing some songs, but then cmon... u're supposed to be the shredder here! I pay to watch u, and u have to let ur sessionist shred. K la he's really good la, way better than u, but he looks like a cock la. And the band's not really tight, some off notes here and there, shldnt be the case for a professional band. Maybe the general crowd wun notice, but me, Kai and Guan sure did.

Sound wasn't very good also, couldn't hear the lead guitarist very well, the keyboards are covering up the sound too much. And it's too trebly also. I think the sound man could have done a better job. Same goes for the band too.

Overall, i feel the $130 was well spent. I willingly paid for the hype, and i paid for the music. And of course i paid to see the legends. After all this could well be the last time they are gonna perform here in Singapore. Or maybe the last time they're ever gonna perform. Now tt i've watched them, at least i wun regret 20 yrs down the road.

Worth every single cent.

Little sore throat from over singing though. Heh.

It's surprisingly easy how u can find other pple's blogs. And pple can find urs. Where's the privacy now? Maybe we'll do a simple search like racism and see how many pple we can nab. Heh.

New resolution: Min 2 hrs on the guitar everyday. Work on scales, sweep, tap, whatever man. With a metronome too. Fast is not the main thing. With accuracy comes speed. And one day i'll play Canon in D like tt smug taiwanese. Or Hongkie, wherever he's from.

Pray hard for statistics test tml. Pray even harder for IVP training tml. Hope i dun collapse or smthing.

Then again, i dun pray. *snigger*

5 straight hours in the band room. 3 for PA and 2 for band. Lotsa new stuff learnt.

Did my first ever "professional" live recording using the O1V. (Yeying, what's O1V? *snigger*)

Shure SM58 is a darn good mike. Clarity and good response. Brings out the voice in you.

Linda has a fantastic voice. Alittle mesmerizing as she sings.

David is a god in guitar. No tabs, all by ear. And his fingerstyle is wicked. Just when i tot Joel has the weirdest chords, this guy beats him flat out. Nice feel, knows what he wants to play and how to play. 1 take and he nailed the song outright. Perfect, note for note. Straight out from his ear.

How i wish i can play like David. Tho he can't touch me in lead, but i feel his style is better. Straight out crowd pleaser. Like Guo an. Like Joel.

Getting alittle aimless in my guitar. Dun see the point of practising all those mundane finger exercises, yet find simple songs too simple. No inspiration for songs at the moment. Probably will try out David's way of approaching a song. Shall start with Shi Jie Mo Ri then.

Still slightly confused with the workings of the mixer still. Too many buttons and functions. Do it slow still can, rush me and i'll start to panic. Adobe audition is no kick to me. Easy stuff. Impressed the seniors alittle with my editing skills tho haha. Maybe i shld be the chief editor or smthing, but then i only like to edit the songs tt i like. So u pple better sing well if u want to get listened by me. Wahaha.

Today's jam is ok, but some pple can see tt they nv practise the song much la. No feel also. Sian. Hate to jam when everyone's bochup abt it. Introduced the "intro" concept to them tho. Kinda like a introductory jam before we start playing any songs. U know like... "Let's welcome (insert our band name here)!!!" then we'll play the intro to get the attention of the pple. Something like tt. Watch the performance and u'll know :)

Good night.

A little update here, since i've been pretty busy for the past few days. Yea, tutorial rushin', mid terms comin', jammin' etc. Life is packed from Mondays to Thursdays. And fortunately IFG is over for Science, cos yea we are finally out. Quite a relief too, cos i dun really like the captain. Ok we dun really like the captain.

K some good news, finally managed to survive the cut from the coach in IVP. *phew* So right now i'm officially in the training team. Yay? Seriously, i din think i played very well tonight, or during any other trials. And there are a few better freshies than me who shld deserve a place. Lucky i guess, cos i'm the only one playing point guard amongst the freshies. And the old guards are gonna graduate, so they are gonna train me to replace them or smthing like tt. If i were to play forward or smthing else then i dun think i can make it.

I hope the coach chose me cos he valued me, and not cos Chengda fought for my place. If it's the other way round then i guess i might not want to play anymore.

Anyways, i guess i'm slowly picking up the pace of the trainings, cos today is somewhat less tiring. Somewhat, at least i'm moving much more in the court. And i could think clearer. It was disastrous for the past 2 trainings imo, so i guess today more or less made up for it. Got to know the Eusoff freshie bunch too. 4 of them. Fierce stuff. They will be my competitors in IHG.

Something cool i added to my desktop. They are called Widgets, little utility programs tt run on your desktop. Pretty nifty. I've got a analog clock, To-Do list, metronome and guitar tuner right now. Maybe i'll add a news reader later or smthing. Have to catch up on the world. Super sua ku now. Zzz. Go to www.konflabulator.com to find out more. Very interesting stuff.

Anyways, something extremely scandalous happened to one of my buds. Terrible mistake made, but whats done can't be undone. And i've completely changed my view of tt girl too. Apparently Desire still triumphs over Willpower. Hope it will turn out alright, though i feel it will not still. No idea how to help u, can't help u either.

U are on ur own.

Temasek PA live recording is gonna start soon, and my band is arrowed to record at least one song. Kinda decided on Don't Look Back In Anger by Oasis, since this is the first song we've managed to be able to play. Hope it will turn out fine.

Gotta do a interview now. SS sucks.

Think i'm gonna buang my first ever test in 2.5 yrs. Yea, apparently the paper is relatively easy, but... I DIN READ THE QNS PROPERLY! What the hell man seriously. So right now i've accidentally skipped 3 parts, intentionally skipped 1 part, and 1 part which i'm trying to smoke it thru.

What are my chances man?

I think IVP is gonna cut me sooner or later. Yea, can't keep up with the pace still. It's improving, but i think Chengda feels it's not enuff as of yet. I feel it's not enuff too. Let's hope the next training will be better. More conditioning now i guess. Shag cannot think. Sometimes the lessons learnt in army just hit u right back in the face.

Ouch.

Can't sleep at night. No idea y. Now the regular sleeping time is 3 am. Bad stuff. I guess i'm just worried abt too much stuff. And hoping is something which i constantly practice, but it doesn't happen.

Where has my confidence gone?