No fucking idea what happened to Tagboard.com or whatever the url tt is. In other words, my tagboard is utterly fucked, so i decided to scrap this idea all together since not many pple bother to tag, and those tt really have something to say will bother to use the comment function instead. Which pretty much sifts out much of the unnecessary shit in between. A good compromise i'd say. Hmm.

Judgement day is over, ie mid term test of this freaking difficult module is finally over. Yea, when Chang says a module is freaking difficult, IT IS FREAKING DIFFICULT. I would be delighted if i can pass this test seriously. I think this test really stumped the China pple real hard this time round too. GG in dota terms, and PEACE in Nick and Dan's Tekken lingo.

Went back to TH to sit in their band rehearsal. And saw quite a number of my ex-hallmates. Talked abit, caught up abit, but nothing much has been changed. Seriously, if anyone's really that interested to know how i'm doing, just MSN me la. Anyways, yea everyone is fine (i mean how chui can someone become within 1 yr?) and tt's it. Case closed.

Band rehearsal is not bad, and i'm freaking surprised tt Clara Chow is the singer. Yea Chow is like the last person i'd think could sing, but damn she sings well with good delivery i must say. I'm impressed! Especially for someone who curses and swears like a seasoned sailor. Hidden musical talents in my friends. way cool~

So TH band 2006/07 is pretty decent, like way better than during my time. They have a good reliable drummer with pretty good technique, Robin on bass (like wtf?!? but ok i think he wants to slack), Clara on vocals and this wankerish dude on guitar who reminds me of myself 1 yr ago. Yea he's really helluva wanker, but the issue is he can't improvise well!

Now why is tt a big problem: I really dun care if he solos like tt during a freeform improvisational JAM, but the thing is if he plays such redundant random solos for a performance it's just gonna bore the shit hell out of the audience. If he's technically good but wanky, it's still not so bad. Cos at least he can awe the laymen with his speed and techniques, and impress the guitarists in the know. But this dude really has close to zero technique i must say.

What i'm trying to say is: It's not that i look down on him, but pls if u are not that good, dun overdo things and spoil the music. Yes u are keeping up with the spirit of improvisation which is applaudable, but pls: DO IT FOR THE MUSIC. Wanking just gets you nowhere.

Note to readers: I dun ever ever do over the top wanky solos whenever i play SONGS with a band. That's always my policy, cos songs have to be done in a certain way so that it sounds good and tight. But when it comes to free jam, everything is free for all, so everyone is allowed to wank. Or shld i say, must wank. Yea it's my rule. I always force Biao to solo, even though he can't quite do it, but tt's ok. It's to keep up with the spirit of improvisation anyways.

For the uninformed, Jazz music is mostly improvisational. Meaning they have somewhat of a basic chord structure, and then everyone starts to solo. The singer solos, the guitars solos, the brass section solos etc etc. It's ok, becos, THEY ARE GOOD! So even though they are somewhat wanky sometimes, they are still good solos.

So if u are a good musician, and u truly truly know what u are doing, then by all means go ahead. If not, pls just follow the music score note for note and try not to play wrongly!

End rant

It's funny how Shirui suddenly just talked to me about how much she loved "Standstill" and that i should do a proper makeover to really make it a hit on radio or smthing. I'm like WTF? but yea i appreciate her true sincerity and apprecation of "Standstill", even though i must admit that i've sang off key for like abt half the song. Well i wouldn't say i'm done with that song, cos i've been thinking of re-doing it for quite sometime. It's just the collection of good ideas, there's some, but i feel that it's not enuff yet. When i "hear" the song in my head, i will re-record it. And believe me, i will TRY to sing on key this times, using all the mana i have to achieve that. And if it's still not good enuff, TOO BAD.

OT: Biao just sent me his first recording! Amateur-ish stuff, but everybody is gonna start somewhere. Sweet!

Btw my mana is all used up today for my freaking insane test. I need more mana.