Someone told me tt another fella has told him tt i've changed gf. To this particular doofus who has totally no clue on what's going on in my life: Shut ur fucking mouth if u have no idea on what's going on. Nobody's going to say u are stupid if u keep quiet.

-End Rant-

It's been a while since i recorded something. Like abt 3-4 months already. I do have quite a number of ideas/riffs here and there, but they are just somehow stuck. Either no lyrics, inability to sing like Dio/Dickinson/Plant, missing critical bell sound from the ride cymbal in BFD, or just plain boring song structure. I'm trying to break out of the mould here, and it's not easy when 99% of the music world has already done what i'm trying do.

Recently i came across an article, on the importance of having a repertoire and how it aids in improving your playing. It says that having a repertoire of abt 10 COMPLETE songs is good, as it forces you to continually practise these songs so that u are able to play at command. And playing at command also equates to playing at performance level, which is crucial when u are impressing some girl. This leads to the idea of the audience.

In music, at least for me, it is very boring for a musician to just keep honing his/her technique without ever stepping out of the house to play for someone. There simply isn't any motivating factor in it. With the audience, probably the first time u try playing for someone it isnt really that smooth and there's some hiccups. This in turn forces u to try and improve on your playing, and gives u something to look forward to (ie the next performance with the same person/audience group). With each performance, u gain more confidence for the nxt one, and so on. It also makes u wanna learn more tunes, to improve your technique, improvise on the existing one. So yea, probably the main reason tt im not playing much lately is due to the fact tt i dun feel that anyone wants to listen to me. Maybe when i get a die-hard fan tt goes "i need more from u Chang!!" will get me going. :D

To Nick: Keep going. It's really heartening to hear that u are doing so well in your music career. Do the gigs, go for the auditions, learn whatever u can, listen to whatever u can. I really hope to buy your CD one day.

An incident happened between 2 friends lately. One was really too stupid to realise that he is pissing off the other guy, and the other guy was really too egoistic to let everything slide. Friends... it is really a very loose term isnt it?

Johnson came over on Thurs to "learn" some guitar from me, but we are just trading licks la. It's very nice of him to come over all the way from Hougang, and i do enjoy the time hanging out with him, though he's quite quirky at times (sorry dude :D) I see the big improvement in his playing, which is good as the first time i saw him he wasn't really able to play with feel. Now there's more control and feel, but probably he shld focus now on the accents. Playing without dynamics = recorder sound. Very linear.

Daniel's mac died, and i just have to gloat on it. Sorry but i do not buy this Mac elitism shit. And most likely Apple cannot recover the disk. Cos they will not do it. Changing the hard disk for you + extremely sincere letter of apology is so much more cost/time-efficient. My bro's iPod died, and he got the same shit. Pay for a new hard disk or buy a new iPod. Both are equivalent isnt it. He chose the new 80GB iPod. Hasnt looked back since. I need a 80GB too.

I think Scott Adams has alot of interesting viewpoints. He thinks like what a comic artist would think: creatively. I cannot imagine how much shit he has in head, but it's cool to be able to come up with a creative thought a day. Even though it might be 99% rubbish. I have alot of crazy thoughts, but they are just not unleashed onto society yet i guess. My blog readership is low, which is good. People do not have to know what they do not bother to find out.

Speaking of which, i find that people around me have a complete lack of courtesy and EQ. Like not thanking someone for a favour done, and not thinking before speaking. It's disappointing and also reflects bad on me, like "why the hell are u hanging out with this guy?". I stick by my friends for my own reasons, but now they are like slowly eroding this trust away with their little stupid actions. I do not need anyone to lead an immaculate life, but at least, have a thought for other people and have a thought for yourselves. I cannot take care of everyone of you forever.

I wonder if anyone has ever felt that i am behind them all this while. Ok shit this sounds gay,