Last month, after band manager Selrol and I met up with the representatives from a non-profit organization, we were excited to have signed ourselves up for an upcoming performance at The Heeren Shops, Orchard.
I wish life is as simple as that.
First, drums will not provided. Second, our lead guitarist Jason will be on reservist. Highly unlikely that he will make it. OK. As the self-proclaimed leader of the band, I had to make a decision to go ahead or to give this opportunity a miss. My initial thought was to let this one go in the name of one-for-all, all-for-one. Jason thought that it would be a wonderful experience for the band. Need not to say, our always-ready-for-live-performance bassist Cynthia has been yearning for some real actions for a long time. Our drummer Wieke proposed to play the acoustic guitar instead and we can perform unplugged.
Unplugged?
And third, Wieke will be posted to Malaysia for a long business appointment. Gosh! How challenging our band’s first performance is turning out to be! Time to up the practice tempo. Wieke is totally driven and we are meeting 2 to 3 times a week to firm up our music arrangement before she flies off. Another amazing thing about Wieke is that she can so totally play the producer’s role too rearranging our songs to make them sound fresher and more dramatic. She suggested Cynthia to play a more active role as the backing vocalist. And that works wonder. Cynthia is an amazing singer in her own right.
Today we have spent half an afternoon to practice (imagine, Wieke worked till 4.30am in the morning!) and we are meeting tomorrow to continue. We are excited to play for “Music for Hope 2008″. You will hear more about the event later. Stay tuned!
Our band’s mini-site: NoEyeCandy.com
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Please keep us updated! Really hope I can be present then too!
G – Sure thing! Even if you are stuck in Vietnam, I promise to arrange a private performance for you!
Hey Wilfrid,
It was nice meeting you this afternoon at Coffee Bean. Great blog you got here with lots of interesting stuff.
Walter – It’s been a great pleasure meeting you in real person too! Thanks for your comment
Oh woo it does sounds like obstacles to overcome, but Jia you!
Si Ying – Thank you thank you! We are working really hard to make this a success. Your support from now till then is important. Do drop by if you can!
Yap!
Do it! Just do it!!! I will be there watching
Darkspore – Yay! And thanks to be one of our band photographers (our band manager Selrol will be doing video recording!).
Time to buy that DSLR that we talked for years together.
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Very interesting site! Keep up the life we all dream about as musicians.