Looks like our search for a drummer who will practice and perform live gigs with our band continues. My old friend in KL has just opened a brand new lingerie shop and she has invited our band for the official launch, with media coverage! All I have to do is to compose a new set [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jamming Session'
5 Gemstones – Journal Of Our Studio Jamming Session In Facebook Style (Sort Of)
May 1st, 2008 2 Comments
[Opal] Now that our drummer’s new baby has safely landed on Planet Earth and our lead guitarist has officially signed his bachelor life away, it is time for our band to come out of this 5-month hiatus and do something. Just anything. [Sapphire] Do I have imaginary friends? Of course I do. Everybody do. I have [...]
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Of Halloween, All Saints Day, And Jam-a-Sutra
November 1st, 2007 5 Comments
Did you know that Halloween literally means “The Eve of All Hallows”? And since “Hallows” means “Saints”, Halloween also signifies the eve of “All Saints Day” – a celebration by the Catholics worldwide to commemorate the sanctified ones who are in Heaven. And the next day, Nov 2, is the “All Souls’ Day” that commemorates [...]
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Life Of A Rock Star Wannabe As Such (Extended Version)
September 29th, 2007 5 Comments
(Note: What a long week! I actually fell asleep halfway typing this blog and accidentally hit the publish button. Oops. Hence the extended version.) Last Wednesday while I was having my nice cold beer with the company of Cynthia – our bassist – the owner of the studio called me. He asked if we could [...]
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My Very First Experience Inside A Studio
August 30th, 2007 13 Comments
In my previous post, I mentioned how excited I was in anticipating my very first studio experience. After the session while we were heading out for food (that’s right EastCoastLife, I know you are going to ask: where’s the food?), I was still in trance and casually commented that it was the best day of [...]
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National Day Jamming Session Once Again
August 9th, 2007 6 Comments
This year is the second year my band gets together and jams it out at my home studio on National Day. Looking at the pictures from last year, boy, I looked much older now younger then. (Pause … texting my guitarist to ask if I can break this big news in my website … the [...]
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Good Friday Jamming Session
April 9th, 2007 5 Comments
My guitarist Jason texted me to remind me of an upcoming jamming session we have set weeks ago while I was still recuperating from my Mount Kinabalu climb. Though I had a mild sore thoat on the day itself, I was eager for our jamming session. Cynthia, our bassist could not make it because she [...]
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No Eye Candy’s Open Mic Performance Coming Soon?
February 15th, 2007 2 Comments
(I know you don’t get to see my picture in my own website often and here you are – the dude on the left is me with the Gibson Les Paul guitar and on the right is my guitarist, Jason the hunk with his Rickenbacker.) As the self-appointed band leader of No Eye Candy, songwriter [...]
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Jamming for our Drummer Lester’s Wedding Song
December 10th, 2006 1 Comment
Last weekend, my band has gathered together to jam out a wedding song for our drummer Lester. He has written the lyric for his wife-to-be Therecia to sing. Melody crafted by our guitarist Jason and I played the role of fine-tuning the song to suit Therecia’s vocal style. My vision was clear – I wanted [...]
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National Day Jamming Session
August 9th, 2006 3 Comments
The last time we jammed was back in January. Our guitarist Jason suggested for our band to jam in this public holiday and jam we shall. This time round, Jason’s girlfriend Selrol was with us and she was our photographer of the day. Overall we did pretty well and we get to do one of [...]
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