Last night we fronted for Parokya lang pala. Maple Syrup was there and one of the vocalists was wearing a Chester-of-Linkin-Park ensemble (glasses, polo shirt buttoned up to the top). Ralph was wearing a polo shirt, too, and he buttoned it up to the top to make us laugh. Allan felt bad because none of us were able to go out with him the other night to a movie, when we had all promised we would. Circumstances had been against us. Roel was quiet last night, don’t know why. Ayn drank some beer. I drank some orange juice. Yum.
Then we played. Couldn’t hear myself, but they said I could be heard. Ayn and I left early.
The End. Bow.
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Monday, September 29, 2003
Outcasts of the Outcast
Once, I told a college acquaintance that there were still class distinctions in PSHS, like any normal high school. There were the popular kids and there were the geeks. He incredulously replied, “What?? Nerds persecuting other nerds?? Okay yun ah…”
The other night, we played at Buzz Night. As expected, it was packed because of The Lubitels’ admirers. Ayn and I arrived there at around 10 pm because Allan said Roel had another gig to go to afterwards. As we were bringing the bass out of the van, we saw a guy wearing a red, hooded sweatshirt, cap and glasses entering Mayric’s.
“Uy, Ralph wears glasses?” I raised my eyebrows.
“Now he does.”
Well, at least he had arrived already. We sat down at our usual table and he wasn’t there. We thought he had gone to the bathroom. Minutes later, he still hadn’t come to sit with us. “Maybe that wasn’t Ralph. It sure looked like him. Tingnan ko nga.” I made as if to go to the bathroom myself, but stopped when I saw a girl waiting in front of the door. At least I could see “Ralph”. I turned around to walk away, but took a last look at him—nope. Heehee.
Later, Ralph came in wearing a big ratty shirt. He looked really tired and not his usual red-sweatshirted self. “Still sick,” he said.
“We thought this guy sitting in front was you.”
“Really? Haha.”
So we sat around waiting for the rest of the troop. Allan, Roel and John Paul were stuck in SM North and Charles was off to a date, according to Antz. Antz gave Ayn and me a compilation he made of indiepop and we were delighted. He had even made little sleeves for them and drawn a cover design of sorts with permanent marker. Very thoughtful of him.
Balloon Derby decided to be proactive by getting up to play even if the night hadn’t officially started. They played a good, loud set, keyboards galore. The crowd was pretty enthusiastic that night, and politely so. After Balloon Derby, everyone waited a while for Allan to come around, but he was still nowhere to be seen. Carnival Park rescued us from boredom with their “super twee” sound (a friend’s words, not mine). Outside, Lei of Spring Boutique was begging Antz to let her leave for a party. Charles and John Paul didn’t look like they were arriving any time soon. Shucks… I was hoping to hear her sing that night.
Finally, Charles and Allan, Roel and John Paul hurried into Mayric’s. Candyaudioline immediately started setup. I suddenly became very nervous just before I went onstage and it killed my first notes. I tried not to think too much during the set, but I appreciated how we sound so loud during “An Empty You” and “Nothing Much to Lose”. I recognized an unexpected friend from the audience and it relaxed me a bit. The crowd was very polite. Really. I was grateful.
Lara told us she really liked our set. Ayn’s friend, the one who wants to use our music for a film score, was impressed, too. She showed us her short film outside and we gave her the freedom to pick bits and pieces of our songs for her score. Allan even toyed with the idea of making it a music video for “Empty” and she agreed heartily. It was a cool film and a good idea.
Allan bought me some orange juice. Yummy. I told Kaye that she looked like that girl from “My Love, Cindy” and she laughed so loud. I told her that Charles had a look-alike from the Sexbomb Dancers, too. It’s true. Just watch “Daisy Siete”. These two suspicious looking men wanted to sit down beside Kaye and me, but we gave them such odd looks that they opted to sit somewhere in front. That was fortunate because it turned out that those two guys harassed a woman later that night. They claimed they were CIDG so the Buzz Night guys could do no more than make them leave the venue. Kawawa yung babae. She left soon after that in tears.
Soul Connection and The Lubitels played to an animated audience. Spring Boutique played sans Lei, plus Lara. Soft Pillow Kisses ended the night beautifully. Was there a Shuffle Union? A Ciao? I forget. I’m sorry… I must have stepped outside for some air. Maybe they didn’t come. The Einstein Chakras didn’t. That was a pity. I wanted to hear that “Johnny is a name of a dog in the Philippines” song. I’m not sure I got that right, either.
Allan kindly treated some of us to Mister Kebab after Buzz Night for once. He wanted to stay away from certain areas. Ahem. Before we left for the restaurant, the Ralph doppelganger went to get a taxi with his friends and I pointed him out to the real one. “Yun o.”
Pause. “He’s too healthy.”
Tonight, we’re fronting for Parokya and Kamikazee at Mayric’s.
The other night, we played at Buzz Night. As expected, it was packed because of The Lubitels’ admirers. Ayn and I arrived there at around 10 pm because Allan said Roel had another gig to go to afterwards. As we were bringing the bass out of the van, we saw a guy wearing a red, hooded sweatshirt, cap and glasses entering Mayric’s.
“Uy, Ralph wears glasses?” I raised my eyebrows.
“Now he does.”
Well, at least he had arrived already. We sat down at our usual table and he wasn’t there. We thought he had gone to the bathroom. Minutes later, he still hadn’t come to sit with us. “Maybe that wasn’t Ralph. It sure looked like him. Tingnan ko nga.” I made as if to go to the bathroom myself, but stopped when I saw a girl waiting in front of the door. At least I could see “Ralph”. I turned around to walk away, but took a last look at him—nope. Heehee.
Later, Ralph came in wearing a big ratty shirt. He looked really tired and not his usual red-sweatshirted self. “Still sick,” he said.
“We thought this guy sitting in front was you.”
“Really? Haha.”
So we sat around waiting for the rest of the troop. Allan, Roel and John Paul were stuck in SM North and Charles was off to a date, according to Antz. Antz gave Ayn and me a compilation he made of indiepop and we were delighted. He had even made little sleeves for them and drawn a cover design of sorts with permanent marker. Very thoughtful of him.
Balloon Derby decided to be proactive by getting up to play even if the night hadn’t officially started. They played a good, loud set, keyboards galore. The crowd was pretty enthusiastic that night, and politely so. After Balloon Derby, everyone waited a while for Allan to come around, but he was still nowhere to be seen. Carnival Park rescued us from boredom with their “super twee” sound (a friend’s words, not mine). Outside, Lei of Spring Boutique was begging Antz to let her leave for a party. Charles and John Paul didn’t look like they were arriving any time soon. Shucks… I was hoping to hear her sing that night.
Finally, Charles and Allan, Roel and John Paul hurried into Mayric’s. Candyaudioline immediately started setup. I suddenly became very nervous just before I went onstage and it killed my first notes. I tried not to think too much during the set, but I appreciated how we sound so loud during “An Empty You” and “Nothing Much to Lose”. I recognized an unexpected friend from the audience and it relaxed me a bit. The crowd was very polite. Really. I was grateful.
Lara told us she really liked our set. Ayn’s friend, the one who wants to use our music for a film score, was impressed, too. She showed us her short film outside and we gave her the freedom to pick bits and pieces of our songs for her score. Allan even toyed with the idea of making it a music video for “Empty” and she agreed heartily. It was a cool film and a good idea.
Allan bought me some orange juice. Yummy. I told Kaye that she looked like that girl from “My Love, Cindy” and she laughed so loud. I told her that Charles had a look-alike from the Sexbomb Dancers, too. It’s true. Just watch “Daisy Siete”. These two suspicious looking men wanted to sit down beside Kaye and me, but we gave them such odd looks that they opted to sit somewhere in front. That was fortunate because it turned out that those two guys harassed a woman later that night. They claimed they were CIDG so the Buzz Night guys could do no more than make them leave the venue. Kawawa yung babae. She left soon after that in tears.
Soul Connection and The Lubitels played to an animated audience. Spring Boutique played sans Lei, plus Lara. Soft Pillow Kisses ended the night beautifully. Was there a Shuffle Union? A Ciao? I forget. I’m sorry… I must have stepped outside for some air. Maybe they didn’t come. The Einstein Chakras didn’t. That was a pity. I wanted to hear that “Johnny is a name of a dog in the Philippines” song. I’m not sure I got that right, either.
Allan kindly treated some of us to Mister Kebab after Buzz Night for once. He wanted to stay away from certain areas. Ahem. Before we left for the restaurant, the Ralph doppelganger went to get a taxi with his friends and I pointed him out to the real one. “Yun o.”
Pause. “He’s too healthy.”
Tonight, we’re fronting for Parokya and Kamikazee at Mayric’s.
Friday, September 26, 2003
A Broken Silver
Puede rin yung sinasabi mo Ralph pero pag usapan nalang natin bukas.. I invited my friend to drop by Mayric's for Buzznite.
To Allan, padala naman copies ng mga songs natin (preferably yung Alone Again at Last at yung An Empty You) just in case.
To the rest of the band, in case makalimutan ni Allan magdala ng copy, kung may extra kayo, padala narin.
The film is about "the obsessive compulsive world of a madman in a genuinely loving gay relationship." So I guess you guys already have an idea as to why I want to use "My Silver" or "An Empty You" for the film. Pasok din yung "Broken to Pieces."
Miss you all! Can't wait for tomorrow. You won't believe what hell I got myself into lately. Tsk tsk.
Tah!
To Allan, padala naman copies ng mga songs natin (preferably yung Alone Again at Last at yung An Empty You) just in case.
To the rest of the band, in case makalimutan ni Allan magdala ng copy, kung may extra kayo, padala narin.
The film is about "the obsessive compulsive world of a madman in a genuinely loving gay relationship." So I guess you guys already have an idea as to why I want to use "My Silver" or "An Empty You" for the film. Pasok din yung "Broken to Pieces."
Miss you all! Can't wait for tomorrow. You won't believe what hell I got myself into lately. Tsk tsk.
Tah!
cool edit to the rescue
well, pwede naman sigurong i-dub ko na lang sa bahay yung part ko... through my pc. yun nga lang baka maging supot yung tunog kasi di gagamit ng amp. but at least we have an option, given my dilemna.
Paella
Ayoko na ng paella. Hindi ko kaya...
Excited na akong makita kayo bukas sa Buzz Night. It's a pity you guys won't be able to record for that short film. I was thinking the same thing Ralph was since work hours lang pwede, but then I remembered that I won't really be necessary since instrumentals lang ang kailangan. Sayang. You could have done something different, for a change.
Sana ok na ako by tomorrow. This entry should be entitled Sick! (Part 2).
Excited na akong makita kayo bukas sa Buzz Night. It's a pity you guys won't be able to record for that short film. I was thinking the same thing Ralph was since work hours lang pwede, but then I remembered that I won't really be necessary since instrumentals lang ang kailangan. Sayang. You could have done something different, for a change.
Sana ok na ako by tomorrow. This entry should be entitled Sick! (Part 2).
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Score time out
So pano ba? Wala ka bang break sa hapon? Sarado ang pag-recordan pag weekends eh. Ako naman free day ko Wednesday and Thursday afternoon lang.
So pano, magbigay nalang tayo copy ng songs natin? Sayang.
So pano, magbigay nalang tayo copy ng songs natin? Sayang.
time out
Recording is any working day during office hours. <-- this is key. medyo mahirap sa sked ko 'to. maybe we can just record during weekends.
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
We're gonna score...
Oi, a friend is asking if we're interested in writing for the score soundtrack for a short film. May theme daw or something. The film is around 12 minutes. Maybe we can come up with some shoegaze-y sound for that.
There's no problem daw with money for the recording. Recording is any working day during office hours.
To view the film, we still have to go to PIA (Philippine Information Agency) located at Mindanao Avenue. Hindi pa raw kasi na transfer sa VHS so unfortunately we still need to view it there.
I told her na baka puede na yung songs natin. But she thinks na baka sobra naman kasi it's just a short film. Hey, maybe we can use the adlib parts from "My Silver" or "An Empty You"!!
Ewan bahala na. So trip niyo ba?
There's no problem daw with money for the recording. Recording is any working day during office hours.
To view the film, we still have to go to PIA (Philippine Information Agency) located at Mindanao Avenue. Hindi pa raw kasi na transfer sa VHS so unfortunately we still need to view it there.
I told her na baka puede na yung songs natin. But she thinks na baka sobra naman kasi it's just a short film. Hey, maybe we can use the adlib parts from "My Silver" or "An Empty You"!!
Ewan bahala na. So trip niyo ba?
Fox Square new line-up
Bago na line-up sa October 3...
Typecast
Boy Elroy
Kid Auto
Candyaudioline
Kavor
Typecast
Boy Elroy
Kid Auto
Candyaudioline
Kavor
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
I am trapped.
I cannot view my blog nor the candyblog from the office computer. i can only post. that's weird. i wonder how other candy members are faring... in the world, in general, i mean. i think ayn mentioned somewhere that allan said we might play tonight. i hope this is true, though no one has said for sure, yet. sigh. where is everyone?
Sunday, September 21, 2003
Falseprophecy's Flattered Reply
I find it a bit weird to post long messages at our small tagboard so I'll just type my replies to the tagboard msgs here at the main blog...
To MARC PAUL---G-Spot is a bar that's open for bands during Friday nights--I think I got that right.. But I'm a bit confused about your post. Was it your intention to promote a gig at G-Spot (but forgot to mention the gig itself) that's why you posted about the place--not only once, not only twice,but thrice! (TV infomercial voice)
Or...did you post it in order to let the readers of this blog (including us) know that we are all free to contact the place anytime if ever we have plans of scheduling an event that we organized to be held at G-Spot (or kung makapal talaga mukha na namin at desperado na sobra puede kami mag sked ng mismong sariling tugtog namin para lang magka gig)
Pardon my being too inquisitive (ganyan kasi ako tuwing hindi ako nakaka uwi ng bahay ng matagal). I just thought that it would be good for both G-Spot and the readers of this blog (including us) if you can clarify that. Who knows, baka may nagbabasa nito na may balak mag put up ng event jan.
To everyone else who need to post something that's non-Candy but is music scene related related anyway, feel free to post them at our tagboard (minsan kasi walang nadadagdag na posts) or better yet, post a message at our mailing list (lalo na ngayon walang bagong pinag-uusapan sa ML namin).
(Us, members of Candyaudioline are really helpful to others. But if you caught us at a bad time (which is most of the time) and we don't feel like being helpful, we pretend.)
To NO. 1 FAN-- Before I proceed to my reply to your flattering posts, in behalf of Candyaudioline, we want you to know that we really, really love the ID that you're using on the tagboard. It makes us feel so admired and no longer ignored and invisible to the local music scene. We surely are hoping that people from our mailing list or the tagboard could come up with nicks that are similar to your nick. (Sagarin ko na ha) You know we don't even mind if "all" of our listeners would all use "NO. 1 FAN" as ID whenever they write to us. Really, we won't mind. So if you're really lazy to come up with an original ID, feel free to use "NO. 1 Fan." It's okay :)
Bullshite aside... with the albums... we actually have three albums to boast. However, two of these were never released so one can actually claim that they never really existed and that technically, we only had one album for the past years. But we like it better, if we consider the two unreleased albums as something "existent." We think that telling people that "we have three albums" actually sounds a lot better (not to mention that it makes us feel better about our band too) than just being contented in telling the truth flat-out, "we only have one album." This gives us a feeling of accomplishment and that makes us happy. And we're one band that is in dire need of anything that would put a smile on our faces (so at least we can stop looking like a bunch of problematic individuals that we really are and hopefully gain a few more fans out of our friendly aura).
(Also for people who might be interested, aside from NO. 1 Fan)
*Candyaudioline albums (both real and imaginary):
Paint Your Silver Smile (released mid-2000)-- it's an 8-song album that was available only in cassettes. Copies were dropped at Mayric's or sold during gigs. It got sold out. Unfortunately, the band was not able to produce enough money for the production of another batch of copies of this album. But if you have the guts to befriend Allan, you can ask for a burned/recorded copy of the 8 songs that caught the attention of the indie fanatics in Metro Manila (nabasa ko lang to ha), he'll be more than happy to provide you with a burned copy. If you don't feel like kissing Allan's arse, the mp3's of some of these songs from PYSS might still be available for downloading at the Pinoycentral.com (music page) website. Might. I'm not really sure if the songs are still there but you can always check.
Alone Again at Last LP (recorded late 2001) this was supposed to be a 9-song LP that includes some of our most kick-ass songs (according to us), but it was never released in the end. We really hated the vocals that was added during the last days of recording sessions at Pink Noise. There were other reasons too for not releasing it, but this is the only one that I can remember.
An Empty You EP (recorded late 2002) this is a 4-track EP that gave us a really hard time in deciding on what to do with it: to release this EP or nevermind this piece of shite?. In the end, this was just a few weeks ago, we settled on the final decision, which is to cancel it's release (supposedly for this year). That's because we're not satisfied with the final mix and we thought that it sounded really crappy when it was played on NU about a month ago. We felt really bad about it whenever we remember how much money and time and effort were spent on the recording. But we later on figured, that our tough decision is for the better. Besides, how on Earth can we boast about it if we release it even if the fact that it can sound better will only continue to haunt our minds? See, we only boast about things that are boast-able (?). We don't want to take the risk of being laughed at because we're boasting about something mediocre or just plain crappy. If it's supposed release date still pushed through, this could only be a source of something to regret and rant about for the rest of our lives... something that we'll try to justify and explain to others in hope of redeeming ourselves by desperately trying to convince everyone that, "we're not supposed to release it because we also think that it is crappy but ended up releasing it anyway because *insert some excuse*" Who wants to be bothered by something like that?
--Some of the songs from all three albums can be searched and downloaded from Soulseek. If you don't know what Soulseek is, it's like 'MIRC for music lovers.' Here, one can browse other chatters' files and download a file (like mp3) that you like and have it copied to your own computer. Yeah, kinda like a "Napster and MIRC in one thing." You can download Soulseek from the net.
Once you're connected to Soulseek, you can start searching for Candysongs. I suggest that you log on to the#tweefolks channel (or some other pinoy indiepop channel) because most of the people, who have Candyaudioline mp3's in their shared files, park in this channel (including Allan himself).
An alternative access to free candy songs: If you're at our gigs, you can approach us anytime. You can ask for a burned copy of any of our albums/songs from Allan. He'll be more than happy to provide you a copy. If other members have burners/recorders, they can do that too if they're not feeling too lazy. But that's actually a rare thing to happen. We all have this unspoken rule among us that everything that requires us to move (but is not pertaining to our set) and is related to Candy--should be passed on to Allan. Sha na bahala.
Thanks for liking our set at the EMERGENCY gig at the UP Bahay ng Alumni. We also think that it was a good set.
We are all hoping that we get invited again for a UP gig. We surely enjoyed playing at the UP Fair and at the UP FA Week gig, this is also because some of us are students/graduate in UP Diliman. It never fails to amuse us whenever our profs/classmates (who have no idea that we're in a band) would catch our sets and recognize us. We also like pretending that we're "rakstars" and sometimes try to convince some people that we really are. This works well whenever we bump into a clueless high school looking kid who is drunk enough to tell us that recognized us from a band that had played.
---We've played in 70's Bistro and I don't know when we're playing there again. Usually, whenever we have gigs there,it's only just for a front-act stint for another more famous band. Whenever I think of 70's Bistro I see images of us, attempting to ride on the popularity of the band that we're fronting for.
CANDYONLINE Candyaudioline's Official Site) .
http:www.geocoties.com/candyaudioline_ph
(or click mo nalang yang "candyaudioline site" na nasa taas ng Zonkboard).
*Upcoming Gigs (na alam namin):
+September 27 -- Buzznite, Mayric's (with other indie bands)
+October 3 -- Fox Square (with Kid Auto, Ciao, Matilda; 50 pesos entrance)
-Teacher's Vill, near Glori's, Molo Grille..
*Check mo lang lagi itong blog for update ng gigs namin and for other Candyaudioline news, etc...
---->Yung mga to pinost ko lang just in case may interesadong manuod talaga.
Hindi namin kayo pinipilit
To MARC PAUL---G-Spot is a bar that's open for bands during Friday nights--I think I got that right.. But I'm a bit confused about your post. Was it your intention to promote a gig at G-Spot (but forgot to mention the gig itself) that's why you posted about the place--not only once, not only twice,but thrice! (TV infomercial voice)
Or...did you post it in order to let the readers of this blog (including us) know that we are all free to contact the place anytime if ever we have plans of scheduling an event that we organized to be held at G-Spot (or kung makapal talaga mukha na namin at desperado na sobra puede kami mag sked ng mismong sariling tugtog namin para lang magka gig)
Pardon my being too inquisitive (ganyan kasi ako tuwing hindi ako nakaka uwi ng bahay ng matagal). I just thought that it would be good for both G-Spot and the readers of this blog (including us) if you can clarify that. Who knows, baka may nagbabasa nito na may balak mag put up ng event jan.
To everyone else who need to post something that's non-Candy but is music scene related related anyway, feel free to post them at our tagboard (minsan kasi walang nadadagdag na posts) or better yet, post a message at our mailing list (lalo na ngayon walang bagong pinag-uusapan sa ML namin).
(Us, members of Candyaudioline are really helpful to others. But if you caught us at a bad time (which is most of the time) and we don't feel like being helpful, we pretend.)
To NO. 1 FAN-- Before I proceed to my reply to your flattering posts, in behalf of Candyaudioline, we want you to know that we really, really love the ID that you're using on the tagboard. It makes us feel so admired and no longer ignored and invisible to the local music scene. We surely are hoping that people from our mailing list or the tagboard could come up with nicks that are similar to your nick. (Sagarin ko na ha) You know we don't even mind if "all" of our listeners would all use "NO. 1 FAN" as ID whenever they write to us. Really, we won't mind. So if you're really lazy to come up with an original ID, feel free to use "NO. 1 Fan." It's okay :)
Bullshite aside... with the albums... we actually have three albums to boast. However, two of these were never released so one can actually claim that they never really existed and that technically, we only had one album for the past years. But we like it better, if we consider the two unreleased albums as something "existent." We think that telling people that "we have three albums" actually sounds a lot better (not to mention that it makes us feel better about our band too) than just being contented in telling the truth flat-out, "we only have one album." This gives us a feeling of accomplishment and that makes us happy. And we're one band that is in dire need of anything that would put a smile on our faces (so at least we can stop looking like a bunch of problematic individuals that we really are and hopefully gain a few more fans out of our friendly aura).
(Also for people who might be interested, aside from NO. 1 Fan)
*Candyaudioline albums (both real and imaginary):
Paint Your Silver Smile (released mid-2000)-- it's an 8-song album that was available only in cassettes. Copies were dropped at Mayric's or sold during gigs. It got sold out. Unfortunately, the band was not able to produce enough money for the production of another batch of copies of this album. But if you have the guts to befriend Allan, you can ask for a burned/recorded copy of the 8 songs that caught the attention of the indie fanatics in Metro Manila (nabasa ko lang to ha), he'll be more than happy to provide you with a burned copy. If you don't feel like kissing Allan's arse, the mp3's of some of these songs from PYSS might still be available for downloading at the Pinoycentral.com (music page) website. Might. I'm not really sure if the songs are still there but you can always check.
Alone Again at Last LP (recorded late 2001) this was supposed to be a 9-song LP that includes some of our most kick-ass songs (according to us), but it was never released in the end. We really hated the vocals that was added during the last days of recording sessions at Pink Noise. There were other reasons too for not releasing it, but this is the only one that I can remember.
An Empty You EP (recorded late 2002) this is a 4-track EP that gave us a really hard time in deciding on what to do with it: to release this EP or nevermind this piece of shite?. In the end, this was just a few weeks ago, we settled on the final decision, which is to cancel it's release (supposedly for this year). That's because we're not satisfied with the final mix and we thought that it sounded really crappy when it was played on NU about a month ago. We felt really bad about it whenever we remember how much money and time and effort were spent on the recording. But we later on figured, that our tough decision is for the better. Besides, how on Earth can we boast about it if we release it even if the fact that it can sound better will only continue to haunt our minds? See, we only boast about things that are boast-able (?). We don't want to take the risk of being laughed at because we're boasting about something mediocre or just plain crappy. If it's supposed release date still pushed through, this could only be a source of something to regret and rant about for the rest of our lives... something that we'll try to justify and explain to others in hope of redeeming ourselves by desperately trying to convince everyone that, "we're not supposed to release it because we also think that it is crappy but ended up releasing it anyway because *insert some excuse*" Who wants to be bothered by something like that?
--Some of the songs from all three albums can be searched and downloaded from Soulseek. If you don't know what Soulseek is, it's like 'MIRC for music lovers.' Here, one can browse other chatters' files and download a file (like mp3) that you like and have it copied to your own computer. Yeah, kinda like a "Napster and MIRC in one thing." You can download Soulseek from the net.
Once you're connected to Soulseek, you can start searching for Candysongs. I suggest that you log on to the#tweefolks channel (or some other pinoy indiepop channel) because most of the people, who have Candyaudioline mp3's in their shared files, park in this channel (including Allan himself).
An alternative access to free candy songs: If you're at our gigs, you can approach us anytime. You can ask for a burned copy of any of our albums/songs from Allan. He'll be more than happy to provide you a copy. If other members have burners/recorders, they can do that too if they're not feeling too lazy. But that's actually a rare thing to happen. We all have this unspoken rule among us that everything that requires us to move (but is not pertaining to our set) and is related to Candy--should be passed on to Allan. Sha na bahala.
Thanks for liking our set at the EMERGENCY gig at the UP Bahay ng Alumni. We also think that it was a good set.
We are all hoping that we get invited again for a UP gig. We surely enjoyed playing at the UP Fair and at the UP FA Week gig, this is also because some of us are students/graduate in UP Diliman. It never fails to amuse us whenever our profs/classmates (who have no idea that we're in a band) would catch our sets and recognize us. We also like pretending that we're "rakstars" and sometimes try to convince some people that we really are. This works well whenever we bump into a clueless high school looking kid who is drunk enough to tell us that recognized us from a band that had played.
---We've played in 70's Bistro and I don't know when we're playing there again. Usually, whenever we have gigs there,it's only just for a front-act stint for another more famous band. Whenever I think of 70's Bistro I see images of us, attempting to ride on the popularity of the band that we're fronting for.
CANDYONLINE Candyaudioline's Official Site) .
http:www.geocoties.com/candyaudioline_ph
(or click mo nalang yang "candyaudioline site" na nasa taas ng Zonkboard).
*Upcoming Gigs (na alam namin):
+September 27 -- Buzznite, Mayric's (with other indie bands)
+October 3 -- Fox Square (with Kid Auto, Ciao, Matilda; 50 pesos entrance)
-Teacher's Vill, near Glori's, Molo Grille..
*Check mo lang lagi itong blog for update ng gigs namin and for other Candyaudioline news, etc...
---->Yung mga to pinost ko lang just in case may interesadong manuod talaga.
Hindi namin kayo pinipilit
Saturday, September 20, 2003
Album Query
There already was an album released before: Paint Your Silver Smile with Cheng as the vocalist. That was years ago. I'm not sure if Allan still has actual copies with him. The current lineup of candyaudioline doesn't have a release yet though we've recorded songs. We probably won't have anything up anytime soon. What you can do is go on Soulseek and look for our songs there-- discography is on our website. If you can't do that, just approach us at our gigs, befriend us (hehe), and wejust might burn you copies of our recordings :) Thanks for inquiring, no. 1 fan :)
Friday, September 19, 2003
Sick!
Nakakatawa. Allan called last night and we had a short chat. Akala niya siya yung pinapatamaan ko sa isang part dun sa last entry… it wasn’t that part, it was another one, heehee! Hindi kasi nagbabasa ng maigi eh… ;P
He told me about his talk with Ayn the other day.
Allan: Tugtog tayo mamaya para sa Cheese at Kamikazee.
Ayn: Fuck you. Go Away. Leave me alone.
Allan: Ano na naman problema mo?
(di ko na maalala kung ano yung sinabi ni Ayn to that at kung ano yung sinabi ni Allan in return)
Ayn: Anong itsura ba namin ni Selena? Sige na…
Hahaha! If you weren’t at the last In BeTWEEn Days, you won’t get that. That wouldn’t be much of a loss, anyway.
Anyway, we hung up after a few minutes because I still had to catch some sleep. Had WORK the next day, you know… ;P (haha! Exagg sa excitement sa work! Bago pa eh…)
Allan and Roel are sick!!! Grabe, 3 out of 5 members! Roel is in the hospital. Wish we could visit him, but he’ll probably be out by the time we can. Hope it’s not dengue.
No schedule for candyaudioline as of yet, but we’ll probably be playing at Buzz Nite on the 27th. That is, if the date I’ve given for Buzz Nite is correct and if none of our members are indisposed at the time. Oh yeah, and there’s that Fox Square Gig. Be there!
He told me about his talk with Ayn the other day.
Allan: Tugtog tayo mamaya para sa Cheese at Kamikazee.
Ayn: Fuck you. Go Away. Leave me alone.
Allan: Ano na naman problema mo?
(di ko na maalala kung ano yung sinabi ni Ayn to that at kung ano yung sinabi ni Allan in return)
Ayn: Anong itsura ba namin ni Selena? Sige na…
Hahaha! If you weren’t at the last In BeTWEEn Days, you won’t get that. That wouldn’t be much of a loss, anyway.
Anyway, we hung up after a few minutes because I still had to catch some sleep. Had WORK the next day, you know… ;P (haha! Exagg sa excitement sa work! Bago pa eh…)
Allan and Roel are sick!!! Grabe, 3 out of 5 members! Roel is in the hospital. Wish we could visit him, but he’ll probably be out by the time we can. Hope it’s not dengue.
No schedule for candyaudioline as of yet, but we’ll probably be playing at Buzz Nite on the 27th. That is, if the date I’ve given for Buzz Nite is correct and if none of our members are indisposed at the time. Oh yeah, and there’s that Fox Square Gig. Be there!
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Greetings Corner
hello! eto na ako ngayon, tumutulad kay ralph at nagpopost during work hehehe... pero di naman, lunch time naman ngayon, though I'm not sure accessing the blog is allowed haha. just wanted to say something and say na may trabaho na ako at hindi na ako batugan tulad ng dati :) kawawa ka naman, ralph, hope you get better.
hi to everyone. di natuloy yung pagfront natin sa cheese at kamikazee dahil may sakit si ralph, sayang. pero sana lumabas uli tayong Nympetz Tropa ulit para mag-bonding (not necessarily to Nymphetz). Ingat... (use protection).
hi to everyone. di natuloy yung pagfront natin sa cheese at kamikazee dahil may sakit si ralph, sayang. pero sana lumabas uli tayong Nympetz Tropa ulit para mag-bonding (not necessarily to Nymphetz). Ingat... (use protection).
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it was the same torrential rain that drenched me on my way home and got me the dreaded SARS, errr... influenza virus. being bedridden for 3 days and chilling like crazy even if it's a good 35 degrees inside my room is the most fucked up thing that could happen to a "working professional". that's almost 2000 off my next paycheck. what's worse is i couldn't taste a single thing... my cigs tasted like, uhm... pure smoke.
i'm still chilling in our freezing office as i write this. i think i'm gonna be sick... again.
i'm still chilling in our freezing office as i write this. i think i'm gonna be sick... again.
Monday, September 15, 2003
The Dark Night of Candy’s Soul (And other ways to piss off your band mates...)
Last night at Millennia was mostly forgettable. Or, at least, I’d like to forget it. Sure-- we arrived there way before the official starting time of the program, planning to squeeze in some free practice, but everything after that started falling apart…
Tips for Pissing Off Your Bandmates:
1. Arrive late – Allan had texted us earlier to arrive at 9 pm and we all agreed to do so. However, due to the rain, the rest of us were delayed by 45 minutes while Allan and Roel languished in the dark mouth of Millennia.
2. Glory in the caprice of Mother Nature… ONSTAGE – As soon as we were all set up to play, a torrential rain started outside. We were able to pull off a few songs fairly and were about to start on the real performance, when Ralph suddenly felt moisture down his back. The roof was leaking straight onto the extension cord for his amp. Fate decreed that Ralph would live to eat another Lechon Kawali Combo #3 at Partners Pares… we stopped and waited for the technicians to fix the leak and make the stage safe for us again.
3. Bitch about the sound system – Detractors of the band surely love it when we play at this bar. Times like these, I’m better off being part of the audience.
4. Imbibe alcohol in the presence of nonbandmates – Yes. It works especially well when the bar has run out of the very trendy San Mig Light and you’re forced to order a bucket of pale pilsen. Continually converse with your chosen nonbandmate throughout the night and make sure your facial expressions are exaggerated enough to make you seem extremely interested in the discussion. The drunker you are, the better.
5. Tell everyone you have a crush on your bandmate – Make sure your girlfriend has left the venue early, preferably because you have fought. Then tell everyone about it. Then tell everyone you have a crush on your (unfortunate) bandmate.
6. Kiss a bandmate of the same sex in front of bandmates of the opposite sex – This will be extremely easy. Even if you are just innocently passing candy from your lips to your bandmate’s lips, it will look really raunchy and/or disgusting. Your other bandmates will either be turned on, envious, or just plain shocked out of their minds.
7. If you are female, act like the drunken bitch you are – This will incense them thoroughly and cause them to question their own supposedly rigid ideas of your upright nature.
In spite of how grave these misdemeanors may sound, they’re nothing a sincerely concerned phone call can’t fix. Arm yourself with lots of tissue paper.
My comment on the performance itself: Initially, I thought we didn’t play very well, but several people told Allan that we performed a good set. Of course, Sonnet LVIII stole the show last night, but that was to be expected and never begrudged :) Thank you to all the other bands who played: Soft Pillow Kisses, Spring Boutique and Balloon Derby (sila nga ba yun? Sorry, di ko alam kasi…). It was a pity that Popular Days had shadows cast on its own soul that night and couldn’t play…
I must say that I sincerely and truly love my bandmates in candyaudioline.
Tips for Pissing Off Your Bandmates:
1. Arrive late – Allan had texted us earlier to arrive at 9 pm and we all agreed to do so. However, due to the rain, the rest of us were delayed by 45 minutes while Allan and Roel languished in the dark mouth of Millennia.
2. Glory in the caprice of Mother Nature… ONSTAGE – As soon as we were all set up to play, a torrential rain started outside. We were able to pull off a few songs fairly and were about to start on the real performance, when Ralph suddenly felt moisture down his back. The roof was leaking straight onto the extension cord for his amp. Fate decreed that Ralph would live to eat another Lechon Kawali Combo #3 at Partners Pares… we stopped and waited for the technicians to fix the leak and make the stage safe for us again.
3. Bitch about the sound system – Detractors of the band surely love it when we play at this bar. Times like these, I’m better off being part of the audience.
4. Imbibe alcohol in the presence of nonbandmates – Yes. It works especially well when the bar has run out of the very trendy San Mig Light and you’re forced to order a bucket of pale pilsen. Continually converse with your chosen nonbandmate throughout the night and make sure your facial expressions are exaggerated enough to make you seem extremely interested in the discussion. The drunker you are, the better.
5. Tell everyone you have a crush on your bandmate – Make sure your girlfriend has left the venue early, preferably because you have fought. Then tell everyone about it. Then tell everyone you have a crush on your (unfortunate) bandmate.
6. Kiss a bandmate of the same sex in front of bandmates of the opposite sex – This will be extremely easy. Even if you are just innocently passing candy from your lips to your bandmate’s lips, it will look really raunchy and/or disgusting. Your other bandmates will either be turned on, envious, or just plain shocked out of their minds.
7. If you are female, act like the drunken bitch you are – This will incense them thoroughly and cause them to question their own supposedly rigid ideas of your upright nature.
In spite of how grave these misdemeanors may sound, they’re nothing a sincerely concerned phone call can’t fix. Arm yourself with lots of tissue paper.
My comment on the performance itself: Initially, I thought we didn’t play very well, but several people told Allan that we performed a good set. Of course, Sonnet LVIII stole the show last night, but that was to be expected and never begrudged :) Thank you to all the other bands who played: Soft Pillow Kisses, Spring Boutique and Balloon Derby (sila nga ba yun? Sorry, di ko alam kasi…). It was a pity that Popular Days had shadows cast on its own soul that night and couldn’t play…
I must say that I sincerely and truly love my bandmates in candyaudioline.
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Gypsy, Malate Gig
I accompanied Ayn yesterday to her graduation pictorial and waited 5 hours before she finished. You can only write about so much in your journal in 5 hours, even when there are half-naked women running to and fro in the halls. At least, we got the recipe for Deviled Hotdogs from the lobby café.
I decided to crash at Ayn’s place afterwards so we could go to Mayric’s together to meet Allan and Ralph. She let me watch her DVD of “24-Hour Party People” while waiting. It was fantastic! It was one of the coolest and most honest films I’ve watched in my life. I just love English humor.
After kissing Tristania goodbye and thoroughly annoying her in the process, we proceeded to Mayric’s. We got there almost an hour before Allan arrived. It was a good thing Oscar let us in to wait. I read Roel’s article in PULP (enjoyed it) and drooled over the Radiohead article. *Sigh*. Jepoy and his bandmate passed by and kept us company while Ayn finished her beer. Finally, Allan and Ralph arrived, so we headed on to Gypsy, Malate to front for Kamikazee.
We only had to wait around 20 minutes before we had to perform. We were a bit nervous because we hadn’t seriously practiced or performed in a long time. I was comforted by the fact that the mic sounded loud, so I didn’t have to strain myself to be heard. We were into the first verse of “Better View” when, to my horror, I realized that I hadn’t taken off my retainers! Ack! I spluttered my way through the song. Some people from the front decided to move downstairs. Haha. When we finished, I went through the sponsors, introduced the next song, then turned around and stuffed my retainers into my left pocket. Ew. Ralph was, “What the hell--??” and laughed. I think nobody saw me do it, heehee. So we launched into “Nothing Much to Lose”, which everyone loved. Then, my second booboo of the night: I interchanged the lyrics of the second and third verses. Thankfully, Allan wasn’t singing along anymore, so I just concentrated on making a clean exchange of the lyrics so that no one would notice. Whew.
The last two songs were different, though. Allan asked Lara to video them, and that was fortunate because we… ahem… totally rocked. Hehehe. The fun part about it was that the stage was open air, so a lot of other restaurants could hear us play. I’m sure we sounded intriguing. A lot of friends told us afterwards that it was a good set. Of course, Allan talked to me later on and said that we should practice together because we vocalists were starting to sound out of sync (and that popped my balloon). Sigh.
So Ayn and I went downstairs to finish our complementary beers. Roel was talking to us… I felt a little overwhelmed by Red Horse so I jokingly said to him, “Wala bang maitutulak?”
“Pulutan? Bili ka!”
“Nge, wala akong pera…”
“Ako magbabayad,” and he promptly called the waiter, made him take our order, and gave me the money to pay for it. That was pretty generous of him. He made this excuse about having a judging racket somewhere that paid him a thousand pesos. It was still very nice of him :)
And then our sisig arrived and Jay, who was sitting with Concrete Sam at the next table, shouted, “Ayan na ang mga sisig ghirrrlsssssssssss!”, which was followed by howls of laughter. Ayn and I were embarrassed at the attention, but Jay is so funny and unpredictable that we couldn’t help laughing ourselves. Ayn just offered them some of our sisig.
I went outside to talk to Allan. I was a bit tipsy so I told Allan that his whole shirt was wet with sweat except for his nipple area. Then I sat down next to him and watched the people pass by. Ayn came out after a few minutes and scolded me for leaving her. Apparently, some chick in whit sat down at my seat and told her, “You’re so prettyyyyyy…” and she was freaked out. So we decided to leave with Ralph. Allan was a bit disappointed that we were leaving already, especially since the Manyak boys had just arrived, but I was tired and Ralph was, too, and Ayn had to meet a kumare of ours at Xaymaca.
At Xaymaca, Ayn wanted to stay with her friend and she graciously offered for Mike to drive me and Ralph home.
Thank god that something’s happening to candy again…
Tonight is In BeTWEEn Days at Millennia Bar. Be sure to be early because candyaudioline is playing early. Working and studying members, you know…
I decided to crash at Ayn’s place afterwards so we could go to Mayric’s together to meet Allan and Ralph. She let me watch her DVD of “24-Hour Party People” while waiting. It was fantastic! It was one of the coolest and most honest films I’ve watched in my life. I just love English humor.
After kissing Tristania goodbye and thoroughly annoying her in the process, we proceeded to Mayric’s. We got there almost an hour before Allan arrived. It was a good thing Oscar let us in to wait. I read Roel’s article in PULP (enjoyed it) and drooled over the Radiohead article. *Sigh*. Jepoy and his bandmate passed by and kept us company while Ayn finished her beer. Finally, Allan and Ralph arrived, so we headed on to Gypsy, Malate to front for Kamikazee.
We only had to wait around 20 minutes before we had to perform. We were a bit nervous because we hadn’t seriously practiced or performed in a long time. I was comforted by the fact that the mic sounded loud, so I didn’t have to strain myself to be heard. We were into the first verse of “Better View” when, to my horror, I realized that I hadn’t taken off my retainers! Ack! I spluttered my way through the song. Some people from the front decided to move downstairs. Haha. When we finished, I went through the sponsors, introduced the next song, then turned around and stuffed my retainers into my left pocket. Ew. Ralph was, “What the hell--??” and laughed. I think nobody saw me do it, heehee. So we launched into “Nothing Much to Lose”, which everyone loved. Then, my second booboo of the night: I interchanged the lyrics of the second and third verses. Thankfully, Allan wasn’t singing along anymore, so I just concentrated on making a clean exchange of the lyrics so that no one would notice. Whew.
The last two songs were different, though. Allan asked Lara to video them, and that was fortunate because we… ahem… totally rocked. Hehehe. The fun part about it was that the stage was open air, so a lot of other restaurants could hear us play. I’m sure we sounded intriguing. A lot of friends told us afterwards that it was a good set. Of course, Allan talked to me later on and said that we should practice together because we vocalists were starting to sound out of sync (and that popped my balloon). Sigh.
So Ayn and I went downstairs to finish our complementary beers. Roel was talking to us… I felt a little overwhelmed by Red Horse so I jokingly said to him, “Wala bang maitutulak?”
“Pulutan? Bili ka!”
“Nge, wala akong pera…”
“Ako magbabayad,” and he promptly called the waiter, made him take our order, and gave me the money to pay for it. That was pretty generous of him. He made this excuse about having a judging racket somewhere that paid him a thousand pesos. It was still very nice of him :)
And then our sisig arrived and Jay, who was sitting with Concrete Sam at the next table, shouted, “Ayan na ang mga sisig ghirrrlsssssssssss!”, which was followed by howls of laughter. Ayn and I were embarrassed at the attention, but Jay is so funny and unpredictable that we couldn’t help laughing ourselves. Ayn just offered them some of our sisig.
I went outside to talk to Allan. I was a bit tipsy so I told Allan that his whole shirt was wet with sweat except for his nipple area. Then I sat down next to him and watched the people pass by. Ayn came out after a few minutes and scolded me for leaving her. Apparently, some chick in whit sat down at my seat and told her, “You’re so prettyyyyyy…” and she was freaked out. So we decided to leave with Ralph. Allan was a bit disappointed that we were leaving already, especially since the Manyak boys had just arrived, but I was tired and Ralph was, too, and Ayn had to meet a kumare of ours at Xaymaca.
At Xaymaca, Ayn wanted to stay with her friend and she graciously offered for Mike to drive me and Ralph home.
Thank god that something’s happening to candy again…
Tonight is In BeTWEEn Days at Millennia Bar. Be sure to be early because candyaudioline is playing early. Working and studying members, you know…
Friday, September 12, 2003
Hiatus
Was with Ayn yesterday. We went out. Sinama ng Mom niya si “pitty Tista” sa pagsundo sa kanya sa City Jam. Ang dami ko na namang nainom. Shet.
Wala masyadong nangyayari sa banda ngayon kasi busy lahat. I think we’re still looking forward to being together on the 14th. Remember, In BeTWEEn Days at Millennia, Kamuning. Sana makapunta kayo. Wala na rin kasi kaming EP anytime soon eh. Boohoohoo.
Wala masyadong nangyayari sa banda ngayon kasi busy lahat. I think we’re still looking forward to being together on the 14th. Remember, In BeTWEEn Days at Millennia, Kamuning. Sana makapunta kayo. Wala na rin kasi kaming EP anytime soon eh. Boohoohoo.
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Our Poor EP
I talked to Allan last night. It's official... di na namin ipapalabas ang EP dahil hindi ok sa standards namin. It's sad, but we hope all of you who have been waiting for it will understand. Anyway, kung di niyo na talaga kaya, there are still some versions on the net available :)
Anyway, don't worry. This is all for the better...
Anyway, don't worry. This is all for the better...
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Fox Square Gig
Oi. I just ran out of load so I'm posting this here. Tuloy ang gig natin sa October 3 okei. Again, tuloy yon. It starts at 9pm kaya kung may work kayo on that same night. Puede tayo tumugtog ng maaga at uwi agad. Kung may work ng maaga, puede tayo magpa late though hanggang midnight lang yon.
To Allan, Ciao is playing. Yihee.
Ito line-up:
Kid Auto
Candyaudioline
Ciao
Matilda
Entrance is 50 pesos.
Fox Square is located at Anonas Extension in Teacher's Village. Near Kamias, Glo-ri Supermarket and Molo's Grill.
Humayo at magparami,
Ayn Ruth Baudelaire +
To Allan, Ciao is playing. Yihee.
Ito line-up:
Kid Auto
Candyaudioline
Ciao
Matilda
Entrance is 50 pesos.
Fox Square is located at Anonas Extension in Teacher's Village. Near Kamias, Glo-ri Supermarket and Molo's Grill.
Humayo at magparami,
Ayn Ruth Baudelaire +
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Selena cut and paste mo lang yung zonkboard sa site ng blog.
BTW, thanks to albertaspaghetti at since nagparamdam siya sa mailing list natin, dumami ang members. As of now, there are already 40 members in our mailing list. Since dumating si alberta, na move from around 29 members to 40 members (including alberta of course). Ang bilis no. The last one who joined is cheatingchair. Funny though because cheating chair's e-mail was just created a day (or hours) before joining our mailing list.
Ang daming ganun sa mailing list. Siguro around 3 or 4 ang ganun. Tapos hindi sila nagsasalita. Marami tayong mga stalker.
BTW, thanks to albertaspaghetti at since nagparamdam siya sa mailing list natin, dumami ang members. As of now, there are already 40 members in our mailing list. Since dumating si alberta, na move from around 29 members to 40 members (including alberta of course). Ang bilis no. The last one who joined is cheatingchair. Funny though because cheating chair's e-mail was just created a day (or hours) before joining our mailing list.
Ang daming ganun sa mailing list. Siguro around 3 or 4 ang ganun. Tapos hindi sila nagsasalita. Marami tayong mga stalker.
Monday, September 08, 2003
send mo na lang saken yung email containing the details on how to integrate it to the site. baka kasi magkamali din ako.
btw, di ako sa parokya nagroadie. nag-swap kami ni roel. cya sa parokya, ako sa moonstar. and they performed sa sm fairview. :D
maybe we weren't just in the mood to work on a new song last night. i think mas atat tayo (sans allan) na magpractice ng old songs. oh well. as for the song, yes, di ko pa masyado nakikita ang direction ng kanta... what without the lyrics. and i still am undecided on what to put in the songs. cguro nga it just needs time to grow.
inaantok akooooooooooo... monday blues.
btw, di ako sa parokya nagroadie. nag-swap kami ni roel. cya sa parokya, ako sa moonstar. and they performed sa sm fairview. :D
maybe we weren't just in the mood to work on a new song last night. i think mas atat tayo (sans allan) na magpractice ng old songs. oh well. as for the song, yes, di ko pa masyado nakikita ang direction ng kanta... what without the lyrics. and i still am undecided on what to put in the songs. cguro nga it just needs time to grow.
inaantok akooooooooooo... monday blues.
haha. I do not know how to put the zonkboard in even if I've signed up for one. i'm totally stupid when it comes to stuff like that. i could copy and paste the html code i guess but i'm afraid i might fuck up the blog. so you'll just have to wait in silence for a while... at least, until ralph can enlighten me... oh, raaalphyyy...
we did end up practicing last night! ralph and charmaine were with Allan during the afternoon because he was roadieing for Parokya at Ever Commonwealth. Allan brought them to Ayn's house to visit Tristania while he practiced with Pillow. Nakakainggit!!! So they texted last night and picked me up and we all went to the studio.
Allan was practicing his two Pillow vocalists and it looked like he was really working hard on them. Medyo nainip kami ng konti after a while because Roel hadn't showed up yet and it was getting late. The three of us decided to start practicing just to make good use of our time. We played the soft songs, acoustic... my voice was a little scratchy (probably from all the recent drinking binges) but I was able to get it used to singing again. It was nice to go ahead without Allan because it just shows how we can also work independently of him when he can't make it. Roel then arrived and then I called Allan... we soon had a full setup. I thought we were going to practice the old songs and perhaps rework them, as Allan had originally planned, but he gave Ayn this bass line to do. She did it-- and then they started on the new song! Cool. Allan told me he hadn't thought up a melody yet and was hinting that I could contribute if I want to, but that prospect scared me so much. Still, I tried thinking of possible melodies and I had just begun humming something when he hummed something into the mic. It sounded different from the melody I was thinking, so all the strains vanished from my head and I immediately realized that the most I can contribute for this song are some lyrics.
Allan will be alarmed at this statement. Nope... I really wasn't ready to give any melody, and I think he just saved me from embarrassing myself haha. Seriously... I'm not ready. I think I will be someday, just not for this song. Hindi ko pa makuha kasi yung intuition that comes with being in a band when it comes to musical direction. Saka na.
It's a good song. I think it has great potential... we only finished 3/4 of it and none of the melody yet. Ralph can't see where it's going yet but that's ok. It still needs a ton of work. I'm glad we're becoming productive again.
well, hope we all can catch (as a band) the cine europa movies that lara sent through the egroups.
we did end up practicing last night! ralph and charmaine were with Allan during the afternoon because he was roadieing for Parokya at Ever Commonwealth. Allan brought them to Ayn's house to visit Tristania while he practiced with Pillow. Nakakainggit!!! So they texted last night and picked me up and we all went to the studio.
Allan was practicing his two Pillow vocalists and it looked like he was really working hard on them. Medyo nainip kami ng konti after a while because Roel hadn't showed up yet and it was getting late. The three of us decided to start practicing just to make good use of our time. We played the soft songs, acoustic... my voice was a little scratchy (probably from all the recent drinking binges) but I was able to get it used to singing again. It was nice to go ahead without Allan because it just shows how we can also work independently of him when he can't make it. Roel then arrived and then I called Allan... we soon had a full setup. I thought we were going to practice the old songs and perhaps rework them, as Allan had originally planned, but he gave Ayn this bass line to do. She did it-- and then they started on the new song! Cool. Allan told me he hadn't thought up a melody yet and was hinting that I could contribute if I want to, but that prospect scared me so much. Still, I tried thinking of possible melodies and I had just begun humming something when he hummed something into the mic. It sounded different from the melody I was thinking, so all the strains vanished from my head and I immediately realized that the most I can contribute for this song are some lyrics.
Allan will be alarmed at this statement. Nope... I really wasn't ready to give any melody, and I think he just saved me from embarrassing myself haha. Seriously... I'm not ready. I think I will be someday, just not for this song. Hindi ko pa makuha kasi yung intuition that comes with being in a band when it comes to musical direction. Saka na.
It's a good song. I think it has great potential... we only finished 3/4 of it and none of the melody yet. Ralph can't see where it's going yet but that's ok. It still needs a ton of work. I'm glad we're becoming productive again.
well, hope we all can catch (as a band) the cine europa movies that lara sent through the egroups.
Sunday, September 07, 2003
Masaya nga ang may conference call, pero nakakalito rin!
I hope that candyaudioline will be able to practice early tonight. I miss my bandmates again. The other night, Allan played with Pillow at Megastrip, and someone approached them. “What happened to candyaudioline??? Ba’t ang lambot niyo na??” Allan had to explain that it was Pillow. So, you see, maybe people are looking for us already. Heehee.
Totoo yung tinext ni Ayn nun hehehe. Pero shame on you manyak boys for being affected by that news!!! Her heartburn was causing her considerable discomfort that night…
Laba tayo sa bahay ni Ralph!!!
I hope that candyaudioline will be able to practice early tonight. I miss my bandmates again. The other night, Allan played with Pillow at Megastrip, and someone approached them. “What happened to candyaudioline??? Ba’t ang lambot niyo na??” Allan had to explain that it was Pillow. So, you see, maybe people are looking for us already. Heehee.
Totoo yung tinext ni Ayn nun hehehe. Pero shame on you manyak boys for being affected by that news!!! Her heartburn was causing her considerable discomfort that night…
Laba tayo sa bahay ni Ralph!!!
Saturday, September 06, 2003
there's a chance that i'll be wasting opportunities by moving ahead
say goodbye to all the least of my securities i mope coz i sense there's no time
and something's playing here inside of my head i hope you don't mind
- chorus of new pillow song!!!
...there's a chance that i'll be losing my virginity by moving my head... say goodbye to all the least of my maturity i know there's no sense all the time... and i'll be waiting here on top of my bed i know until nine!!! --- spoop of the new SPK song by your's truly!!!
---- ayan inispoop ko na yung sarili kong kanta just in case may mang-ispoop pang iba... hehehe
---- TANG-INA AYN!!! PANALO YUNG REASON MO SA DI PAG-PUNTA SA MILLENNIA!!! ("di na ako punta ng millennia, wala akong bra..." - ayn)
na-apektuhan yung mga manyak boize!!!
kain tayo sa inyo sa linggo!!!
selena!!! ang sarap talaga ng may friends na may conference sa phone ano?
ralph!!! mamrown mrown!!!
say goodbye to all the least of my securities i mope coz i sense there's no time
and something's playing here inside of my head i hope you don't mind
- chorus of new pillow song!!!
...there's a chance that i'll be losing my virginity by moving my head... say goodbye to all the least of my maturity i know there's no sense all the time... and i'll be waiting here on top of my bed i know until nine!!! --- spoop of the new SPK song by your's truly!!!
---- ayan inispoop ko na yung sarili kong kanta just in case may mang-ispoop pang iba... hehehe
---- TANG-INA AYN!!! PANALO YUNG REASON MO SA DI PAG-PUNTA SA MILLENNIA!!! ("di na ako punta ng millennia, wala akong bra..." - ayn)
na-apektuhan yung mga manyak boize!!!
kain tayo sa inyo sa linggo!!!
selena!!! ang sarap talaga ng may friends na may conference sa phone ano?
ralph!!! mamrown mrown!!!
Friday, September 05, 2003
Thursday, September 04, 2003
Bardo says, “Bad trip kasi si Selena,” because I didn’t make Ayn bring Tristania in when she brought me home.
This morning, Allan called at an unusually early time (11 am). He deliberately pointed out the fact that I forgot to mention Ayn’s behavior at Nymphet’z in yesterday’s post. Well, we kept on giving her the microphone the other night, but Ayn kept saying she wasn’t drunk yet. So we had given up already after a few songs. Then, Antz started singing “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, with the others botching it up now here and there. Ayn suddenly grabbed the mic and finished the last verse and two choruses. Wow! We were all surprised. Ayn has a good voice, you know. It was funny though, because before that she had never let on about her singing abilities.
Nakakainis nga si Allan kasi sinabihan ba naman niya ako this morning, “So you can sing, huh?”
Anyway, that’s all. I spent some time with Ayn and Tristania this afternoon after a friendly chat with her and Mia at Gayuma. Friends na kami ni Tristia! Belat.
This morning, Allan called at an unusually early time (11 am). He deliberately pointed out the fact that I forgot to mention Ayn’s behavior at Nymphet’z in yesterday’s post. Well, we kept on giving her the microphone the other night, but Ayn kept saying she wasn’t drunk yet. So we had given up already after a few songs. Then, Antz started singing “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, with the others botching it up now here and there. Ayn suddenly grabbed the mic and finished the last verse and two choruses. Wow! We were all surprised. Ayn has a good voice, you know. It was funny though, because before that she had never let on about her singing abilities.
Nakakainis nga si Allan kasi sinabihan ba naman niya ako this morning, “So you can sing, huh?”
Anyway, that’s all. I spent some time with Ayn and Tristania this afternoon after a friendly chat with her and Mia at Gayuma. Friends na kami ni Tristia! Belat.
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Hello. I have long been absent, but I’m here now.
That quote from your last entry, Ayn… I say, “Hear! Hear!”
So, Allan has written a new song for SPK. I like the lyrics, especially the twist at the end. Damn. Love sucks.
Bardo, my 14-year-old brother says hi. Nagbobonding kami ngayon. Sabi niya wala daw silang pasok ngayon kasi bobo yung teacher nila. He wants all of you to know that. I’m sure it will be of some use to you someday.
Anyway, I think Allan was able to vent out his feelings while we were drawing on the paper table mat in Burgoo, Rockwell last Sunday. We watched “View From the Top”, which was totally disappointing, and looked around for shoes for him. We were supposed to be with other candymates but they were all tired. At least, with less people, it was easier for him to get the ranting out of the way so he could… ahem… channel his passion more creatively. Tada! New song… (sana nga lang para sa candy!)
Last night, we planned to get on with our candy movie, but SM North didn’t have new movies to show. So Allan, Ayn and I decided to drink our woes away at Quattro and meet up with the Manyaks there. We all ordered macho mugs of course and our favorite chicharon bulaklak… the cheese puffs were good, too. I was drunk by the time Antz of Spring Boutique arrived… I had finished half of my mug and my head was splitting in too. When Charles joined us, I was begging Allan to let me go home, until---------------- Darius texted Allan: “Tara!” Instantly, my headache went away. In a few minutes, we were off to Nymphet’z.
We were ushered into the KTV by this tall lady. Of course, as expected, there was red lighting and skimpily clad women. But I was surprised at how classy the place actually looked. It wasn’t just any KTV (I mean, you know, knowing the Manyaks and Allan, I had certain ideas of places they would probably patronize). I thought, “If this is classy, what would Pegasus look like inside?”
Anyway, the staff was very gracious towards us. The DJ kept greeting us, saying the guys’ names as if they were old friends. He kept saying, “Good evening, Charles… nasan na si John Faul?” and, “Good evening to Allan and the two lovely ladies with him.” Haha. Blush, blush. *snicker* But you know, I’m always a sucker for personalized service.
So we videoke’d the night away. Charles and Antz had originally brought two ladies to sit with them, but they left after a while. Aw. I could see that there was an especial droop to Charles’ bangs after that. I guess we were cramping their style, although they generously denied that fact. They were more pissed that Darius’ friend had retained Charles’ special “friend” for the night. Oh well… they got back at him with retorts through the mic during the spaces between songs on the videoke. Heee heee heee.
We left at around 3 am. We had Allan to thank for shouldering the brunt of the expenses. He bought me an internet card so I could post on the blog.
Hmm, this entry looks a bit short after such an interesting event. Truth is, I don’t want to seem too eager-beaver about this Nymphet’z thing because I AM a girl… and also, nothing much happened, mainly because the guys didn’t have money. I’m just happy that I’m online again and that I can now do immediate updates for the candyblog when necessary.
In BeTWEEn Days is on Sept. 14 at Millenia, Kamuning. Listen to the lovely sounds of Spring Boutique, Popular Days, Soft Pillow Kisses, Candyaudioline, and two more bands (don’t know who).
Oh, I have an interesting note. This morning, my Mom came out of the bathroom singing, “Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!” ala Parokya ni Edgar. It wasn’t quite the same, maybe a more dignified version, but it shows how “Mr. Suave” is an institution in Philippine pop culture. Egad.
That quote from your last entry, Ayn… I say, “Hear! Hear!”
So, Allan has written a new song for SPK. I like the lyrics, especially the twist at the end. Damn. Love sucks.
Bardo, my 14-year-old brother says hi. Nagbobonding kami ngayon. Sabi niya wala daw silang pasok ngayon kasi bobo yung teacher nila. He wants all of you to know that. I’m sure it will be of some use to you someday.
Anyway, I think Allan was able to vent out his feelings while we were drawing on the paper table mat in Burgoo, Rockwell last Sunday. We watched “View From the Top”, which was totally disappointing, and looked around for shoes for him. We were supposed to be with other candymates but they were all tired. At least, with less people, it was easier for him to get the ranting out of the way so he could… ahem… channel his passion more creatively. Tada! New song… (sana nga lang para sa candy!)
Last night, we planned to get on with our candy movie, but SM North didn’t have new movies to show. So Allan, Ayn and I decided to drink our woes away at Quattro and meet up with the Manyaks there. We all ordered macho mugs of course and our favorite chicharon bulaklak… the cheese puffs were good, too. I was drunk by the time Antz of Spring Boutique arrived… I had finished half of my mug and my head was splitting in too. When Charles joined us, I was begging Allan to let me go home, until---------------- Darius texted Allan: “Tara!” Instantly, my headache went away. In a few minutes, we were off to Nymphet’z.
We were ushered into the KTV by this tall lady. Of course, as expected, there was red lighting and skimpily clad women. But I was surprised at how classy the place actually looked. It wasn’t just any KTV (I mean, you know, knowing the Manyaks and Allan, I had certain ideas of places they would probably patronize). I thought, “If this is classy, what would Pegasus look like inside?”
Anyway, the staff was very gracious towards us. The DJ kept greeting us, saying the guys’ names as if they were old friends. He kept saying, “Good evening, Charles… nasan na si John Faul?” and, “Good evening to Allan and the two lovely ladies with him.” Haha. Blush, blush. *snicker* But you know, I’m always a sucker for personalized service.
So we videoke’d the night away. Charles and Antz had originally brought two ladies to sit with them, but they left after a while. Aw. I could see that there was an especial droop to Charles’ bangs after that. I guess we were cramping their style, although they generously denied that fact. They were more pissed that Darius’ friend had retained Charles’ special “friend” for the night. Oh well… they got back at him with retorts through the mic during the spaces between songs on the videoke. Heee heee heee.
We left at around 3 am. We had Allan to thank for shouldering the brunt of the expenses. He bought me an internet card so I could post on the blog.
Hmm, this entry looks a bit short after such an interesting event. Truth is, I don’t want to seem too eager-beaver about this Nymphet’z thing because I AM a girl… and also, nothing much happened, mainly because the guys didn’t have money. I’m just happy that I’m online again and that I can now do immediate updates for the candyblog when necessary.
In BeTWEEn Days is on Sept. 14 at Millenia, Kamuning. Listen to the lovely sounds of Spring Boutique, Popular Days, Soft Pillow Kisses, Candyaudioline, and two more bands (don’t know who).
Oh, I have an interesting note. This morning, my Mom came out of the bathroom singing, “Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!” ala Parokya ni Edgar. It wasn’t quite the same, maybe a more dignified version, but it shows how “Mr. Suave” is an institution in Philippine pop culture. Egad.
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Monday, September 01, 2003
hehehe may nasualat akong kanta sa wakas!!! pero d ito pang-candy!!! almost 3/4's on the way na yung song... atleast i'm starting to write again... sana tuluy tuloy na!!! (love is a 4 letter word)
yet untitled
i hope to see you later...
afraid it might be late they say well i want to
is it something stupid well i don't know
i feel so elevated...
whenever you're with me i hope as i watch you
i think that i'm in love with you i don't know
there's a chance that i'll be wasting opportunities by moving ahead
say goodbye to all the least of my securities i mope coz i sense there's no time
and something's playing here inside of my head i hope you don't mind
oh don't be irritated...
so afraid that all the words i'll say will fall short you...
never really looked at me and it shows...
yet untitled
i hope to see you later...
afraid it might be late they say well i want to
is it something stupid well i don't know
i feel so elevated...
whenever you're with me i hope as i watch you
i think that i'm in love with you i don't know
there's a chance that i'll be wasting opportunities by moving ahead
say goodbye to all the least of my securities i mope coz i sense there's no time
and something's playing here inside of my head i hope you don't mind
oh don't be irritated...
so afraid that all the words i'll say will fall short you...
never really looked at me and it shows...
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