June Buzz Night

Anyway, we got to mayric's at around 11. Before that, joel had been texting us that nobody was there... and ekong was asking if buzz night was still pushing through. so we were kind of nervous along the way if the night would be a success just because it would be so hard to get to mayric's on such a night.

when we arrived, there were a lot more people than i had expected--- basically, the usual size of crowds at buzz night. allan and i were just relieved that the bands had arrived and so sunset drive (being the early birds) started off the night. i liked their set that night. something about the guitars just appealed to me. they were followed by bagetsafonik. not exactly a perfect set, probably rattled by the rain, but the guitars were great and i absolutely loved the last song, "halogen".

next played orf, our drummer kiel's three-piece band. i was surprised to find out that they played originals, which were pretty ok. someone even approached me and asked what the name of their band was. hanep nga tong si kiel. sabi ni allan, "emo pala boses ni kiel!" hehehe. pero astig. multitalented. indie na, punk pa, hardcore pa----- songer pa!


crooner kiel

then played candyaudioline. we played a perfect set that night and gave the crowd with 8 songs, plus some long-hibernating ones like "pretend we're smart". good anniversary gig. after us, popular days played, also really well, plus with ian their bassist, who hasn't been to buzz night in 4 or 6 months due to his being from another land far far away. finally, poopoo vox took the stage and ended the night with a very placado but very senti-ly appreciated "everlong". senti counts, you know.

gracing us with their presence were candy alumni kelvin and joey, to whom we will of course always be grateful for their contribution to the band. and thanks to roel too for his support. and to joel for handling buzz while allan was out. it was too bad that our friends tether couldn't play that night because of their drummer having health problems, but at least he's ok now. other bands couldn't make it, presumably due to the rain and other unavoidable circumstances.

the guys sealed the night with a colasa soiree (buy your own ___).

here are some pics from the night.


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70's Bistro

Last night, we played a laid-back set at 70's Bistro fronting for Backbeat bands. "Whaaat?" you may gasp. "Candyaudioline--- without gadgets???" Yesiree. You read right.

Well, you know how 70's is so paranoid about noise (and rightly so, if you're being hounded by neighbors like that). so they were kind wary when allan told them we were fronting, but relaxed when he assured them that we were going to forfeit our gadgets just for them.

it was pretty weird when we were actually playing, but kind of refreshing to hear a subdued candyaudioline. for one thing, i really liked dennis' variations on the lead in some songs. buti na lang hindi na niya kinailangang "bungangain" yung effects niya ("weeeeweeewwwwweweweweeeew wuhwuhweeewweewwwnnnnhhh!"). astig nga eh. of course, we were still fumbling a bit, but we were able to pull it off ( a long set of about 7 or 8 songs!) despite complaints from certain people na "nagpapaka-obscure" kami. haha.

so we've proven na kaya natin ang mahina. that was good. :)

epilogue: i overheard the 70's guy fretting because the neighbor went up to the door during our set and claimed that the drums and bass were too loud. ano??? loud pa yun sa kanila? halos helehin na namin yung mga tao dun e...