Saturday, June 30, 2007

Hope Everything's Going To Be... From Now On...

Hello There...

Not to much to post about... Seems that everything's fine with us right now... But no one knows what will happen next... with this band's penchant for disorder and chaos among members, i honestly don't have any idea as to where we'll go from here... still expecting something to shake my head though...

At the moment, i'm very excited on playing a gig with this line-up... we could've played last night but i was having second thoughts. i just want to make sure that the first gig of this line-up would be something to really smile about...

can't wait for that opportunity...

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Happy Birthday to my brother Arnold!!!

Friday, June 29, 2007

haaaaaaaaaaarrrr!!!!

nyihihihi...nyahaha...harharhar!!!
akala ni allan masisiyahan sya makita mga ipagpopost ko dito...hmmmm....pero ako, oo! dahil eto na paraan para makipag-tirahan sa inyo, mga ungas! eh ksi namn lagi ako lugi pag nagsama na kayong lahat. if i know, lagi nyo ko nilalait! kaya yung "Praning Mode" na sinasabi ng snake eyes jan, totoo yun! buti nalng anjan si maggot, si dina at si renee! sila lang pinaniniwalaan ko....sa ngayon...hopefully kasama dun si allan..uyyy...sana. Siyempre thankful ako sa lahat sa inyo kasi kahit ganyan kayo eh andyan parin pala kayo! ampota! ang haba na nito! sige na, first time ko to eh! tumutulo sipon ko....sniff..sniff.sniff...

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Candyaudioline


We Are Candyaudioline for the Nth Time: Jinky, Dennis, Maggot, Me and Kel... Ayos Ba?

eto na...eto na...eto na!!!

sa wakas eto na naman ako!


...abangan!

Welcome To Candyaudioline Jinky...

Hello Everyone...

Candyaudioline is a complete unit once more with the addition of Ex-Soft Pillow Kisses vocalist Jinky...

We had a practice session last night and i can safely say that she was able to fit in quite easily... with out the benifit of a study cd, she was able to sing about 8 songs in a span of 2 and a half hours... Quite a feat but then again, she is a very good singer... i guess i don't have to worry about carrying more that half of the singing during gigs... Only one cloud of doubt polluting my mind at the moment... Will she be able to handle the stage-fright? That remains to be seen i guess... but according to her, she's more than ready...

I hope so... and definitely, this is a very good development for Candyaudioline... Sad to say that i can't say the same thing about Soft Pillow Kisses who at momment is undergoing one of the very worst crisis it has undergone in quite a long time... and really, it saddens me...

Monday, June 25, 2007

Pillow Practice

halluw! ngehe..wala magawa kanina kaya eto mag post daw hehe.. pumunta ko praktis ng pillow kanina akala ko praktis din candy ayun pala pillow lang haaayy.. tama ba na si jinky na vocalist natin? yari tayo dyan ngaha! flip mode pa naman palagi yun. Jinky wag ka mapapraning sa mga banat namin ah hirap sa taong yan wag lang may masabi ka na hindi okay sa kanya kahit akala niyang joke lang seseryosohin niya mas lalo na pag may kinalaman sa performance niya on stage hehe.. Jinky mag suot ka ng posas pag tugtog na ah pra kang si Basti Artadi ng wolfgang eh anlupit ng moves mo ngehe.. magiisip na nman yan panigurado magpapraning praningan na naman yan pag nabasa niya hehe.. peace lang tayo pag tugtugan na kalmado lang palagi panic-boy na nga ko gagaya ka pa sa akin ngaha!

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Wasting Opportunities...

Hello everyone...

The title of this post is taken from a Soft Pillow Kisses song with the same title... but the song has nothing to do with contents of this post what so ever...

Here's something new... but not that new really when you know Candyaudioline...

We're "again" looking for a new vocalist and i'm considering Jinky (Ex-Soft Pillow Kisses)... i think she's a good choice because of the fact the we all like her a lot specially when she's being her "Psychotic-self" and at the same time, she's a very good singer... the only drawback in getting Jinky is her tendency towards being so "Stagephobic"...

i remember the time when she was my bandmate in Soft Pillow Kisses that she really gets scared when she's about to go upstage, specially infrot of a large crowd... She quit Soft Pillow Kisses the day after we played at Don Bosco Mandaluyong infront of about 3000 kids via a very dramatic text message... hope she's a different person now... you should try talking to her over the phone... she's really funny for a girl... hope she get's over her stage fright...

by the way, i got an email from Sir Michael Willie about his thoughts while watching Candyaudioline's set at Vida De Malate last Thursday:

Hi Allan,

great but short gig the other night. I quite liked it. I heard some Jesus & Mary Chain, loads of Ride and My Bloody Valentine and one song started out like She Bangs The Drums or Elephant Stone. Nice blend of styles and bands.

I read about the Fete de la Musique in the paper this morning, any bands you could recommend. I would like to see indiepop bands of course but also a Ska band would be nice. I guess metal and punk are there in abundance. And keep me updated about what other Buzz Night bands would be playing next week. I will leave on saturday.

Hope you like the records - I will listen to your CD tonight.

Take care

Michael

... it could've been far better if we had a proper singer that night... and about the records, yes i did like em, specially The Sheets and The Forsakes, both of which i actually played at wrong speeds... i'll try uploading them in one of my bands myspace accounts soon...

That's that for the meantime... see you around

Friday, June 22, 2007

Yah FOO! Rene's Post Sa Blog Ng Soft Pillow Kisses

most wanted list:

name: "Dennis"
a.k.a.: kikong kalmot
age: 12 inches
height: diseased
wait: 2 hours late!
complexion: silvery patches on the upper noo!
huling nakita: sa loob ng drawer
fave song: "coca-cola body"

name: "Rene"
a.k.a.: "ravishing rickrude"
age: "Our Lips are Sealed"
height: 5"5
description: maitim, pawisin, walang daliri
huling nakita: 7-11 wanted list
likes: cr na maraming tubig

name: "Allan"
aka: "Alan"
blood type: dalandan
weight: pinipigilan nya ung gravity pag my sipon sya..
description: xa ung bida sa MTV ng silver toes
huling nakita: sa tabi ko! (sabay batok sakin ni alan!)
dislikes: "wanted lists"
motto: "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!"name:

Kelaka: "litong lamat"
sex: M (medium)
fave food: pritong kahoy
hobbies: playing food
first crush: ZILDJAN
2nd crush: ZILDJAN-CHINA
first gig: With the pakistanis preparing for the pre-JIHAD ceremony

Gig at Vida de Malate

Ang saya naman ng gig dami lang mga alagad ni pancho dun apoy na lang kulang impyerno na ngaha! Maayos ang gig kahit laspag na mga amps with feelings naman kami lahat nag perform kaya masaya pa rin.. May bisita pa kaming boylet ni Allan na imported hehe..Sana palagi ganun malas ko lang wala ako adaptor nun mas pogi sana tayo bandmates hehe hindi ko kasi mahigilap si arjay nasa kanya yun eh miss ko na rin ung payatot na yun hehe..tanda ko pa dati mga 2 weeks lang ako sa kanila tambay inom lang at mang hunting kami sa gabi ng mga bagong paligo at amoy safeguard na mga bata at ayain namin umiinom sa kanila ngaha joke lang! Next gig ulit sana masaya pa rin sana din matupad na pangarap natin Allan na magandang vocalist, sexy, at mahilig hehe... sa music lang waahhh.. katsheng! sheng!

Weird Gig: But Fun Just The Same...


This is Me and behind me, Charles, Maggot, Rene, Kel and Dennis... Yup, This is how close Candyaudioline and Soft Pillow Kisses really are... Just look at the empty plates and the Happy Faces... Janpol didn't made it to the practice while Marian had to leave early... Cuckooh on the other hand did something during this practice session that made me and my bandmates (in both bands) decide that she isn't the vocalist that's right for Candyaudioline...


hello peeps...

last night we played at vida de malate... it was a bit weird because of the bands that were lined-up that night... well, i didn't actually had an idea that it was a decidedly ROCK affair... arriving at the venue, i noticed throngs of black-clad kids... not the typical Goth types but more of the local rock crowd that you usually see at local rock events...

well i got a bit uncomfortable because for one, i just remembered that Candyaudioline was playing without a vocalist that night and second, i was to meet Sir Michael, a frequent reader of this little blog of ours, who i invited to the gig... Sir Michael by the way is from Germany (he just arrived yesterday) and likes C86 type of music, Sarah and Postcards Records stuff, reason for me to be a bit embarrassed at making him watch us play at such an event... hehehe... he was quite cool though... he even gave me three 7"vinyls of German bands that we released through his own label (Blue Records) back in the early 90's... we weren't able to talk too much because by the time he arrived (together with a friend) we are about to play already...

...so there we were setting up, i can't help but be annoyed at how my amp sounded and at maggot's bass amp too... i was beginning to smell trouble... also the crowd made me feel uncomfortable but i guess they were there just to have a good time... so we made a go at it with "an empty you" and boom!!! i felt like melting because i can't hear myself singing and my amp too wasn't within hearing range... good thing rene (soft pillow kisses) was there to make sure that i was doing well... we were a bit lost after that first song so we had trouble deciding what to play next and settled doing "something wrong" which i think alienated the crowd a bit but i thought the song helped us settle down a bit... we were supposed to play 4 songs but i thought that i wanted to do something that we don't usually do (at that's playing cover songs)... we did "light years", yup the eraserheads song, as our third song just to loosen us a bit more... as expected, the crowd liked it... i admit that i enjoyed it as well, hehehe... then we did "felt so fine" and ended the whole thing with "my silver chair" due to insistent (minority) public demand... after our set i went outside the venue to breathe air and smoke... it wasn't bad at all and i tried convincing myself that we did a decent set... went back to the venue to find Sir Michael about to leave... i hope that he enjoyed our set even with just me singing... i felt we would have been more confident if we had a proper vocalist that night...

i just wish we could find one the soonest possible time... a vocalist who'll be more interested in the thing that we're doing and not use the band as an image builder or an escape form whatever...

kel, did well just as he promised... maggot too, she was up to it i guess... dennis too, inspite of the constant feedback coming from his amp... thanks rene... reneh!!!

Again, thanks to Sir Michael for coming and for the 7" records... and also to his friend Ma'am Mabel... hope that the Soft Pillow Kisses gig at Freedom Bar pushes through next Wednesday (June 27)...

that's all for now... i'll leave you with a quote from Mr. Rotten Espiritu (Philippine Violators) - he was the event organizer last night and also the emcee... he kept asking me as to how he should introduce Candyaudioline... i declined though... "walang descriminasyon!!!" - yup pero...

Thanks Sir Rotten and more power to you and your Production...

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Buzz Nights On A Weekday...

hello peeps...

i've decided to make BUZZ NIGHT a weekday affair... hope this will only be a temporary thing... i'll move it back to saturday once i find someone who'll be able to handle it in my absence... i'm thinking of moving it on a thursday, propably the 2nd thursday of each month... hopefully things would take a turn for the better... i'm open to suggestion too...

also, i've been allowed only 6 bands per night so please bear with me... any bands out there who wish to play buzz nights, just inform me anytime thru this blog... and be sure that you fit the tag. ok!

times are very hard right now...

Worse Gig... Missing The Good Ones Aready...

Hello Peeps...

Just got home and i just can't help lamenting at the gig we play last night at Mayrics... i guess it would go down in Candy-history as one of the truly worse one ever...

My amp sucked, kel was really annoying me with his "timings" and "far-out-extra-unnecessary-drum-notes", maggot was playing bass as if she she hadn't been playing for this band for quite a long time now and cuckooh keep bugging me with really irritating gestures and quirries... it really ruined my whole perception of this band slowly gelling together once more...

we've been having regular practice sessions for quite sometime now and i was expecting us to be really "sharp" last night but it seemed that was all for nothing i suppose...


chatting with dennis, we've come to put the blame heavily on kel... he is suppose to be the second senior member of the band next to me yet he's not acting his role in the band... he always (in my opinion) tries to show off... always trying to pull-off those paterns that don't really do justice to the songs... not really being bent on acting like any of my bandmates have no right to put something of their own to my songs, but i guess there's always a standard to it. and what kel was doing last night and even in most of the gigs that we do seems to do more harm to the songs... what's the point in showing-off when all it does is make the songs and the band looking like "a bunch high school kids rehearsing for the first time"... i'm also blaming maggot for the fuck up for if she had only arrived at my suggested call time, she wouldn't have felt "harrassed" and could've been more settled down and relaxed playing the bass... cuckooh on the otherhand had her mind somewhere else... actually i told her that it was okey if she could not be with us last night but she insisted that she wanted to sing but when we were on stage, she kept pestering me about which song is which, and how was the song was to be sung etc etc... it made me feel really awkward to a point that i too lost my concentration making me look like someone trying to keep his cool while obviously losing it... plus that stupid amp... or maybe it was the battery of my RATT running out... but...

looking back, if only kel kept each song in proper time and tempo which i am very sure he could possibly do given his God-given talents as a drummer, i guess it could've been less obvious that we were fucking up...


gigs like these make me miss the days when this band was really "OK"... i miss the feeling of climbing up the stage very confident with the idea that each and every member of candyaudioline will be relying on one another to make things look and sound good...

i miss the times when i had a "not very-skillful" drummer but was willing to be the drummer that i wanted him to be and in the process improving his capabilities...

i miss the time when i had a bassist who, inspite of not really being into the tpye of music that this band was playing, always played her heart out not only on stage but off stage...

i miss the time when i had a guitarist who was truly proud of being a member of this band to a point that he was the one making the band sound and the the same time look so good...

i miss the time when i had a singer who was very shy and very conscious at the way she is inspite of her being pretty and all but once on stage, she was willing to take charge and happily embraces the idea that she is the voice and the face of candyaudioline...

as for me, i miss the time when i was still a very good song writer, i also miss the time when i wasn't afraid to kick a member out of the band anytime i wanted... i also miss the time when i don't have to worry a thing about this band...

so what is happening to Candyaudioline? should i give up? are we losing steam? is this a sign to just fade away into forgottenville? I HOPE NO!!!

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Welcome back Jamby!

Welcome back Maggot hehe...bukas mag papraktis na naman kami kasama siya ngaha! masaya na naman ang praktis may maingay na naman at pasmadong bunganga dun.. Kakamiss ka ah wala ng nambabasag na malupit sa amin kakaiba kasi vocabulary mo bakla! hahaha pakabait ka sa akin tuturuan kita bukas may kapalit ung pagtuturo ko sa iyo ng basslines... puri ngaha! joke lang peace tayo namiss lang kita lalo na yung legs mong pike na may nunal dko tinitignan yun ahh napansin ko lang hehe..namiss ka talaga namin jamby sana ayusin mo ng pagraska mo sa bass hehe! =)

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Practice Kami Kagabi...

Hello hello...



Nag-practice kami last night. i decided to keep my present line-up (Me, Cuckooh, Dennis, Rene and Kel... Enjoy naman...

Monday, June 11, 2007

Hello Hello

Hi Peeps...

Mukhang wala nanaman kaming singer... Just can't compete with "Reality" which is life itself... OK, so what happened... well let's say that i was able to assess some things and weighed each items carefully... i ended up deciding on what is or what we are at - at the moment, which is... (refer to the opening sentence of this post...

Well, ganyan talaga ang Candyaudioline. Hindi nawawalan ng problema. blame it on me and my stupid ideas...

As of the moment, Candyaudioline is Me, Dennis, Kel and Rene (Soft Pillow Kisses)... Maggot is out of it for the meantime to focus on her exams which i think will be on Tuesday... Good Luck Maggs!!!

Alam nyo ba kung ano pinaggagawa namin lately? We're doing covers... yes, I'm selling out... Fuck!!! d ako makagawa ng kanta kasi d na ako inspired eh!!! Letseragis!!! Pero pamsamantala lang yan. nag-eenjoy kami sa pag co-cover eh...

Eto yungmga covers na inaayos namin...

Time Thief by Pale Saints - ang hirap kaya ng kantang ito... Paborito kong kanta ng Pale Saints ito. This is the song that got me listening and hooked to them...

Today by Smashing Pumpkins - Wala lang, napag-tripan lang... I hate reggae so much that i had to incorporate it sa isang kanta bakasaling masakyan ko na rin. and i happen to choose this one kasi "parang" bagay gawing reggae ang kantang ito eh. Ayun, d ko pa rin trip ang reggae...

Light Years by Eraserheads - i don't really listen to this band pero i admit that they are one of the best bands that our beloved country has ever spawned. we did a take on this song and i guess bumagay sa amin sobra... Plus this song has one of the best lyrics (simple lang) ever written...

muntik na rin namin banatan ang "If You're Not Here" by Menudo pero ginawa na pala ng kamikazee yun...

That's that muna for the meantime... hope maayos kami ulit...

YOU FOO!!

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Malungkot Na Buzz Night... Pero Masaya Pa Rin

Hello...

Ang lungkot ng Buzz Night... Halos walang tao tapos iilang lang ang banddang tumugtog... Pero tingin k OK na rin na ganun... Cguro nasimulaan lang ng pagkabadtrip ko kina Charles at Dennis kaya nadala na ang mood ko hanggang matapos ang gabi... Ewan ko ba kasi kung bakit may mga taong hindi marunong magpahalaga sa usapan at sa oras... Pero it's all water under the bridge ika' nga... I was able to do something to compensate Charles and Dennis' short comings...

11pm na wala isang banda pa lang ang pwede na tumugtog, Isolation... Pero hindi naman pwedeng "ice breaker"cla lagi d ba? actually kulang nga cla pero tumugtog pa rin... same with Aurora Borealis (thanks guys pero d ko talaga trip yung kumakanta sa inyo at rip-off pa yung last song nyo!!!)...

Candyaudioline kicked off the seemingly gloomy evening... i guess this has got to be the best performance we had in a very long while. Sobrang enjoy kami that we played 8 songs yata... Rene (Soft Pillow Kisses) di magnificently well playing bass for us in place of Maggot who had to back-out at the last minute due to her studies... Also Cuckooh sang decently well this time around... Nag-improve na talaga... At sinunod nya yung dress code ng konti... Kel on the otherhand was pertty cool that evening despite obviously not his normal "bibbo" self due to him just coming off a bout with a very critical desease... Dennis also did well inspite of being under pressure for he was to play bass for Populardays (He, i think is their new bass player)...

Next was Isolation Ward... d ko cla gaanong napanood coz i was so exhausted after Candyaudioline's set... Although i did hear them play while i was resting outside... these guys are really great... sana next time, kumpleto na cla...

Populardays came shortly after Isolation Ward... Their back in top form... Perfect performance cla kagabi... Dennis played well and i guess ginanahan clang lahat... I missed listening to their songs... Lalu na yung "Watch Out For Me"... Panalo talaga... yung nga lang may slight short coming lang with regards to their songs... They lack variety... all of their songs have the same scope of emotions and feel... and i guess "eating the same set of meals" in a single day isn't that enjoyable really... Pang short set lang cla... 4-5 songs enjoyable pa cla... pag lumampas dun, the magic wears thin na... Shove that aside, they are still the best "indie band" act there is at the moment... (Pustahan tayo!!! May mag-rereact dyan once umabot ito sa mga kina-uukulan...) Mga Pop-chongs... hantayin nyo lang na mag-retiro ako at kayo na ang NUMBER 1!!!

Aurora Borealis ang sumunod... Eto lang masasabi ko!!! Palitan nyo na yung kumakanta sa inyo!!! Pangit talaga!!! Ang pangit!!! PANGIT!!! HUWAG NYO NA PAKAHTAHIN YAN PLEASE LANG!!! hanap kayo ng bokalista na nakatira malapit sa langit... Kuha nyo na yung tunog... Pwede na yung mga kanta nyo, hit na hit yan sa mga "indie" dto... "Familiar" so to say... Meron kayong katunog from the beyond the Philippine Archepelago, yan ang gusto ng mga malalamin dto sa Pilipinas... Tang-ina since mula pa noon hanggang ngayon pa ba naman...

Huling banda ang Soft Pillow Kisses... Jinky took Marian's place for this gig only... Galing kumanta ni Jinky... Hay nako...

D na tumugtog ang My Science Project...

Yung lang... Naiirita ako...