Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Going To Miss This...

Candy and Pillow practice yesterday was really fun... As usual, Elaine was her in her normal crazy self while Apple on the other hand was still trying to feel her way towards inside our crazy little world... but she's getting there...

Candy part of the practice was divided into three segments... my one on one with Elaine, the yosi breaks and the full band part...

since it's been many weeks now since we've pratcice with Elaine, i felt quite uncomfortable doing one on one with her again but i was so surprised at how she could easily catch up with me unlike the early days wherein i'd notice that she'd really have a tough time singing softly... last night she did it confidently and playfully... just can't figure out where she gets the energy...

the yosi breaks, as usual was really helpful in getting us relaxed after minutes of jarring noise... during this time, Kel, Rene and Dennis usually try to get to each other's nerves but last night they made use of the break to get some snacks and play some sort of a card game that i am not familiar with... While me, and Apple did some work related catching up and Elaine successfully resisted the temptation of eating...

During the full band part, i can't help but feel happy and sad at the same time... Elaine was doing very well... she was singing in a very controlled manner... no more "nasal-like" vocal delivery... her voice sounded really dreamy and lazy at the same time... my kind of singing really... inspite of the really loud volume which we were at, i could still hear soft singing reminiscent of Selena during her prime but a lot better... hope she could do this same approach once we resume recording hopefully on Thursday...

after practice, we ate at our fave carinderia somewhere in timog... at first i was a bit hesitant at bringing Apple and Elaine there since it was really a turo-turo type kainan... i am glad that the two girls enjoyed eating there specially Elaine who wasted no time in consuming her supposedly "for take home" puto accompanied by me and Kel's favourite dinuguan...

next time, i'm posting some phone captured video of Elaine goofing around during last Saturday's (July 26) recording sessions at Pink Noise...

Hmmm, August is almost here... soon it'll be September... I'm sure that we're going to miss this girl...

Friday, July 25, 2008

Cancelled Gig...

we were supposed to play somewhere in Ortigas tomorrow but it had to be cancelled... it's the third cancelled gig we had this month... very frustrating really cause we haven't been gigging a lot during the past two months since Elaine has been very busy...

we still have been doing some candy related stuff although i've just realised that i haven't called a practice session for nearly a month now and tomorrow will be entering the studio again to record a few more songs and fool around a bit inside the studio... we plan to record the following songs: "Flaming Walls", "An Empty You", "Nearby Town", "Cellophane Smiles" and two covers songs...

some updates... Maggot is definitely here in Manila... i was able to meet up with her a week a go and drag her along during a Superminty session at Pink Noise... I doubt it if she would be able to joins us for gigs as of now since she is still busy landing herself a job as nurse here in Manila... we're still waiting for her to land one and settle down a bit... Elaine on the otherhand might bne leaving us a bit earlier than expected...

that's that for the mean time...

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

1st One For Superminty And Some Candyaudioline Bits...

We had quite a great time at Route 196 last night although at the last minute, we were a bit hessitant on playing since we weren't sure if we could pull it off or not since it was to be our first gig after almost 3 years of absence...

during the first two songs we sort of fumbled a bit thanks to Kel's confusing as hell intro of the first song (When We Smile) and my way out of tune guitar that started from the beginning of the first song and worsened by the 2nd song (Sink Into Something)... we did cleaned up by the third song (Silly Thing)and made quite good by the forth song, the new one (All About Us) except for some of Charles minor incursions into "SABIT-land"... even i did forget some of the lyrics to this song... here's a video of that performance...



we were supposed to play 5 songs but we can only play 4 songs as of now so we decided to play as Soft Pillow Kisses for the final number since Apple (new Soft Pillow Kisses vocalist) was also there... You may check a video of this at http://softpillowkisses.blogspot.com/... after the gig we went to Timog to satisfy our hunger and help us forget the lovely pair of legs that haunted us during our stay at Route 196...

Candybits...

- Elaine is still busy with work and other committments that's why she hasn't been with us for more that 3 weeks already.... We miss her a lot...
- Me, Kel and Rene together with Charles have been very busy reviving Superminty... -- Dennis will be replacing Charles for both bands making me, Kel, Dennis and Rene members of Candyaudioline, Soft pillow Kisses and Superminty all at the same time...
- The 3 mentioned bands have been in and out of the studio recording some songs to beef up possible releases...
- Me and Rene has recently discovered the wonders of hanging out at Cafe's...
- Maggot is still nowhere to be found...
- we will be playing next week, July 21, Monday at Mayrics...

That's that for now...

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Superminty Practice And New Song...

i have no other place to post this yet since i've no Superminty blogger, multiply or myspace accounts... so i'm going to use both Soft Pillow Kisses' and Candyaudioline's blogs to post anything related to Superminty...

We had a really long practice session last night since i wanted to demo a new song, this one was supposed to go to Soft Pillow Kisses but i decided to let Superminty have this one instead...

at first i thought i was going to have a hard time with this one since Charles have been having problems adding guitar lines to my songs... i don't know if he's just being selfish giving his all only on Populardays (his band)and giving me only 30% of his guitar palying ability... Charles is one great guitar player you know... try listening to some Populardays stuff... we were able to pull it off after about 6 tries... i would also like to commend both Kel and Rene for a job well done and for having to put up with all the crazy patterns that i had in my head which really gave them a hart time to execute this one... yet, this is still not the proper form in which i would like this song to be... it'll have to do for now...

so here's the song... no titles as of yet...



no need to know she said
it's all inside our heads
we'll take you far away from here
tucked inside your bed

just like an evening glow
a silly morning show
with people acting like it's well
but do they really know

well... hey!!!
it's all about you...
it's all about me...
it all about us!!!

a sunny smile that's dead
no tears of joy to shed
we'll wait a while until it's gone
i think enough is said

we should slow down take our time
ambitions of another gain might stain and waste our lives...
... we know the cause... it's all because...

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Almost Ready For The Next...

Had another Pillow, Minty, Candy practice session last night...

Kicked off with Superminty since Dennis and Apple haven't arrived yet... Felt a bit disappointed at first since i wasn't able to bring the lyrics of the new song (which i initially planned to give to Soft Pillow Kisses) but still i was able to have an idea as to how good the song could turn out to be... Ripped through 4 other Minty songs... still needs time though... still can't get the right feel although "When We Smile" and "Sink Into Something" are beginning to sound good again thanks to Kel's "steady" beats and Charles' improved guitar sound...

Dennis arrived in the middle of the Minty session followed by Apple a few minutes later... Decided to go for a Pillow session since Charles still had his guitar plugged in... Apple was a bit off during the first few songs dew maybe to the volume that we were at which was ridiculously loud and from too much alcohol that Dennis used to clean up Apple's mic... she kept telling me that she had a hard time singing close to the mic since the smell of alcohol was too strong... After about 6 songs, we decided to take a break and went outside the studio for the usual, yosi/snack time part of the practice session... during the break, Charles and Dennis played PSP while me, Rene, Kel and Apple exchanged opinions and thoughts about the songs, the music scene and Dennis' lips in particular... we even bullied Charles to tell us his "Legendary" bout with a "Locked Jaw" (Pictures will be available at Pillow's Blog as soon as Charles allows me to post them)... went back to practice mode were we did another batch... by this time Apple was a bit comfortable... still she was nowhere near her peak (she did very well during last weeks practice, well enough to impress me)... Called another break and decided to shift to Candy-gear... i told Apple to listen to two more songs, "Louder" and "Vodka" and that i'll have her sing them after the Candy session...

During the Candy part... i was only focusing on two songs "Nearby Town" and "Cellophane Smiles" but since we were planning on re-recording "An Empty You" and "We've Been There", i decided to include both songs in the line-up... We made to runs at "Nearby Town" and told Kel how i want the drums to sound Simple but really Mean... he did what i had told him to and it was really good... "Nearby Town" sounded so good, enough to make us all turn the volume insanely higher... "Cellophane Smile" sounded like a winner, just when i was about to lose my confidence in this song... It just had to be done tight, loud and dirty... "We've Been There" and "An Empty You" rounded out the Candy part of the session... it was so tight that we were so surpried at how tight we executed it... These four Candy songs are well on it's way to being recorded at the next possible recording session...

I called back Apple again to do the last two songs that i asked her to review... i was quite surprised at how easily she learned both song... we ended the whole thing with 2 more songs one Pillow Song "Stolen Flowers" of which i had Dennis play guitars knowing that he was to play Candy's "Better View" since Charles couldn't play it and the last song for the night was a Superminty song "When We Smile"...

Went to Mr. Kabab, where Charles and Dennis continued playing NBA Live in their PSP's, while the rest of us ate... ate... spot... cracked jokes etc... etc...

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Recording Season...

Hello everyone...

haven't been gigging lately and this blog has been quiet for quite some time now... well, there's reason to be quiet really because since there's not much action and nothing really quite interesting to post about... well actually, there's quite a number of really interesting things happening with us lately but some of them are a bit out-of-line if i where to post them... so i'll just consider these events or gimmicks of ours as strictly a private affair... some of you i guess have an idea as to what i'm refering... well there's nothing wrong with being naughty every now and then as long as no harm is done to others... it's quite a rejuvinating exercise really...

here's something worth sharing though... we, save for Elaine who's been very busy with her growing number of patients and also making loads of money through her other sidelines, have gone into the studio to record some interesting but not so new stuff... as the title suggest, we along with Soft Pillow Kisses and hopefully Superminty are into recording once more...

Candyaudioline minus Elaine has done laying in 2 songs "Together" and "You're Not There"", out of a targeted 6 songs... at first it was really disappointing but thanks to digital technology, we are on course again... just can't wait for the next session...

Although it's scary for us to record really since there has been some sort of a recording related curse... Everytime a band of mine finishes recording, that band tends to go into a dilemna of sorts resulting in a laying off a member... maybe this time we'll try to face the curse head on... and try to release the stuff we did together with older recording that we see fit releasing... Curse or no Curse...