I would like to thank those of you who made it to last night's Buzz Night at Club Dredd... the bands Carnival Park, Random Knobs, The Satellites, Phantom Sizemore and the "quite entertaining and very promising" Slumbook... and also to my Soft Pillow Kisses bandmates, thanks also to Pancho of Soul Connection, who seemed to look quite healthy, for the "immoral suport"... thanks also to Joey of Aurora Borealis for not being with Aurora Borealis... also to Sir Carl for helping me with the line-up... pare pag yumaman ako, magpapa-Buzz Night ako sa Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore at Zamboanga... and also to Ecay for taking our video and for being the youngest person present that night...
Here are some photos of memebers of Soft Pillow Kisses taken by her during our after gig eating spree at Mr. Kabab...
Hmmm, this One's a Miracle... The Photographer...
This One's Apple's Eyelashes...
Nice Nose I Have Here...
This One's Rene in Normal Times...
This One's Ralph Under the Influence of gamma Radiation...
Jann Paul went home early so i got this one instead...
its was the first time we played again infront of a mainstream crowd... i kinda missed the feeling of playing infront of unfamiliar territory although we've been there already many time before except for our new singer... although she did say that she was a bit comfortable that night... luckily for us, the crowd was not the usual rawdy bunch that usually frequent such gigs... imagine the line up... us, Ang Bandang Shirley, Pentavia, Concrete Sam, Moonstar88 and Kamikazee...
Here we are doing our last song "Cellophane Smiles"... we were only the first band but already, the amps were busted...
Been feeling so sick the whole day... arrived from Qatar at around 4am, got home at around 7am... wasn't able to get some sleep the whole morning itl early afternoon... blame it on coffee and some really large helpings of Liemposilog from Marlets - "Mura Na Madumi Pa"... na-miss ko kaya kumain ng Pork Meat... went to a Backbeat band recording at around 2pm only to be cancelled at around 3:30pm... got back home at around 5pm... tried to get some sleep but not until 7pm... woke up at around 8;40pm feeling more sick than ever and realising that i had committed by bandmates to a practice session in preparation for this Weds gweilos stint... well it was worth it...
everyone showed-up on time for practice and everyone except for her "Royal Hotness" was feeling really ill... Drummer Boy was with LBM (pinilit ko lang talaga sya pumunta), Weh was down with a nasty flu that had her sneezing all night long, Wally was really sleepy until around 12 midnight when he received a text message from a "Booking Agent Friend"...
actually, our practice didn't go as planned (we wanted to try doing things laid back) but it was still enjoyable thanks to Her Royal Hotness and her excrutiating dance routine which was quite entertaining and annoyingly present during the breaks we took...
tried to make a really good practice scheme but we couldn't feel it without the oh so important noise... ended up practicing 6-7 noisy songs all of them to be sang by Weh for the 1st time live... not really saying that Weh's ready but she has to try her best come gig time... at least last night's practice was well worth it... last night's session might not have helped Weh improve a bit but i think that the way we enjoyed each other's company would at least give each and everyone of us an idea as to how confident we are with one another...
for Candyaudioline, it has never been "Practice Makes Perfect", it's more of "Practice Makes Way For Good Times" this time via Zamboanga Chicken...
we have two more gigs lined up this October... one is on the 15th at the Popshoppe at Gweilos and the other one on the 20th at Mayrics... no Candyaudioline on the 23rd for Buzz Night since Ecay will not be available on that date...
quite an ill-organized practice session we had last night due to some miscalculations of sort on my part as to what time we'd all be available for practice... but unforseen events sort of rocked my "planned" sequence and as a result we had to make do with what we had last night...
it was supposed to be a 3 hour thing with the first part being more of a one on one type of practice just give me an idea as to how she's progressed since the last practice we had a week ago... the 2nd hour should've been a shatter-my-eardrum-make-my-nosebleed approach wherein we'd be playing the songs at rediculously disturbing volume levels just to give me an idea if she's become more comfortable singing underneath all the noise we could dish out... the 3rd part would've been the laid back part with us playing out instruments at illegally low levels in preparation for a possible Popshoppe stint next week...
because i was like 15 minutes late, Maggot was (as usual) 30 minutes late while Kel and Dennis could not leave their respective work-post, "Wehcay" had to wait for a while, good thing Rene-Pillow-Indiepop was with her... i decided to start the session at around 10:45pm without Kel and Dennis... it was just 2 vocals, 2 guitars (with Rene helping out)and a bass... it was a bit productive and after and hour and thirty minutes, i was able to assess that she did improve a lot and we were able to add a song or two to Weh's repertoire... after an hour and a half, Dennis and Kel arrived... we tried doing the laid back set but after 3o minutes we decided to go full blast... it wasn't what i intended but it wasn't a waste of time either... She's doing very well right now although still far from what i think she can truly be... Now she's able to sing these songs...
Light A Candle Something Wrong Wicked Glances Painful Discarded Toy Cellophane Smiles We've Been There Better View Pretend That We're Smart An Empty You Flaming Walls Sad Inside All Smiles Felt So Fine Can't Sleep My Silver Chair Nearby Town Waste My Time
18 songs in all, although she still needs to familiarize herself more with the songs and how it's sung... still 18 songs is a lot already plus 4 practice sessions and 1 proper gig... Another practice is scheduled next Monday and hopefully we get to Play next Wendnesday (Popshoppe) and another one on the 20th at Mayrics...
it was quite a successful Buzz Night we had last night... but for this post of mine, i won't be doing a review since it was very obvious at how each bands played exceptionally well... posting something about that won't be necessary...
i would just like to thank The Camerawalls for playing... bow ako sa iyo Clem, ace yang mga songs nyo... also, we'll miss Sonnet Lviii, i think last night was their best set (during Dale's recent short stint here in Manila) and also congrats Ecay!!! di mo kami dinisappoint... actually it was kind of a torture test for her since i made her sing songs which she had yet to master kahit na meron na syang ilang songs na sobrang comfortable na cya... she has guts... Elaine would be very proud... Elaine texted me right after maghiwahiwalay tayo galing Icebergs... she said "Good luck tom w/ ecay, she's a big Check for me"... Eto sample, ayaw pa nya kantahin ito...
Thanks din sa lahat ng nagpunta and also to Sir Carl for the help... thanks din Dale for convincing me to continue doing Buzz Nights and for recommending Ecay...
May mga napansin akong 1st during this October Buzz...
- First time we did this outside Mayrics... - First gig ni Ecay... - First time tumugtog ng buo yung current line-up ng Soft Pillow Kisses... - For the first time, maayos ang porma ni Maggot kagabi although sabi ni Rene, mukha daw syang masahista...
