Just got a copy of Half Dreaming - Asian Shoegaze Compilation via Soulseek... I was a bit excited at knowing how we did compared to Asian neighbors... i wasn't really expecting Candyaudioline to be as good as any of them... Having heard some acts via Youtube and a few Blogsites, i am quite convinced that the Philippines has been far behind the rest of pack for quite some time in the dreamy Shoegaze dept... as i listened to every track, i can't help but feel quite envious... They sure know how to play the music... The guitars, the arangements, the levels and most specially the feel... finally. track 12, our song "Felt So Fine"... i was quite shocked... it sounded really different... it was a bit loud... everyting was way too "up"... nawala yung "Twee" aspect nung song... anyways, i waited 'til the whole compilation was done... Every track was really good except for "Love Is So Strange" by Everyone Loves Irene from Indonesia, which it utter trash... funny since the best track (for me) come from a band from Indonesia. It's the 3rd track called "Perfect Angel" by Cataclysmic... The other so-so track being our song...
i'm putting the blame on how our song was Mastered... Mastering by the way is a recording process in which a certain track (or multiple tracks) is levelled and sometimes, if necessary, tampered thru equalization so that it will be of the same audio characteristics (volume and frequencies)as that of the other tracks to which it is beaing compiled with... it was quite obvious that our track went thru an equalization process which slightly affected how it sounds... I'm not saying that if hadn't gone thru equalization, it would've been the best track of the pack... i'm simply saying that it would've sounded a bit more decent...
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Mavi Sings For Candy...
last night. we played our second gig for this year... it was just a short notice gig since i only decided on this last Wed's... Soft Pillow Kisses was supposed to be the one having a gig last night somewhere in Xavierville but Apple told me (a week ago)that it was her Dad's Birthday... i was going to push through with it if only i was able to find a suitable session singer but i later learned that Backbeat has scheduled a gig at Club Dredd... So had to let go of that Xavierville thing and just let one of my bands play at that Dredd thing... I decided on Candyaudioline since we haven't been practicing lately... Playing there was a good excuse for having practice... Sadly, Ecay could not commit herself the night before because she was feeling sick... I really wanted to play so i decided to look for a sessionist... Ex- Pillow / Candy Jinky was the first one that enterd my mind but she too was down with flu... Running out of Options last Thursday, i decided on Mavi... i asked Deana if she has Mavi's number and after getting it from Deana, i called her at once and begged her to sing for us... i was surprised at how easy i got her to agree inspite of the fact that she had lots of things lined up, work related, during the day of the gig...
so last night, without the benefit of practice again, we took the stage... we did only four songs since the gig started very late... all i can say is that is was quite fun... Everyone was happy seing her again specially Maggot who spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening trying to figure out who our sessionist singer was going to be... Me too enjoyed the whole thing and i was even surprised that Mavi was Talking on stage... i guessed she missed singing for us... and she did quite well inspite of the fact that she was a bit bothered at not hearing herself the whole time... Deana wasn't able to see us play but she did come just to see Mavi again... I promised Mavi that i'll let her off the earliest possible time but she decided to stay with us just a bit more... she decided to leave at around 1:30am... i offered to take her to her place... Maggot and Deana joined me...
After the Dredd gig, Me, Dennis, Maggot, Kel, Deana and Lorenz went to Timog to eat... as usual, we talked about the the just concluded gig... everyone was pleased with the gig... i guess they were all surprised as to my getting Mavi to session... actually, i had my reasons and i just wanted to try something out just to prove a point... i can say that i was able prove that something... so where does this all lead then? nothing really... it just made me miss those days...
those days where everyone was so eager to be with one another...
I'll be postiing some picures i took and also a video clip or two of last night's gig as soon as i get a chance to do so...
so last night, without the benefit of practice again, we took the stage... we did only four songs since the gig started very late... all i can say is that is was quite fun... Everyone was happy seing her again specially Maggot who spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening trying to figure out who our sessionist singer was going to be... Me too enjoyed the whole thing and i was even surprised that Mavi was Talking on stage... i guessed she missed singing for us... and she did quite well inspite of the fact that she was a bit bothered at not hearing herself the whole time... Deana wasn't able to see us play but she did come just to see Mavi again... I promised Mavi that i'll let her off the earliest possible time but she decided to stay with us just a bit more... she decided to leave at around 1:30am... i offered to take her to her place... Maggot and Deana joined me...
After the Dredd gig, Me, Dennis, Maggot, Kel, Deana and Lorenz went to Timog to eat... as usual, we talked about the the just concluded gig... everyone was pleased with the gig... i guess they were all surprised as to my getting Mavi to session... actually, i had my reasons and i just wanted to try something out just to prove a point... i can say that i was able prove that something... so where does this all lead then? nothing really... it just made me miss those days...
those days where everyone was so eager to be with one another...
I'll be postiing some picures i took and also a video clip or two of last night's gig as soon as i get a chance to do so...
Monday, January 12, 2009
No Practices... For The Meantime... Movie Marathon
It's either i'm still exhausted from the recent month's exercise or i'm just simply trying to enjoy other things... one thing that really did help me out during my recent Dubai escapade was wasting time away lying in my bed watching freshly downloaded torent stuff and a few cd's that i brought along with me and a few more that i bought there...
of the almost month's stay that i was there, i treated myself to loads of FPJ (Lahat ng 8 in 1 ko pinamigay ko sa takot na mahulihan ako ng Pirated DVD's) and Stephen Chow stuff, a few Jackie Chan, Will Ferrel and Simon Pegg flicks, some Marvel movies and a healthy dose of Asian - mostly Korean - stuff... i also had with me some artsy films (naiwan ko pala sa Hotel yung East Is east DVD ko), sports oriented and a few one's with musical reference (Matagal ko rin di napanuod ang "The Legend Of 1900")...
for the past few days, i've been also wasting the time away lying comfortably on a sofa watching video downloads... last thursday with Dennis and Rene, we watched 2 films... one was Rush Hour 3 which we had a hell of a time laughing at Detective Carter's "Mouthy" antics... the other one was a Korean movie which i recently had my hand on called "Oldboy"... i'm not really into reviewing stuff so i won't be writing anything about this one... although i would suggest that anyone of you who wishes to watch something of excellence should get you hands on this Movie... 'nuff said...
last saturday, i opted not to practice... and inspired by what Rene suggested to me with reagrds to Soft Pillow Kisses, i suggested to my candyaudioline band mates that there won't be any practice sessions for the meantine unless we could come up with new songs to waste the time away... so i texted my Movie watching buddies but only dennis was available and we were able to watch 3 movies... it was supposed to be 4 but we got a bit distracted during Jackie Chan's "Battle Creek Brawl" becuase i let Dennis listen to some upcoming tracks from a future Fleeting Joys release... We really had our jaws and head aching, laughing our faces off while Watching "How To Lose Friends And Alienate People" - a Simon Pegg Starrer and Mike Myer's "Love Guru"... "How To Lose Friends And Alienate People" is just simply genius!!! i really find Brits more "effortlessly" funny than Americans... the storyline is a bit cliche' though, but still it's one movie that'll i'll be bragging about for quite a long time and also, gigil na gigil kami ni Dennis kay Megan Fox... Love Guru is typical Myer's humour although i found those acronyms "wickedly smart and funny"... the last movie we watched was "Joy Division", it's a documentary about the band Joy Division with commentaries from the three surviving members and some of the people present during JD's Inception, Ascension and Demise... this documentary, free of the excess and glamour of "24 Hour Party People" and more closer to reality compared to "Closer" made me realise that Ian Curtis was really a far bigger Icon than how most of us see him... how i wish there is someone like a Tony Wilson here in our country...
Oh well... that's that for the mean time...
by the way, the last movie i watched before going online an hour ago was "Underdog" and while posting this entry i spent my some time browsing thru some freshly downloaded stuff the most note wote worthy of which are "Kekko Kamen Royale" which features Maria Ozawa - mind you, this one's a bit conservative and "Lolita" with Jeremy Irons... i already had this one before but it got lost after i had my PC fixed...
i'll leave you with a quote from Dennis of Candyaudioline... he noticed, while watching "Joy Division", how soaked in sweat Ian Curtis was during the "So It Goes" TV appearance of Joy Division...
"wala siguro silang mga Sauna o health club nung mga panahong yun kaya apektado sila masyado pag nadi-depress"
of the almost month's stay that i was there, i treated myself to loads of FPJ (Lahat ng 8 in 1 ko pinamigay ko sa takot na mahulihan ako ng Pirated DVD's) and Stephen Chow stuff, a few Jackie Chan, Will Ferrel and Simon Pegg flicks, some Marvel movies and a healthy dose of Asian - mostly Korean - stuff... i also had with me some artsy films (naiwan ko pala sa Hotel yung East Is east DVD ko), sports oriented and a few one's with musical reference (Matagal ko rin di napanuod ang "The Legend Of 1900")...
for the past few days, i've been also wasting the time away lying comfortably on a sofa watching video downloads... last thursday with Dennis and Rene, we watched 2 films... one was Rush Hour 3 which we had a hell of a time laughing at Detective Carter's "Mouthy" antics... the other one was a Korean movie which i recently had my hand on called "Oldboy"... i'm not really into reviewing stuff so i won't be writing anything about this one... although i would suggest that anyone of you who wishes to watch something of excellence should get you hands on this Movie... 'nuff said...
last saturday, i opted not to practice... and inspired by what Rene suggested to me with reagrds to Soft Pillow Kisses, i suggested to my candyaudioline band mates that there won't be any practice sessions for the meantine unless we could come up with new songs to waste the time away... so i texted my Movie watching buddies but only dennis was available and we were able to watch 3 movies... it was supposed to be 4 but we got a bit distracted during Jackie Chan's "Battle Creek Brawl" becuase i let Dennis listen to some upcoming tracks from a future Fleeting Joys release... We really had our jaws and head aching, laughing our faces off while Watching "How To Lose Friends And Alienate People" - a Simon Pegg Starrer and Mike Myer's "Love Guru"... "How To Lose Friends And Alienate People" is just simply genius!!! i really find Brits more "effortlessly" funny than Americans... the storyline is a bit cliche' though, but still it's one movie that'll i'll be bragging about for quite a long time and also, gigil na gigil kami ni Dennis kay Megan Fox... Love Guru is typical Myer's humour although i found those acronyms "wickedly smart and funny"... the last movie we watched was "Joy Division", it's a documentary about the band Joy Division with commentaries from the three surviving members and some of the people present during JD's Inception, Ascension and Demise... this documentary, free of the excess and glamour of "24 Hour Party People" and more closer to reality compared to "Closer" made me realise that Ian Curtis was really a far bigger Icon than how most of us see him... how i wish there is someone like a Tony Wilson here in our country...
Oh well... that's that for the mean time...
by the way, the last movie i watched before going online an hour ago was "Underdog" and while posting this entry i spent my some time browsing thru some freshly downloaded stuff the most note wote worthy of which are "Kekko Kamen Royale" which features Maria Ozawa - mind you, this one's a bit conservative and "Lolita" with Jeremy Irons... i already had this one before but it got lost after i had my PC fixed...
i'll leave you with a quote from Dennis of Candyaudioline... he noticed, while watching "Joy Division", how soaked in sweat Ian Curtis was during the "So It Goes" TV appearance of Joy Division...
"wala siguro silang mga Sauna o health club nung mga panahong yun kaya apektado sila masyado pag nadi-depress"
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Bonggang Buzz Night!!!
First of all, salamat kina Sir Carl, Ria and Topei for helping me out when all of a sudden, Lazy Chocolate seemed nowhere to be found... and also to Miss Conney Carnival for lending our visiting band her acoustic guitar... at kay Selena rin pala for joining us during soundcheck...
salamat din kina sir JP ng Route 196 (venue) and Maam Bernadette ng SNS (sound system)... and also to my Backbeat Family for supporting me in this gig...
well, i did not expect this one to be an event of sorts... It was just suppose to be another regular Buzz Night thing with the exception of having a guess band coming from another country courtesy of Topei and Ria...
yup, i did decide to reinforce the venue not because we have a visitor that night but because of me knowing from Carl and other peeps that the venue's bass amp and one of the guitar amps were beginning to have a mind of their own... Pero buti nalang coz i didn't expect that Lazy Chocolate would be having so many gadgets and contraptions with them... naka full battle gear sila... tulo-laway nga kami ni Dennis sa mga gadget nila eh...
anyways, what made Buzz Night a bit Bongga that night was the presence of so many Buzz Night Alumni... para ngang 2001-2002 ulit eh... and it was truly a nice sight seeing them again together and even watching almost all of the acts that performed that night... to me, parang it even eclipsed the presence of having a foreign band in the line up... kung nandun lang kagabi yung "intergalactic-way-beyond-superstar-guitar-god" na bahista ng Colour Contest, i would've begged them to play kasi halos kumpleto sila kagabi... it was nice seeing Richard Colour Contest again and also Mike Wadaiko, and even Clifford Kid Auto who was with Radio Manila pala who played some really nice tunes... Attention Slumbook...
hehehe Slumbook talaga ang "Band Of The Night" kagabi... kahit sabit-sabit eh talagang panalo itong mga ito... ganda ng mga tunes nyo chong... paano kaya kung sobrang ayos nila tumugtog? Speaking of Slumbook, Elib talag ako sa kisig nyo kagabi... pinagsasamantalahan nyo yung walang kamalay-malay na Keyboardist ng Lazy Chocolate... Pag nakahalata yung ibang members nun eh baka karatehin kayo nung mga yun... at yung bahista nyo, di ko maintindihan kung sino ba talaga ang gusto... pabago bago... naku chong, huwag mo na targetin yun... may sumundo dun kagabi na di ko trip... sayang di na tayo tuloy naka-hang-out kanina... balak ko pa naman kayo dalhin sa isang lugar na mananawa kayo sa nagpuputiang kilikili, makikinis na binti at naghahabaang leeg... di bali, kasama nyo naman umuwi si Kuya Francis nyo... sana di kayo dinala nun sa mga maalikabok na Videokehan sa Valenzuela... Wally, bawi ako sa susunod... sobrang pagod ko na rin talaga ako kanina pero di naman ako makatulog...
again, thanks sa lahat ng nandun... Thanks also to Lazy Chocolate for playing EXCLUSIVELY for Buzz Night...
to Ecay and Maggot, please lang umayos kayo ng konti ha... isang buwan lang ako nawala eh napapariwara na kayo... ayan mayroon na tuloy nalilito... Apol, wag na wag ka magpapahawa sa pagka-kikay nung dalawa ha...
salamat din kina sir JP ng Route 196 (venue) and Maam Bernadette ng SNS (sound system)... and also to my Backbeat Family for supporting me in this gig...
well, i did not expect this one to be an event of sorts... It was just suppose to be another regular Buzz Night thing with the exception of having a guess band coming from another country courtesy of Topei and Ria...
yup, i did decide to reinforce the venue not because we have a visitor that night but because of me knowing from Carl and other peeps that the venue's bass amp and one of the guitar amps were beginning to have a mind of their own... Pero buti nalang coz i didn't expect that Lazy Chocolate would be having so many gadgets and contraptions with them... naka full battle gear sila... tulo-laway nga kami ni Dennis sa mga gadget nila eh...
anyways, what made Buzz Night a bit Bongga that night was the presence of so many Buzz Night Alumni... para ngang 2001-2002 ulit eh... and it was truly a nice sight seeing them again together and even watching almost all of the acts that performed that night... to me, parang it even eclipsed the presence of having a foreign band in the line up... kung nandun lang kagabi yung "intergalactic-way-beyond-superstar-guitar-god" na bahista ng Colour Contest, i would've begged them to play kasi halos kumpleto sila kagabi... it was nice seeing Richard Colour Contest again and also Mike Wadaiko, and even Clifford Kid Auto who was with Radio Manila pala who played some really nice tunes... Attention Slumbook...
hehehe Slumbook talaga ang "Band Of The Night" kagabi... kahit sabit-sabit eh talagang panalo itong mga ito... ganda ng mga tunes nyo chong... paano kaya kung sobrang ayos nila tumugtog? Speaking of Slumbook, Elib talag ako sa kisig nyo kagabi... pinagsasamantalahan nyo yung walang kamalay-malay na Keyboardist ng Lazy Chocolate... Pag nakahalata yung ibang members nun eh baka karatehin kayo nung mga yun... at yung bahista nyo, di ko maintindihan kung sino ba talaga ang gusto... pabago bago... naku chong, huwag mo na targetin yun... may sumundo dun kagabi na di ko trip... sayang di na tayo tuloy naka-hang-out kanina... balak ko pa naman kayo dalhin sa isang lugar na mananawa kayo sa nagpuputiang kilikili, makikinis na binti at naghahabaang leeg... di bali, kasama nyo naman umuwi si Kuya Francis nyo... sana di kayo dinala nun sa mga maalikabok na Videokehan sa Valenzuela... Wally, bawi ako sa susunod... sobrang pagod ko na rin talaga ako kanina pero di naman ako makatulog...
again, thanks sa lahat ng nandun... Thanks also to Lazy Chocolate for playing EXCLUSIVELY for Buzz Night...
to Ecay and Maggot, please lang umayos kayo ng konti ha... isang buwan lang ako nawala eh napapariwara na kayo... ayan mayroon na tuloy nalilito... Apol, wag na wag ka magpapahawa sa pagka-kikay nung dalawa ha...
Friday, January 02, 2009
Home At Last..
it's good to be back here in the Philippines... After almost a month? Tuloy ang ligaya!!! can't really express my happiness the moment i got off the plane... as usual napaka-chaotic pa rin pero what the heck... I'd rather be in a chaoticly free environment than in an orderly yet suffocating one...
hehehe, sa sobrang tuwa ko di na tuloy ako makatulog... well, cguro i'm just looking forward to a lot of things... syempre kailangan bumawi... plus i guess i have to do a lot of catching up... i'm going to take it one at a time and the nearest one on my mind are the unpaid bills and this weekend's Buzz Night (Grabe, miss ko na mga kabanda ko)... which brings to mind something which i've decided to keep to myself for now... But i just can't help thinking as to how some people can, at times be offensively wicked and dumb at the same time...
well, well, well...
Thanks Sir Carl, Thanks Tonette, Thanks Dale... Thanks Ecay, Thanks Maysh, Thanks Apple, Thanks Rene...
The sight of Dennis and Lorenz at the airport last night almost brought me to tears...
hehehe, sa sobrang tuwa ko di na tuloy ako makatulog... well, cguro i'm just looking forward to a lot of things... syempre kailangan bumawi... plus i guess i have to do a lot of catching up... i'm going to take it one at a time and the nearest one on my mind are the unpaid bills and this weekend's Buzz Night (Grabe, miss ko na mga kabanda ko)... which brings to mind something which i've decided to keep to myself for now... But i just can't help thinking as to how some people can, at times be offensively wicked and dumb at the same time...
well, well, well...
Thanks Sir Carl, Thanks Tonette, Thanks Dale... Thanks Ecay, Thanks Maysh, Thanks Apple, Thanks Rene...
The sight of Dennis and Lorenz at the airport last night almost brought me to tears...
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