A Year Full Of Nothing But Shoegazing...

I miss posting so here i am again... and i'll try my best to be here always or at least every now and then..

shoegazing has been a big part of my life during the 1st quarter of this year... thanks to those blogsites that share really good music, specially "shoegazeralive" blogsite... they somehow ended my "dry-spell"...

i was really having a hard time writing songs for candyaudioline... i didn't want us to sound too indie rock anymore... after coming up with "cellophane smiles" nearly 2years ago, i decided to get rid of the angst and try to be more "far out and away" with my songs... but nothing came out except for some songs which i felt wasn't really up to par with what i had in mind... although 2 of them ("Like Rainbows Do" and the early version of "Lying To Ourselves") ended up with Soft Pillow Kisses and 1 ("All About Us") with Superminty... then came "Sometimes" which at first i felt was a bit of a mediocre song but i had to come up with something just to get the ball rolling... that song did turn out to be something but i was still a bit unsure at to whether i was successful in "getting rid of the angst"...

then came the dare that somewhat produced a song that me and the rest of my band mates consider an "accident"... "Away We Go" was made because Dennis was complaining that i was too much pre-occupied with Soft Pillow Kisses - which at that time, i was trying to come up with the finishing touches to a Pillow song called "Yet It's Been A While" minutes before a candy practice session... so i told him that i was going to write a song and that it was to be arranged during that session or we won't end practice unless we get it done... it took me a little over 20minutes to come up with the chords, lyrics, melodies and basic arrangements... i guess everyone was surprised at how serious i was so we proceeded with the session... at first it was shaping up to be a bit of an indie pop tune along the lines of Populardays but after me getting confused at how it was to be strummed and my bandmates suggesting to play it dead slow, everything started to fall in it's right place... punctuated by Arjay's heart shattering bass line during the intro, it was suddenly transformed into something so "out of our league"... so from that time onwards i decided to ditch the indie rock and go straight, all out dreamy...i wrote "Gently Fall Today" barely days after... i was dead sure that it was at par with "Away We Go" but wasn't to sure whether my bandmates was up to it... but after an hour of hit and misses, i was proven right and suddenly, writing songs became as easy as making coffee...

Now i'm sleepy... Just 2 days to go... 2011's just around the corner... 'til the next post...

Candyaudioline plays at Buzz Night, December 28, 2010

"BUZZ NIGHT"

DECEMBER 28, 2010 @ SAZI'S BAR, ESPANA

featuring:

- CANDYAUDIOLINE
- SOFT PILLOW KISSES
- ABOUT RADIO
- EINSTEIN CHAKRAS
- SUGARPLUM FAIRY
- SLUMBOOK
- THE SHAUNRIDERS

Php 100 gets you in (with free drink). Show starts at 10PM See you there :)

Candyaudioline - Away We Go (live) at Buzz Night, 11/23/2010

Video taken from Mar's (Soft Pillow Kisses' lead guitars) phone. Thanks Mar! =) Sorry for the static-y feel though, Enjoy! =)

Candyaudioline - New Song during Buzz Night 11/23/2010

New song we played for the first time during the Buzz Night event at Sazi's last November 23, 2010. The video's a bit static-y since it was taken using Mar's phone (Soft Pillow Kisses lead guitarist). Thanks Mar! Enjoy! =)

Lyrics:

You made it look like it's a dream

Everything's nice yet it's not what it seems

I find it hard to understand

When people stare you let go of my hand

Maybe I'll make it through some scenes

So getting tired when it's all make believe

And maybe then I'll understand

The reason why you let go of my hand

I find it hard not to look into the sun

And see your face fading slowly 'til it's gone

I find it hard not to look into the sun

And see your face fading slowly 'til it's gone

Maybe I'll make it through some scenes

So getting tired when it's all make believe

I find it hard not to look into the sun

And see your face fading slowly 'til it's gone

I find it hard not to look into the sun

And see your face fading slowly 'til it's..

Sometimes we try so hard to make ends meet

Being far apart it seems as hopeless as we speak

Looking down at their faces we would frown

At the edge far from places now we're done

Maybe I'll make it through some scenes

So getting tired when it's all make believe

And maybe then I'll understand

The reason why you let go of my hand

Sometimes we try so hard

Being far apart .. as we speak

Being far apart it seems..

Sometimes we try so hard to make ends meet

Looking down at their faces we would frown

At the edge far from places now we're done

Now we're done

Candyaudioline - Whispering Nothings (New Song)

Taken 08/11/2010 at the Propaganda Studios. Enjoy :)

Lyrics:

Here's to find a way to melt your heart

Every time we watch the clouds, I shiver deep inside

As the fire inside of me expires

You look away so quietly to me

As one

Thoughts of you and me as one

Echoing softly like a gun

Whispering nothings as you slowly fade away

As the fire inside of me expires

You look away so quietly to me

As one

Thoughts of you and me as one

Echoing softly like a gun

Whispering nothings as you slowly fade away

Can't find the words to say

Thinking of other ways

To find some time

Thinking of other ways

Can't find the words to say

To find some time

Can't find the words to say

Thinking of other ways

To find some time

Here's to find a way to melt your heart

Every time we watch the clouds, I shiver deep inside

As one

Thoughts of you and me as one

Echoing softly like a gun

Whispering nothings as you slowly fade away

In The Middle Of Something...

hello everyone...

it's been a long time since our last post...

been very buzy with a lot of things lately but we are still quite actice playing gigs here and there... sometimes without Celine and other times without Jeff with Josh (SPK) helping us out... we also recorded a demo recently, a live one which i plan to upload at Candyaudioline's myspace account...

as of late, we are done recording 4 songs for a possible album to be released sometime soon... Unlike Sof Pillow Kisses's album, this one's sure to come out... sadly, none of our old songs will make it to this one, with the exception of one or two i guess, since most of the new songs that we're doing right now has none of the indierock flavourings which is so evident in our old tunes...

time to take a hike... that'll be that for the meantime... 'til the next post...

Candyaudioline - Gently Fall Today (New Song)

Another New Song from Candyaudioline...




passing time in ripples...
slowly mem'ries fade...
slipping through these hands we stop and then we walk away
and making hours count
with nothing left to hide
all bottled up inside

we gently fall today...
to hell with dreams we say....
(we will all be gone someday)...

Buzz Night @ Sazi's, Tuesday... April 20, 2010

Hello Everyone...

Buzz Night for the month of April is on the 20th...
Here's the Line-Up...

Francis Yu A.K.A. Archaster
Slumbook
Haydeys
Don't Boggart The Can Man
Once More With Feeling
Candyaudioline
Pinstriped Rebel
Soft Pillow Kisses...

still waiting for 1 more band to confirm... hope to see you there... as usual, gate is at a 100 bucks with 1 free drink... show starts at around 10pm...

Play It By Heart

New Song... I wrote this last Black Saturday...



I will follow you
where ever you are
whatever you want (me) to do
i'll play it by heart

but is this what (we / you) want
it's just so hard to see (inside of you / in you)
to see it part by part

Candyaudioline - Away We Go... (Sazi's March 22, 2010)

hello everyone...

we were at Sazi's last night for Kamikazee's Skawatterday... we had a really good time playing and what's great about it was playing two new songs, "Sometimes" and "Away We Go"... i'm posting a video of "Away We Go"... the last song of our 4 song set... this is the 2nd time we played this one... the first time was during our recent Freedom Bar stint barely three days ago...

Candyaudioline - Away We Go (New Song)

Another New Song...



Stay with me,
when you're down...

Spare Some Time...
i think we need some sun...

away we go... to where we just don't know... away, we go to where we just won't know....

Music is Love.

Fabricating whisks of noteworthy wield of guitar effects and undistinguishable vocal melodies which draws one's soul into an unascertained world so graceful and so bewitching that one could not fathom how such exists.

Candyaudioline at SummerTeeth, Saguijo

TUBBY TROUSERS

presents

"SUMMERTEETH"

MARCH 23, TUESDAY @ SAGUIJO

featuring:

- JOHNNY ALEGRE GROUP
- CANDYAUDIOLINE
- THE LATE ISABEL
- ECHOES GAIA
- PARANOID CITY
- SHOULDER STATE
- IDENTIKIT

entrance is 150 with free beer

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Candyaudioline at Smoker's Night, Freedom Bar

GOOD VIBE WOMAN PRODUCTION

presents

"SMOKER'S NIGHT"

MARCH 19, FRIDAY @ FREEDOM BAR, ANONAS

featuring:

- THE DISCOBALL
- DAYUHAN
- CANDYAUDIOLINE
- COFFEEBREAK ISLAND
- RUBBERPOOL

Php 100 gets you in. See you there :)

Sometimes... New Song

nevermind the guy cleaning up... we find him quite amusing... this one's a good song... a new one from Candyaudioline...



seems like
i'm going out of my mind
there are things that you do
i get turned on to you
and yet you're drifting away

words fly
open up through bright lights
hearing things in my head
all those words that you said
it gets me walking away...

seems like
i'm going out of my mind
there are things that you do
i get turned on to you
and yet you're drifting away

sometimes
hating you just feels right
there's a taste of despair
knowing that you don't care
there's nothing more i can say...

words fly
open up through bright lights
hearing things in my head
all those words that you said
it gets me walking away

sometimes
hating you just feels right
there's a taste of despair
knowing that you don't care
there's nothing more i can say...

SUPER - Annoyed...

can't help but feel annoyed at what happened to us last Sunday morning at the recently concluded Cuboa X gig...

i don't have any regrets playing last... Playing last isn't really bad... i can take playing to no one anytime...

watching the video http://www.youtube.com/user/candyaudioline?feature=mhw4#p/u/0/RkRMTSgLGFc of that gig had me laughing a lot... specially those parts where a guy pops up with a broom and a dustpan cleaning up while we go along our set... but the ugly thing is...

aah nevermind... just wish the band that played before us would learn...
... to use tuners
... to arrange their songs properly
... to do a faster method of setting up their gear
... what a SOUND CHECK is for, when to do it, how to do it and most specially HOW LONG IT SHOULD BE DONE!!!
... to be considerate of the band/bands performing after them...

it was almost 3:50am when they ended their spot... i almost had to beg one of the gig organizers so that we could still get to play coz the venue was about to pack things up at around 4am...

it's just a bit sad and a shame since these guys are really loaded with talent...
if only they'd...

aaah nevermind...

hindi naman cguro halata sa Pic na ito na asar na asar na ako di ba?



Congrats to X and Y for a successful event...

... and to my Candy-mates for their patience and understanding... sayang ano... ang hirap tumugtog ng maayos lalu na pag alam mong anytime pwedeng putulin ang set mo dahil wala nang oras...

Buzz Night @ Sazi's, Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Hey everyone!

Tomorrow's Buzz Night at Sazi's (formerly Mayric's). Here's the list of the bands who'd be playing:

Slumbook
Satellites
Haydeys
Candyaudioline
Soft Pillow Kisses
Don't Bogart the Can Man
X9

Entrance is Php100 + 1 Free Drink.

See you there! :)