GodFather of Soul Dead

Wow...James Brown juz passed away on Sunday...although I'm not a big fan of his but I muz say that he has very much influenced music for the past 50 years...

RIP

The Burning Crusade

Once again I've been invited to play in Blizzard's New expansion The Burning Crusade...sorry for the lack of updates...been busy with AFF and than with recording work in the studio and of course doing beta testing....

Asian Festival of 1st Films

Hmm I juz got back from AFF and I really hate to say this but I have absolutely no clue as to who Ye Tong/Cecilia Yip is....ok I'm like suppose to know who she is cuz she is like from my era...but yet the peeps from the younger gen actually knows who she is and me and a couple of other older guys are like who the hell is she?

So anybody would like to tell me who she is?

Food?

Man all of a sudden I really feel like getting a Burrito or a Quiche or like go to Fridays or Taco Bell or Wendys or A&W but guess what?

We ain't got this shit here in Singapore...fuck I really miss them...

Oh yeah and Happy Thanks Giving ya'll

Thank You for the Music

Was the event crew for Yamaha's Thank You For The Music concert last nite...pretty awesome...working with great musicians like Regie...Bong...Spencer...Jerry anyway a more indepth review l8tr and pics too....gotta wake up first....

Yngwie Malmsteen Singapore 2006

Oh man it is fucking loud like mother fucking loud....

My ears are still buzzing... it muz be like fucking 130 or 140 dB SPL...my ears started buzzing when he played on the 3rd tune...

The band was tight like hell but too bad the sound system was abit fucked up...and no I hate being a music police but the sound system was really bad...crackling and buzzing sound...vocals was like distorting...you wana know how loud it was? Trying something like I could feel the sole of my shoes and like the fucking ground moving when the kick drum comes in...ya it was that fucking loud....

Overall I thought that the show was pretty good and Malmsteen was playing pretty damn well although I felt that the set was a little short...especially since Malmsteen has quite a feel hits 2 hours juz ain't enough of this Viking!!!!

We need more!!!!

Kenny Aronoff

I was part of the event crew for Kenny's clinic in Singapore last nite, juz wanted to say that he was rockin the house down...will have more pics up later and a full review today or 2morrow....

Sign couldn't get any pics from the clinic...gotta go bug the people from Swee Lee....

Anyway...Kenny talked abit about his experience as a sessionist and I thought what the said about Avril Lavgine was pretty kool...

He played on My Happy Ending and he said that the producer send him a demo of him singin the tune on a folk guitar...Kenny had to like imagine what the song would be like rock style and play according and he was surprised that the drums ended up being used since he didn't know how the song would go....

He also talked abit about what its like to session for people....usually he will go to the studio....record the drums and than send his stuff out and he usually won't meet the artist and its juz how things get done now a days....

Another Fucking Boring Day

So what did I do? dun ask...did some fucking boring shit...and more boring shit and more boring shit...

MacBook Pro

Woot the new MacBook Pro using Core 2 Duo is out....time for a new laptop :)

Radios

Man its been like 2 years since I last listened to the radio...ever since I got my iPod the radio station juz kinda died away...

I dun know y maybe its becoz I dun like whats on the stations nowadays....being a prog rock/Jazz/fusion fan I can't listen to stuff like Pario Hilton or some boyband...dude why should they even be called boyband when they ain't playing any instrument? anyway maybe thats y I wana start my own station...playing my favorite shit online :)

So Once Again....

So Once Again...I'm without a job...without a girlfriend...without....damn there muz be something....

O Well...

That's life for ya'll.....

RIP Knocturnal

I've known Knoc since the start...fuck man he is funny as hell...sorry to c you go...

See You On The Other Side



Knocturnal has been hospitalized for several months now, and I really dont know the specifics but Knocturnal was diagnosed with several serious diaseaes at birth and fought his way thought it till last night. He lived as a very happy young man, and I would like to thank you all who knew him and made his in game experience a wonderful one.

Rest In Peace Bro.
Tuan Thanh Nguyen
October 2, 1989 - October 12, 2006 8:45 PM

For all of you who dont know... Tuan Thanh Nguyen's suffering has ended today October 12, 2006 at 8:45 PM with his stepfather by his side. Accroding to his stepfather Tuan appologizes to all who he has hurt, and is sorry for putting everyone through this.

Please repost this bulletin if you knew Tuan in anyway from an aquaintance or just by hearing of him.

Thank You,
Hilliard "Andy/Nemo" Owen

Hazy...Renovation

man...this sux...bad air + the dirt from renovation...making me wana get a oxygen tank...

Black Friday

hmm its black friday and Slayer is in town...but I'm not at the concert...well I do dig Slayer but I'm not really the biggest Slayer fan...sick and ya a little sick so I guess its back to listening to more Paul Gilbert...Get out of my Yard...fucking great album and finishin Dante's Inferno...and Catch 22....

Long Hair Short Hair.

Man WTF is wrong....barred from takin exam becoz you have long hair...what year is it? 1806? dude its 2006...what is wrong with long hair? Juz because you dun cut your hair dun mean ya'll a bad guy? Come on Singapore!!! You let some band like Slayer to perform in Singapore and you dun let kids with long hair take exams?

Dude, Slayer is like 1 of the most evil bands alive and I dun c no NC-16 for their concert....

Score DVD

hmm...ya Score DVD is like out in Singapore...and I juz wana make a statement...Dream Theater fuckin Rox....

Haze

This is how fucking hazy it is in KL...pic was taken from my Penthouse...can't even see Genting Highlands from the pic....eh...Genting is like covered by the haze(first pic)

WoW Southpark

haha...that is a fucking awesome spoof on WoW....ya'll gotta check it out if you all have the chance....funny as hell....

Malaysia

I've been away from Malaysia for like 1 year or something...feels weird goin back there....wonder if I should go back to ISKL or something....

Life's been kinda weird to me lately....many things to do so little time....promises I can't keep....music I can't play...things I can't get...

Hell...wtf...back to more mixing...

I got new CDs!!!!

I got Derek Sherinian's Blood of the Snake

Dream Theater's Master of Puppets

Paul Gilbert's Get out of my Yard

Marty Friedman's Loudspeaker.

CDs

Man I've not bought any CDs for quite some time and I'm gonna go all out 2morrow and get some CDs.....

Octavarium Analysis

Wow...this an amazing analysis of DT's latest studio album Octavarium....check it out here!!!

My Life....

I stayed in a 10k sq ft bungalow...a 3 storey penthouse...a 1 room flat...a 5 room flat and probably everything in between....

I studied in a gov. school in Singapore...I studied in a American school in Malaysia...I studied juz about all the subjects I can take including music...econ...math...chem...physic...acoustic...decibel...art...different languages...among many others....

Yet I feel that I've not achieve anything at all....

On a side note I found a Joe Bonamassa vid that I really dig...

Great Quotes

"They taught something that I didn't know. They taught me what direction to move in."

-Thomas Edison on his attempts at creating a light bulb

Apocalptica

A great Finnish Cello Rock band...I really hope to c them perform in Singapore one day....hell I waited 20 years to c Dream Theater live in Singapore....whats another 20 years for another great band?

Check this link out for some cool vids....

Fucking long day

Man its been a fucking long day.....I think I need a break soon than later b4 I go bonkers....

Most played songs on my iPod

There is this new feature in iTunes 7 that shows you the most frequently played song from your iPod and here we go

1. Cliffs of Dover Eric Johnson Live from Austin TX
2. 不對也要愛 櫻桃幫 親愛的王子
3. Tribute to Randy Michael Angelo Batio Hands Without Shadows
4. Dream On Michael Angelo Batio Hands Without Shadows
5. Wherever I May Roam Michael Angelo Batio Hands Without Shadows

I've been listening to Searching by Satch alot too wonder y it ain't on the list....

How much do you luv ur iPod?

Check this article out...the top 5 Strangest iPod cases.

Military grade iPod cases that can withstand a mortar shell explosion....hahah how insane can you get???

Dream Theater

I've been pondering whats so special about DT anyway? I've been a fan of DT for almost 20 years...they write songs that are like never on MTV nor on the radio but yet...I'm still very much attracted to their style of music...yet I've friends who tells me dude man you listen to some really weird shit...and I'm like whats wrong with fusion jazz or prog rock or hard bop? I dun know maybe I'm juz different.....

Mixdown

Juz completed 2 mixdowns...but I'm not really happy with the results :( I think I need more time to do the mixdowns again...something is really boomy but I can't figure out if its the guitar or the bass gonna need more time... my ears are tired...my eyes are tired from staring at Pro Tools...

Man I gotta get a life!!!

On a side note, I juz realize that all of my friends ain't using ICQ no more...they are all shifting over to MSN...juz feels so weird cuz I started out as a ICQ user....man I feel so old skool...not sure y I'm still using Trillian since I dun really need it and I can get more features outta MSN....

Score

Finally...the god damn CD is out in Singapore...I was doing some mixdown and I felt really tired and thought that I should take a walk or something and I ended up goin to the mall close by and saw Score....checking the CD out rite now....


Update...

Man this CD is gonna last for me like at least 2 weeks cuz the songs are so long and with such intricate arrangements, I'm gonna need a couple of weeks to absorb everything in!!!! \w/ \w/ \w/

On a side note I think James is singing like a lot higher than usual...gotta make some comparasion....can't base it on my memory since our aural recall last for like maybe 10 mins or something ......

Update 2...
hmm...how in the world do you mix a CD like that? A song clockin in at 41 mins and 22 sec with a orchestra and a full band....Mike Portnoy's drum kit is probably taking up like 15 inputs....insane...insane...insane

Sept 11

Hmm thoughts and prayers goes out to all the victims in the Sept 11 attack...down with terrorism...make luv not war!!!

Imagine by A Perfect Circle


Can't thing of what other songs I can put up....will think more 2morrow my brain is fried :(

Mbox 2 Pro

hmm...finally a new Mbox that is firewire equiped...hoho check out the newest incanation of the Mbox....the Mbox 2 Pro.

But user beware it ain't cheaper...Mbox2 cost about 495USD and Mbox 2 Pro is gonna set ya back by 799USD

Joe Bonamassa

oh man...fuck yeah...everytime I go to his website I'm visually and sonicly treated to an amazing performance by this man...

man check out this new video on Bonamassa TV...fucking out of the world tone and emotion...man gotta get this CD but its goona cost me like 55 bucks to get the CD locally...maybe I should import it from the states...

On a side note...I fucking disappointed that Dream Theater's new album is not yet out in Singapore yet....

Christ Illusion

Man...fuck juz got back from the Studio and I was checking out Slayer's brand new album via NS10...man they sound fucking amazing...the tone is fucking huge...straight in ur muthafuckin face raw power and anger

The end of the recording

After like 1 month of recording, today will be the last day...will be doing vocals + bass personally I feel like we've been draggin this way too long...I"m a fast pace kind of a guy...go in do it once do it good and end it :) but still its been a very entertaining month for me though. :)

Anyway I'll be entering the studio once again soon (hopefully next week) to record and experiment with a very awesome guitarist from Singapore!!!

More details to come once I finalize everything...

Rock On and Rock Hard

Slayer/Malmsteen

Hmm I'm wondering if I should go for the Slayer and Malmseen concert...I'm not a super big fan of Malmsteen but still he is a legend in his own rite and as for Slayer what more need I say...one of the heaviest muthafuckin metal bands of all time....they will fuckin blow Singapore away...totally destory the place \w/ \w/ \w/

Gtr Playing

man its been so long since I last really praticed my gtr...today was like the day when I could really relax and juz really have a good time jaming...

Emotions

Oh man...I gotta control my emotions better...I'm like getting another attack again...as I grow to know myself better I realize that emotion is a very powerful thing and I can control how things turn out...pain!!!

Christ Illusion

ya...thats rite...the anger within me is burning....so i gotta listen to something angry like Slayer!!!

So Busy!!!!

Oh man I've been so busy that I hardly have anytime to update my blog...but anyway Dream Theater's New album Score is out but its not out here in Singapore yet... :(
Maybe I'll export it in or something...

Recording's been goin pretty well too....getting on a pretty good roll goin on...

Anyway here is a pretty kool link to the making of a sculpture

Busy Busy Busy

Man I've been busy for like the past 2 weeks....loads of work + recording so there is like a lack of updates here buy anyway...Dream Theater's brand new LIVE album is gonna hit the streets soon and Malmsteen is gonna be performing in Singapore for a 2nd time again....so rock on Singapore!!!

1st Recordin

Well...it didn't go smoothly as expected but nor was it a failure....they changed the connection of the studio and I didn't know so I had to do Immediate remedy on the spot and a couple of times I was caught off guard...probably the biggest thing buggin me was the fact that the was no sound comming out from the left speaker....I think there is something wrong with the speaker or something. But on well at least I got the stuff recorded.

But I did make 1 major mistake...too much spillage from the Overheads...grr... I decided to set the OH lower cuz I didn't wan to mike up the toms and it ended up pickin up the snare as well.... oh well more experience from me.....

Liverpool

Sorry Chelsea fans....Liverpool has triumped yet once again...I wonder who Jose Mourinho is gonna blame again? poor refereeing? Well Done Lads!!!! Liverpool for life!!!

National Day

Happy Bday Singapore...I will put up a clip of me playing the national anthemn 2morrow...too busy about to leave for work on a Public Holiday :(

CD's That I gotta get...

FIR
David Tao

Joe Bonamassa
Slayer
Dream Theater
Paul Gilbert
Derek sherinian
Neil Zaza
Marty Friedman

Ya...that many CDs to get...what a pain in the Ass...I will probably get Dream Theater's first and than Slayer(since Slayer will be here for a concert...)

Slayer!!!

K, its Offical...Slayer will be performing in Singapore...proudly brought to ya'll by LAMC Productions.

Anyway Here are a few Slayer clips to tide ya'll over b4 they arrive...

Bitter Peace


Stain Of Mind


South of Heaven


Seasons in the Abyss

Weird Period

This is like a weird period for me...maybe its because of Slayer(Satan Laughs As You Eternally Rot) \m/ Gotta listen to some mellow stuff b4 I go check them out...anyway according to sources, seems like Slayer will be coming to Singapore but however it is still possible that it might get cancelled so hang on for a few more days while everything gets confirmed. (Think Dream Theater Last Year or Satch the year b4)

Anyway here is One Sweet Day(Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey) ...We wan Peace not war...

Slayer Live in Singapore

That is correct my friends...the rumors that has been going on for the past few months...well its true...Slayer Live in Singapore Oct 13th @ Expo

Go Crazy Muthafuckers....

Unplugged...

Aerosmith - Dream On


Kiss Goin´Blind


Soul Asylum - Runaway Train


REM - Losing My Religion


Utada hikaru- first love


Eric Clapton - Tears in heaven

World Community Grid

Kk...I'm lazy so I'm juz gonna cut and paste via WCG's website:

"World Community Grid's mission is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity. Our work is built on the belief that technological innovation combined with visionary scientific research and large-scale volunteerism can change our world for the better. Our success depends on individuals - like you - collectively contributing their unused computer time to this not-for-profit endeavor."

I've been a part of WCG for quite some time now and I hope that my helping out I can help this world a little tiny weeny bit more :)

World Community Grid

LTE

Been listenin to alot of LTE lately....so here we go some really rare footageof LTE playing together...

Acid Rain


Biaxident


Universal Mind

Old Tunes

This are some really old songs from some really old bands that some of you out there might not even know they exist...

AC/DC Thunderstruck


Ugly Kid Joe Cat's in the Cradle


Whitesnake Fool for Lovin u


Dio Holy Diver


Skid Row Monkey Business

Derek Sherinian

Derek Sherinian will have a new album call Blood of the Snake out soon....preview a few tracks from the website. Amazing stuff as usual and of course as usual Zakk Wylde is on this album together with John Petrucci and Malmsteen

Music Police?

I hate being a music police and all especially being a musician myself...I know how hard it is to get a chance to gig...record an album and stuff...but sometimes when I listen to a album I think to myself man how could some1 even release a record like this wrong notes? k fine its a very minor thingy and most probably won't even notice it but still....

Some of my friends tell me...dude you listen to Dream Theater too much...they're like a class of their own and not many people will be able to match them...shiftin time signature....shiftin key....shifting tempo...and no I'm not saying that you gotta be playing all those to be a good band...bands like simple straight in your face hard rock /metal can be very entertaining too...the band gotta be tight and shit

North Korea ready for all out war?

WTF!!! We need peace not some fucking war...make love not war...fuck all this bullshit..

Peace!!!

The New Song

Found out that there is this new song by Metallica probably will be in the new Tallica album...anyway here is the song on youtube...quaility is pretty crappy, its like taken on a viewcam

Singaporeans can't take pressure?

It has came to my attention lately that Singaporeans are like commiting suicide and I would like to share a story of a man by the name of Jason Becker.



Please take some time to take a look at this documentary. Jason is a very inspiration to many and I hope that everybody will not end their life so easily.

While my Guitar Gently Weeps

This is like one of the tunes any good guitarist will learn and is covered by alot of guitarist...orginally by Beatles.

Yellow Matter Custard


Steve Lukather


All Star line up

Allan Holdsworth Live July 10

wow...I juz realize that he is peforming in Singapore on Monday...arghh can't get good seats but WTF I'm gonna go catch this guitar legend perform live...

Charlie Parker

Oh man I juz found this super rare vid of Charlie Parker rocking and wailing away...



Parker and Gillespie

Spain by Chic Corea

Was going through my Real Book and I saw Spain and couldn't help going through Youtube and I found a couple of takes...

Guitar/Drum/Bass Trio


Vanilla Mood


Bobby Enriquez


AL JARREAU

Girls = Evil?

Red Ridding Hood

hehehe this is a well known tale as told from the wolf's perspective. Enjoy....

Raul Midon

whoa...check out this incredible vocalist/guitarist/composer....Raul Midon!!!!!

Be prepared to get blown away especially his Trumpet Improv...



Another excellent musician

Icon War

hahah, this is for all you Diablo fans out there and it is pretty darn kool.

Singapore may not be in the World Cup....

But we've one of the best referees....Shamsul Maidin is currently the top rated referee for the world cup leading the packing with 7.5 pts..... Go Go Singapore and Shamsul Maidin!!!!

The Mosquito Ring Tone

So we muz have all heard of The Mosquito Ring tone but I'm very happy to tell u all that I can still hear 17 khz, ya even though I'm not suppose to be able to hear it...I've good ears :p anyway I find that 17khz is freaking high pitch and causes me alot of headache :(

Anyway here is a more indepth article.

Which job is rite for me?

So I like took this little quiz thingy and here is the result...

This description is a generalisation. If it rings true, you've found your career type. If it doesn't, return to the quiz, decide whether you answered truthfully, and not by what you think you should answer. Redo your answers and read your new results.

You would be very happy in a career that utilised your level-headedness, and allowed you to work mainly on your own. You want a career that allows you to be creative, without having to be involved with lots of people. Some careers that would be perfect for you are:

* Artist
* Historian
* Banker
* Novelist
* University Professor
* Photographer
* Vet
* Paralegal
* Graphic Designer
* Online Content Developer
* Webmaster
* Producer
* Managing Director
* Nutritionist
* Advertising
* Nursing

You like working and being alone. You like to avoid attention at all costs. You tend to keep to yourself, and not interact much with the people around you. You enjoy spending time with a few a close friends. You like to listen to others, but don't like sharing much about yourself. You are very quiet and private.

You are very practical, and only act after thinking things through. You don't like being forced to answer quickly. You have to evaluate the situation completely. You make decisions based on what you can verify with your senses.

You like to be deeply involved in one or two special projects. You like to be behind the scenes. You are very logical and fair. You feel you should be honest with others and protect their feelings.

You trust your gut instincts. You are easily inspired and trust that inspiration. You are very innovative. You analyse things by looking at the big picture. You are concerned about how what you do affects others. You worry about your actions and the future. You tend to use a lot of metaphors and are very descriptive and colourful in your choice of language.

You are very creative, and get bored easily if you don't get to express yourself. You like to learn new things. You don�t like the same old routine. You like to leave your options open.

You can take the quiz here.

Whats up?

It was raining cat and dogs this morning. I work up at like 0730 in the morning to go for a 1 day orientation in Aljunied. Ok ya'll muz be wondering why the hell am I bloggin in the middle of a orientation rite?

Well first of all I was like fucking drenched to the bones cuz it was like a damn huge rain and when I reach the place and had a chat with some dude, he told me hmm well you're studying part time?

I was like ya, the management told me that it is possible for me to leave early to upgrade myself cuz its like good for the company.

Well guess what the team leader told me? eh...yea its possible for you to leave early but however I only wan to work with a dedicated and committed team player so lets not waste each others time...you can leave now...

I was like what the fuck? I got drenched went to the place talk to some small fry in the company and was told that he wasn't interested in working with me? I was like fuck it than if ya'll ain't interested neither am I....

QFT?

"Have you ever been hated or discriminated against? I have, I've been protested and demonstrated against."

Cleaning Out My Closet by Eminem

Sepultura

I was roaming HMV and That CD Shop over the weekend and yes whenever I go to a record store I'll end up buyin a CD, its like a godamn disease that I can't control.

Anyway while browsing through the CDs, I happen to chance upon a new album by Sepultura, a metal band from Brasil, founded by Max and Igor Cavalera.... Max left the band after the Roots Bloody Roots album (and created Soulfly) and on 12/06/06 Igor left Sepultura and I was like wow....to me the Cavalera's are like the heart and soul of Sepultura and now that both of them ain't in the band no more...it is juz plain weird....

Juz to relive some good old Sepultura moments...

Refuse/Resist w/Max on the vocals


Refuse/Resist being covered by Apocalyptica


Refuse/Resist being covered by Soulfly


Roots Bloody Roots/Jump da fuck up being covered by Soulfly


Juz found a couple more great vids by Soulfly gotta share them with ya'll
More Refuse/Resist



More Roots Bloody Roots


ROck On!!!!!

Frank Zappa

What more need I say bout this amazing man...btw if you're a Steve Vai fan, you will c a very young Steve Vai playing for Zappa during his Berklee years.

Zappa teaching u how to make music


Check out who the guitarist is...


More Zappa...


Some of the work that Steve Vai did for Zappa

Score

Dream Theater's latest live DVD/CD will be released on August 29 2006. More info to be found on the website.

Les Paul turns 91

Happy B day to the creator of the Les Paul guitar...Les Paul!!!!

Although he is 91, he is still performing very Monday nite....rock on dude!!!

Learn more about Les Paul here

Fly me to the Moon?

I muz have heard this tune like 2 or 3 times this week, once in the recording studio when I was recording for some peeps, the other time on the radio and once during a wedding dinner I attended.

I was like totally unfimiliar with this tune and I couldn't help it but get on youtube.com to heard a bit more of this tune and I found a few very interesting takes.

Guitar legend..Paul Gibert's version of this song:


Utada Hikaru:


Lim Jeong-Hee:

2 great Bands to check out!!!

Check out Deja Voodoo Spell's new ablum

and

M131x's new ablum is being recorded like now...

I've like known Mikko and Rithan for like quite some time now, both of them are great guitarist and very entertaining musicians.

I first met Mikko in ISKL when I was in Grade 8 and later on when he went to Berklee and I went to ICOM, he told me about Rithan and I should go check out his stuff and shit and through Mikko I meet up with Rithan.

Both of them are great guys...go check out their music now!!!

Rock On!!!

The Crush of Love

Amazing tune by the great Joe Satriani.

All of MP3.com

Very interesting article on All of Mp3. I've been very interested in getting MP3s from this site but however due to the limited info on the website, I've yet to buy any MP3s from them...especially since I'm a musician I make it a point to get original stuff....Support Original!!!!

Recently there has been articles on "How Legal is ALl of MP3.com?" According to the US, they are a pirated website but according to All of MP3, they are not doing anything legal.....

060606

That is correct my friends, once in a thousand years, 666...

Woe to You
O Earth and Sea
For the Devil Sends his Beast with Wrath
Because He Knows the Time is Short
Let Him Who Hath Understanding Reckon
The Number of the Beast
For it is a Human Number
It's Number is Six Hundred and Sixty Six

What evil is gonna bestow upon this wretched Earth?
Death?
Hatred?
Destruction?

Muhahahahahaha the Devil is back!!!!!!!!

Michael Angelo Batio

I saw the Hands Without Shadows ablum in HMV like few days ago and was wondering if I should get the ablum....I mean, MAB's nickname is "Hands Without Shadows" cuz he plays so goddamn fast that the shadow can't catch up with him.

The reason why I'm not very keen on getting any of his ablum is becuz I think he shreds too much...no doubt he is probably one of the cleanest shredder alive and technique wise he is really great but I dun dig songs that is shredding too much.

So I went back home downloaded a couple of previews from MAB's website and was really suprise becuz he did not shred all the way throughout the tunes and probably the reason is becuz HWS is a tribute ablum and I really luv the tone of this ablum, really great. Overall I really dig is version of his tunes...great stuff

MAB's Official Website

MSG

Ho Ho Ho Singapore, yet another guitar legend will be performing live here. The Michael Schenker Group will be here on Nov 23, 2006 for a one off performance but the venue is not yet known. will keep ya'll updated.

Skid Row in Singapore?

There has been talks and rumors lurking ard lately that Sebastian Bach will reunite once again with Skid Row for a concert in Singapore...frankly I dun know what to make of this...but however if they do play in Singapore, I'll be there to support them. Sebastian Bach is probably one of the greatest rock vocalist ever.

Living another life?

I've always wondered what its like to live as another person and no not like me living in another person's world/life but rather to totally become another person, subconciously a totally different person, learn to think differently, act differently, have a different set of skills all together.

To be like fucking poor and living in the slums and know how those people think or be at the other side of the spectrum and be totally fucking rich and know how the rich and infamous think.

Ever wonder where you will go when you die or if you will go to heaven or hell or what eva?

.....

High Priestess of Guitar Shred

The Great Kat, a gradute from Juillard, is probably one the the few hard rocking metal chick alive on this planet. Lately for some reason there quite a number of people have been posting videos of female guitarist but no one will beat The Great Kat, a extrodionary shredder. Learn more about The Great Kat via her offical Website...

DR Strings

Man...I've been playing for like 8 years now and DR Strings really made me pissed off....man they sux real bad....I bend the High E once and it breaks...so I told myself maybe I did not stretch it out long enough, got out a new pack, took the High E out and put it on again....play for like 45 min...doing some 1/4 and 1/2 bend and than finally a full bend....cool no problem at all, play for a while longer did another full bend + vibrato...guess what? it freaking broke again....

man WTH....

Joe Bonamassa

Great Blues guitarist check out the vid on his webpage.

Neil Zaza

go to this site and you can hear this really awesome tune, not sure what name it is but it freaking rox....

Neil Zaza

Songs

There are some great songs all over the world but there're a few songs where you can really feel that the guitarist is pouring this heart and soul into the tune, almost like if he is one with the guitar, the song...the power of music.

No 1 Steve Vai's Whispering a Prayer.(the tone the feel of this tune is juz amazing)

No 2 SRV's Little Wing. (Personally I think the feel and the emotion of this tune is over whelming, even better than Hendrix.)

No 3 Garry Moore/BB King's The Thrill is Gone duet...amazing playing by both.

No 4 Alien Love Child(Eric Johnson)Last House on the Block...1000 pound violin tone...

No 5 Joe Satriani Searching....the groove, the feel of the song...out of this world

WCR Darkburst/GoodWood

hehe, I juz got this pups on Saturday morning and got it on my guitar on Sunday and I'm still playing ard with the pups, missing abit with the height and stuff, great pickups once I get the height rite and stuff I'll do a review, possibly the only pickup I'll ever need :)

Liverpool 2006 FA Cup Winners!!!

Need I say more? Once again Liverpool has won the FA Cup!!!

Gratz to Liverpool

Ibanze JPM P3 Model

Actively looking for the Ibanez JPM model, do E mail me if you have one for sale :)

Andy Timmons Band

Couldn't help it but buy this ablum :)

Review will be comin up shortly

TubeDriver!!!

Guitar legends used this and now you can own this piece of gear too.

BK Butler is making the TubeDriver once again for a limited time.

TubeDriver

Deja Voodoo Spells

Check out this awesome band from Malaysia,a friend of mine from KL, I met Rithan when I was studying in ICOM.

Kool shit

Support Original :)

-Beast

Al Dimeola

Check out his performance on Youtube.com

Egyptian Danza/Racing with the Devil on the Highway Medley

Egyptian Danza

Guild Wars: Factions is now Live!

If ya a big fan of Guild Wars, get the expansion now!!! I'm not really a big fan of GW but it is a pretty good game though.

I'm Blessed?

I muz say that I've been really lucky to study in an International School although very different from Secondary/JC life but its been very good experience.

How many Sec/JC schools in Singapore offers Music Theory or Stage Production as a course? Or even World Music class? I've learned a lot during my time in ISKL

-Swifty

Guitar Heros

Check out the vids below!!!
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3

Restoring a Guitar.

Check out what Katrina did to her '67 B-25 and what Gibson did to restore it back :)

神雕 now in Singapore

yap you can get 神雕 06 at Plaza Singapura from a shop call Blue Max!!!

Freaking Gay Weather

Man, I went out for lunch and juz when I was about to go home, it started to rain and I ended up getting all wet...so like 2 hours later, I got ready to go to SAE and once I stepped out of my apartment, guess what???

It started to fuckin rain again...and it was so fuckin heavy that I got all wet, ya even when I was using my umbrella....gay...

Fly A Kite OSX

Wana tranform your XP into OS X? want that leet looking Dock bar? Well wait no more grab Flyakite OSX and transform into OS X

Alt Link

Failure?

Check out what site Google sends you to if you type Failure and hit I'm feeling lucky!!!

Yap more Super Colossal Vids!!!

If you take a look at the CD Release event, man check out the queue at the end!!!

Super Colossal Vids

Super Colossal Rehearsal

check it out....man can't wait for Satch's concert in Singapore

http://www.satriani.com/webcast/2006-03/popup-rehearsal.cgi?type=7&speed=300

Running Windows on Mac?

Well guess what u can do it now, Apple juz released a software call Apple Boot Camp that allows you to run/install XP natively on their new Intel Mac.

More info here

YouTube and John Petrucci

man...I was like doing a search for some Petrucci tabs and I ended up watch Petrucci videos on YouTube...man its fucking awesome

Petrucci on YouTube

mBoX 2

Woot, my Mbox 2 arrived today and I'm hell happy, once I've the time and get everything setup properly, I'll upload a clip of my playing, probably a short clip of Niccolo Paganini's "Moto Perpetuo".

Duke Ellington

If you dun know who he is, he is a jazz cat and here is a quote by him
"Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to none."

Been Busy lately :(

Man, I've been so busy lately, I dun even have time to play WoW, anyway I juz got myself a 2.5" Hitachi HDD + a 2.5" Smart Drive External Casing and it comes with a leather pouch to hold the casing as well, pretty neat huh? I've been working on a website project and some audio editing lately but I should be free by next week.

Guild Wars: Faction

Guild Wars: Faction Preview is now live, but however do take note that you can only play Faction for this weekend only. The offical release will be April 28th and if you live in Singapore, you can pre-order the Factions from Gamescore and many others as well. Price is about SGD 135, do take note that the game is already in Singapore but however u can only start playing on April 28th.

Another Free Word Processor

Check it out, Ajaxwrite, I dun have time to have an indepth look but its pretty much like MS Word, with limited fonts, I tried loading a doc with tables but it failed not sure y, I'll try to figure it out later.

Google Page Creator

Woot, I got my account today and it is really easy to use almost fool proof I muz say :), but however since it is still a beta product, it is still losing out to similiar sites like, Blogger or TypePad.

I probably won't use GPC atm since it is still in Beta but however as with all Google products, I'm it will be a force to be reckon with in the furture.

Buying MP3 in Singapore for iPods....

Man, anybody know where I can buy legal mp3 from a online store in Singapore? and no Soundbuzz and Starhub Play dun count because you can't play them on a iPod!!!!!!!!

Grrr, its drivin me nuts, guess I gotta wait til next year when iTunes Singapore arrives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Super Colossal Review

Very straightforward instrumental rock album. Catchy riffs and some great solo as usual. This album gives me more of a live feel to it than any of Satch's album, almost as if its a Live in XXX album!!!

Redshift Riders/Ten Words/Theme For a Strange World has some really catchy riffs, man its awesome!

Crowd Chant is probably a great tune to play live, as suggested by Satch himself. Can't wait for his concert in Singapore, its gonna freaking rock!!!!!

Super Colossal Out in Singapore!!!!

K, I juz got my hands on Satch's new ablum, will give a review once I'm done listening to it!!!!

WiFi Security

Dun know how to secure ur wireless network? well fret not cuz, WSI is here to save the day!!!!

Writely

Wan to be able to edit your documents anywhere or anytime? Than u gotta try Writely!!!
As long as you have internet access, you'll be able to edit ur doc anytime anyway, another great product brought to you by Google!!!!

Free Speech for the Dumb no more?

Wow, kids in the US getting expelled and kicked off sport teams for explict online bloggin? Man where is free speech?

More on the USA Today site.

Super Colossal Video

Check out the amazing new video by Satch, Super Colossal!!! Click on the Watch video

The truths about pirated softwares!!!

According Digital Life, Straits Times Singapore seems like its not an offence to buy or own pirated software in Singapore !!!!

But however the software company can press charges against ya, but sadly the legal fee is too high for them to press charges though :(

DHzer0point 6.2

For those of ya'll who dun know, I think DHzer0point is probably one of the best drivers out there !!!!!!

So download it and check it out!!!

Book List

Can't figure out what to read?

Well no more worries.

What Should I Read Next? is here to save ya!!!!!

Underworld : Evolution

I watched the move Underworld 2 yesterday. Very nice show, although I like Underworld better. UW2 is kinda darker and of course more gore. I did not really dig the show too much, I dun know, as I get older, I enjoy action movies with some sort of theme behind it, the whole good VS evil is kinda boring for me. Recent action movie that I enjoyed would be something like Fearless, there is a theme behind the story. There is some sort of moral value behind the movie which I think is nice :)

Super Colossal By Satch

Woot, brand new ablum by Guitar Lengeth Joe Satriani will be out on Marth 14 2006.

There is a preview of the new tunes on his website and it sound very mellow and I really dig the previews so far and its been a really long time since I've such a feeling!!!!!

Bobby Yang

An amazing violinst totally blown me away, I think Malmsteen would be impress.

Bobby Yang and his version of Eruption

Bobby Yang performing live a number of rock tunes.

Bobby Yang dot com

Link to the cake

http://worldofwarcraft.com/news/images/06-02/cake.jpg

WoW Cake

WoW Cake,
originally uploaded by MetalliBeast.

Check out this amazing piece of art, this was made by the wife of one of the Bliz programmers.

Looking for Musicians

hi, I'm a part time student studing in SAE Singapore and I"m looking for a band to a recording project (will start sometime ard May) Style would be along the line of Satch, Vai, Morse if a 3/4 piece band w/o vocals.

If there is vocals, I would prefer a band along the line of Audioslave, RCHP, Metallica, GnFR, The Darkness, Led Zep, and of course my fav, DT.

So if you live near Singapore or will be ard Singapore, drop me a mail at

icecoldluci@gmail.com

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Cyber Terrorism?

Personally I think this is fucking funny:

The Imperial Order, a World of Warcraft guild on the Detheroc server, is holding the server hostage. The guild has completed the various quests needed to obtain a septer used to ring a gong. Ringing the gong will open the gates giving everyone on the server access to new content, but the guild refuses to do it. At least, they refuse to do it until someone pays them 5,000 gold.

They say they’d rather be known as the obnoxious guild that held their server hostage than forgotten as the kind guild that opened new content.

Nobody remembers the fair and quietly intelligent people we meet in their daily lives, but everyone remembers those who ruin their day. We’ll have plenty of time to conquer this new content, but for now we see an endless novelty in holding it hostage. And this is what we will continue to do: Hold it hostage.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wow/terrorist-guild-holds-wow-server-hostage-155844.php

AQ

Well being in a raidin guild, I find that AQ20 is easier than ZG and AQ40 is some where along the line of MC. So we've something like AQ20 < ZG < MC < AQ40 < BWL

-Swifty

DB box set front

DB box set front,
originally uploaded by MetalliBeast.

I heard many good things bout Dan Brown and one of my favorite actor, Tom Hanks is starrin The Da Vinci Code, so I bought the boxset, juz got started on it.

Should be really good :)

AQ Gate opening

Well it pretty much sux cuz everybody got booted for like 20 times b4 we had the chance to ring the gong.....GJ Bliz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now we can't get into the damn game......

Glow in the Dark Pigs?

Wow man this is freakin amazing...pigs that glows in the dark...freaky.

-Swifty

AQ is opening for Lightbringer

For those who dun know AQ is opening on Thursday 1900 PST, which will be Singapore Friday, 1100 :)

SAE Singapore

So today was like my first day in SAE Singapore .

Nothing much to talk about today, juz the usual do's and don'ts. Maybe I'll have more updates tomorrow

Tripod

This is a Aussie comedy group call Tripod, you'll find it funny if ya a gamer.

Rock on Tripod !!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1329362959167995041


-Swifty

Gross cutleries?

So I juz came back from lunch and I went to this pretty famous restaurant. And the fork they gave me was freaking gross, they didn't clean it up........ too bad I dun have my camera with me or I would have taken a photograph of it.....bad, I'm gonna puke.....

My Staff

Staff of Swifty

RF Online

Wow is all I can say for this new MMORPG, graphics are top notched and it seems like a great game. Apparently this game is created in Korea but dun worry there will be a English version and the game is still in Beta so no worries.

RF Online (Official site in Korean)

RF Online (English version)

-Swifty

Gibson Comercial 06

Very interesting Gibson LP comerical, check it out here.

WoW

WoW, originally uploaded by MetalliBeast.

This is a pretty interesting article from The Straits Times about WoW, mainly on Gold Farmers and how gamers from US who dun play with gamers who dun know english....

I'm alone

"I'm alone. Alone here and alone in the world. Alone in my heart and alone in my mind. Alone everywhere, all the time, for as long as I can remember."

"I hang up the phone and stare at the floor and I think about my Mother and my Father in a Hotel Room in Chicago and I wonder why they still love me and why I can't love them back and how two normal stable people could have created something like me, lived with something like me and tolerated something like me. I stare at the floor and I wonder. How did they tolerate me?"

"Life is hard, Kid, you gotta be harder."

-A Million Little Pieces James Frey

Really A Million Little Lies?

Check out this article on the Book "A Million Little Lies"

Books and more Books!!!!

So I was bored and I got 3 books, couple of them are pretty funny and shit, once I've the time I'll put up some quotes and stuff like that

Anyway the 3 books :

A Million Little Pieces

Why Do Men Have Nipples?

Freakonomics

-Swifty

Can't use ICQ/MSN/Trillian at Work?

Well guess what, Meebo is here to save the day!!!!!

Its a browser based IM client.

Happy CNY!!!!

Happy CNY to all the chinese and to all those celebrating it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dream Theater 05/06 Asian Tour review

woot, my ears are still ringing from last nite's concert.....buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

hehehe Juz joking...The concert started late by an hour...sign rumor has it that there were some PA problems and shit....by its all well cuz sitting rite infront of me is this pretty sweet lookin Japanese chick, u know the kind face damn sweet when she smiles kind....

Anyway back to the topic, for the concert we had fans from Oz, Indonesia, Malaysia. So its all really good.

Personally I felt that the concert wasn't long enough, since a DT concert usually clocks in at 3 1/3 hours to 4 hours but it was only 3 hours for Singapore :(

We didn't have a big medley. but anyway here is the setlist for the nite:
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We were missing great tunes like, Take the Time, Another day, Hollow Years, Stream of Consciousness, Anna Lee, Glass Prison, Ytse Jam, Erotomania...... For fans like me who had waited over 14 years for their first concert in Singapore, 3 hours juz wasn't enough, we needed more............

Overall, I think everyone had a great time headbanging to the tunes and shit. Towards the end of the concert, I think that the was some problems if the PA or sound system or something....James was like "I can't fucking hear something something something" and JP/MP said something back which we couldn't hear :(
But they was was a small thing really and I think that it didn't really affect the moods of the fans.

The playing was pretty much perfect and MP was juz going insane, I could fuckin feel my body/cloths vibrating whenever he hit the bass drum, JP as usual is fucking great some great playing and great solos, I was like wow........ juz amazing :)

I can't wait for the next DT concert maybe they can start it earlier and we can have a longer concert, kinda like Japan where they start the concert earlier :)

-Swifty

Dream Theater

Fuck....I can't fuckin believe it.....20+ more hours till the concert...

Gibson Les Paul '06

was checking out some of the new LPs from NAMM.

As usual, Gibson is tryin to get into the Metal market mainly dominated by ESP and Ibanez. They had a couple of series targeted at the hard rockers/Metal players for the last couple of years, like the Gothic and Voodoo series.

This year they are bringin out the Menace series. 1st thing to catch my eye is the 1960 slim taper neck. Usually 60's neck is featured on the Classic and recently LP Standard series. So this is a nice change.

Among the other guitars we have the Goddess series as well, a lighter version of the LP, for hot chicks :p

And we have the GT and Vixen series as well.

-Luci

Less is More?

I've been playing guitar for a while now, maybe like 10 years? I dun know....but one thing I do know is that less is more....

I've always wanted a big ass huge effects board and shit like that....but some how lately I think kinda like Zakk Wylde, Slash and Co.

A Les Paul, good cables , a booster and a good amp :) and once in a while a Crybaby.

And its all good....I wonder if it applies to life as well, why be so fuckin materialistic....y even give a damn bout what people thinks?

-Swifty

So I was invloved in 1 of the greatest WSG ever........

So there was this lvl 30 - 39 WSG going on. We pretty much did not have any plan and I got yelled at by a noobish leader...

A leet lvl 33 hunter tryin to be a hero and trying very hard to cap a flag cuz he has a leet +30% to speed. He rushes into battle w/o waiting for his healer (thats me) and expects to be alive???

Or he rushes into battle when I'm dead....and he started yelling at me....I was like wtf!!!
He dun even tell people what he is gonna do, he juz rushes the Alliance....The Silent Leader.

It was a pretty gay pug group....god how I h8 pugs.

-Swifty

WoW celebrates CNY

pretty nice shit, check out the article here.



-Swifty

iTunes Singapore

Wow....finally we'll be able to get our very own local iTunes Musicstore but however according to reports, it will only be ready next year :(

Frost SHOCK!!!!!!

This is a pretty old post but what the fuck!!!

FROST SHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Swifty

Stairway to Heaven

"Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you are on"

-Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin

Best of 2005

Best Products for 2005.

Happy Fucking New Year

So There