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- Shazz@Vodafone
19 Jun 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Gig @ Charlie's - Part 1
Event: Gig
Venue: Charlie's Reserve Restaurant & Bistro, MAA Building, Jalan Dewan Bahasa, KL
Date: 04 June 2008
Time: 9:00 - 11:00PM
Members:
Aza (a.k.a. Stone) on lead, Mihad on rhythm, Sadat on bass, Wieburn on drums, Shazz on keys, Sapet and Kyra on vocals
We started late, due to heavy traffic jam and bad weather. Our rhythm guitaris, Chef Nadzri could not make it that night, so Mihad had to take over his role.
I could see how chaotic the evening was, starting from dashing through the heavy traffic, to helping our lead in transporting his guitars and amp, and seeing Mihad struggling to organise the song folder to follow the night's sequence. We started the performance with a tagline in mind (quoting Sadat's last words of advice), "Just feeeeeeel..." Hhmm...
All went well, despite a few things... Our rhythm guitarist wrongly-played the chords in "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (his chords were not updated according to Kyra's vocal). I tried waving to him to get his attention about it, but hey, I needed both hands for that song, yar?
Our drummer miscued a few parts, partly due to the exhaustion before the performance, where he had wasted a lot of energy transporting equipments and setting up his drumset for the show. I only noticed one part that he obviously miscued, but the rest of the members said there were quite a few more. Ah well, not to worry.
I was told an interesting story about how our bassist was also playing a wrong set of chords in one of the songs. The bassist was standing way in front, nearby the vocalists position, and our dear 'temporary disabled' lead guitarist was waving his arms with a swimming gesture, trying to call up to the bassist regarding the wrong chords, but to no avail. It seemed that he's been "rowing his arms trying to reach Sadat, but his wayyyyy drifted to the other side of the shore!" Well..., something like that.
Overall, we could hardly hear each others' playing. I couldn't hear my keys well, especially after the guitarists swallowed my whole effort during the songs. Ah well..., it's not the first time. Of course, I would do the "chipsmore act" (stop playing when I wasn't sure or thought that no one was listening, and continued playing when I was sure what to play) during the mid of the songs. Sshhhh.... don't let my 'sifu' (Stone) hear, he will kill me! Huu huu...
There were some changes in the songlist that we finally played that night. Here was the real list:
Set 1:
1. I Will Survive
2. Summer 69
3. Tiada Lagi
4. Torn
5. Here Without You
6. When You Tell Me That You Love Me
Set 2:
1. Grease
2. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
3. Susanna
4. Pudar
5. Wonderful Tonight
6. I Don't Love You
I had to leave before that last 2 songs, because it was past 10:30PM and I had to pick up my little angel from nursery. So, I didn't join the post-mortem meeting after the show. Yet, the story I tell here are based on what I gathered from each member of DCmates after that night.
Let's see how we do, tomorrow... See you there!
Feel us rock the MAA Building, with our own diversed chords!
- Shazz @ DCmates
10 Jun 2008
Venue: Charlie's Reserve Restaurant & Bistro, MAA Building, Jalan Dewan Bahasa, KL
Date: 04 June 2008
Time: 9:00 - 11:00PM
Members:
Aza (a.k.a. Stone) on lead, Mihad on rhythm, Sadat on bass, Wieburn on drums, Shazz on keys, Sapet and Kyra on vocals
We started late, due to heavy traffic jam and bad weather. Our rhythm guitaris, Chef Nadzri could not make it that night, so Mihad had to take over his role.
I could see how chaotic the evening was, starting from dashing through the heavy traffic, to helping our lead in transporting his guitars and amp, and seeing Mihad struggling to organise the song folder to follow the night's sequence. We started the performance with a tagline in mind (quoting Sadat's last words of advice), "Just feeeeeeel..." Hhmm...
All went well, despite a few things... Our rhythm guitarist wrongly-played the chords in "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (his chords were not updated according to Kyra's vocal). I tried waving to him to get his attention about it, but hey, I needed both hands for that song, yar?
Our drummer miscued a few parts, partly due to the exhaustion before the performance, where he had wasted a lot of energy transporting equipments and setting up his drumset for the show. I only noticed one part that he obviously miscued, but the rest of the members said there were quite a few more. Ah well, not to worry.
I was told an interesting story about how our bassist was also playing a wrong set of chords in one of the songs. The bassist was standing way in front, nearby the vocalists position, and our dear 'temporary disabled' lead guitarist was waving his arms with a swimming gesture, trying to call up to the bassist regarding the wrong chords, but to no avail. It seemed that he's been "rowing his arms trying to reach Sadat, but his wayyyyy drifted to the other side of the shore!" Well..., something like that.
Overall, we could hardly hear each others' playing. I couldn't hear my keys well, especially after the guitarists swallowed my whole effort during the songs. Ah well..., it's not the first time. Of course, I would do the "chipsmore act" (stop playing when I wasn't sure or thought that no one was listening, and continued playing when I was sure what to play) during the mid of the songs. Sshhhh.... don't let my 'sifu' (Stone) hear, he will kill me! Huu huu...
There were some changes in the songlist that we finally played that night. Here was the real list:
Set 1:
1. I Will Survive
2. Summer 69
3. Tiada Lagi
4. Torn
5. Here Without You
6. When You Tell Me That You Love Me
Set 2:
1. Grease
2. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
3. Susanna
4. Pudar
5. Wonderful Tonight
6. I Don't Love You
I had to leave before that last 2 songs, because it was past 10:30PM and I had to pick up my little angel from nursery. So, I didn't join the post-mortem meeting after the show. Yet, the story I tell here are based on what I gathered from each member of DCmates after that night.
Let's see how we do, tomorrow... See you there!
Feel us rock the MAA Building, with our own diversed chords!
- Shazz @ DCmates
10 Jun 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
4th June 2008 in History
It was a hectic day for most of us, or at least for me. I was on half day leave, but I couldn't sort out most of my errands - like banking, submitting claims, etc.
At least, I could manage to squeeze some time for a decent lunch with my drummer at Shah Alam, before I went for my appointment with my masseur.
My stupid nervous-wreck was about to start when the dear drummer-boy revising his drumming parts over lunch. With all his 'keching keching', 'tark tark', 'dum dum', 'cheehh', and all other funny sounds, the back of my mind whispered, "Oh God! I'm going to screw up tonite!! I'm going to screw up!!"
I mean, come on... he's "revising" his every move! And I don't even remember a single line of any intro of any songs to be played in another 7 hours!! Arrrgghhh!! (I have to skip the 'pounding heart' and 'butterflies' part here, otherwise you will think I'm having a crush on the drummer HAHAHAHA!!)
After planning on the evening meet-up and setting up for the gig with my lunch date, I went for a massage. Yes! I know! I went for a massage before a performance, instead of after the performance. What to do? It took me 1 month earlier to get the booking of this masseur!
Anyway, the massage was good, and it helped me relax.... really relax. No nervous wreck, but that doesn't mean no errors in playing my keyboard, right? Hhmm...
The show went on, I wore the same outfit as my last performance in Kuala Kangsar, with additional items such as ear-rings, red scarf around my neck and black scarf around my right wrist. Plus make-up. Yes! I know! Me, make-up? And I haven't done this make-up thingy for the past donno-how-many-dog years?? Urgh! Simply lah!
One funny thing is that, some people just noticed that night that I'm actually fair. Yeah, right! Only in the dark, cosy, dim-lighting of a bistro like Charlie's would people notice that, eh? I guess I'm not really fair, but merely 'glows-in-the-dark' HAHAHAHA!!
Performance-wise, it went well... I think. As usual, I couldn't hear whattaheck that I played. (I mean, I couldn't hear my own keyboard.) I could only hear it during my solo in song intros, and the moment the lead guitarist (and bass) started strumming "greennnggggg", that's it, I'm deaf!
Yet, the audience said they could hear my keys quite well. I guess that's not so bad, but I believe that they must've heard all the wrong chords I played... or was that the second guitar's wrong chords? Hhmm... very confusing.
I had to leave early, before the second last song when the clock striked 10:30PM to fetch my little one. She missed me dearly and even waited up for me, and God knows how pampered and cranky she was until today, because of that late night pick-up from nursery! Urgh!
During the drive back to pick up my daughter, there were traffic jams almost in every roads and highways. All because of the petrol price increase of 40%. Oh dear! What a havoc!
Went home, tucked kiddo to sleep, and finally the massage effect came on me - zzzzzz...
Will blog on the first gig event next,
- Shazz @ DCmates
05 Jun 2008
At least, I could manage to squeeze some time for a decent lunch with my drummer at Shah Alam, before I went for my appointment with my masseur.
My stupid nervous-wreck was about to start when the dear drummer-boy revising his drumming parts over lunch. With all his 'keching keching', 'tark tark', 'dum dum', 'cheehh', and all other funny sounds, the back of my mind whispered, "Oh God! I'm going to screw up tonite!! I'm going to screw up!!"
I mean, come on... he's "revising" his every move! And I don't even remember a single line of any intro of any songs to be played in another 7 hours!! Arrrgghhh!! (I have to skip the 'pounding heart' and 'butterflies' part here, otherwise you will think I'm having a crush on the drummer HAHAHAHA!!)
After planning on the evening meet-up and setting up for the gig with my lunch date, I went for a massage. Yes! I know! I went for a massage before a performance, instead of after the performance. What to do? It took me 1 month earlier to get the booking of this masseur!
Anyway, the massage was good, and it helped me relax.... really relax. No nervous wreck, but that doesn't mean no errors in playing my keyboard, right? Hhmm...
The show went on, I wore the same outfit as my last performance in Kuala Kangsar, with additional items such as ear-rings, red scarf around my neck and black scarf around my right wrist. Plus make-up. Yes! I know! Me, make-up? And I haven't done this make-up thingy for the past donno-how-many-dog years?? Urgh! Simply lah!
One funny thing is that, some people just noticed that night that I'm actually fair. Yeah, right! Only in the dark, cosy, dim-lighting of a bistro like Charlie's would people notice that, eh? I guess I'm not really fair, but merely 'glows-in-the-dark' HAHAHAHA!!
Performance-wise, it went well... I think. As usual, I couldn't hear whattaheck that I played. (I mean, I couldn't hear my own keyboard.) I could only hear it during my solo in song intros, and the moment the lead guitarist (and bass) started strumming "greennnggggg", that's it, I'm deaf!
Yet, the audience said they could hear my keys quite well. I guess that's not so bad, but I believe that they must've heard all the wrong chords I played... or was that the second guitar's wrong chords? Hhmm... very confusing.
I had to leave early, before the second last song when the clock striked 10:30PM to fetch my little one. She missed me dearly and even waited up for me, and God knows how pampered and cranky she was until today, because of that late night pick-up from nursery! Urgh!
During the drive back to pick up my daughter, there were traffic jams almost in every roads and highways. All because of the petrol price increase of 40%. Oh dear! What a havoc!
Went home, tucked kiddo to sleep, and finally the massage effect came on me - zzzzzz...
Will blog on the first gig event next,
- Shazz @ DCmates
05 Jun 2008
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