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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas 2009!

It's another year!

I noticed this year, the weather seems to create a little "snowing" on Singapore island. Why so? I got caught in the rain 3 times! And the rain is not just a typical heavy or light shower but rather very very fine raindrops and they are rather dense. It gives me an impression of snowing. And when you see them from the sky, they looks like they were "floating" down from the sky. Well of course they didn't last very long before the actual rain hits in. Sweet nuff!

Well since i'm a guitar fanatic, here's a nice little trick from Paul Gilbert that even a kid will be able to pull it off :)

Merry Christmas :)

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Endangered Species?

Firstly,i'm not a big follower of Alex Skolnick.
Secondly,i'm not a big fan of the Ibanez S series.
But i'm a big fan of Ibanez Rg Guitars :D

Anyway, i simply love this picture and have to blog it. I'm feeling very much the same on my own situation. In this current world, the music i write always face lots of challenge from the public. Why? It's more of a pop world rather then a rock world. "Keep on rocking in the free world" ?? No.. it's now rephrased as "Keep on POPPING in the free world".

So i'm feeling one day i might either revolutionize my followers to believe back into metal, rock or i may be categories into the endangered category. I don't have long big hair like how my heroes used to have them. They don't do that anymore. I guess it's probably the Ozone causing the lost of big hair.

Anyway.. KEEP ON ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLD!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Xmas is closing in..

As Christmas is closing in, i'm sharing with this world with a simple guitar lesson :) Enjoy!

Friday, December 5, 2008

Marshall Vintage Modern

And yes! Finally it's mine. Though i'm not certain how long this amp will stay with me but it does arrive just at the right time.

Just a few days back, i was seriously scratching my head. The Fender HRD was totally giving me sizzle nightmares. We wasted at least 3-4hours of recording time just to nab my desired tone. At the end of the day, it still sounds really bad. From naked ears, the Fender amp is exact to what i hear on Paul Gilbert - Silence followed by a defeaning roar cd. Through the expensive mic(s) and high tech preamps and recording devices, it sounded like a badly adjusted multi-effects that's plug directly into the pc to record. How bad you can imagine.

My influences all have some very raw, open and rocking tones. Eddie Van Halen, Paul Gilbert, Deep Purple, Acdc and such. These guitar heros never fail to impress me with some sick parts where it's just guitar chords and they sounds so musical alone! Acdc-Back in Black, Paul Gilbert-Norwegian Cowbell, Deep Purple - Smoke on water, Van Halen - You really got me.. There are just so much more! Now the clue here is being musical sounding alone.

So i went back very sad that night. My mind kept surfacing that ugly tone. Note, it's not Fender Amp's fault at all. We are recording Simin's part with that and it sounds very sweet. I told myself, if i were to spend so much to do this album and so much effort were taken to make this band a reality. I can't just compromise on the el'cheapo tone. Honestly, our band's single was horrible and i promised that this time round we will never compromise on quality. I started hunting..

The hunt did not take me long. It seems that luck is on RazzlePlay's side! That exactly night a post on a forum surfaced. It only states "selling marshall vintage modern". No picture, dead image links and only a mobile phone number. My first reaction was to grab my phone and sms that guy! I thought, geez! Any version of that amp will make the album sounds 10times better than what it is now!

Sean was helpful enough to accompany(by driving me)to that guy's place in Jurong West for a testing session. The amp did not turn me on right away. It sounded really normal for some reason and it's rather fuzzy. It's not the smooth, open up and raw Paul Gilbert's tone i love so much. The guy explained that we are not cranking up the amp and it will probably work if we can crank up the amp. I left the place in lots of thoughts. I am not ready to waste alot of money yet didn't get the results i want.

As Sean was driving me to the Mrt station, he came up with a brilliant idea. Rent that amp from him for a day and see if we can get the results we want in the studio. If it is the result, i'll buy. If not, i'll just take it i rented a wrong amp for a day. That was a great idea. So i gave the guy a call and the even greater thing happened. He told me to just bring the amp to the studio for a test! For free!

So the next day(today) Sean drove me to pick up the amp. Somehow i was not feeling nice to just take the amp from him and not paying any rental or such. It'll be too evil if he met the wrong guy who would just grab the amp and never be contactable after that! So i insisted on a $100 down payment or such to his wife and brought the amp to the studio.

Yes, the result is pleasant! Do be ready to buy our album when it's released! I can't wait for this to be ready for you guys! Like said, i rather i'll eat maggie mee and have my hairs dropping then giving you guys a bad quality cd. Especially when you purchase my band's album with your hard earned money and you trusted us so much! Thanks for the support! :)

Monday, December 1, 2008

Minutes before the recording.

What's my feeling? i am damn excited that RazzlePlay is hitting the studio again! Only this time round much more professional and quality assured! I can't wait to get all beat up with listening my songs over and over through the monitors.

We've been practicing real hard for quite a while and i hope it'll pay off nicely! Tonight is my first session(and it'll carry on till mid dec!) There are already signs of finger fatigue and badly worn off skin which hurts when i touch the strings gently but I hope my fingers will be able to take it and giving the audience, fans and supporters the best i can do!

Rock On!


"Vincent's 2 years plan has officially started unknowingly!" Useful Links August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 February 2010	Thursday, December 25, 2008 Merry Christmas 2009! It's another year! I noticed this year, the weather seems to create a little "snowing" on Singapore island. Why so? I got caught in the rain 3 times! And the rain is not just a typical heavy or light shower but rather very very fine raindrops and they are rather dense. It gives me an impression of snowing. And when you see them from the sky, they looks like they were "floating" down from the sky. Well of course they didn't last very long before the actual rain hits in. Sweet nuff! Well since i'm a guitar fanatic, here's a nice little trick from Paul Gilbert that even a kid will be able to pull it off :) Merry Christmas :) 5:52 PM · 0 comments. Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Endangered Species? Firstly,i'm not a big follower of Alex Skolnick. Secondly,i'm not a big fan of the Ibanez S series. But i'm a big fan of Ibanez Rg Guitars :D Anyway, i simply love this picture and have to blog it. I'm feeling very much the same on my own situation. In this current world, the music i write always face lots of challenge from the public. Why? It's more of a pop world rather then a rock world. "Keep on rocking in the free world" ?? No.. it's now rephrased as "Keep on POPPING in the free world". So i'm feeling one day i might either revolutionize my followers to believe back into metal, rock or i may be categories into the endangered category. I don't have long big hair like how my heroes used to have them. They don't do that anymore. I guess it's probably the Ozone causing the lost of big hair. Anyway.. KEEP ON ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLD! 12:05 PM · 0 comments. Monday, December 15, 2008 Xmas is closing in.. As Christmas is closing in, i'm sharing with this world with a simple guitar lesson :) Enjoy! 1:06 PM · 0 comments. Friday, December 5, 2008 Marshall Vintage Modern And yes! Finally it's mine. Though i'm not certain how long this amp will stay with me but it does arrive just at the right time. Just a few days back, i was seriously scratching my head. The Fender HRD was totally giving me sizzle nightmares. We wasted at least 3-4hours of recording time just to nab my desired tone. At the end of the day, it still sounds really bad. From naked ears, the Fender amp is exact to what i hear on Paul Gilbert - Silence followed by a defeaning roar cd. Through the expensive mic(s) and high tech preamps and recording devices, it sounded like a badly adjusted multi-effects that's plug directly into the pc to record. How bad you can imagine. My influences all have some very raw, open and rocking tones. Eddie Van Halen, Paul Gilbert, Deep Purple, Acdc and such. These guitar heros never fail to impress me with some sick parts where it's just guitar chords and they sounds so musical alone! Acdc-Back in Black, Paul Gilbert-Norwegian Cowbell, Deep Purple - Smoke on water, Van Halen - You really got me.. There are just so much more! Now the clue here is being musical sounding alone. So i went back very sad that night. My mind kept surfacing that ugly tone. Note, it's not Fender Amp's fault at all. We are recording Simin's part with that and it sounds very sweet. I told myself, if i were to spend so much to do this album and so much effort were taken to make this band a reality. I can't just compromise on the el'cheapo tone. Honestly, our band's single was horrible and i promised that this time round we will never compromise on quality. I started hunting.. The hunt did not take me long. It seems that luck is on RazzlePlay's side! That exactly night a post on a forum surfaced. It only states "selling marshall vintage modern". No picture, dead image links and only a mobile phone number. My first reaction was to grab my phone and sms that guy! I thought, geez! Any version of that amp will make the album sounds 10times better than what it is now! Sean was helpful enough to accompany(by driving me)to that guy's place in Jurong West for a testing session. The amp did not turn me on right away. It sounded really normal for some reason and it's rather fuzzy. It's not the smooth, open up and raw Paul Gilbert's tone i love so much. The guy explained that we are not cranking up the amp and it will probably work if we can crank up the amp. I left the place in lots of thoughts. I am not ready to waste alot of money yet didn't get the results i want. As Sean was driving me to the Mrt station, he came up with a brilliant idea. Rent that amp from him for a day and see if we can get the results we want in the studio. If it is the result, i'll buy. If not, i'll just take it i rented a wrong amp for a day. That was a great idea. So i gave the guy a call and the even greater thing happened. He told me to just bring the amp to the studio for a test! For free! So the next day(today) Sean drove me to pick up the amp. Somehow i was not feeling nice to just take the amp from him and not paying any rental or such. It'll be too evil if he met the wrong guy who would just grab the amp and never be contactable after that! So i insisted on a $100 down payment or such to his wife and brought the amp to the studio. Yes, the result is pleasant! Do be ready to buy our album when it's released! I can't wait for this to be ready for you guys! Like said, i rather i'll eat maggie mee and have my hairs dropping then giving you guys a bad quality cd. Especially when you purchase my band's album with your hard earned money and you trusted us so much! Thanks for the support! :) 3:21 AM · 0 comments. Monday, December 1, 2008 Minutes before the recording. What's my feeling? i am damn excited that RazzlePlay is hitting the studio again! Only this time round much more professional and quality assured! I can't wait to get all beat up with listening my songs over and over through the monitors. We've been practicing real hard for quite a while and i hope it'll pay off nicely! Tonight is my first session(and it'll carry on till mid dec!) There are already signs of finger fatigue and badly worn off skin which hurts when i touch the strings gently but I hope my fingers will be able to take it and giving the audience, fans and supporters the best i can do! Rock On! 5:43 PM · 0 comments.