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Monday, April 27, 2009

Aftermath of Live Gig

I actually wanted to blog this in mandarin but considering most of my friends reads English better, here it is in english.

People often ask me, is it tough to run a band? Is it worth the effort? What do you want to achieve from this?To be honest, there are tones of questions going through my mind, even as i'm typing this.

To form a band and have jamming, go for gigs and have fun is never difficult. That would be very much like people forming groups to participate in activities they enjoy in common. However, to do a band that would eventually be a career is not easy, in fact far worse than going for a job interview and get a crappy job. It is close, if not tougher, to how athletics trains for The Olympic. Why tougher? athletics get paid for training but not a rock band.

So as i turn my parent's hardworked home sweet home into a warehouse for band equipments, i really felt the pressure, stress and that tones of endless work. From sourcing of locations, equipments, helpers etc to planning the whole event and eventually making it work in front of the audience. I understand that the term "indie band" is not just simply a tagline.

At this stage, you probably cannot feel my stress. You won't understand how much i wish to skip this part and enter the sweet dream. It's really much like a captain with his sailors out alone in the big gigantic ocean trying to find the promised land.

The turn out of our first show is pretty much as i was expecting. Nothing fantastic, nobody waiting for the show to start etc. I do hope the next Sat would be a better one.

Like they say, when you are unlucky, bad things just keeps coming. Our date on our big backdrop is printed wrongly and we have to remove it just before the show starts. We drove a car and a lorry to the venue and both got fined. All these piled up our emotions when it's time for dinner.

So after 2 tiring shows, it's not our usual pack our stuff and go. This time round it's pack our stuff(S) and go. Meaning to say, our amps, drums, backdrop, PA and everything! Should have took a picture of our equipments. All these done with only nic(our soundman), sandy and patricia, yan zhan(who did MC for us),V's parents and the 5 of us. It really worn us out badly.

We are really serious about our music and we do hope to gain your support in the future.


"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	Monday, April 27, 2009 Aftermath of Live Gig I actually wanted to blog this in mandarin but considering most of my friends reads English better, here it is in english. People often ask me, is it tough to run a band? Is it worth the effort? What do you want to achieve from this?To be honest, there are tones of questions going through my mind, even as i'm typing this. To form a band and have jamming, go for gigs and have fun is never difficult. That would be very much like people forming groups to participate in activities they enjoy in common. However, to do a band that would eventually be a career is not easy, in fact far worse than going for a job interview and get a crappy job. It is close, if not tougher, to how athletics trains for The Olympic. Why tougher? athletics get paid for training but not a rock band. So as i turn my parent's hardworked home sweet home into a warehouse for band equipments, i really felt the pressure, stress and that tones of endless work. From sourcing of locations, equipments, helpers etc to planning the whole event and eventually making it work in front of the audience. I understand that the term "indie band" is not just simply a tagline. At this stage, you probably cannot feel my stress. You won't understand how much i wish to skip this part and enter the sweet dream. It's really much like a captain with his sailors out alone in the big gigantic ocean trying to find the promised land. The turn out of our first show is pretty much as i was expecting. Nothing fantastic, nobody waiting for the show to start etc. I do hope the next Sat would be a better one. Like they say, when you are unlucky, bad things just keeps coming. Our date on our big backdrop is printed wrongly and we have to remove it just before the show starts. We drove a car and a lorry to the venue and both got fined. All these piled up our emotions when it's time for dinner. So after 2 tiring shows, it's not our usual pack our stuff and go. This time round it's pack our stuff(S) and go. Meaning to say, our amps, drums, backdrop, PA and everything! Should have took a picture of our equipments. All these done with only nic(our soundman), sandy and patricia, yan zhan(who did MC for us),V's parents and the 5 of us. It really worn us out badly. We are really serious about our music and we do hope to gain your support in the future. 4:45 PM · 1 comments.