Music from the dirrrrty dirrrrty South! Bands hailing from the South will be playing! (Yeah, I know, I'm the only one from the band living in the South side haha)
It's sad that Allan won't be able to join us for this gig (sayang, it's a day before my birthday!) but we have to brave this even without him. So, I asked Owel from Ang Bandang Shirley if he could sub for Allan on this gig. He said, he'd love to! Yehey! We've yet to practice on Saturday, I hope everything goes well. We'll miss you, Allan!
I'm posting this even if we won't be playing because it's MY BLOODY VALENTINE night! A tribute to one of the best shoegaze bands evaaaaar. If not the best. Candyaudioline is playing though! There's also Aurora Borealis, Skies of Ember, The Slave Drum, Stormy and Sonnet LVIII. Dale won't be here, sayang. But it will still be an orgasmic night and Soft Pillow Kisses will be there to share the romance 'cos hey, it's Valentine's day!
Plus, Skies of Ember will be launching their CD single, "Forgetful Silence," which I already have hahaha (thanks Dott!)
See you Feb 14!!! Bring someone (or something!) you love :)
Just one entry ago i expressed my excitement at being with my Pillow-mates once more... well, during last Sunday's practice, Marian could not be with us... i was a bit disappointed but she had a valid reason so we just went on with our scheduled practice... it was quite enjoyable really because we had a special guest that night... Lara (Ex- Pillow Bassist) asked me if she could tag along with me... so before going to the studio, i went to pick her up at her place and proceeded to New City where we always practice... during practice i let her play bass letting Rene play the guitars and me just singing and taking videos... i was quite surprised that Lara still knows most of the songs... i think the last time she played bass for Pillow was way back November 2005... we went eating afterwards though Charles couldn't stay because he had to go home...
Last night at around 8pm, i decided that we play another gig at 70's Bistro before going to Dayo so that we could practice the new song a bit more... i texted everyone... Marian texted me at aroud 8:30pm telling me that she won't be able to make it... i was really disappointed this time around but what can i do but just simply understand the situation she was in at the moment... "Hope you're doing well Marian, we missed you last night!!!"... I was about to cancel the gigs since i too wasn't feeling well but i really miss Playing with this band plus the fact that Charles and Jann Paul will be present... I called Lara immediately and begged her to sing for us... She only wanted to do the Dayo gig and not the 70's thing but i insisted... She agreed but during the 70's gig, she came late (i know it was intentional though i understand her)...
The 70's gig was quite a surprise and we did enjoy it a lot... we played just 3 songs and we did it in a very laid back fashion... we did play the new song there but i guess it lacked a female voice and my singing that time was really crap... but i was quite a good song... hopefully next time it'll be a much stronger version... after our 70's set, we wasted no time and rushed to Dayo Bar where we shamefully got ourselves lost... when we got there, we were all surprised that it was a "ROCK" gig... 2 bands went before us then we were up... i had no choice but to play really old songs because Lara isn't familiar with the new ones... we settled on doing "Bathing In The Sun", "Harsh Words", "Stolen Flowers" and "It Will Never Last (Forever)"... we did quite well i think, even the few remaining people at the bar enjoyed our very noisy set... Highlight of the night for me was during "Harsh Words"... really missed this song...
We went to Iceberg's Timog right after our gig before going home...
It turned out to be a great night after all... Thanks to Lara...
Wala akong magawa ngayon so ito... Inayos ko yung multiply accounts ng Soft Pillow Kisses at Candyaudioline... For Soft Pillow Kisses, binago ko yung template nya tapos nag add ako ng isa pang kanta (Just Like The Sky)... Tapos, inedit ko rin yung Welcome Box to allow mp3's of our songs to be played every time someone views our multiply account... Technology nga naman...
Miss ko na Soft Pillow Kisses... Bukas sana kumpleto kami sa practice... Lagi nalang kaming dalawa ni Rene magkasama... Kanina, nanood kami ng isa nanamang Stephen Chow movie called "Magnificent Scoundrels", sobrang laugh-trip talaga... You should watch it... Download nyo sa via "Bit Torrent" thru mininova.org... Promise, you'll enjoy it...
We might be playing next week at Dayo Bar... I think it's located somewhere in Cubao... Jann Paul and Marian had already confirmed their availability on that day as well as Rene... We're still waiting for Charles... Hopefully he'll be available... This will be the first gig of Soft Pillow Kisses for the year 2008... Hopefully we'll make it on that gig with our line-up intact...
See you there...
By The way... Candyaudioline had auditioned a new vocalist... and at the pace the practice / audition went i while ago, i guess that the new prospect is exactly just the right girl Candyaudioline needs... We're all keeping our fingers crossed... (",)
