Another Biglaang 70's Stint...

Just had an entry about a 70's Bistro stint barely 2 days ago and now comes another one... Actually,dapat Superminty yung tutugtog pero our (Superminty) drummer was down with trankaso... He should've told me earlier... I texted my Minty bandmates at around 4pm of our Call Time... but Minty drummer only advised only after i texted him... pwede naman sana nya ako ininform ng mas maaga peo mukang wala talagang malaskit yung taong yun eh...

anyways... sa sobrang kagustuhan kong tumugtog and since walang kasama yung main band that night (yung singer nila is a bit under the weather din eh), i had to make kulit my Pillow Mates to fill in the gap... i'm glad na pumayag sila... dir rin naman pwede yung Candyaudioline since Candy and Minty share 3members, Me, the Lead Guitarist and The Drummer...

so we were supposed to play just 6 - 7 songs but i got carried away so we ended up playing 9 songs... the first 2 songs was a bit chaotic thanks to Jann Paul who i later learned had just came out of a drinking session... pero okey lang kasi kumpleto kami, mukang masasaya and each one of us obviously wanted to play... we started picking up by the 3rd song and from that point on pogi nanaman kami ulit... gusto ko pa sana dagdagan pero feeling ko pagod na mga band mates ko... i later learned na nabitin din cla... sayang... pero over all, enjoy and the crowd was accomodating as always... ayus din talaga dyan sa 70's, open minded yung crowd... kaya cguro, gustong gusto namin dyan tumugtog lagi...

Apple and Jann Paul had to exit early since mga working peeps cla... Apple was due for work at around 1am while Jann Paul had to be up early... the rest of us stayed to attend and watch the main band play... Dennis of Candyaudioline even jammed with then on a number songs which made us enjoy the whole thing more and more...

ang galing talaga ng main band, although their music isn't really my cup of tea, i can say that they are far better than any other acts here as far as female fronted bands are concerned... no gimmicks whatsoever, just intelligently innocent, catchy tunes ranging from simple to slightly complicated arrangements... they have everything going for them, looks, the voice and tunes etc., etc... Sana sila naman...

Forgettable 70's Stint?

last week we played at 70's Bistro... Medyo napapadalas na ng konti ang pag-play ng Pillow dun kasi feeling namin eh sobrang comfortable kami playing there and at the same time, wala na yung dating guy na nagpapanic pag lumalakas ng konti yung nag bubulungang volumes namin...

Last week's 70's stint was a slightly anticipated one for us, kasi, aside from playing a new song ay medyo nabitin kami with the one we had three days before sa Bar TEN 02...
so then came a few hours before gig time the news that Apple won't be able to make it because biglaang may make-up class sya... Still we decided to push thru... actually i was quite surprised after watching it on video... hindi sya kasing pangit nung iniisip namin lalu na ako...

hehehe, i remember that in the middle of the second song, we did 5 songs yata, i wanted to cut our set short kasi feeling ko talaga eh kahiya hiya na talaga ako pero ang tight namin nung gabing yun instrumentally kaya i decided just to be a bit "kapal mukha" and run through the rest of the songs before shamefully going down the stage...here's a clip, aside from singing lousily, i kept forgetting some lines...



we even came up with a plan on how to deal with gig wherein our main singer would not be able to make it... anyways, we still were happy at how tight we played... hopefully next time such a situation (absent singer) arises, we'll be able to handled it in the most comfortable way we can...

Like Rainbows Do...

it was nice of you
to say a word or two
it made me realise
the way you looked into my eyes

i silent sigh was heard
just a bunch of silly words
they turn to thoughts of you
they start to play inside my head

you twist and swirl
then turn into a thought so true...

and as time goes by
you seem so out of sight
behind the happy smile
there lies the truth you try to hide

yet it was nice of you
to stay an hour or two
suddenly i realised
you looked at me as if i'm dead...

we spin and turn
i crash you burn
it seems so cruel

twist and twirl
out of our heads
it swirls
leave trails like rainbows do
like rainbows do...
like rainbows do...

Then you twist and swirl
then turn into a thought so true...
twist and twirl
out of our heads
it swirls
leave trails like rainbows do...

It would be nice if you
could stay an hour or two...

Practice And A New Song...

Finally... after almost 5 months of not having a practice session, we are able to do one about two days ago... Organizing a practice session for this bunch is quite a task really... Everyone's always busy, even Rene for quite some time... There have been a number of occassions that your's truly did became really frustrated at not being able to practice but i can't really do anything about it... each of us has his or her priorties which i try to respect... at least we did play well in all of the gigs that we had for the past few months with out the benefit of rehearsals... maybe its because all of us still share the same passion for group... sadly i can't say the same for my other "active" band which as of late, seems to be falling apart...

anyways, this is Pillow's page so the hell with my dilemna with the other band... practice was quite fun really... we ripped thru, at least 10 old songs and i was impressed and a bit surprised at how tight we were even in some songs which we rarely play live or in practice... realising that i need not refresh them on the old songs, i wasted no time introducing a new one and i was quite happy at how everyone participated in arranging it... It was really fun seeing Rene and Jann Paul spilling their hearts out just to get the right groove flowing... Ralph was really focused and not afraid to try it out although i had to help him a bit but once he had it in his head, he went "auto-pilot"... Apple too picked up the song really quick although admittedly, both of us, specially me, still have a tough time singing them in the proper key...

the new song's called "Like Rainbows Do"... it's about nothing actually and the lyrics still needs lots of reworking, that's why i'm not posting the lyrics yet kasi nakakhiya pa...

anyways, it was really fun... sana maka-practice pa kami ulit para maayos na yung song...

Here's a video of the new song... hopefully the next video that i'll share will be a bit polished take on this song...



That's that for now...