Last Wednesday's Buzz Night...

looking back at last Wednesday's Buzz Night, it seems that everything wasn't really in my favour... Metro Manila was already at signal number 2 the night before which really got me worrying a lot since i was in Palawan at that time and it was beginning to look like we wouldn't be able to make it to Manila on gig day because of the typhoon...

we did made it to Manila on gig date but still the situation worsened a bit because the Storm decided to change course and for a time posted a real threat... forcast of heavy downpour by gig time was all in the news... as early as 4pm, i was being asked by some people whether i'd push thru with the gig or not... many of my expected guest informed me that they won't be going because of the weather... The Shocking Detail wasn't able to make it too... anyway's,there was no heavy downpour and no strong winds, if fact i was a bit hot and there was some sort of a decent turm out of people that night...

Soft Pillow Kisses took stage at around 10:30pm... and since we had Ralph playing again, we sort of ignored our booboos and just enjoyed ripping thru 5 songs, smiling, laughing and just having a good time during our set... Next up was Turbo Goth... it was my first tiime to really watch them... they do have really good tunes and the singer, aside from being a stunning beauty (sana wala nalang syang tatoo), has a really lovely voice... i'm quite annoyed by the way the guitarist performs but he sure does have some pretty decent guitar riffs(gusto ko pa sana lakasan yung guitar nya pero nahihya ako eh)... hope they could still play in future Buzz Gigs... Phantome Sizemore followed... medyo bitin ako sa tunog nila that time still they were able to turn out a really good set... they sound really great and have a really good drummer... i just hope they take the singing parts seriously... next was Candyaduioline... i guess we played a bit lousily... sayang mukang matagal pa kami makakabawi... hope we could find a new Drummer soon... Slumbbok was up next but i wasn't able to watch them since Apple and just a few minutes later, Ecay decided to exit early so i had to accompany both to the Taxi stands... Dress play last and was really good... their third song was really beautiful... and the keyboard player wasn't that annoying anymore... all they have to do now is just keep practicing, specially the drummer so that she would be able to have stamina and be more consistent...

after the gig, me, Dennis, Rene, Christian and the rest of Slumbook went to Timog to eat... as usually enjoy na enjoy talaga kasama yang mga taga Slumbook!!! sayang at wala si Sir Carl..

Welcome Back Ralph!!!

Ralph is back and hopefully for good!!!

after repeated attempts of trying to get in touch with him, i was finally able to catch him during one of his facebook exploits last Sunday... and without thinking, i asked him if he was up to playing a gig ASAP (which was just a while ago) at Sazi's... and he said yes...

During the Sazi's gig, i was having doubts whether we could pull it off since we haven't practiced for almost 2 months together (remember that i had Rene replaced by Sir Carl for almost 3 weeks) but the opportunity of playing as a complete unit was too tempting to let go... so on to the gig... well it came out well but my amp really sucked... no clean tone and the volume level sa so erratic... it made me not use an effects pedal... actually i was using a borrowed guitar which made matters worse for me... although i was able to make adjustments by our second song...

well, everthing went seems well again for us, hopefully for good... now i'm really looking forward to this Wednesday's Buzz Night... That's that for now!!!

Still Out Of Reach

still trying to get in touch with Ralph but i've had no luck with it... although his cell phone's still ringing, i don't get any return calls or text messages from him... this seems like a repeat of what happened when we were still bandmates in Candyaudioline...but this this it's much worse...

well i just hope he's doing fine and has fully recovered from the slipped disc he has incurred... and i am still hoping that he could come back soon and play with us...

i'm having doubts with this new guitarist prospect of ours who's like almost 2 weeks with us and could only manage to come up with only 6 songs all of which were taught to him by Dennis... unlike Ralph who, in a span of only a week was able to play like 10 songs already without the aid of others to teach him...

that's that for now...

Buzz Night @ Club Dredd June 24, 2009 (Wednesday)

Hello everyone,

here's this month's Buzz Night line-up...

candyaudioline
the shocking detail
phantom sizemore
slumbook
turbo goth
dress
soft pillow kisses
your imaginary friend

ang dami ano? sana magstart ng maaga para di naman nakak-hiya sa club dredd... see you there... next week na ito!!!

Enjoyable Set At Strange Geometry...

yesterday was one of the very few instances wherein i was in a care free mood during a gig... i miss the feeling of not having to worry about anything... it really is fun just being part of the line-up and at the same time being part of the crowd...

it was as if time went by so quickly that inspite of the gig starting out very late, in just less than a dozen eyeblinks, it was our turn to play... but first, i was so mesmerized during The Gentle Isolation's set... ang ganda talaga ng boses ni Ness, the band was tight ang the songs were really good... sobrang sakto pa yung ginagawa ng gitarista sa mga songs pwera lang sa cover nila ng "Elephant Stone" pero kahit paano eh nadala naman ng boses eh... Skies Of Ember followed, i think they sort of mellowed down a bit... andun pa rin yung angst pero parang nabawasan yung tension... great songs pa rin kahit paano and a healthy dose of deliciouly dreamy soundscapes... Filter Filter followed, slightly decent tunes or i maybe i didn't really listened intenly to them... pa labas labas kasi ako nun eh... Then kami na... actually ang daming sabit ni Sir Carl pero okey lang, me, Dennis and Jann Paul tried our best to be steady at all times and i guess me and Apple sang in tune most of the time and i thing for the first time eh we sand the lyrics on most of the songs corrrectly... by the way, that may be the last time we'll be having Dennis session for us... hopefully the next time we play, si Jary na yung mag-gitara sa amin... Dress followes and ako ang naging roadie nila... pinawisan kaya ako ng todo dun... staring out lousily during their first song but looked really good during the rest... they really have good tunes and lovely voices... Last band was Your Imaginary Friends... i only got to see them during their 1st song wherein i tried fixing one of the guitarist's amp... i went out since i was too tired...

Thanks to Christian for having us play... by the way, Buzz Night is on the 24th of this month, a Wednesday and still at Club Dredd...

Pillow Tonight At Strange Geometry

we will be playing tonight at strange geometry with bands mostly from buzz night... at least sure na masaya yung mamaya ang with christian handle the event eh may comfortable kami lalu...

as of now, it will still be carl on bass and dennis on guitars... we haven't been able to get in touch with ralph for quite sometime now and this has propted me to look for a replacement... actually meron na pero he isn't ready yet... hopefully sa Buzz Night sa June 24, pwedeng pwede na sya...

as for now, i just looking forward to the coming days and is very excited about tonights gig...