Hmmm. At last I'm home, after a week in camp. Lets see, where do I start? Oh yeah. The band. Guys, I have to be honest. I watched the gig video in camp. I'm not satisfied at our performance. We suck. Yeah. We do. Its time to improve dudes. Yeah, I know NS and school are disrupting our progress, and the fact that the damn-it-so-little free time we had when we're out on our off days/weekends. Although we can't jam together often but I do ask from all of you just take a little time to improve yourself in any means. Improving not just playing with your instruments, but learning about music.
For example, in camp, the only stuff I had for music was my Ipod, my spoilt accoustic guitar and campmates. I made use of songs and, well, tried to learn to sing. Somehow it improves my sensitivity to tone and notes. A little improvement, but I'm happy I improved. I hope you guys could find a way too.
Yk, go play the guitar more dude. You have the talent. You have the skills and the hearing. You have the feel. Pick that guitar. Go online or something and read up about playing the guitar rather than gadgets and equipments for the guitar. You have tonnes of those. Now concentrate on your playing. You're a much better guitarist.
Wan, I know you love the bass. Its time to be wild with the bass and learn more about it too. You, too, got the talent, the hearing. The way I see you play the same notes at different places of your bass so comfortably, even when you change the tuning of your guitar, it just amazes me. Get back to the bass. Lets make music.
Jason, its stressful in camp, especially in your position. I understand dude. The lyrics you composed was superb and the ideas you came up with are funky. I do read your blog. Come'on dude. You being emotional and you're attachment to God could be the key to making awesome lyrics! I know you can do it. Divert the stress, the emotions and exhaustion to lyrics. You're not pointless. You're full of points.
Sorry guys for saying these. I suck so bad that I got fed up and wanna improve, and I wanna push you guys too. I can't help it looking at other bands going far and making it, while we are stuck here. Having a singer or not, we just have to keep going. Hard, its true but I don't see why we can't do it. Drop the pride. Lets just take it that we suck. A motivation for us to improve. OK? We suck. Suck balls. Prove that's wrong. Last words, drop the pride, lets re-ignite our fire again ok?
I went to a gig last night and I heard the band I came to watch play. They didn't know how to use effects, they don't know how to adjust the amp's simple equalizer(they don't know what are treble, mids and bass) but they've got talent in playing the guitar. I was so damn tempted to help them adjust their sound but didn't have the guts. Well, I managed to adjust for one of the guitarist in between one of their songs. Gah! I can't wait to start my Soundman job.
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Creatures of the Night
The wind seems to violently blow
As I see the shadows of the trees dancing in the moonlight
In the reflection of the pond the moon seems to glow
The illumination of the moon seems very bright.
Listen! Quiet! You can hear them sing
The creatures of the night singing their hideous song
The silence of the night their voices sting
They sing their song in unison as if to a choir they belong.
The song they sing you would think they are sad
But you must understand why they sing
Trying to say in their existence they are glad
Creatures of the night to your song forever cling.
You make the darkness of the night seem alive
Each of you singing in your own different way
Oh, the song of the night of this please of me never deprive
It's like I understand everything they say.
I love these sounds as they echo in the air
Listening to them I feel no fear or fright
My dear friends sound as if they haven't a care
For this I know because I too am a creature of the night.
