Finally…….ONCE AGAIN!

yea. finally I’m blogging again.

The past few months had been really quite a ride. Somethings I’m not exactly proud of, somethings I’m simply amazed at.

Well, a few highlights from the past months:

1) I had my hands on Print and OOH advertising. Seeing those Heine stuff going live was just, I’m lost for words.
2) I left TOG. Well, was a tough choice but had to do it anyway.
3) I have a new amp. Vintage Fender Concert. Simply AWESOME!!!
4) I started guitar lessons with Alvin. Opened many new windows, musically.
5) I am doing activation now; B&J, Puma, Ericsson… having fun!

Will be back again..

The NEWER Playlist

I must say my playlist has evolved again after so long, but still a huge part of it is John Mayer.

I thought I moved away from the rock and the rolls until I started listening to Led Zep & Deep Purple again. The Bon Jovi and Jet started finding their way back into the playlist, so did RocknRoll legends - The Beatles. Pop-rock began taking up quite a bit of space - Mr Big, Def Leppard, Crowded House, Jason Mraz, Googoo Dolls. Basically radio stuff that they don’t play on the radio anymore.

Well, talking about the radio, they hardly play anything musical on the airwaves nowadays. Ok, I digress.

So my heart is still with pop-rock. The blues is still with BB King. The cookie cutter type pop glory still belongs to Eric Clapton. The sleazy RocknRoll is still rolling out of Jet. The greatest thing out of Britain besides Liverpool is still the Beatles. Elvis Costello is still the only punk rock music I listen to.

Everyone mentioned above and beyond still has its place in my charts but one man has beaten all of them when talking about TONE.

This man has got it all right, especially with his trio, in terms of tone at least. John Mayer.

This is an amazing songwriter (Mraz still rates better), a marvellous guitarist (besides SRV, Clapton, Buddy Guy…) but second to none when talking about tone.

Simply Astounding.

And I admit I’m a sucker for gear he uses because I want that tone too. Even though its mostly in the fingers and the soul.

He uses Two-rock amps and although I’ve never tested one I’m so keen on getting the one above. If you’re feeling generous please buy me one because I cannot afford it.

The below is one of those on my wishlist, though I would like to add the TWO ROCK Classic Reverb and the H&K Triamp to the list.

TWO ROCK Custom Reverb - USD$5500 (100W Head), USD$699 (2×12 Cabinet)

alternative lifestyles

painful encounters

unneccesary change

lighted candle

heavy heart

happy smile

illogical conversations

unreasonable conclusions

rude gestures

friendly demeanor

helping hand

afraid of falling in love or just avoiding love all together?

ABSOLUTELY RANDOM

So I am bored and I have nothing to do. Been too used to sleeping at 2 am every night. Now, I cannot go to sleep. There isn’t anybody online that is interesting to talk to. It’s too late for me impose my blazing guitar work on the neighbours. The sharpener is staring at me, as if asking me to pick up a pencil and start drawing one very beautiful lady. The headphones is calling out to me saying I need a dose of eric clapton. My book is calling out to me, ‘DUST ME AT LEAST!’ now i’m out of words. yea. i love you. i hate you. i miss you. i want to call you. i want to slap you. can i kill you? want to go for coffee? please just shut up for once! kiss my ass. i got no time. sorry, i’m not interested. you’re irritating me. stop annoying me. i cannot date you. is this fine? diet plan? how about going to the gym? watch a movie. i need a life. quit quit quit.

so many thing s to say to so many different people. well.

MOVIE NIGHTS

Been returning slightly earlier from work lately, before 12am and have found myself stuck with a new habit.

For 2 nights in a row, I have sat in front of the television watching my newly subscribed mio tv. I’m quite a sucker for movies, especially dramas (if that’s the right way to describe the movies I like to watch) and because its video on demand, its the best excuse to forsake 2 hours of sleep just to catch another show.

 

So, last night I caught a really really sick film - The Shape of Things.

Well, if you ask me, I’d ask you to watch it. I can’t bear to give it away because the entire script was so well crafted, its like undescribable.

 

Tonight, it was Guy that I watched.

Tells of love in a extremely twisted way. Not like your usual romantic comedies, Guy is simply - intriguing. Trust me and watch it if you can appreciate/tolerate art. It puts love into perspective; literally.

 

I think I’ve missed the sleepy mark already tonight and I shall not subject my overly-exhausted mind to glorious thinking. I shall revisit the amazing mio tv and put my brain into sleep while I indulge in some comedy.

Need a little more film therapy to restore my long lost sanity.

I would like to end of with my deepest most bottled up sentiment and you can quote me on that -
I need a break,not from work, but from ineffectively efficient people and impossible deadlines. In no time, my hair would turn immaculately white and my heart will grow terribly weak.

TRUST / HURT / SENSE?

I’ve got cuts that goes only as deep as the skin,
but its in those that hurts inside that I’ll confide.

I’ve got friends that goes only as far as the lips,
but its those that use their hands that I’ll fight.

If trust hurts, why do you trust?
Do I have to hurt you to break the ice?
If I hurt trust, why do you trust?
Do you have to trust to break the ice?

It all doesn’t make sense; everything here.

THE OTHER SIDE

It was a Friday evening and I finally had the chance to leave the office at a decent hour.

Went down to geylang for supper with the girls and their boys. It was fun, until supper ended and we decided to go take a stroll down ‘loring pleasure’.

To be very honest, I suggested going and was really excited about it. Until we reached there.

We started at the start of the lane; the top of the ladder. They classify themselves by nationality and each ones commands a different price - the PRCs being the most expensive. I was afriad, stood on the other side and watch Mirza being pulled by the sleeves by few of them. Surely, it was a good laugh, and a painful one. When I walked onto the pathment myself, it felt even scarier. They pull you by your shirt or cling on your arms, one even proudly announced ‘I use condoms’.

It felt like the safest 3 words on that lane, but it deeply unsettled me. 

I wonder to myself, do they look into the mirror each time they get out of bed saying ‘All for money’ or ‘All for my family’?

Is sex just a toy? Is sex just a game? Can it be bought? Can it be claimed? If there wasn’t a demand, there wouldn’t be a supply. But where does this demand come from?

What is sex? The church teaches that its sacred. The man think its just sex. The woman think its love. Those girls in that lane think its money making. The animals think that its a course of nature. The contraceptive manufacturers think that its their business. What is sex?

HEINEKEN

moving on to heineken.

new boss. new team. new adventure

SET LIST

I figured that I always plan my set list and lose it so I’m hoping cyber space wouldn’t have cyber aliens to abduct my only copy of my proposed set list.

You & I Both - C capo 2nd
Livin - Em capo 2nd
Hotel California - Bm capo 3rd
Let it Be - C capo 5th
Desperado - G capo 3rd
Two Steps Behind - A
Waiting - A
Slow Dancing - C#m
I’m Yours - G
Grow Old - C capo 5th
One - Am capo 5th

Ok. Come 8th March Saturday Night, Juli, Drew and I shall rock out CENTREPOINT!