1 hr 45 min of concentrated practice.

Refining the solo for friday's performance. Technique's still a tad sloppy. Fingers are callused and peeling. its 1:48 AM. But it feels so good.

i cant wait to woodshed after graduation. i know, i am such a geek. :)

Get the funk out

whoa. Awesome groove. Killer technique. I cant wait to figure this out once FYP's out of the way!

Get the funk out yo!

Final sem is flying by. Its been mostly lots of work. Sleepless nights. But there are some good moments. Like jam sessions at hall 8 every thursday. Listening to good music at grace's room. Sleepover at boon's last night. Oh, and today's jamming with the prof. Its somewhat amusing but also refreshing to see how enthused he was while he was playing with us. I guess that love for performing is still there even after retiring from his gigging days. i love how people from all walks of life can bond over the shared love of music.

Most groups are counting down to the 25th March. But for us, full steam ahead till 19th April. Ah well. This too shall pass. And God uses difficult times to mould our character. :)

Friday's happenings.

i think this is so sweet! http://howoureyesmeet.livejournal.com/

Too bad im not a photography buff so i cant do this with my future boyfriend! heh.

i am SO tired. But im so glad i went for prayer meeting tonight. i must remember to abide in Him, in the midst of the hectic days ahead. :) And to trust Him!

Other random updates from the day...

My trusty Sony earphones are spoilt. :( im using the spare Apple ones non in-ears. i dont like. Its also a tad big for my ears.

Prof larry liked our song alot! He actually listened to the whole song, while for other groups, he cut them off midway. And he said it was 'explosive'. The late night jamming last night paid off, even though we've still got a few kinks to iron out. :)

i feel like the song doesn't do cheryl justice though. Yes, it is about cheryl. sigh. Got carried away with making the instruments and melody sound good, that the song doesn't convey its original meaning anymore. I have a long way to becoming a good musician.

OH. Prof also asked a few of us to come for his guitar masterclass! foc. i think its awesome how he takes time outside class like that to teach students guitar. BUT its on mondays at 230pm..during tim clark's class. :(:(:( To which he told me to just skip class! haha. im hoping theres no tutorial for this coming monday so i can at least attend one and see how its like!

aiight. The bed beckons!

Midnight Express

Just finished first draft of fyp report. My part that is. We'll prolly have to compile it together later in the week. zzzz.

Here's a song for everyone having to stay up past midnight full steam ahead into the wee hours for fyp or whatever school grossness. its 5:26am now.

Midnight Express by Nuno Bettencourt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaMcf63f7Ic

Sheer brilliance on the acoustic guitar. :) Check out his solo work, and lead guitar lines with Extreme. Embedding is disallowed for all the MVs so click on the link.

I don't usually listen to Kelly Clarkson. But i have to say that she sings SO well live. Almost pitch perfect. And she has such an amazing rock voice. Addicted is my favourite song by her.

Update: She's coming our way! April 27.

http://soft.com.sg/forum/music-kopi-tiam/175685-kelly-town.html

Phew. Just finished composing and recording the lyrics and melody for a song for one of my modules. i realise i really need to work on my breath control for vocals. Some of the band are coming over tomorrow. i hope they like it.

its 345am now. heh i think id better not work on the guitar solo now. i really hope the neighbours don't complain tomorrow!!!

zzzz.

Free Tickets! WOOHOO

YAY! ive just been notified that i won free tickets to Steve Lukather's guitar clinic! :) hahaha quite cheap thrill, because the tickets weren't expensive to begin with. But this is the first time i actually won something from one of those enter and win free tickets kinda contests!

whoa next next weekend will be packed with so many gigs to attend. Steve on sat, Robben Ford's guitar clinic on Sunday, and their combined concert with Randy Brecker, Bill Evans and alot of other musicians sharing the stage on monday. ahhh. i would go for all of them if i weren't so busy! :(

im in such a dilemma now whether to go for sat or mon. i really want to catch robben ford so sunday ill definitely be down. can i go for all? howhow