My last performance in the campus, 大摇 2011

yea I know, been abandoned my blog for many many many months...so now I back!! Seeing most of my friends writing their comments on their last Dayao performance few months ago. So, I decided to write some of my feelings towards Dayao 2011, although it's a bit late..


yup...been involving in this event, 大摇 (Dayao) since 2009 and this time is my last year to join this event. Hope that I can still join this event but already announced that this is my last performance in campus..wont come back here anymore (LOL..too lansi already). But honestly, I developed my talent from the 摇篮手 (Yao Lan Shou) society, which is the main society that organize this event. Still remembered I was just a fresh new kid who only know how to hold a guitar and sing along. However, from this society..I'm glad to meet a bunch of seniors and my buddies who help me along my developing progress. They are SiangXi, Chris, Guo Rong, Mi Zheng, Wan Jia, Rachel and not forgetting my buddies...Zau, yunfei, weesim, kaiwen and palapes. I won't be able to come this stage without them especially my buddies. Anyway, we still have to move on to another level so that we can develop more and more. Always hope that I can go out there to perform and meet new friends instead of just performing in the campus circle..but still lack of the chances. I know I have to fly out there. So..not going to come back campus lu..haha.


Thought I'm going to be more free this time compare with last year when I was the producer in this event but...actually more tiring. Again...stand a chance to sing, play as a musician, doing music arrangement but got a new task, which is leading the juniors. Yea...as a senior, I should teach what I have learnt to the juniors...maybe not much that I can teach but hope that they can learn few things through out the process. This time yunfei and myself came out 2 songs and in charged the music arrangement for another 3 songs. However, 1 of the song was in acoustic..so just let the composer handle it..was quite worried bout it but it turn up not bad in overall =)


Actually yunfei and myself faced many difficulties through out the preparation for the performance. We wanna make something different compare with others in term of the music arrangement. We wanna show our identity, what we are and the message through out the song performance. Still the same..some of the others think that we were dreaming big and we can't make it due to the time constraint and lack of the knowledge in music theory. However, we proved them wrong on that night. I'm glad that SiangXi praised us that our music arrangement have to reach to another level. The most touching moment was Zau finally agreed to help us perform for the song, One Inch Closer. That song was the theme song for my very own band, One Inch Closer...I was trying to compose a song which can show our identity 1 year ago and I did it this time. I was begging Zau for few times but he just refused it but.....one day, Zau messaged me and told me that he should be part of the song and he wanted to perform that song. I was so excited...really. Zau, really thanks to you =) In addition, I would like to thanks to Daniel Khong who helps us out as a drum sessionist. I'm really respect him. Although his skills are limited, but he really put lot of effort on every song. He really dedicated and try his best to meet our expectation. I believe this is what we call..the passion of music? Ya...nearly forgotten bout' Yuan Teng. Thank you for helping me to write the lyrics..the lyrics are very touching. Sorry for bringing you inconvenient.


Received some good comments and also critics bout' this event. Some might say...the songs are too noisy lar, not nice lar, whatever...but some of them do enjoy watching the show. I believe different audience different taste. Honestly, our songs might be can't compare with the professional but I would say that we are the best among the campus level. Our songs composing are more mature..from melody, lyrics and our best advantage, music arrangement. I read some blogs from my friends who complained bout the event. For my advice, please don't critics us by just viewing from the outlook. What abandon band, superstar band, talented band..etc. SHIT YOU!! How much effort have you put in for the performance?? Do you know how hard we have gone through during the preparation? We nearly give up before the performance but we still determine cuz' we know...music is our passion, our life. I'm not talented or luckiest...I'm just hardworking and determine..that's all!


For me...maybe many of them have forgotten who am I. I'm still myself....a singer who sing along with his guitar..like to rock on the stage. I'm not that good till people can call me as musician or music arranger and not even a producer. Yea..I still got lots of space to improve but I will try hard to improve it. What do you think?


Finally, would like to thanks to my buddy, yunfei who keep me still passionate in music. I wouldn't come to this stage without you. Really enjoy the moment that we perform together as a band with our own identity instead of I'm just performing solo. The fun is there when a bunch of friends form a band and achieve a goal together. Yunfei...thanks for motivating me sometimes. I still wanna run the band to go further but we are graduating soon. Heard you got some own plan..so..I won't stop you. I still wanna continue to play as a band...but I nidda start working also..really confuse now. Maybe tonight we will have a meet up and discuss our plan?


yea...almost forgotten (I'm so forgetful). Someone very important to me came to support me that night =) em...will introduce her in upcoming blog..stay tune!! Honestly...I felt really really really excited when I saw u from the stage. It's so touch when you came to watch for my rehearsal 2 days before the event. Thanks le^^


A photographer managed to take this photo during my performance. A prophet claim that it's a good sign that I'm going to be a super rock star in the near future. LOL... Future...who knows?

To Zau and Yunfei, That's a song come into my mind whenever I think bout' the band and how we gone through the difficulties and share the stage enjoyment together. So, wanna dedicated this song to you both..it brings so much memories to me. Hope that we still can go on as a band =)


To everyone who has great passion in music as we do. I would like to dedicated this video to you all. Hope that it can inspire you to be determine and keep chasing your dream. Chill =)

Groove In Motion III

Went to a gig and a national competition last month. The first one was the Groove In Motion III which held at Connection Lounge, PJ on 6/6/10. It just a charity gig but it really means a lot to us. This is the first time my band performed in the public with the others cool underground bands. Kinda nervous but it was excited when we received this gig. SEE!!! my band name, '1 Inch Closer' was in the poster above!! And we are the opening band!! 1000x Thanks to Sim who intro us the organizer.

On that day, we reached 1 hour earlier before the gig started. Since my band is the opening band. So our sound check session was shifted to the last slot. A bit nervous when I went up the stage to do my sound checking because all the musicians from other bands were looking at you. When we ran part of the songs on stage, I realized the my vocal not loud enough from the monitor...and I was too nervous til my vocal got a bit off pitch. Saw some of them were laughing a bit..aiyo~~ I asked the sound man to adjust the volume a bit and everything seems fine now.

YES!! The final moment has came!! When the audience has reached, the host announced our band, really excited but a bit nervous too. So, we performed 4 songs and a short instrumental. The songs are Glamorous Sky, Hello, Without You (own composed) and My Time (own composed). Argh!! still cant put my feeling on singing the songs but overall still ok..some parts didn't sing well. Guess I really nervous..performing in front of so many musicians. After that, we stayed there to watch other bands performance. Some of them are really great, especially Lang. I'm really impressed with them.

The whole gig ended around 7.30pm. Some of the performer and audience came to me and gave me some good comments. All of them hope to see us all in the future. Yea.....am excited cuz' did left a good impression for them. It would be a good starting point for us =)


During our performance....gonna eat the mic already.



current line up for One Inch Closer, Raymee(right pic), our new drummer

Dayao 2010 photos

oops @.@!! so dusty here and spider webs all around!!

I know~~ I'm too lazy... Didn't update my blog for almost half a year. Can I give an excuse that I'm too busy in this half year til I too tired to update? LOL!!

So many many many things happened on me in this 1st half year. In the beginning of the year, I was busy preparing for the biggest song composing performance in UM(Dayao 2010). Since I'm the producer for this event, really got lots of stuff to handle..from stage preparation, practice, administration....etc. Somemore I do performed as musician and also singer...still need to write songs..gosh!! During the preparation period..I know someone not satisfy with me and stab me from behind also. I knew it!! Anyway, still manage to get everything done on time and it goes well. Maybe can't say the event is perfect but it's nice and everyone enjoyed it. So, expectation achieved. The most important thing..she really came to watch my performance. Felt so touching, thank you. I really appreciate it. By the way, I failed my mid-term that time but I felt it's worth. In the end, I managed to get A for that subject and shut my lecturer's mouth!!

Bout my band, 1 Inch Closer. We nearly disband because of some issues. Some of us actually not happy with the band and some continue cuz have to pursue study. But we still hold it on and just left 3 of us, me, zau and cloudfly. I really appreciate that both of them still wanna continue with the band. We still try really really hard to improve ourselves. That time was the lowest peak for my band. Recently, we grabbed the chance to perform at a gig with other famous bands. Luckily, we manage to find our friend, Raymee to be our sessionist as a drummer. Will write more details bout the recent gig soon.

ya...I helped my friend played as guitarist for the national song composing competition. He got 2 songs which went into semi-final. The song arrangement a bit rush because he asked us to help him his songs at the last minute. Damn....can you ask us earlier next time? We are not superman and we got own stuff to do also. Please lar wei.... Anyway, both songs gained into final. So, I think it's worth to put effort on that but felt a bit sad....the song which composed by myself can't even gain into semi-finals. The final will held soon...forgotten the date..ahaha

Now, I working as an intern at Synovate, a market research company. My task?? damn...I've assigned to Calling Department which means I have to call for finding respondents to answer my questionnaire everyday. Everyday I'll be doing the same thing..repeat and repeat again. Tired and bored. No choice...it's one of the course that I have to take to fulfill my bachelor degree. Hopefully can finished it soon.

Bout my job at music center..everything goes well so far. I can feel that the students like me maybe because of my style and they proud to have a rocker teacher. LOL. The principal helped me recruit more and more students now. Currently, I have 8 students under me. So, my part time salary increased.

Lastly, I think I managed to put it down. During this half year, I really think a lot. I wanna get you back but can we live like last time?? Inside my heart, I still have you but I know....I have to take you away piece by piece from day to day. Seeing you still can live so happy now then I'll be relief. Thank you for everything....hope that we are still friend. I have to move on right now!

ahhaha..my favourite quote: *I gotta kick start now!!!*

you....

I know....it's been around 2 months..

but why I still keeping that memories? I should give up but why I still stubborn? thinking still have that little chance? oh..come on..don't make me laugh..