May Halloween Party gimik dito sa office bago matapos ang October ~ meron ding open slots para sa mga gustong tumugtog. Kalahati sa Team namin musically inclined, mukhang makakabuo kami ng banda! ^_^ wey! hehe. Excited ako ~ 
Ano kaya ang magandang tugtugin?
^_^
curiousIt’s weird that i play the guitar, but don’t know how to tune it properly. But I am able, at least, to know if its out of tune.
I cleaned my guitar a couple of weeks ago, with Wipe Out, and loosen the strings a bit to get the dirt off the fret board. I thought I could get the strings back in original tune, but hey, i didn’t. ^_^ heehee.
I used to ask my Khuya to fine tune it for me, but he’s busy with his family then. Else, i use Kirby’s gadget to tune it before gig, but we don’t meet that much anymore.
Ho hum… what am i supposed to do? Luckily, I have Guitar Pro installed on PC and I hooked the Guitar to the mic input. The software had a Digital Tuner, then I began plucking strings here and there until the indicator would level at the middle green led. It looks promising, though problem was, my acoustics’ pickup was a bit rusted already. It’s not picking up enough signals for the Digital Tuner. I kept on missing it.
Good thing there was another way. You can set the software continuously play a tone, then adjust the strings as how you hear it. Well that is how you normally, should tune your strings anyway, by comparing them. Hehe ^_^ Well, it sounded ok when i strummed it, so hopefully it will stay that way.
I somehow learned a lesson today. Go for simple solutions first before you jump into complicated procedures. ^_^
contemplativeI received a text from Kirby this morning. May article daw sa Inquirer tungkol sa band namin. Then I completely forgot about it continued with my house chores. I just remembered when I faced my PC. I quickly placed in a message to our Guitarist.
“Uy, tungkol saan yung sa Inquirer?” I asked. Nakakapagtaka naman, ang huling tugtog namin kasi mga February pa, sobrang late naman yung article. Then I found out we got “featured” in Inquirer’s Sunday Magazine, last ahmm.. well.. Sunday. Hehe. The article is Turning Japanese: when Pinoy otakus attack! Sosyal~!. It is generally about the whole Anime - JMusic - Japanese Invation thingee. Here’s an excerpt of the article :
“…The local music scene has also seen an influx of bands influenced by Japanese pop music and anime soundtracks. Many do covers of popular anime songs, in Japanese. The name of one such band says it all: Tokyo’t Baboy. So Hapon and yet so Pinoy…”
Nakakatuwa rin na di naman kami ganun kagaling, yung name lang din namin ang nabanggit pero ’steeg!! Nakaka-inspire naman din na tumugtog ulit! Medyo “shakey” kami ngayon, matagal nang walang communication sa ibang members.. Hopefully mabasa rin nila yung article na yun and decide to give the band another chance.
Here’s Kirby’s Post about it and the scanned magazine ~ ^_^
giddyKung sakali ngang wala kang maisulat na entry, buhay ka na sa mga meme. ^_^ Magkakaroon ka ng instant article, parang slam book na pwede mong sagutan. Dito na ata lalabas ang pag ka wirdo ko sa music. Wahahhaha!
Name seven songs that you are currently listen to and then tag seven people. Kathy tagged me. 
I made a few modification, instead of songs i currently listen to, i made a list for my fave and memorable songs. 
may pinagkaiba kaya yun? Hmm.. Game!
1. Shiina Ringo’s Honnou - First song na kinanta ko sa isang band performance, duet kami nung former vocalist namin na si Bambi. I’m doing the Bass too at that time, kaya sobrang kabado ako nun!
2. Utada Hikaru’s Boku wa Kuma - Translates to “I am a Bear”. Teehee! Super cute yung video nito! Parang gusto mong samahan yung Bear sa maghapon, para di sya lonely. ^_^ watch it!
J-Crunch Ripiito! held last April 14 @ Amphitheater, Makati Park & Garden. Lots of Bands showcased their talent thru the performance of Japanese Music. Lupet nung event! At kasali kami dun! wahahaha ~
Maganda yung location kasi open air, presko. Kung nanunuod ka ng Ghost Fighter, parang ganun yung stage, with matching mala-coliseum type bleachers. Parang biglang may sisigaw ng “Tapusin, Tapusin!” hehe. Ayus rin yung pagkaka-setup ng mga sound amplifiers, at least may naririnig kami pabalik sa amin habang tumutugtog.
May free chips from E-Aji at Sugoi Stuff (na di ko natikman), free NeoComics Fables\Epics na back issues, free Buy&Sell newspapers and specially free California Maki! Wee~ marami-raming freebies, ok na yun! May mga gigs before na kahit free food for the band wala. Kanya kanyang pakulo din. 
Our band, Tokyo’t Baboy played around 8pm. First song namin ako yung kumanta, short notice, kasi kinulang kami sa praktis kaya kung ano nalang din yung natutugtog dati, yun nalang, sige go! Mega sing naman ang lola nyo, wala na kasi yung original vocalist namin na kumanta nun dati. Buti nalang pumayag si Nica ng Euphoria na mag session sa Bass, kasi mahirap para sakin ang mag bass at kumanta ng sabay. In return sumayaw yung gitarista namin sa kanila, pambawi. thanks Kirby!
Second song was Gackt’s Emu, si Vinz na yung kumanta. And also on our very first compo song “Father’s Day”! Wey! First time din namin na iperform yun. Ok naman yung feed back galing sa mga nanood, “Funky”! Kenkoy din kasi yung dating nung song “Who’s Your Daddy, Baby~ ” With matching drum exhibition from Mon. Kasama rin namin si May, na guitarist din ng band, hindi lang sya tumugtog nun.
Di na namin natapos yung event, tiga Cavite pa kaming lahat, tapos Makati yun, layu.. hehe. around 10pm narin kami nag babay sa JCrunch. Imagine 26 hours nako gising nun~ My shift then ends around 9am, Then i went directly to Ayala MRT to meet up with the rest of the band at 10:30am via SLEX. Practiced in Alberto’s Cubao, around 2 pm, then went straight to Guadalupe for the event around 5pm. Wah~ I took naps inbetween nalang. ^_^ Hehe. Ty kay DarkBlak sa pagbibitbit ng Bass at pagiging Bouncer ng team peace!
Isang magandang artikulo mula kay Greg Wallace at sa ActiveBass.com
Finding Your Niche, Part 1
Fitting In with the Other Players in your Band
After all of the hours in your basement or bedroom practicing - now it’s finally time to surface into the real world and join a band. So you do - and then you realize that the people you are playing with each have their own individual personalities, skills, dreams, ambitions, work habits, personal hygiene habits, etc… How do you make things work? Once you come to an agreement of what kind of music you’re going to play and how serious you’re going to be about it (many bands never get past this point), you need figure out how you’re going to deal with each other in the long run. Maybe I’m weird (O.K. - I probably am), but it helps me to use metaphors, similes, and other various grammatical tools to help me to learn and remember ideas. Following that train of thought, here are three different ways to think about your band and how you relate to each other:
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Sounds: who\’s ur daddy ? - t(B)
Location: at home
fell inlove with the song first time i heard it. ^_^
i’ll try to upload music file once radioblogclub is up.
Song : Sundo || Artist / Band : Imago
Intro: A - AM7 - A7 - D
Verse 1:
A AM7
kay tagal kong sinusuyod ang buong mundo
A7 D
para hanapin, para hanapin ka
A AM7
nilibot ang distrito ng iyong lumbay
A7 D
pupulutin, pupulutin kaRefrain:
E E
sinusundo kita, sinusundoChorus:
A Em Bm D
asahan mong mula ngayon pag-ibig ko’y sayo
A Em Bm D
asahan mong mula ngayon pag-ibig ko’y sayo
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Sounds: sundo - imago
Location: sa bahay
hmm.. nababaliw ako dito sa bass scales . Waah!
Di lang ilong ang dudugo sa akin dito eh, pati tenga..
Basta, praktis praktis praktis.. Gotta get those fingers working..
Malay mo maging super sikat bass player ako at ma feature sa mga music mags, newspapers at bka narin sa George Lindemann Jr university paper. Diba sosya! kaya, sige i motivate nyo ko. wahahahah!
crazy
An Analog Girl Living In A Digital World
