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Intro
i am who i am
i hate squatting toilets and people who cycle on pedestrian paths
i love my sg gibson bass guitar and playing crisis core
i spend half my life in yuhua secondary school
make some noise!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Oh my goodness it's so hot. It was so hot on stage just now I was DYING. I hate wearing jeans for gigs!
Thank you to the people who came down just now; let's see if I can remember all correctly... in no order of merit okay? Syafiq, Kamal, Shukur, Liza, Jasmine, Luvenia, Fatimah, Alson, Daniel, Edward, Farhan, Alim, Amali, and Zaki! Yes! Did I forget anyone? :) Thanks guys, it really really made my day. And thanks Liza for the rose! HAHA so happy :)
The set was great. I made mistakes, but I think it wasn't too bad. In fact no one seemed to realise there were mistakes. HAHA. Maybe they were just pretending, but I don't care. :D I'm so happy, I just don't care.
I realised just now, playing onstage, beside my sister, sweating under the spotlight, with people I care for and who care for me, cheering us on... I realised,
that is where I want to be. Playing isn't hard. Playing well isn't hard either. But performing is something else... You can't play to your guitar and hope people will like it... You actually have to look up and smile and be confident that your fingers know the song and the guitar so well you don't need to worry about them missing the fret or forgetting the playing... And for me that's a big problem... I am not a very confident bassist, you can ask my sister or Andrew. The first time I played with them, in Dec 2008, I was staring at my bass the whole time, I didn't dare look up... And I took one step away from the spot where I was playing, played a wrong note, and didn't dare move again... It's only now that I have managed to loosen up and be more comfortable on stage. I wonder how far I will have to go before I can play like Mike Dirnt (who is TEH AWESOME). Or the bassist from Simple Plan, duno what his name is. They can all jump around like mad fools. I am still trying to move! Oh well.
The nicest part of just now was my mum saying to me that she thinks I have a great gift for music. :) At least now I know I'm doing something right.
Labels: esplanade, pervy boy
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