missionmetallica.com
April 21st, 2008I have very high expectations for this album. Produced by the great Rick Rubin. There’s a website created specially for the new album as reported by Rock Radio.
Rock Band Logos
March 3rd, 2008The best found junkie stuff this month goes to pictograms.blogspot.com.
Wah Taa!
The Guitar Effects Craze.
February 20th, 2008Other than enjoy doing what I do for a living, I have do enjoy playing the guitar. And I do love a great guitar setup with all sorts of effects to create a really sweet & nice guitar tone. Like how Tom Morella making his guitar sound like a harmonica out of his setup or Steve Vai’s crazy laughing guitar stunts via his setup.
Over the years, the following is my setup:
Things come and go but I have added the following since:
- Boss DS1
- Artec Soloist Distortion
- Morley Classic Wah
- Danelectro FAB Echo
- Boss DD6 (Getting my reserved unit weekend!)
In looking for pedals, I always consider the following:
- Tone – Blunt or sharp, overtones or has less tonal output?
- Sound – Warm, round, fat, thin, loud, femine, rough, harsh, dirty, etc?
- Durability – Can it stand abuse?
- Looks – It has to be cool..
- Necessity – Do you really need a Fuzz unit to play like Eddie Van Halen?
- Value – If I were to sell it to someone else, will it be appreciated as much as a new unit?
- Benifits – Can this little pedal help me tap better?
To get the stuff you want, you got to know the trick of the trade. Some stores will give a better price, some through blogs, some forums, contacts, junk shops, etc. For starters, here are some cool sites to check:
- Awakening KL’s Stompbox Classifieds Blog (A friends recording studio & pratice studio)
- Rockok Music Website (Trust me this one is really cool)
- Gapnap’s Gear Sale (He’s got really cool stuff sometimes)
- Guitarist’s Wishlist (Prestigious Boutique Pedals)
- ToneZone Studio (Passionate people doing their part)
- LowYat’s Garage Sales page (Updates on post almost ever hour)
- Jamtank.com Classifieds ( The place where local musicians trade)
- Jamtank.net Classifieds (The newer place where local musicians trade)
Some really cool boutique pedals can be seen as below:
The all new Steve Vai signature series pedal, The Jemini!
The value of these things not only depend on their tone but also the country of origin, the year of which it was made, the brand and finally looks. You can check out some setups on guitargeek.com. Plus plenty other support forums for guitar effects pedals.
Hello, good morning, how you do?
February 2nd, 2008
Lucky me got a free Switchfoot concert ticket. A Media Pass actually to be specific. So i get to walk around acting like some reporter-wannabe. It was kind of cool.
U2 3D Movie
January 26th, 2008 
Bono, Edge, Adam & Larry does it again. Turning heads and breaking into new grounds. This time, in 3D! Namely U23D. It seems that this movie will usher in a new era of 3D concert films. Probably they might have some really super out-of-this-world effects to cater to such expectations. Released two days ago on the 24th of January. Reviews and comments about the show are all over the internet. A pretty personal interview with producer/co-director Catherine Owens can be found at U23D’s blog right here.
Too bad there is no screening in IMAX at Times Square in Bukit Bintang. I’ve always always wanted to go to a U2 concert. When will they have their stop in Kuala Lumpur? It seems like big bands prefer to stop at our neighbors rather than around here. I wonder why. I seriously wonder why.
DARK FOREST!
October 31st, 2007I’m very very busy with the Kancil Awards website now. Work for the Kancil Annuals have not started yet.
Just click on the link below to listen to a song that expresses my current feelings:
It’s all guitars.
Edit: I realized I forgot about the bass guitar for the song.
Latest guitar teacher
October 27th, 2007Meet Dave Weiner, my guitar tutor for the past few months. Dave has been touring with Steve Vai for the past 8 years upon Steve’s request and has been making wonderful music since.
After realizing that I couldn’t really commit myself to attend lessons, I realize I needed to do something before my hobby goes down the drain. I turned to Dave’s Riff of the Week using ITunes to download these weekly Podcasts. They have been of great help in refreshing on the basics and kerning beats and notes on the fretboard. I don’t really follow every lessons thought directly but they do keep my mind fresh about how things should be approached in music.
Upon getting an old nice and sweet sounding Yamaha F-20 guitar amp last week, for only RM180, I’m recharged after not having an amplifier for the past 4 years.
Last week, Riff of the Week saw it’s 100th episode on-air.
P.s: Other that Riff of the Week, I also subscribe to Typeradio and have discontinued some other subscriptions due to limited space on my Mac. 