i’ll be here. will you?

finally, i’m gig-ing with underheadlights! haha yes those who know, know that i haven’t been able to play with my band for their 1st 2 gigs due to certain obvious reasons =P but now i’m able! woohoo! so this is where u can catch underheadlights first ever full band gig!

you are the revolution! and its at the final stage right here in kl. well, not really kl, acts church summit usj actually. we’ll be playing on the last day (closing band woot!) so come and support us aiight? no more places for the conference, but the night event starts at 7pm. and at the strike of 10pm, we’re teleporting to:

alive and amplified! dare i say the 1st full band gig in a halo cafe setting? heh, basically everything you need to know about the gig is in this flyer. our 1st gig with a flyer! basically our studio roped us into this gig, so a big thank you to john @ munkee music for this opportunity.

see all of you there!

beat the system needs you!

my “indian” band is in discovery stage @ cineleisure this 2nd august, and there’s an online portion to the competition. the winner is the band with the highest number of votes online. so yes, beat the system needs you! if you havent heard any of our tracks yet, you can search us on facebook at “beathesystem” or just go to myspace.com/beathesystemband to hear our songs. here’s the link for voting

http://vote.mynightwish.net/

all you need to do is register for an account, click on the link in the verification email, login, and vote for beathesystem. pls remember to fill up 10 stars aiight? =]

do note that the website brings u to the next band’s page after u have voted, so don’t keep voting 10 stars, or else you would’ve voted for all the bands eventually

its a 1-registration-1-vote thing, but they also track your IP, so if u wish to do multiple votes, u can vote once at ur office, once at home, once at starbucks, once at a cybercafe, etc =D

also if u have a blog, pls help us by blogging about this! all help is very much appreciated by us at beathesystem. we love you! =]

campur charts goes on a tour

 if u’ve been to laundry @ the curve b4, u would probably know that fly.fm has their local music scene show, campur chart goes live there almost once a week. its a pretty sweet place to survey the local music scene whether it be rock, hip hop, brit rock or watever. basically any band on the chart will eventually play at this live show. well, seeing that this fixed venue has benefited the folks of klang valley, now comes a new take to it.

yes. now they’re touring. haha. and i’ll b going with them. yes i know, u dont see oneted on this poster. neither is there beat the system. well, that’s because i’m going as army of three’s official roadie! haha, yeah. u know the guy who goes on stage b4 the stars go up there to play. yeah tats me. heh, thought it would b a good experience. and i would b able to mingle with acts like love me butch and the otherside orchestra. so its all good. if u’re around the area. pls come. mmu ppl. u’re on holiday. pls come =]

who knows. army of three might play some of their new tracks =\

beat the system @ the star youth2

bought the star today? well, although they are very controlled by BN, i shall advertise them on this blog just this once =] there was a short writeup in the youth2 section on several local bands. they only highlighted 2 bands though: dragon red & beat the system. so, click here to jump to it.

my name is there, though i’m not in the picture due to the recentness of my entry to the band =\ its all good though.

army of three is also gonna b on a fly.fm touring gig in johor next saturday. check them out if u have the time. its during midterm break =]

p/s: added 1 friends quote, and updated my wishlist =] *bounce*

p/s2: for a good laugh at how i have looked like before, click here =]

bts @ 1cafe

no, this blog is not dead.

the owner however. heh.

well. i’m trying to kill my laziness. so bear with me =] i’ll b playing at this new place called one cafe with beat the system on the 16/2. would be cool if u came to support us. we’ll be playing a few old songs as well as 1-2 new songs. so if u haven’t heard me in my new band, pls drop by. i might even buy u a drink =] here’s a map in case u don’t know where it is. its somewhere around the pudu, central market area.

time details would be announced later. prolly evening-night-ish =]

bts : rottw&klfm

my other band qualified for this event. really thank God that we did, cause its a nationwide BOTB, and i haven’t played at any event with more than 300 people. if u can come, pls let me know. its quite far though, rawang ><

oh yeah, i’ll also be on RADIO tomorrow. tune in to KL FM 97.2FM at 3PM, its basically an interview. some of our tracks will be played obviously. i’m sure they’ll accept callers, so do show your support if you can =]

event review: teenacity

young ppl rock. haha, well tats not entirely true. i guess teenacity (funky name for their teens group) peeps rock! they are an amazing crowd, very responsive. you dont feel all alone up on stage when u’re playing for them =]

sorry no pictures! couldn’t find any1 that has any. didn’t even see any cameras on that day actually. now, back to the event…

it was a nice, small crowd. about 20-30 ppl. sound was echo-y but surprisingly nice. maybe its because acts is blessed wit a sweet ampeg bass amplifier! *drooLz* well, we came on after the worship and announcements, and rocked 3 songs b4 handing the time over to ps. andy.

i was going a little overboard with my stage presence thingy i reckon. there are times i get to caught up at trying to feel the music, tat i end up playing the wrong note =P then there was this time where i jumped, and landed on my cable, hence breaking the connection to the amp… hehehe

good stuff of the day

• nice crowd = stage presence comes more naturally
• nice amp= bass sounds better than bassist is actually playing =P
• its easier to play to strangers than friends (for me at least)

not-so-good stuff of the day

• we weren’t really prepared. we were playing a new cover (united live – can’t live a day). but everyone was focusing on Him, not us. so i guess our mistakes here and there weren’t tat noticable =P
• wee liem couldnt reach the highest notes on the new song =P

there’s a certain joy. a certain satisfaction.

when u make music, and ppl worship God from it.

teenacity pre-easter

acts church, 2nd floor, summit hotel
130pm
7th april

for the uninformed public who has yet to hear our original songs, do come and show ur support and to scream “lenard rox!” =]

amber

.most recent creation by farewell my concubine

1.reasons to look into my eyes you’ll see that
friends with wings will know you’re a lie but now
my skin is burned my thoughts are not right
angels say its nothing but life

CH.all of these years in all those concrete walls
the picture is just falling down right now
the lights are all gone and you know you’re alone
all thats left for you is amber

2.blessings will come out in disguise just be
as selfish and you’ll keep all your cries and as
time goes by you finally grow old
suddenly your life is a lie

words by julian chow
edited by lenard teo