Event: SOFT Gathering
Date: 1 March 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 12pm - 6pm
Venue: *scape Youth Centre (indoor) Scape
Ticket: FREE!!
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Come early as the venue can only house 100 people.
SOFT.com.sg and terraBox presents
FRETBOARD FRENZY: Rise of the Stringers
Workshop Highlights
Essentials for Rock Guitarists by Simon Lai
With your favourite rock song in your music player and your trusty guitar, you set out to learn how to play that song. However, you may soon realise you lack certain skills or unsure on achieving certain sounds. Basics such as bending, sliding, tapping and power chords are some of several techniques that will be covered by Simon Lai to help you get started. Simon was part of local bands Audio BreakOut, first runner-up in The Straits Times' first School of Rock competition, and Hidama, winner of the Singapore Street Festival's Jrock Band Taisen competition
Melodic Improvisation with Basic Lead Guitar by Brandon Gan
To be able to play a song is one thing; to be able to improvise during a song is another thing altogether. If improvisation is your cup of tea and an area that you want to work on, then allow Brandon Gan, guitarist of rock band Withered Tree and a music teacher, to show you how. Starting from the basics of the pentatonic scale and improvising using the scale to getting the most out of your tone using controls on the guitar and varying pick attacks.
Classic Rock by Paul Danial
Go beyond the modern interpretations of rock and delve into its past incarnations of the blues to rock and roll with experienced guitarist Paul Danial. Having played the guitar since the age of six, his styles evolve around the blues, rock, country, funk and metal and he currently gigs with Ministry of Rock, of which the band will release their debut album soon. In this workshop, expand your music knowledge as Paul introduces the key figures of hard rock and heavy metal in the 60s and 70s, their influences and the fusion of 'East meets West' guitar styles into blues in the early days.
Composing Tragic Killer Riffs and Solos by Simon Yong
Simon Yong is no stranger to the music scene, notably being the 7 stringer-geetarer of progressive rock band Zero Sequence, stunt geetarer with The UnXpected Band and a live session player for singers Shirlyn Tan and Maia Lee. In this segment, Simon shares his experiences and styles of writing and playing music for a progressive rock band, the various playing styles and finding one's identity, and his choice of expression and attitude over accuracy and precision.
Rhythm, Dynamics, Groovin' and Sauce by Rosli Mansor
A music teacher. A studio and live session player. A music composer for short films, schools, radio and television jingles and the Nickelodeon and Nick Jr channels. An instrumental guitarist who released Singapore's first full-fledged rock instrumental album, Dragged. These are the embodiments of one individual: Rosli Mansor. With his treasure chest of experiences, he will dish out the importance of getting the rhythm, dynamics and groove of playing in various scenarios and topping it up with the sauce. And it ain't over until Rosli pulls out his most prized treasure from the chest…
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FRETBOARD FRENZY, the brainchild of instrumentalist Rosli Mansor and produced by terraBox, aims to provide a platform to showcase local experienced and aspiring musicians with a common factor: their unbridled passion for the fretboard.
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Guitar Day @ SOFT Gathering - 1 March 2008
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