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hi all, Coffee & Cigarettes (not the movie!) is a music blog based in singapore. its aims are to promote music writing in singapore, share the music we love by providing mp3s for a limited time, and to create a community that has a common passion for good music. check us out at...

hello there im thinking of taking up the double bass.. so anyone here plays the DB? got any stories to share? i'm kinda infatuated with the double bass & would like to start with it first, although eventually i'd wanna play the bass guitar too.. im thinking of getting a teacher for double bass...

anyone going to SP's music & audio technology course? or anyone went there? how's it? good?

hello there, some tracks i made.. it's all very quirky electronica - i had lotsa fun making them, so i hope you'll have fun listening to them too.. throw hurting comments my way! heh. http://www.geocities.com/thecartoonpopchoir/an_old_man.mp3 an old man in an empty room...

hello there! anyone here actually into nanoloop or gameboy music? or pretty toy instruments or audio/electronic devices-turn-instruments via circuit bending? recently i got really interested gameboy music & a whole host of quirky electronica & live laptop shows. apparently in other countries...

hey guys, what do u think of ableton live? is it difficult to master? ive always been really intimidated by all these softwares.

thanks ;)

sorry for the ignorance, but what do u call this instrument played by the woman in the middle of the pic? [/img]

hey guys i need a little help here. i just bought a eurorack UB802 home because - if for no other reason - i wanted to see exactly how a mixing console works. my questions are: 1) what does a mixing console exactly do? does it RECORD? 2) if it does record, so what if i connect it to my...

i'll be going to SAE come july. i've heard some gd things from some alumni but it seems everyone has different things to say. anyone attended SAE? come out & tell me your story! i'm really interested in knowing exactly how SAE is. i want details! heh. anyone IN SAE now? ;)

so far it seems most of u guys are play around with the electric guitar? anyone classically trained in guitar here? anyway prefer the acoustic? oh & please introduce some local acoustic bands to me, if there're any! ;)

is it actually possible to pursue a degree in sound engineering in singapore? ive been doing my research but just cant seem to find anything, apart from the music technology course at the various polys & lasalle. the hong kong art academy, for instance, offers music design & sound technology as...

hey guys just thought i'd do some free advert for this new shop. it's actually a new shop in marina square that carries both new &- mostly - used cds. it's called "earz" & u can actually find many rare cds there. most of the cds (in fact save for a few) are sold below 10 bucks, but are all in...

hey people, just wondering if there're any local groups out there doing electronic folk pop or rock.. dont know if you've heard, but there's this great resurgence of folk pop/rock in HK right now. there's at17, chet lam, the pancakes - all supposedly "indie" but now rather big in HK. would love...

hey all, we've vacancies for 3 music writers on our new publication of a "zine" (though we'd loathe to call it that). we're looking for people with a natural flair for writing & who're passionate about music. your job includes having to write reviews of CDs, gigs & other music-related events, do...