haha yeah i miss that pedal hahah would buy it back any day man
Live 'n' Loaded Episode 5 - 26Feb, 11pm on Ch 5
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haha yeah i miss that pedal hahah would buy it back any day man
cruxgod
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aurigami ,imho, was the best band....
the tv studio setting didnt do justice to wab sounding......
but utt as a host totally cannot make it..
all he does is...
"you are watching liveeeeee and loadddeddddd"
'everyone go wildddddddddddddddd'
'oh so u guys met in republic poly ah,oh aand now u guys are here on stage' -exact words he said to the band fr republic poly after performing...
the tv studio setting didnt do justice to wab sounding......
but utt as a host totally cannot make it..
all he does is...
"you are watching liveeeeee and loadddeddddd"
'everyone go wildddddddddddddddd'
'oh so u guys met in republic poly ah,oh aand now u guys are here on stage' -exact words he said to the band fr republic poly after performing...
Supercalifragalistic91
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sezairi ur band was awesome...was dere to c u guys....gonna vote for u guys hahah
thanks man! but we honestly though that was one of our more crappier performances though. haha. i guess its back to the practice room
but I must say I thought at first WICKED AURA BATUCADA will be just like stomp but ... they are better!growlingsoulpup
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who is Samuel C Wee anyways?
Samuel C Wee is me, growlingsoulpup. Hello syltramon.
I didn't give you a nasty review because in my book you weren't insufferably, tear-my-hair out bad. I didn't give you a "nice" review either because to be honest, I wasn't terribly impressed by the performance.
The review that I wrote was based on my opinion as an average music fan and not a professional music critic, so you're right in the sense that its not a professional critical review. I'm sure, however, that you want the average music fan to enjoy your music as well, not just the professional music critics right?
Ultimately that review is my personal opinion, and people who don't care much for my opinion shouldn't be too bothered by it. If you're interested in taking constructive criticism though, I'm sure you'll be open-minded and accept other's opinions and advice. The ears of musicians aren't just made for music listening, ya know.
Oh and by the way, which other Live N Loaded reviews are you talking about? I was under the impression that I've only written one for Kevin to date...:/.
alvinthedrummer
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Thanks alot juju for your compliments and support. Much appreciated! It's great that Live & Loaded managed to display some dynamics in their choice of genres. And it's great to be accepted by someone cos we really thought only rock lovers will tune in and that there's no way we will be able to compete in volume!
Thanks again!
Alvin Tan
The Olivia Ong Quartet (O2Q)
analogmann
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hey alvinthedrummer, since you're here in the forum, i do have some questions for you.
I was there this Tues night for the recording and i witnessed the 3 false starts that your group O2Q experienced when you guys backed Olivia Ong.
I realised you were trying to cue your metronome (cuz i don't hear other samples or loops being amplified) from the laptop next to you since you were wearing the earphones, and the software failed on you didn't it?
I know the metronome will keep you in tempo and all, but if the show was live, you should have just went ahead and played since you had a monitor speaker next to your drumset and your band wasn't playing dead loud music like A Vacant Affair. Luckily for you guys, it wasn't and the producers edited it off the Thursday telecast.
I personally felt that the few false starts killed the pace and mood of the show, and didn't help that Olivia went "Oh no!!" during the second time.
Why do you need the laptop sequencer/metronome, may i ask? I'm sure you're an accomplished drummer (endorsed by Pearl), and you could do without.
I was there this Tues night for the recording and i witnessed the 3 false starts that your group O2Q experienced when you guys backed Olivia Ong.
I realised you were trying to cue your metronome (cuz i don't hear other samples or loops being amplified) from the laptop next to you since you were wearing the earphones, and the software failed on you didn't it?
I know the metronome will keep you in tempo and all, but if the show was live, you should have just went ahead and played since you had a monitor speaker next to your drumset and your band wasn't playing dead loud music like A Vacant Affair. Luckily for you guys, it wasn't and the producers edited it off the Thursday telecast.
I personally felt that the few false starts killed the pace and mood of the show, and didn't help that Olivia went "Oh no!!" during the second time.
Why do you need the laptop sequencer/metronome, may i ask? I'm sure you're an accomplished drummer (endorsed by Pearl), and you could do without.
vickomaniac
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boon!
i think aurigami's set was pretty good but i wish you guys played tumble.. i love it
i think aurigami's set was pretty good but i wish you guys played tumble.. i love it
alvinthedrummer
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Hi analogmann,
Thanks for asking. I'll answer in 2 parts:
1. The 3 false starts were not due to software failure or device failure. It was due to a bad and EXTREMELY loud and deafening signal being sent to my in-ears from the main mixer board (this signal was also sent to my bassist too). It was so loud that I had to stop or my ear drums would've been blown out. During the sound check, it took about 15 mins for the sound team to get a signal to my monitoring device (the signal that you would get for the floor monitor). However, when they finally managed to send it through, it was blasting loud and extremely distorted. They tried to fix the issue but after trying for 20 mins, I told them to just forget it and to stop the signal from coming in since it will be impossible for us to play with our ears being blown into pieces. They said ok and the stage hand shouted across the floor to have the signal cut and stopped.
However, during the show, seconds before we were supposed to play, the signal suddenly came back on! And therefore there is no way both my bassist and I could play. The worst thing is, it happened 3 times before it mysteriously disappeared. If you need to know what signal came through, it was the screaming from the crowd which a microphone must have picked up but it was EXTREMELY LOUD, distorted and DEAFENING!
2. Just in case you didn't notice, we are a 3 piece band (guitar, bass and drums) but we also had an ago-ago bell playing, keyboard and tambourine playing....so, no, the software wasn't just simply playing a click track for me to play in time with, but rather, playing half a rhythm section worth of instrumental parts for us.
Yes, in any other non-body part damaging situation, we would have kept playing if the software fails.....we may not be a top touring band, but we do have significant touring experience to know so. However, if the show was live, someone (the producer/stage manager etc etc) would've definitely stood out to explain the situation...but since it was gonna be edited, there was no reason to, especially when we were rushing for precious studio time.
And finally, yes, pearl did endorse a drummer that can play without a metronome....I really don't know your reasons for stating my endorsement details but really, who can't play music without a metronome? Its playing with that really challenges most musicians right?
Thanks for asking. I'll answer in 2 parts:
1. The 3 false starts were not due to software failure or device failure. It was due to a bad and EXTREMELY loud and deafening signal being sent to my in-ears from the main mixer board (this signal was also sent to my bassist too). It was so loud that I had to stop or my ear drums would've been blown out. During the sound check, it took about 15 mins for the sound team to get a signal to my monitoring device (the signal that you would get for the floor monitor). However, when they finally managed to send it through, it was blasting loud and extremely distorted. They tried to fix the issue but after trying for 20 mins, I told them to just forget it and to stop the signal from coming in since it will be impossible for us to play with our ears being blown into pieces. They said ok and the stage hand shouted across the floor to have the signal cut and stopped.
However, during the show, seconds before we were supposed to play, the signal suddenly came back on! And therefore there is no way both my bassist and I could play. The worst thing is, it happened 3 times before it mysteriously disappeared. If you need to know what signal came through, it was the screaming from the crowd which a microphone must have picked up but it was EXTREMELY LOUD, distorted and DEAFENING!
2. Just in case you didn't notice, we are a 3 piece band (guitar, bass and drums) but we also had an ago-ago bell playing, keyboard and tambourine playing....so, no, the software wasn't just simply playing a click track for me to play in time with, but rather, playing half a rhythm section worth of instrumental parts for us.
Yes, in any other non-body part damaging situation, we would have kept playing if the software fails.....we may not be a top touring band, but we do have significant touring experience to know so. However, if the show was live, someone (the producer/stage manager etc etc) would've definitely stood out to explain the situation...but since it was gonna be edited, there was no reason to, especially when we were rushing for precious studio time.
And finally, yes, pearl did endorse a drummer that can play without a metronome....I really don't know your reasons for stating my endorsement details but really, who can't play music without a metronome? Its playing with that really challenges most musicians right?
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syltramon
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hello growlingsoulpup
didnt know u were a softie too!
okay, my bad, i didnt take note of the bracketed names of the other LnL reviews, so, my bad. hehe.
yeah, i take in constructive critism, i'm still very young, so got a lot of learning to do.
anyways, hope theres no tension involved in this ya?
didnt know u were a softie too!
okay, my bad, i didnt take note of the bracketed names of the other LnL reviews, so, my bad. hehe.
yeah, i take in constructive critism, i'm still very young, so got a lot of learning to do.
anyways, hope theres no tension involved in this ya?
growlingsoulpup
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Hi Syltramon. Yeap, the other reviews were written by Kevin Matthews (the webmaster) and Sherwin Tay.
Nope, no hard feelings.
Nope, no hard feelings.
Metronome...
Hey man... sorry, just wanted to ask something... how well are you at keeping time without the metronome? Errmmm... maybe u shld check out some stuff of Alvin playing without a click track or metronome, before u actually question his ability to play without a click man...
Anyway, if u were purely asking questions, not a prob... but if u are here to be sarcastic, i really do not know wat your intention is by coming in here to be mean to an accomplished and hardworking musician...
Hey man... sorry, just wanted to ask something... how well are you at keeping time without the metronome? Errmmm... maybe u shld check out some stuff of Alvin playing without a click track or metronome, before u actually question his ability to play without a click man...
Anyway, if u were purely asking questions, not a prob... but if u are here to be sarcastic, i really do not know wat your intention is by coming in here to be mean to an accomplished and hardworking musician...
analogmann
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Yes, i was purely asking questions pertaining to the technical difficulties the band faced in their performance. If you were there at the studio, you would pose the same questions that i did.
Cheers.
