turbochicken
New member
've been in soft since last jan, perhaps too late for an intro, but here goes.
i'm basically a drummer of 14 years. mostly self taught, plus a few years in orchestras and a couple of private lessons. have been with the People's Association Lifeskills and Lifestyles as drum instructor since 2002. am now working for a church as music instructor. also a percussionist of 7 years, a guitarist of 10 plus 20 years of bathroom concert experience.
bathroom because i took part in the pu wei yi kang zhi ye kids singing competition in '92 and got buzzed out within a verse coz i had no idea what was a minus 1, 0 key or -1 key and i told the fella put it -1 key since the song was a tad too high for me and i sang to it the original key.
was tone deaf. the embarrasment took me years to recover.
better now. relative pitch.
i was active in a few bands, one of which i'm still with, Amber. for those who followed channel U's superband you'd probably know us. did gigs, paid and unpaid, big shows small shows...you know, the usual local chinese band route. never made it big, just made it meaningful.
've been with Ocean Butterfly music as composer and arranger since 2002. taboo, but my boss passed away before my song was sold to some m'sia singer. now i'm sort of left on the shelf.
played in the Ark (mu chuan) for about a year. did some arrangements for them. am the official drum instructor for them as well.
explored computer music a few years back, now doing music and fx for animations and demo recordings. learning curve is still steep. with everything i learnt i learn of more things i don't know.
i'm currently using:
cubase. reason. ableton. acid pro. wavelab. NI guitar rig. halion. bfd. powerbook g4. rode nt 2000. sm57. alesis usb mix. maudio fw410. maudio key49. presonus bluetube. krk rp5. monster cables. yamaha apx 6a.
i read Vikram Seth and Jeanette Winterson. i listen to DT, Neri Per Caso, Earth Wind Fire, David Tao and Eason Chan.
here's some of my stuff:
labamba, party edition (cover)
collaboration with Chan Min (all electric guitars)
http://download.yousendit.com/8453F8CC063F9C15
tribal dance, darkened edition (cover)
2nd collab with Chan Min (all guitars)
http://download.yousendit.com/B7BB2F7024A74361
silent night, a cappella edition
http://download.yousendit.com/C42FD4BD05951595
beautiful (original)
http://download.yousendit.com/9DC53D4653671C83
i also write: http://roundshortfatcuteboy.blogspot.com
my personal web (business) and myspace are there as well.
there. me, in a nutshell (quite a big one apparently.)
turbochicken
i'm basically a drummer of 14 years. mostly self taught, plus a few years in orchestras and a couple of private lessons. have been with the People's Association Lifeskills and Lifestyles as drum instructor since 2002. am now working for a church as music instructor. also a percussionist of 7 years, a guitarist of 10 plus 20 years of bathroom concert experience.
bathroom because i took part in the pu wei yi kang zhi ye kids singing competition in '92 and got buzzed out within a verse coz i had no idea what was a minus 1, 0 key or -1 key and i told the fella put it -1 key since the song was a tad too high for me and i sang to it the original key.
was tone deaf. the embarrasment took me years to recover.
better now. relative pitch.
i was active in a few bands, one of which i'm still with, Amber. for those who followed channel U's superband you'd probably know us. did gigs, paid and unpaid, big shows small shows...you know, the usual local chinese band route. never made it big, just made it meaningful.
've been with Ocean Butterfly music as composer and arranger since 2002. taboo, but my boss passed away before my song was sold to some m'sia singer. now i'm sort of left on the shelf.
played in the Ark (mu chuan) for about a year. did some arrangements for them. am the official drum instructor for them as well.
explored computer music a few years back, now doing music and fx for animations and demo recordings. learning curve is still steep. with everything i learnt i learn of more things i don't know.
i'm currently using:
cubase. reason. ableton. acid pro. wavelab. NI guitar rig. halion. bfd. powerbook g4. rode nt 2000. sm57. alesis usb mix. maudio fw410. maudio key49. presonus bluetube. krk rp5. monster cables. yamaha apx 6a.
i read Vikram Seth and Jeanette Winterson. i listen to DT, Neri Per Caso, Earth Wind Fire, David Tao and Eason Chan.
here's some of my stuff:
labamba, party edition (cover)
collaboration with Chan Min (all electric guitars)
http://download.yousendit.com/8453F8CC063F9C15
tribal dance, darkened edition (cover)
2nd collab with Chan Min (all guitars)
http://download.yousendit.com/B7BB2F7024A74361
silent night, a cappella edition
http://download.yousendit.com/C42FD4BD05951595
beautiful (original)
http://download.yousendit.com/9DC53D4653671C83
i also write: http://roundshortfatcuteboy.blogspot.com
my personal web (business) and myspace are there as well.
there. me, in a nutshell (quite a big one apparently.)
turbochicken
