another music related rants

so.. about a week ago, I was bored so decided to browse through myspace and listen to local bands. yes! support your local music!
(to those who called me "anak brunei"- you guys know who you are! I know what you're thinking, Nie cha is back to her 'support brunei' speech. haha)
a friend actually suggested me to review on local bands. Not sure that was a good idea. especially the fact that I'm new in this whole metal genre, and my knowledge in music is almost zero/nada/zilch. hehe.

here are things that I noticed
- some songs are rather rushed. its okay to take 1 whole year to write a song. LOL. it's the quality that matters.
- yes, guitar masturbation(yes, my favourite term), is so godlike. I mean, if you don't do guitar solo, people would start labelling you under nu metal craps right? but still, don't force it! we need passion, emotion and feels.
- disjointed music. what the bloody heck is that? it was like, the vocal line doesn't fit with the music, then they just put the 5 seconds solo wherever they want.
- if you wanna scream, scream like you mean it, not because someone sit on your stomach. if you wanna growl, growl like the badass you are. if you wanna sing, sing with emotions, not just reading the texts off the paper. if you wanna do pig squeals, well, just don't! (sorry kiim)

and, to those who don't get my post. I wasn't saying that local music sucks. some songs are actually godlike. okay, that was exaggerating. haha. inda salah menagur kan? to improve oneself. I'm all in supporting local products. I watch local programs! ganap dua anyone? hehe.
other than that.. hmmm.. keep the music alive?! or, was it suppose to be keep the local music scene alive? man. I am so bad at this.whatever laaaaah.

Move on to not local music scene..

Trivium new album Shogun.
am I looking forward to it? yes and no. I heard a few tracks, and I think it was okay. I still have problem with Heafy's screaming. I don't mind his emo singing. it sounds better than him screaming actually. Hoping that their music is gonna sound like Ascendancy. It's not that I hate Crusade or Ember. I actually like Detonation from Crusade - whats with the music change and bla bla.

recently got my hands on Metallica's Death Magnetic. my thoughts? not a metallica fan. so, not gonna go there. haven't really listen to it thoroughly.

I wanna get my hands on Amon Amarth's Twilight of the thunder god. and.. eurgh.. Therion's dvd.. and erm.. Tiamat's last album.. then I'm gonna do a post for reviewing CD only. yayness.

-out now-

from the mind of orang damam...

*bahasa rojak alert*
mode : sick. as in, really sick. coughing, flu. bla bla

I came across people who were so shallow. you know, those who care too much on others appearance. like, saw a photo of 5 girls, and thinks the 3 of the girls are hot and want them immediately. the other 2 aren't exactly ugly. but mediocre lah. gross. Has it ever occur to them that beauty is only skin deep and it doesn't last long. its what inside that counts. sheeeesh.

The thing with me is that I love/like/adore anything that fascinate me. BUT, I got bored easily. what fascinate me these days? politic! oh yes. I love reading them up on the website. to educate myself on the current issue. then discussed it with those who actually cares. I'm not gonna discuss it here though. It's not my place to discuss on something I'm not expert on.

Hari Raya is coming. like, in less than a week. everywhere I go, banyak orang! shopping jua sudah tue! I went to this shoe store di mall, and I like this shoe kan. and they said it was the last pair. It was my size. but seriously, no way. that thing was listed under new arrival. and it was the last pair! banyak jua sudah orang membali tue!

I hate shortforms! you know, sometime people text you up and you didn't get half of what they were saying. I know one text message would cost you 5 cents, and you just need to shorten it. but, be intelligent! jangan sampai orang inda faham! but.. if you were on MSN, and someone would IM me with ridiculously spelled words, baik tah antak kepala ke dinding. serious!
I hate the word "toh"! pasal I definitely wouldn't say that in real life.
"banci ku tu". that's how I say it in real life. not "banci ku toh". serious!!
and then the whole "aqu" and Q shits. omfg! are you serious? why would anyone want to complicate their life by changing the letter K to Q. try saying it in real life. luruskan makhraj huruf! pathetic eh.
another trend that my friends and I suka selurukan is .. changing B to V. sheeeeesh.. "vye", "vaik".
then, perkataan yang tarang tarang pendek, mcm "capi", kana panjangkan jadi "chuppy". my god! and I thought he/she was talking about lollipop atu. what was it called? haha.

sejak dua menjak, post ku banyak yang merepek.. mari kita memulakan satu permulaan yang baru. 

bila aku tersedar

tersentak dari lamunanku

tersedar dari mimpiku

hidup ini penuh cabaran

tiada satu yang indah

hanya dongeng yang mengatakan keindahan

hakikinya sangat memilukan

tercalar keyakinan diriku

terpelanting jauh egoku

kucar kacir diriku

hilang punca dan arah tujuku

ku katakan biar masa menentukan

ah! tidak

masa tidak akan dapat menjadi penawar

otak yang menjadi penentu

kalau ikut hati rosaklah aku

kalau ikut rasa binasalah aku

ku kuatkan hatiku

walau keengganan di hati bermaharajalela

ku buang jauh rasa itu

walau berulang kali kembali menerjah

ku tenangkan jiwaku

biar sekuat mana arusnya

memujuk hatiku

menahan perasaan

seribu satu rasa yang bergelojak

negatif dan positif

satu permulaan baru

bersama memori yang terkubur

hadirnya membawa satu pengajaran

sedetik aku tidak lupa

secalit aku tidak benci

kegusaran yang ada ku biarkan berlari bersamamu

aku bermula dari bawah

masih ku di bawah

mencuba mengembalikan keyakinanku

yang goyah keranamu

menetapkan hati

jangan berkata lain

aku kembali tersenyum

di hujung jalan ada cahaya

menerangiku untuk kembali

ke satu jalan yang aku tidak pasti

tapi, aku tahu itu jalan baru

tidak pernah ku lalui

jalan lama semua sudah runtuh

tatkala lebatnya hujan turun

13 september 2008

Lumut

satu permulaan baru. what's next for me? fokus dengan kerja. dan mungkin aku akan menulis kembali.. nantikan saja.

addiction

I am officially addicted to... yew... okay, scratch that. I am addicted to Evil Iguana Production..

go to YouTube.. and then search for Evil Iguana Production and MonkeyandApple.

Satisfaction guaranteed!!