another one of those days...

this one was my two cents on a topic in i-bands. the original topic was 'kenapa muzik rock tak diterima lagi?'

Erylasia wrote:
tapi rock sekarang hanya mahu jadi terkenal je, apa tu rock pun tak tahu;;;;
satu lagi yg aku tak agree ...kenapa music rock sering dikaitkan dgn cintan, his benci aku .....


em. sebenarnya lah aku rasa, bukan saja muzik rock je yang dikaitkan dengan cinta, infact banyak lagi lagu dari genre yang lain yang ada elemen cinta.

pendapat aku ialah memang lumrah manusia untuk merasai cinta (haha..jiwang habis ayat hehe) even to the greatest hard rockers, heavy metalist, guitars gods alike. it's an inspiration to write songs base on their current emotions. and ofcourse they write songs that they are usually accustomed to. and love is not just love for the tangible things if you'd realize that. it's abstract, it's untangible, it motivates, it drowns, it's everthing and nothing all at once (ok, being too idealistic here so i'll stop talking about love).

put that aside. if you'd notice, there is a new wave or movement of comeback in rock songs. bands to name a few such as the darkness and jet applies rock n roll in every aspect of their song hence the solo work and the progressive rock chords. names like jimmy page, martin friedman, ritchie kotzen, paul gilbert, van halen, etc are becoming known again by the new generations of young rock-addicts everywhere. even trivium applies so much influence in their songs if you hear it close enough (note: i really like the vocals style).

yeah the particular scene in our industry for rock music seems bleak and uncertain for the moment and i believe that it will take time for the main players of the industry to even realize the abundant talents we have here. for instance, if you look back at the indonesian music industry, they manage to evolve and be accepted somehow in relativeness of rock music in the mainstream arena. i trully believe that what's happening now in our country is that the major labels are afraid to open their doors and signed up a real bonafide rock band. they tend to look at figures, look at what sells the most. it's trully sad it's becoming this way. 10 years back, people in indonesia are idolizing our bands such as search and now, our people today idolize their bands and not vice versa.

do you know, that for a rock band to release their album, major labels are only releasing albums base on the break-even point quantity of albums?if only their sales reach break-even, only then they will release more albums to sell. this was told by a friend of mine who just recently released their new album.

another factor here is the radio. how much rock music i mean real rock music do you hear on radios nowadays? hardly any. it's full with pop, hip hop, ballads, boy bands who can't play their own stuff genre music. the only way you can get to hear rare stuff raw talent in radios IMO are the red rottw show at 104.9 and sadly the time they air it is on thursday starting at 12:00 midnight (slalu terlepas). oh, and i do love to hear bode's band box from our own i-bands.

so my conclusion is that we just need to keep on ROCKIN TO THE BONES and make ourselves be notice. so i think that's my two cents here for this topic and i hope that we all should share knowledge and passion of music together to create an utopian of talented musicians in malaysia.

** fadhli's brain is actually on overdose of caffeine and tobacco because of his studying for the finals. this article is written mainly to kill time and to show how passionate he is in playing the guitar and making music and how he wants the rock industry be the main thing in malaysia. okeh, time for study!

final exam

yeah, next week starts my final exam. hopefully by this end of this month, i'll be walking out of here and make my family proud. wish me luck guys!

i guess that's all for today, gtg and do some studying!

everything's fine.

yes i know, eventhough i said i was busy but i can't keep this tune out of my head. so i decided to properly write and record it using my cheap strat copy. enjoy!

just click here and look for the song titled "everything's fine"

"Number One"

One day in '74, he brought back a nice Strat he had borrowing and was looking through all the instruments when he came to his 'ol beater. He picked it up and must have played around with it for half an hour, just making chords, turning it over, looking at it, weighing it, before he asked if he could plug it in. I said, "Sure, but it sure is ugly." So he plugged in and played for an hour or so then told me he wanted it, and asked if he could swap it for the one he had just returned. I said, "Well, you're ripping yourself off. That has got to be the cheesiest Strat I've ever traded for. It's raggedy-assed and beat to death. What do you want if for?" He said, "It just feel good, Ray. It feels good." I figured he'd bring it back in a day or two, but he never did. That became his "Number One" Strat. -Guitar World Special Collector's Issue: Guitar Legends - Stevie Ray Vaughan

note: find my "Number One".

the deed is done.

i was the first presenter today to present my final project. so i arrived half and hour early at my faculty to get all the necessary configuration for my presentation. the time was 7:56 am. brought along the big bulky pc, printed the slides handouts for the panels. test-run the web system running at localhost for one final time. everything's allright, ok. took one deep breath.

the only people present at that time was the technician. only at 8:15 am, the evaluation panel arrived. i address them properly as i was trying to remember the key-points of my slides. then the coordinator of the day showed a sign that i was good to go. 8:20 am, took a deep breath again, in my head,"here goes nothing and everything".

from slide to slide, i was trying to make the panel and all in the room to understand what my project was about with all the research i've done and the technology used, my literature review, the methodology, my analysis and design, the architecture used to design my project. the programming and all. justifying what i've done the way i've done it. all the technical mumbo jumbo came pouring out of my mouth as to impress them eventhough they probably never heard bout it in their life.

my session continued with the demonstration of my project. as i went, i was interrupted many times as i was presenting the system. c'mon, have some common sense, let me finish and then you can ask questions later. and so i continued, trying to impress them with the algorithms of my programming. as none of them is an avid programmer, no question was ask why i've done it this way or that way.

then it was the Q&A session. some questions from them was expected, prompted all the right answers. some comments were given, some unrelevant questions was asked, some provoking. even so, i was calm and collected, answering them with controlled emotions running through me. "always be humble", i remembered my professor said. "think of it as a platform where you discussed your ideas based on your research. there is no right and wrong. there are approaches to handle tough question. sometimes they would just like to provoke you to see how you will react". and so i tried to put some effort on trying not to be aggresive. asking themselves for opinions on what specific element should be done. but i have to say the peak of my project presention was getting the approval and the thumbs up from the dean of the faculty himself. he even said it out loud.

with that, my session ended. each student was only given 20-30 minutes. but i felt like it was about an hour or more. recollecting all the things i've said, there are some things that i wish i hadn't mention to them. some items that i would like to say differently. but the deed is done, the past is the past. the only thing now is looking forward to finish this semestar with a decent grade.