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Saturday, August 07, 2004
+ AGBN ---- voice of the looking glass +
Went with joel n joash to check out baybeats music fest awhile back. The Singapore music scene ain't really in good hands i'm afraid. The show was dominated by indie bands, few of which had the talent worthy of the expensive gear they were using... guess should be thankful that at least some are... it appears the only way to make it big locally is to look hot, sing in chinese, make it big in taiwan, only then will you get accepted here... bloodly ironic... but you can't deny i'm right... my dream is to change that. Last year the 3 of us formed the foundation of a band, then christened it AGBN. 2 more joined our band of merry men, desmond n marc. It occurred to me what an amazingly weird menagerie of untapped talents i've assembled. These guys rock as individuals, put them together and i'm hearing sounds i can only describe as...well... addictive. We all have backgrounds so varied that it was kinda a fools gamble to stuff'em all in 1 band. Joel---- started off as a punk rocker (don't bother asking him, he'll renounce that era of his life) then goes into speed metal, then blues, more recently classic rock. Plays metal with a Fender Telecaster... what the hell? freaky ability: he's a bassist-turned-guitarist....???? joash---- heartbeat of the band. Into weird music from the likes of The Vines, The Strokes , The Hives and The Verve (is a pattern forming?) Hope he improves, his drums will carry this band through weird timings like 11/8 and 7/4. Freaky ability: being joash... enough said. desmond---- comes from a dying race known as male pianists... he's into jazz AND bossa!!... can't believe what an endangered species he is... freaky ability: being able to stand all the shit we throw at each other... cool as a cuban cucumber marc---- voice of the band. Auditioned for s'pore idol, didn't qualify, probably for lack of showmanship, 'cause i really can't grasp what else they can penalise him for. I'd swear his life was written for a sentimental manga comedy to be based on it. Hope he'll write more songs, saves me the effort.. heh heh.Freaky ability: being able to talk tons'o'crap anywhere, anytime ian---- joel n i sometimes trade roles of lead n rhythm guitar. i got stuck being the leader of the band 'cause everyone else is too lazy. into rock, jazz, latin and j-pop (alright!! i admit it!! but only certain j-pop artists!). Currently holds the title of writing the most songs for AGBN. Freakly ability: still surviving in this band despite having no professional music training (joel swears my motivation is the money and the groupies... don't listen to him) yup... 5 people 1 passion, to make great music. here's to music! cheers all! *raises wine glass*
ian wong beats around the bush@
10:53 PM
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