Bass Lines

First Time... ^_^

2011-01-18T08:34:00.000-08:00

First time?? hago.a bah... pero cge lang... ana man jud na.. ^_^

It's so hard... But still not losing..

2010-11-13T10:49:00.000-08:00

I'm putting a lot of effort but still didn't work.. all my shame came out of me but still I failed.. How much effort will i bear in order to make this a success?? It sounds easy but in reality.. It's a long way to run... But I hope that things will get on my way sooner or later.. and hoping to succeed on what I was planning for... God bless for me.. ^_^

Watching myself Suffer

2010-08-30T05:01:00.000-07:00

It's hard to see someone suffer right in front of you.. It tears my heart in to pieces when seeing someone struggling in order to live.. The downfall inside of me keeps on going and going.. I feel useless when someone throws me some words like "Di man diay ka kabalo", "Ayaw pag.tugatuga", "wa kay pulos", etc..

But I know that myself will not give up... And because of it, I myself will not give up either..

"kaya kaayo na jam.. ayaw kabalaka.. tabangan taka hantod sa akong makaya.."

Losing is not an option but it cannot be escaped

2010-04-24T16:34:00.000-07:00

Losing?... sometimes, it is hard for me to accept this kind of declaration because all the efforts that I made will be no use. Every struggles I do counts as if my life is depending on it. But still, losing to something I don't want to lose sometimes can't be escaped. Even though losing has benefits like learning something useful in the near future. still, it's not enough for me. It is disappointing and depressing for my part who struggled so hard in order to win something. But still I won't give up. I will still fight for my side even if I know that I will still lose in the end.

hehehe..FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! LOSE LOSE LOSE.... (^_^)

mysterious

2009-09-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday (September 20) was a tiring but happy and fulfilling day.(^_^)

I am happy because even though we had a band presentation in every service in our church starting from 5 in the morning until 9 in the evening and it was tiring. But I still did not give up on playing even though I had an injury in my left feet. YES!!! But behind my accomplishment yesterday, I was shock to notice this kind of situation. It was a mysterious one because in all of my performance in a band, this was the first time that I experience it and it was a shocking one. heh heh heh. It happened when we were playing the song entitled "rain down". At first, it was a smooth performance but when the band reached in the second chorus of the song. My middle finger in the right arm won't move! I was shocked in that time because when I am playing, I usually use may two fingers inorder to make sound but in that time I was forced to use one finger. hah hah hah. I forced my middle finger to move but it did not move at all. But I did not stop playing in that time until in the time when we reached the outtro part of the song.

For me, it was a weird experience because the position of my finger when it was not moved was in a curve form. But I was still happy because I experience that situation even though I was not nervous. Only Tired.(^_^)

Never stop believing

2009-08-27T05:52:00.000-07:00

I know that this post sounds common to all of us specially to those people who seek something. But for me, I want to express more. I want to clarify and understand something. Something that I can learn from my past situations. Something that will make my life more meaningful. I just want to believe. Never Stop Believing.(^_^)

A sound of Music that comes from the heart

2009-07-13T04:19:00.001-07:00

woooow! it's been a long time that I did may last post here in my blog. But anyway, it's good to be back.(^_^)

For those musician that who actually played in a stage. Did you ever feel the music that you play in a crowd? If it is 'YES'. Then it's good but if it is 'NO', you already know the answer. hehehe. I my self experience this situation many times. especially when I play with a bad mood.(-_-) I kept on thinking on why am I not satisfied on what I am doing? Sometimes I feel discourage on what output I usually give in my band. In that time, I was confused on how to solve this kind of situation. Until one time, I saw a live performance of our co-musicians in this city. It was great! so much passion! and also, they gave all their best efforts to make their music sound good. In that live performance, I (again. hehe..) realized something important. Something like "A sound of music that comes form the Heart". It was the most solid realization that I ever realized in my entire life. (^0^) And because of it, I keep on practicing on how to make this effective in my skills in music. And little by little, I manage to solve it but it's not yet firm that's why until now I'm hoping to feel the music that we always play. heheh.(^_^)

In this post, I just want to say that keep on making and playing great music and also don't forget to feel the sound of music that comes from your heart. Because of it, great musicians are born.

sensya sa wrong grammar..v(^_^)v

A Big No No!

2009-04-24T10:17:00.000-07:00

Being in a band is not an easy task to handle (in the past). But now, even if a person is not that skilled in the filed of music he/she can join a band. It does not mean that I don't agree with the present situation of being in a band. It is a good practice for those people who really wants to be in the band. It is because the person can have an experience that he/she can use to improve their skills. Just like in my case, I did not start playing in a band with a pro level experience. It's just that I really love music that is way I used my bad experiences in stage in order to get good lessons to be learned and skills that is needed to be improve. That is why I agree in the present situation of being a band.

The reason of this post is for us band players to be motivated in the sound and the melody of the music not the fame and (maybe)fortune that a band will give. This kind of motivation is not the best way to achieve something. It cannot give a person a good experience that he/she needs to improve in their music.

Just like Nathan said "If you want to be in a band just because you want to be famous? better not join a band. because you will only ruin the music itself. "

So for us to be more successful in the filed of music. We must always remember that we must not be motivated by the fame or (maybe)fortune that a band will give but at least we must be humble in our music and always do our best not for being famous but for us to grab more opportunities and experiences in the music world.^^

Up Dharma Down (T_T)

2009-03-28T14:22:00.000-07:00

What the!!!

My only chance to see UDD (Up Dharma Down) was blown away.huhuhu.(T_T)

It was so frustrating in my part because UDD was one of my favorite bands here in the Philippines. It is because they have a different or a unique type of genre that other bands don't have. Each of the members of the UDD has also their unique style in using their instruments just like the UDD's bassist. He makes bass lines that has a different kind of sound but it fits well in their songs. And also their lead guitars. He uses unusual guitar effects but still it fits well in their songs. it goes the same with the drummer of the band. And especially, the way Armi Millare (vocalist and keyboard) sings. She sings different from the other bands because she sings emotionally with a unusual type of lyrics. She also makes good riffs in play the keyboard. And Because of their over all uniqueness they make unique songs as well..hehehe..

I hope that they will play again here next time so that I will have a second chance to witness their uniqueness in making songs.(^-^)

Instrumental, Where I can express my self (^_^)

2009-03-20T07:37:00.000-07:00

I know that not only me that who can express their passion through Instrumental music. But for me, it's a unique kind of expression because most music lovers today based their emotions or expression through the lyrics of the music they use to hear. Even though Instrumentals don't have lyrics it can give emotions as well. In my case, I can express may emotions on how the sound is played. Just like when I hear jolly type instrumentals I feel that I'm happy and when I hear jazz type instrumentals It depends on the situation if I'm happy or sad or any emotions. There are many effects on my emotions if I hear instrumentals that is why I appreciate my so called uniqueness and because of it I learned how to love and appreciate music more and more..(^_^)

Here's one of my favorite instrumentals when I am happy. for some, it sounds corny but if you really love instrumentals you will understand what I'm trying to express..hehe(^_^)

My own Bass Gadget!

2009-03-19T03:56:00.000-07:00

At last, one of my dreams came true last December 2008!

I got my own bass gadget! a ZOOM B2 model..I was so happy in that time because many of may favorite bassist uses a gadgets on their bass in order to make their sound more awesome.

The only problem is that, I don't know how to use it well. I don't know how to mix multiple effects in order to make a good sound in our music..

hmm..but until know, I'm still learning on how to mix multi effects so that it will give a good sound in our music..

so for those who knows how to make good multiple effects just comment me so that i can learn more about bass gadgets and it's specialties.(^_^)

Acoustic Session

2009-03-03T06:58:00.000-08:00

A jam session that was held at Tanji's Bhouse with the combination of the two groups in 2nd year BSIT namely Kikoningertz and PUBRE. With our music Influences mixed together we come up with a song that made our happiness more happy..hehe.. It was participated by the following members with different music styles; JiM(Progressive style), Ronnie(Anime style), Kennard(Alternative style), Yamato(Ska & Reggae style), Boom(Alternative OPM stlye), Laisa(Love Song style), Tanji(Rock Alternative style), Roldan(OPM style) and the other members participated the event. With all of this infulences the group was in party mode and enjoying the time even if it was only for 1 min.

Even though the preperation for ITE festival was canceled, we still enjoyed the effort that we made.

Acknowledgment
we would like to acknowledge FeetLow for making this video clip possible..(^_^)

next time napud!

rok on!\m/

SugarFree- "Fade away"

2009-03-02T07:22:00.000-08:00

"Fade Away". A song wrote by a band SugarFree. It was complied in their fist album (Sa Wakas). A song that made me realize how life is important to us especially for those sad persons who misses their childhood days. The way I understand the song is that, It is a story of a person who misses his/her childhood days. The person wants to go back to his childhood days but the person cannot repeat what he/she done when he/she is still a child. I can relate to this song because sometimes when I am alone or when I'm facing difficulties in life (like now), I can somehow relate to this song. It is because I want to be a child once more but I cannot because life those not repeat it's steps.

It means to say that we must treasure our childhood day because later in our lives, we will still remember this things and we can be proud of it.(^_^)

For those who want to hear the song, please click this link.

And for you to understand the song, I have provided a Lyrics from www.anglyricsnatin.com.

Fade Away

by Sugarfree

Don't you ever wonder where all your happy thoughts have gone?
In case you don't remember, we were Peter Pans for a day
You say it’s all in a day's work, but days will turn into weeks
And on an on, we go 'til we just forget, we forget

There goes your world on a train
Catch it cause it’s making its last trip
Time don’t take it away
Don’t take it away
Don’t take it all away

When we move to the left, then we move to the right
Forward and then backward 'til the moment's gone we all fade
Spin around we don’t make a sound time keeps moving on
Until your moment’s gone, we all fade away

We can’t be young forever, but that’s what old men say
Just try and remember we were John and Wendy yesterday

There goes your world on a train
Catch it 'cause it’s making its last trip
Time don’t tale it away
Don’t take it away
Don’t take it all away

When we move to the left, then we move to the right
Forward and then backward 'til the moment's gone we all fade away

fade away - Sugarfree

Negative = Positive

2009-02-16T04:56:00.000-08:00

Behind my growing skill is a better yet good experiences in life. I am happy and thankful to experience it because for me, "without negative there will be no positive". If you think of it, it is not good because this will cause a person to be depressed. But in my case, I love to be criticized by others because this is the only way for me to be motivate and to learn more new things.

Just like the saying, "We run to reach our dreams and sometimes, we fall on the ground! but don't despair because most successful persons in this world are thous with wounded knees".

hehe..(^_^)

Am I That Good?

2009-02-05T06:31:00.001-08:00

Since in high school until now, I know that I did improve a lot. In making lines of my own, improving my agility, endurance and many more. Many of my classmates tells me that I am a pro in the field of bass guitar. Some say that I don't need practice in order for me to know or to learn cover songs. But all of them are wrong, coz base on my percent skill, I need more learnings so that one of this days I will become a pro (I think so) and for me to learn and understand more, I need to practice may skills in order for me to absorb what I want to learn. Just like the saying, "Practice makes Perfect" but there is also a saying that "No body is perfect". It sounds confusing but the word perfect dose not mean that you will never make a mistake if you perfect it, It means that we can master our skills by practicing.

Thank you classmates and friends for appreciating my skills in playing instruments but in but the truth is that I am not yet deserved to be called as pro or master or something like that. My present skills is the root of my hard work in learning and understanding instruments. That's why I want to give a simple advice. You must be humble in what you have so that you can learn more and more until you will notice that when someone is parsing you, it feels good to be humble.(^_^)

rok on!

Girl + Vocals / Keyboards + Guitars = YouTube!

2009-02-04T05:12:00.000-08:00

Did you ever noticed that most of the women sings in youtube carries a guitar or a keyboard while singing? Just like Marie Digby who became famous by her videos in youtube. She always uses guitars and keyboards for her performance in youtube and also because of her outstanding voice, she became famous. Until now, Other female posters in youtube are still using guitars & keyboards for their video. And just like Marie, covering songs and making songs are still at the chart.

For you to see what am I talking about just click this links: MarieDigby, carminatopacio, bexboop878, allysmusic14, ChanceIshudaTook, and so much more.. XD

Ria Bautista

2009-02-01T08:25:00.001-08:00

Ria Bautista, The Vocal/Drummer of a band "Paramita". A skillful lady that sings even if she plays drums. Her Drum beats are awsome and she is also a good entertainer and has a good voice that fits their songs. It reminds me of a lady vocal/drummer from the band "The carpenters", Karen Carpenter. But in terms of style, Ria is the upper hand because she rolls and making hard beats even if she sings.

One of my favorite music that they made was "Carousel". It is because the beat of this song is good and I think it is not common for a Vocal/Drummer to make songs like this.

for you to see how good she is click here to see the video.

Arnel Pineda

2009-02-01T06:33:00.000-08:00

I was so amazed by Arnel Pineda's achievements and made me realized that we as musicians or even not musicians must not give up our dreams and our goals in life.

At first, he was just a poor boy. He was stop schooling because of his financial problems and ended up working in a pier. His job there was cleaning scrap metals and cleaning docked ships. He also collected glass bottles, newspapers, scrap metals in order to earn money. And at night, he sleeps anywhere. But his determination in singing was not blown away by the hardships that his life passed.

Because of his hardships and determination he was selected as the lead singer of an early but famous band named "Journey" and one of the best songs that the band made was sang by arnel. One of the best songs that arnel sang was "Open Arms". click here to see the video.

So for us, let's not lose hope in our dreams coz when the right time comes we will appreciate it.

Mysterious Bass Player!

2009-01-30T07:41:00.000-08:00

Last Monday, when I was searching some bass player clips in youtube, I was amazed by a girl who plays bass. For me, she has a pro level type of skills in playing the instrument.

The only thing that struck me and made me wonder is that, why is her head is not shown in the camera? I was a bit curious if her appearance because when I saw a good bass player, I usually want to see his/her facial expression because for me, it is one of the best factor to be seen if a person is a good bass player.

Because of that point of view, I called her "The mysterious bass player girl". Until now, it makes we wonder if how much more skills she have on her packet. It really give me a determination to practice more and more.

If you Guys want to see her in action, click this link here.

Armi Millare

2009-01-30T06:31:00.000-08:00

Another Girl musicain how makes the music scene alive!

Armi Millare is a keyboardist and a vocalist in their band named "UpDharmaDown". She makes good music and makes their music full of supprises. I was amaized by Armi because she sings wonderful and makes good keyboard lines in their song especially in live.

For me, Armi Millare is a full emotional type of musicain, because when she sings she uses her emotional type of voice which I like the most.hehe..

Keep making wierd songs Armi and the rest of the crew!!^^

\m/

Lalay Lim

2009-01-30T06:00:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite bass player in the Philippines. Lalai Lim from the band "Urbandub". Shes one the best bass player girl I have ever seen. Not only she rocks in stage, but also her bass lines rocks as well. I like her riffs because its not common to the music industry and I think she is the only bass player girl who makes good bass lines to their song. I admire her so much, because the way she makes her bass lines to their song makes me feel to make a weird but good bass lines as well.

hope to see you in person and chat with you personally!(dreaming)

\m/

Stage Fright

2009-01-07T08:05:00.000-08:00

At the age of 13, I was inspired by this song even though it was not a famous song in our place. It started when my brother and his friends formed a band called spasm. They practice a lot until they can play a song perfectly. In that time, I was their audience in their performance. But I did notice one thing when they are playing on stage, even if they had technical errors in their actions they still give their best and ending their act with a satisfying expressions in their faces. It made me feel that when making sometime or doing something, give it your best even if something gets wrong. I was also amazed by the band because they are also making songs of their own and one of their composed song was named "Stage Fright". It was their second composed song. It did motivate me to learn music and to play on stage. At the age of 14, me and my new born band was so eager to play on stage. It was our first time to play music with many people watching you as well as great bands are watching. In that situation, we were frighten by the atmosphere of the crowd but we still pushed it through until we ended a not so good performance but it did give us a boost of motivations and inspirations by or friends and co-musicians.

It did really fit in the song "Stage Fright" on what happen in our first performance. But it was a stepping stone for us because of that we are engaged to do more practice in order to give a good act in the next gigs and events. In achieving something, we must cross all unfortunate roads in order to learn and appreciate what we are doing.

A newly arrange sound of "Stage Fright" but same lyrics. Hope you will like it! (^_^)

Stage Fright - Spasm

ive seen you up on stage
rocking the night away
i heard the squeeching sound of your guitar

everybobys shouting and screaming
as you sing your lines
everybody moves around like spiders and butterflies

ref:
send your souls up on high
higher up into the sky

cho:
a life you didnt imagine
running around from show to show
savor the moment while it last
it may never be coming back
a life you didnt plan
all the stars just shined down
savor the moment while it last
it may never be coming back

the energy is high all night
while playing the songs you like
the drums roll in and out the beat is up so loud

it feels like dreaming while entertaining
those people in the crowd
the night is young and all is driven by the music that surround

It's not a lost..

2008-12-01T06:30:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday (Nov. 29 ), me and my twin bro must have 3 gigs in 1 night. 2 gigs in spasm and 1 gig in our side band one step forward. but unfortunately, last Wed. (Nov. 26 ), my twin bro got sick and advised to stay home and rest. but still, we want to play in the up coming event. but later that night (Nov. 26), my bro was admitted in the hospital because of his sickness and the doctor advised my bro to stay in the hospital until he finishes his medicines. In that night, I was a bit mad in my bro because he forgot his good health thats why his sick but later that night, I can't blame him because I know that he doesn't mean it. So we didn't play in our 3 gigs in 1 night marathon..And I hope that my band mates can understand the tragic event happened to my bro..

SOrry guys!
Peace ta ninyo!(^_^)

A show without an audience

2008-11-21T18:03:00.000-08:00

I think this is our first time but in my case, this is may first time to play without an audience.. ouch!...even though it was a gym, you can really see the big difference of a gym with many people and a gym with pure silence..but there are still few how watched us until the end.. thanks!(^_^).. I think there are 10 to 15 people who are still watching us in a big gym..hahaha...but I don't blame the people because they didn't like the sound system that the gym used, It was to noisy and sometimes the mics won't cooperate with the vocs..but we still enjoyed it even if the place was to big.. For me, its a great experience. It was something to live for and something to think of..hehe...but because of it, I learned something very important. I will share this to all musicians how writes their own songs, "Just enjoy the moment".(Nag enjoy man gani ko masin walay tao! hahahaha)

(^_^)

Spasm- Beating the red light

2008-10-30T08:51:00.000-07:00

A band form Davao city Philippines had a ALBUM lunching last November 25, 2008. Spasm has a 10 track songs with different tastes and genres. just like the song named, Julianne, Rectify, Beating The Red light and many more.

For those who want to hear spasm's sound, just go to www.myspace.com/spasmmuzik.

Let us keep supporting our local artists.

What to Choose?? (Past or Present)

2008-10-30T07:54:00.000-07:00

Today (Nov.30) was a surprising day for me. I did not expect this to happen but because of what happened today, I was glad, happy, shocked, surprise, etc.. But I also thought of one thing. It was not a big deal for me but it just showed up in my mind. The thing that a thought about is all about "What to Choose?? The Past or The Present??". It did bother me a little because I was confused on what will I choose between the two. Until I finally think about something that can give a good solution on what to choose wisely. I think that it doesn't matter what to choose, but as long as you keep them as a good memories even though it was a bad memory just like a bad situation, but will have a lesson that will become a person's good experience in life. that's why bad memories can be converted in too good memories as well. I'm just trying to say that the past and the present is important too us even if we live in the present time, we still have to cherish our past in order to have an inspiration in order to face the present.

It is also related with instruments. Just like an old and new instrument that a person used in his/her GIGs. Sometime we forget about our old instruments because of the new once. But for me, the reason why a still remember the memories of my old instrument is because of the experiences that I encountered with it and because of those experiences, I did learn something in return, a learning that will inspire me to love the new one.

I don't know if it has the right relation between the song and in my post but, I like to relate it with the song. The title of the song is "Daughters by John Mayer". It is a good song, hope you'll like it as well.

-((^_^))

Don't Underestimate It..

2008-08-19T07:30:00.000-07:00

When I was in High school, I was engage in playing a bass because I had my first band with my brother but before that, I did realized something important on what I was doing.... At first, bass guitar was just nothing for me. Because my band was lacking a bass player, I was wondering if is it OK for me to play the Bass. So I tried playing it even thou I was not really interested on it and I also think that playing a 4-stringed guitar was boring. But when our first gig was coming, I had a friend that has a talent on music, so he teach me how to play the bass, and as I practice bass guitar every day, I did realized that bass guitars are not to be underestimated even thou it has only 4-strings it is complicated to understand the riffs and the sequential tones of a bass guitar. In that time I was Inspired by my friend's teachings and it also inspired me to play the bass until present.....The moral lesson in this story of mine is that don't underestimate a certain thing without knowing the good causes of this certain material...And also keep doing your best to enhance your skills...(^_^)

Hobby Heals..

2008-08-15T04:23:00.000-07:00

I Experience this many time but I realized it last Saturday Aug. 8, 2008. when the time that i got a sprain in my left foot. It hurts very much even my whole body cannot resist the pain. I even sacrificed my Basketball Practice and also my online class because of my sprain. Also, in that time, our band has a gig. I thought that i cannot participate because of my sprain foot that even my body cannot resist the pain even if I only stand without making movements. I was also wondering that because of my sprained foot, my band mates cannot play without me. So I sacrificed my foot in order to play in the gig. I was very tired and I thought that I'm losing my courage to play well in that night until the first band played their original songs that made me pressured and little by little, it made my sprain feel better until the time that we are on stage. I thought that I will collapsed in the stage but when we play our songs, I was so energetic and I didn't feel any pain from my sprain until in such time, I realized that I experienced this kind of scenario but when I start doing my hobbies, the pain will go away!!!(^_^)

Dream Theater

2008-08-07T12:34:00.000-07:00

If you want hear music that has a progressive type of sound and an instrumental type of music.. Dream Theater is the right choice for you. Because of their synchronized sound with "scaly" type of riffs, you cannot ask for more.hmmm.... Dream Theater is an old band from 18's or early 19's. They usually play a metal rock type of genre but they also play smooth sound and instrumental type of music especially in concerts. Their guitarist John Petrucci is an excellent guitar player because of his guitar riffs and the way he expresses his facial expression.. Their Bassist, John Myung is also good because of his very fast scaling with his bass guitar. he has also good bass riffs that makes me feel learning more about what bass scales are all about. Also, They have a good drummer and a excellent keyboardist that makes the sound more unique and also their vocalist, he has an awesome voice and he as a great control of his pitches. if your not satisfied enough, just visit their website or just listen to their songs. For me, They are one of the best bands in this world.

Bass Lines

2008-08-06T10:12:00.000-07:00

Did you imagine a band without a beating sound that keeps the tension bursting?, a sound that makes you feel the music?, a sound that makes the crowd go wild?. Did you imagine a band without a BASS LINE?. hmmm... I don't think so... can't you see?? Bass lines are one of the most important tone in a band. Not only in a band but in all kinds of sound that creates music in to it. No matter what kind of genre it is, as long as it gives a synchronized sound with melodic or progressive type of style, Bass line is in to it. In a band, bass lines keeps the member's temperature high and it give the boost of its band members to give their best shot in to it. A band without Bass lines gives a bad sound with no tension bursting and no synchronization of sound to it's band members especially to the vocalists and also it will sound just like a dried lake with no flow of good sound. Maybe not all people can recognize a certain bass line but later, when you become more interested in music, you will appreciate and feel the sound of the Bass lines.