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Feedback Open Mic at The Bee, Publika, 24th July 2012, saw Natasha Ejaz up on stage.
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Genji, if I caught his name right, beatboxed.
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Jared and Max.
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Stanley Oh.
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Rafael, with a most awesome solo jazz vocal performance.
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Figure It Out had a sound like The Strokes.
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Ray Cheong, the first featured act, in a pre-performance moment as opposed to his usual fretboard gymnastics.
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Narmi, touted as king of jiwang.
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Remy J, the second featured act. Why Remy J? I am guessing it is because Jeremy L. doesn’t roll off the tongue the same way.
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Jon Liddell.
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Bassment Syndicate, neo-funk-soul.
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Why yes Davina does have… a B.R.F.!
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I don’t know what happened but Sharon Chong was suddenly on bass (with Fook shifting over to drums).
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The Boon Band covered Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely.
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As always when I bump into Gregory Ramanado we take a picture like we were spotted in a club by a bored photographer looking to look busy.
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And here’s Davinaaargh. I don’t remember how we got to camwhoring like Elmos.
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8th August 2012, saw me at The Bee, Publika again, for The Songwriters’ Showcase Series #5. Here’s Jasemaine Gan, host and emcee!
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Reza Salleh was up, and I think I remember him singing a Chinese song for the Chinese crowd.
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Zin Chin.
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Ray Cheong, again. He has a load of funk in his guitar slapping.
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Angie Lym.
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14th August 2012, was Feedback Open Mic at The Bee, Jaya One. Here’s Van Carlson the band, with a most shiny guitar!
I really don’t come here often because it’s in Petaling Jaya, next to Section 17, home to many mosquitoes. I grew up there and fed many generations.
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The vocalist looks a lot like Jacob of Twilight.
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George Wong of Two Storey Heart, meanwhile, has a better love story.
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Jason Kon.
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Sulyn Ooi.
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Eu Gene does her basslines.
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Josiah Ng.
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Natasha Ejaz from Pakistan, the first featured act, does a killer trumpet vocal solo.
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A 5-string fretless bass! This was the lined, inlayed variety. 24 frets, interestingly.
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Nicky and Aliff do an interesting take on Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit.
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Nicky also beatboxed over a loop pedal.
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Ariff AB has that ever clear voice that cuts across the crowd.
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Ryota Katayama, the second featured act, has a melancholic emo voice.
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Narmi at close range.
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Remy J again, closer.
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David Ling does a fascinating clarinet solo, backed by Fook on bass. How do I know this is a clarinet? I made a wild guess and Googled it, to find the exact same clarinet at the top of the search results.
All shots with the Sony Alpha NEX-5 and Opteka 85mm F1.4 on a Sony LA-EA1 adapter (with the wide shots on the Sony E 16mm F2.8 pancake lens.)