15th August 2013: Moonshine: A Homemade Music Show August Edition, at Laundry Bar, The Curve.

Here’s Narmi!

Jeremy, who adds to the guitar sound.

Chizu drumset. It’s pronounced, “Chizu is goo-*oop*-d”.

Ryan and his cool T-shirts.

Diandra Arjunaidi.

The band!

I don’t forget drummers.

She has that sweet, but not oversaturated voice.

Power outage. Oops sorry!

It was nice to complement the Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA with my new Sony Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM. Makes for varied compositions.

Narmi would then go on stage to sing a duet – Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Something Stupid.

Reza Salleh, emcee and organizer.

Juxtaposed!

They played an awesome cover of Pearl Jam – Jeremy (missing the 12-string bass, though.)

Forgiveable, since the voice is spot on.

90’s rock.

I can’t remember why but there was a flute!

His twin brother, on drums!

Couple.

New bassist! He brought effects pedals to their sound.

Ever happy rock and roll, rock and roll.

The Pete Townshend guitar strum.

That awesome major-chord garage sound.

They always bring in a big crowd.

From the unofficial band lounge area.

8th August 2013: Laundry X An Honest Mistake Records Present: The Holiday Mash Up at Laundry Bar, The Curve!

This is OHNEO!.

Right: Oh, Stanley Oh. Left: Neo, Neo Ann Na.

Ann Na brings unconventional instruments on stage. Not sure if pipe or whistle or inhaler.

This would be the first gig I’d shoot with the Sony Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM that I just got, to pair with my Sony Alpha 99. In fact, I only brought that lens.

With the 24 megapixels of the Sony Alpha 99 there was plenty of room to crop.

L & J, or John J and Elizabeth Tan. Here’s emcee and organizer Darren Teh introducing them.

Surprise! They played a cover of An Honest Mistake – Giddy Up Horsie! This Chase Ain’t Waiting For You (Darren’s band.)

I can’t get over Elizabeth’s shiny eyes and syrupy voice.

She’s also a Youtube sensation. John, meanwhile, appears in some Youtube sensations’ videos.

Lizzie Parkinson.

She played with a loop pedal for a vocal-only cover of Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack, even beat-boxing in the middle! The mic on the left is just for the looper. Rare sight indeed.

Her friends and fans.

Hard Candy!

Suitable name for a band that has a… Chunky Munky.

Madan.

Freida.

Beautiful Washburn PS2000 Paul Stanley guitar.

Rhythm Nation.

Cool camera. Not sure if that’s where the shutter is, though!

They play hard rock with elements of rap.

Thus, three emcees!

No DJ.

Shredder on shredder platform.

Outside, there was chalk to scribble with.

25th July 2013: Moonshine: A Homemade Music Show July COVERS Edition at Laundry Bar, The Curve.

This is The Haircuts!

Zalila Lee soldiers on.

This team, with Reza, played 90’s covers. Zalila’s Alanis Morissette – Uninvited raised hairs!

Rusty Nails.

Razlan Shah on guitar and vocals.

Nigel Tay on percussion.

Annatasha on backup vocals.

Herman Ramanado on bass!

I like backlight.

I miss my blue green hair!

The Vochale Project.

This is an accapella group.

Yes, there is a theme…

Blue.

And only vocal chords for instruments.

Oh yes, all-female.

Joanne was invited to sing, too.

Ann, who I’d dub the keymaster, who’d start each song by whistling the key to start in.

Snap your fingers!

Crinkle Cut!

Another all-female band.

They play electro…

…with a twist. Acoustic!

There was a fair bit of harmony going on.

Bleeps from an iPad.

It always makes me fear for the safety of bandmates when guitar strings are left dangling out of their tuning pegs. This looks a bit safer.

They played a smooth cover of Estelle – American Boy.

Winning.

Reza, emcee and organizer wishes everyone goodnight and to drive safe.

23rd July 2013: Moonshine & The Bee presents Feedback Open Mic @ The Bee Publika July Edition. Here’s Aida of Aida And Jiamei!

This is Jiamei. Don’t know if I got the spelling right.

Kevin, emcee.

Calvin covered Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water.

Roots Above Trees.

I like the drummer’s hair!

Joyce And Friends. Joyce!

A friend.

Another friend.

Tribe Zero.

I like their rock sound. I can’t quite place it, though the Rage Against The Machine T-shirt may hint at their influences.

Benchmark. They covered Justin Timberlake awesomely!

Faz, who I see at these open mics often.

Mikael And Nazrin, from left to right.

Irma And Shakey Shakey. This is Irma…

…with Sachie Amira as one of her backup vocalists.

Omar on drums!

Benchmark girls join in.

Syamee Shamsul.

Amrita Soon, first featured act of the night.

Narmi, second featured act of the night.

Remy J.

Zarul of Zarul x Hani x Zue.

Hani.

Zue. Sweet-voiced trio!

Brandon Pereira.

Omar And The Boys.

Woon.

Didn’t catch this act’s name.

Calvin returns!

9th July 2013: Open Jam with MOB at Ril’s Bar (Tanqueray Tuesday), at Ril’s Bangsar! This was upstairs.

Alphonse Jerome.

J.J. Rian joined in.

He later performed with David Mark, and they had songs with clever lyrics!

Talitha Tan is afraid of the dark.

Fading-blue Ryan joins on drums.

Ministry Of Blunk, organizers of the open mic.

Now with bass and drums.

Cheryl Tan, jazz bird.

7th July 2013: JUICE Revolver Sessions #1, at The Bee, Publika. A freestyle jam session where the first musician plays for 5 minutes. He/she is then joined by the next musician for 5 minutes, and then he/she leaves, replaced by the next musician, and so on. Fascinating concept!

This is Ben of JUICE, explaining how it works.

Fuad Alhabshi of Kyoto Protocol.

Eddy Lim of Diplomats Of Drums.

Sudarshan of Think! Tadpole Think!. Eddy was now on drums, a position I haven’t seen him in since Triple6Poser where Eddy was originally a drummer and Khai the vocalist. I still remember Eddy singing The Beatles while drumming.

Faliq of Pastel Lite (behind).

Irman Hilmi of KLPHQ.

I walked outside and bumped into colorful Petrina! Warna-warna banyak stim.

Phang of The Infernal Conundrum.

Farah Saad of Shh… Diam!.

Rezza, a soloist.

Ammar Khairi of Maharajah Commission.

Ahmad Ibrahim, a soloist.

Sharidir Syed, of Sharidir & Nizam P.

I then walked over to the TRIBUTE TO A LIVING LEGEND……ZAINAL RAMPA, at Braveheart, Publika, on the same evening!

David Mark.

Zainal Rampa, the original vocalist for the legendary Malaysian rock band, Search.

He had the original eBow! The original has one mode and a red light, while the new one that I have has an extra harmonic mode and a blue light.

Poe.

Left to right: Vishnu of Ministry Of Blunk (MOB), Shane of MOB, J.J. Rian, and Alphonse Jerome.

A bigger group picture.

Alphonse Jerome and Zainal jam loosely based on the classics of rock.

Poe joins in!

6th July 2013: Tabloid Live at Circus!

This is a band full of top-class musicianship!

Sharon Chong dances and prances around the stage.

Jonah the suave.

These vocalists have swag.

Took me a long time to get this shot because of the tiny stage.

Faz is electric.

Melina is bassic.

Sharon then called up on stage, a special guest…

Yvonne Chong!

The sister of Sharon, and no lesser a vocal talent. Here she was doing a cover of Beyonce – Love On Top. We cheered with every upward key shift. Could she do it? Oh yes, and then she did it again, again and again.

Another guest vocalist.

I wish the other colors were projected on the stage. It was difficult to color-correct this set!

28th June 2013: Pop Jazz with Fazz at Nerofico, Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights. I just needed to walk over after a late evening at work!

The Sony Alpha 99 through the Samyang 35mm F1.4 UMC.

These guys know how to put on a show!

1940s is the musical theme, with Broadway-styled tunes, and life stories. They also did a cover of Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now!

Full house.

They did a cool medley of Skrillex – Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites to Daft Punk – One More Time and Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child. Didn’t expect that!

Big & Small were musical guests!

Small (Krystal) and Kevin dueted with Queen – Somebody To Love. Two newcomers to the scene, showing us how it’s done!

26th June 2013: I was at the Chan Sow Lin STAR LRT station…

…to take the walkway to the new One Metro Pudu, in Fraser Business Park.

Shops had not opened then.

There’s something about its emptiness.

Looks like a long walk.

I then found the place! Poodoo DIY-BBQ Live Music.

Here’s David Arumugam of The Alleycats!

Ben’s Bitches.

The gig? Back To The 90’s.

Ben.

Ben’s Bitches is always fun to watch, because of Ben and his drunken ramblings and poignant lyrics.

Azmyl Yunor gets on the walkway.

I can’t remember if they played (The Cha Cha Ska Of) Amber Chia.

The wall, adorned with caricatures of pool players.

Kyoto Protocol!

Rocking all out.

They stayed true to the gig name, playing music from the 90’s.

Then came the expected surprise…

Shan’s birthday cake!

This usually ends only one way, but he continued drumming after.

Daft Punk was also present.

Beer drinking competition!

The dude on the far right won… but he didn’t keep it in for long. Nevertheless for his effort, he got to keep his prize.

I exited the other way, and found a better-looking entrance. It should look a lot better now with the DIY-BBQ part built.