25th June 2013: Moonshine & The Bee presents Feedback Open Mic @ The Bee Publika June Edition. I like my Samyang 35mm F1.4 UMC. It gives me that ambient shot that gives you the feeling of being there.

Zarul x Hani x Zue. Simply awesome voices.

Nabeel Zulkifli.

Ann Na.

If there was a reality TV show for hipsters, she’d probably get very far…

…partly because of violent retribution if I did not vote.

Lydia on an off-hipster-day and Ash catching up.

Wei Ann & Jared.

She is full of expression!

Christian Palencia.

Mikael & Nazrin.

Reza Salleh, emcee and organizer.

Izzy.

I asked Talitha Tan to take a picture of me since she had her camera on, but she instead made this symbol to imply that I was to be the photographer and her, the subject.

I will forever remember this picture. It makes me laugh everytime!

Joe & Pitt, really rocking out.

The Box Focal with Rashdan Harith.

Zaim Zaidee, on the 5-string groove.

David, on the 6-string riffage.

Zero.

Stephanie.

Yasmin.

Klang boys Busco.

This is the band one always mentions that Darren Ashley plays drums for.

Another familiar face, on guitar and keyboard.

Matt.

Sam.

Lizzie Parkinson on ukulele.

I didn’t catch this guy’s name.

The Milkmen. This guitar looked different; it was painted differently then!

Awesome grunge!

Great Tight Jeans.

That is a rather cool-looking Fender bass.

That new band with the unfamiliar lyrics.

Talitha Tan!

Giggly some days, but I won’t spoil it for you, why it happens.

Nice Martin, heh heh.

She was then joined by Darren Ashley on drums and Sean Yap!

Sean Yap then takes his turn. His loop pedal failed, unfortunately. Sounded promising!

Narmi.

Zalila Lee. I had that T-shirt!

Reza joined her on stage.

19th June 2013: MALAM HIGH & DRY!, a fundraiser for TAP That, a film looking at the rights of communities to clean, sanitized water. This was at Frontera, Jaya One.

Reza Salleh.

Francis Wolf.

Emcees, and Lim Benji looking like the insolent son he played in a movie.

Cool lettering.

I brought out a combo that I don’t usually – the Sony Alpha NEX-5 with Sony LA-EA1 adapter and Opteka 85mm F1.4.

Froya.

Slightly different lineup today.

Yup.

A Korg Wavedrum. Fascinating!

Rashdan Harith. Ash’s expression is priceless!

Fook on bass guitar keyboard?

Aidil Rosli of Couple, by himself.

Bihzhu!

17th June 2013: Open Mic @ The Venue #9 – Hosted by Az Samad! This would sadly be the last instalment of this open mic series. The Venue would then close, to be replaced, a few months later.

Jamiel Said who did a cover of Search – Fantasia Bulan Madu and Goo Goo Dolls – Iris!

Mike Dawes! Yes, that’s a GoPro on this fingerstyle guitarist/Youtube sensation/guitar teacher’s guitar headstock.

Az Samad joins him for a jam.

Big & Small!

They did a cover of James Brown – It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World.

Raja Farouque Trio.

Here’s Raja Farouque on a LTD superstrat! I’d normally see him as the double-bass-playing member of Fazz, but this time I saw him in a Steve Vai-ish light. All he needed was a handlebar for his guitar!

Peter of Markiza & Peter Brown.

Markiza. This couple has been singing socially conscious songs for a long time.

Az Samad, emcee and organizer.

Talitha Tan.

Fascinatingly, for the running joke that she goes up with a different borrowed guitar each time, this is her actual guitar, rarely appearing on stage…

…reason being that it doesn’t have a pickup. That does seem peculiar for a Taylor, a guitar maker associated with a great acoustic guitar sound, to leave amplification to an external microphone.

Featured act Paladin did a cover of The Doors – Riders In The Sun.

Lead celloist Florian Antler. For some reason the lighting turned out very iOS7-like.

This, too! Was Jony Ive behind the lighting?

Serious-looking people outside.

Damia.

Aice.

Accompanied by guitar teacher Matthew McKelson.

Sure, you know your chords like the back of your hand, but can you play guitar on the back of your head? This is Rayner Ray (thanks Az for the heads up!)

Aaron Aw, with a very muhibbah song.

Ayuni Wahab.

Boy Castro on guitar.

Ariff AB.

Hameer Zawawi does an awesome cover of Tempered Mental – Automata.

15th June 2013: Fête de la Musique Malaysia, at The Curve! (I didn’t bring my camera to the one at Jalan Mesui on the 31st of May 2013.) I also didn’t catch this band’s name.

The Endleaves.

Frizzy-haired frontman Shaneil Devaser sticks it to all the buzzcut hipsters out there.

Jay Kughan in the audience, also keeping it old-school.

I keep forgetting her name. I am jealous of her bluer blue hair.

Peace!

With Ryan, who himself has faded blue.

Ray Cheong, groovy cat.

I like this picture. It’s very street-photography-ish, but not with your typical wide lens.

Emcee.

Talitha Tan!

Smiley. I hope to someday see her perform her originals.

Ryan on kajon. Makes me wonder which instruments have the most surface area for stickers.

Emilia Z..

Ann Na shakes the shaker.

Nabeel Z., with a fascinating A7.

Not sure how, but the shaker transferred hands.

One more celebration of bokeh!

Didn’t catch this band’s name. The guitarist was fiddling with a loop pedal.

Came back to find Leonard in a cool silhouette.

An Honest Mistake!

The bass drum is strong in this one.

Telecaster versus green cast.

13th June 2013: Moonshine: A Homemade Music Show June Edition, at Laundry Bar, The Curve. Here’s Dane Adamo, from Brisbane!

In case you forget the name.

Awesome highlights on the guitar.

Reza Salleh, emcee and organizer.

Azmyl Yunor & The Sigarettes. This is Azmyl, the folk rocker from the old town school of folk music.

His rocking folk.

Cool T-shirt!

Azmyl was full out rock-and-rolling.

Nobody shouted, “Judas!”

Anna Chong.

Her atmospheric-music-producing crew.

Though, a great deal of it is her voice, and the emotion!

This is how Darren Ashley gets into gear before a show. Or maybe it’s just to achieve bedhead.

Lustruous bedheaded Darren Ashley.

Been a while since I’d see him in white; back when he was playing mainly acoustic guitar by himself and beatboxing, he’d be dressed in white.

Ryan on drums and uh… laptop.

Korg showdown with his Korg-playing keyboardist/bassist.

Must be discounted in bulk.

Disco.

The band is known as Dash today.

Car Park, a very clever name for a band.

They play rock kapak – a Malay term for the slow ballad rock popularized by The Scorpions, characterized by plenty of two or three guitar harmony solos.

Quite a few familiar faces!

Yep.

30th May 2013: Moonshine: A Homemade Music Show May Edition Part 2! Here’s a GIF animation of the very cool wall. Depending on the color of the light hitting the print, different animals would appear; those that were printed red would disappear when the light was red.

Az Samad‘s very colorful pedalboard.

Reza Salleh, emcee and organizer.

Az is Iron Man.

Az, usually an acoustic guitar-slapping fingerstyle guitarist, goes electric.

It’s just him, disco balls, and cool effects.

A shoe-gazing moment.

Stonebay!

Boys bring grunge back in the hood.

A most sweet Hofner bass.

Big band Tilu!

Horns, keyboard, and a dancy singer.

This is what you do when you’re not familiar with lyrics, instead of reading them off a phone.

Familiar bassist Zaim!

Rapper.

Singer.

Cheery guitarist/vocalist.

Horn section.

Octuplet.

Then came a band socked up. Yes, I realized I missed one out.

Quirky Qwerty!

They played polka!

Very cool headless guitar.

They played some familiar Disney tunes as well.

David explaining the next fun song!