23rd December 2014: Feedback Open Mic ft Narmi & Ray Cheong @ The Bee Publika / December 2014 Edition.
Yup, The Bee has gotten a sweet mural!
Here’s The Evening Play.
Feedback at The Bee, Publika allows for the full band format.
They even have a drum set.
So I saw these guys at a guitar store earlier, where this conversation happened between one band member and a sales assistant:
Sales Assistant: Ko dengar ini. *strums guitar* Kreng. *presses distortion pedal* Sekarang ko dengar ini. KREEENNNGGG!!!
Band Member: Ooo, giler sedap! Berapa pedal ni?
Sales Assistant: RM350 sahaja!
Band Member: Alamak, kurang bajet lah bulan ini. Kurang sikit boleh?
Sales Assistant: Paling kurang pun, RM300 lah.
Band Member: Alamak, masih tak sampai. Trade-in boleh?
Sales Assistant: Boleh, mau trade-in apa?
Band Member: Hmmm skejap saya tengok ada apa. Ooo, ada ini. Tuner pedal. Boleh trade-in tuner?
Well, that conversation didn’t happen. I made it up, when hearing the band play out of tune! Geez guys it wasn’t bad enough that you guys were tuning up on stage (one of the members had a battery-operated tuner, which could be shared) and after that whole wait, the band was off-tune!
Nevermind the bollocks, here’s the Sex Pistol, Danielle, and a friend.
The Abangs, I think?
Kim Lim, stylish fingerstylist.
First featured act, Narmi.
Jeremy (note the well-tuned guitar, and a guitar tuner hiding behind the headstock, for best aesthetics.)
The bassist also with a tuner! (Eh wait, this is the first time I’m seeing Narmi with a bassist!)
Meanwhile, my latte looked like a biscotti. Yummy!
Monica was playing with my camera. This could be the PlayMemories Mobile remote app.
This is her TED Talk profile picture.
This, I do not know.
Ray Cheong, second featured act.
A new lineup! Grace-ious.
Reuben, in irony, as Ashwin would sometimes drum for Ray, and Ashwin replaced Reuben in Cats In Love. So it’s a reverse switch.
Another oddity – Ray on electric sitting down.
An unrelated Ruben.
Nat & Mel.
Spooky Wet Dreams.
This vocalist has a lot of punk presence!
I am entertained.
Jack Fuzzbeats.
Nazrin.
Kevin.
Premium Sea. I think they were rocking out well, but I don’t remember what genre of rock because I forgot to record a video to help me remember.
Fikri Azam.
Blund.
Took two open mikes for me to get their name right! (By then, I had heard them spell it enough.)
4th December.
On one hand, the utilitarian Yamaha folk guitar…
…and a similiar one, just flipped and played upside-down.
Yvonne Chong.
I don’t remember if her bandmates were the elves or merry whatever.
You get the idea though, because it was two days to Christmas!
A parting shot.