{"id":1862,"date":"2013-11-09T21:18:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T21:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2014-01-24T19:45:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T19:45:47","slug":"1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1862","title":{"rendered":"Three Gigs"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFeedback Open Mic<\/a> at The Bee, Publika, 24th July 2012, saw Natasha Ejaz<\/b> up on stage.<\/p>\n


\nGenji<\/b>, if I caught his name right, beatboxed.<\/p>\n


\nJared and Max<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nStanley Oh<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nRafael<\/b>, with a most awesome solo jazz vocal performance.<\/p>\n


\nFigure It Out<\/b> had a sound like The Strokes.<\/p>\n


\nRay Cheong<\/b>, the first featured act, in a pre-performance moment as opposed to his usual fretboard gymnastics.<\/p>\n


\nNarmi<\/b>, touted as king of jiwang.<\/p>\n


\nRemy J<\/b>, the second featured act. Why Remy J? I am guessing it is because Jeremy L. doesn’t roll off the tongue the same way.<\/p>\n


\nJon Liddell<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nBassment Syndicate<\/b>, neo-funk-soul.<\/p>\n


\nWhy yes Davina does have… a B.R.F.!<\/p>\n


\nI don’t know what happened but Sharon Chong was suddenly on bass (with Fook shifting over to drums).<\/p>\n


\nThe Boon Band<\/b> covered Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely.<\/p>\n


\nAs 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.<\/p>\n


\nAnd here’s Davinaaargh. I don’t remember how we got to camwhoring like Elmos.<\/p>\n


\n8th August 2012, saw me at The Bee, Publika again, for The Songwriters’ Showcase Series #5<\/a>. Here’s Jasemaine Gan, host and emcee!<\/p>\n


\nReza Salleh<\/b> was up, and I think I remember him singing a Chinese song for the Chinese crowd.<\/p>\n


\nZin Chin<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nRay Cheong<\/b>, again. He has a load of funk in his guitar slapping.<\/p>\n


\nAngie Lym<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\n14th August 2012, was Feedback Open Mic<\/a> at The Bee, Jaya One. Here’s Van Carlson<\/b> the band, with a most shiny guitar!<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n


\nThe vocalist looks a lot like Jacob of Twilight.<\/p>\n


\nGeorge Wong of Two Storey Heart<\/b>, meanwhile, has a better love story.<\/p>\n


\nJason Kon<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nSulyn Ooi<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nEu Gene does her basslines.<\/p>\n


\nJosiah Ng<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nNatasha Ejaz<\/b> from Pakistan, the first featured act, does a killer trumpet vocal solo.<\/p>\n


\nA 5-string fretless bass! This was the lined, inlayed variety. 24 frets, interestingly.<\/p>\n


\nNicky and Aliff<\/b> do an interesting take on Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit.<\/p>\n


\nNicky also beatboxed over a loop pedal.<\/p>\n


\nAriff AB<\/b> has that ever clear voice that cuts across the crowd.<\/p>\n


\nRyota Katayama<\/b>, the second featured act, has a melancholic emo voice.<\/p>\n


\nNarmi<\/b> at close range.<\/p>\n


\nRemy J<\/b> again, closer.<\/p>\n


\nDavid Ling<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n

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.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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