{"id":2555,"date":"2014-01-13T20:53:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2014-01-13T20:53:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:53:54","slug":"open-mic-the-venue-4-hosted-by-az-samad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=2555","title":{"rendered":"Open Mic @ The Venue #4 – Hosted by Az Samad"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n21st January 2013: Open Mic @ The Venue #4 – Hosted by Az Samad<\/a>! Here’s Cheryl Tan<\/b> with Az Samad on guitar.<\/p>\n


\nAaron Lo<\/b>, who does a cover of George Michael – Whisper<\/i>.<\/p>\n


\nFern Taylor<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nJayson<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nCham<\/b>, I think.<\/p>\n


\nRemy J, on backing guitar for the first featured act of the night…<\/p>\n


\nNarmi<\/b>! For some reason this reminds me of Jack Black and Kyle Gass just as they get ready for an epic guitar battle.<\/p>\n


\nEleventh Maze<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nAfter fixing his guitarist’s mike stand, he sings.<\/p>\n


\nLittle switcheroo later.<\/p>\n


\nAmrita Soon<\/b>, whose songs are as windswept and flowery as is tattooed on the guitar.<\/p>\n


\nAshley<\/b>, I think…<\/p>\n


\nWell, I can’t be far off with the necklace…<\/p>\n


\nI usually post drummer pictures when they look cool, like this one.<\/p>\n


\nLikewise with other instruments.<\/p>\n


\nNabel & The Wedding Band<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nAlthough the lighting color messes with the white balance, I’m glad the lighting is consistently bright, making it manageable.<\/p>\n


\nThe band also featured Nina Nadira.<\/p>\n


\nThe Venue has plenty of space to maneuver. This is what it looks like from the edge of the bar with the same lens I use for all the tight shots – the Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA on the Sony Alpha 99.<\/p>\n


\nSecond featured act, progressive alternative rock Tempered Mental<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nJack rips out a solo. I love how Pax Automata, their latest album, has plenty of room for solos.<\/p>\n


\nGotta love The Venue’s spotlights.<\/p>\n


\nAz Samad, emcee and organizer, was so hyped after the pleasant dissonance, sauntered onto stage feeling the energy.<\/p>\n


\nDean Shaari<\/b> did Blackstreet – No Diggity<\/i> and was joined by Jimmy of Tempered Mental in the second song.<\/p>\n


\nNext was some awesome modern-day metal thanks to Arjun and Lukman<\/b>. A backing track, one Jackson guitar, and screaming.<\/p>\n


\nAnuar<\/b>, a bluesman I hadn’t seen in a long time!<\/p>\n


\nAriff AB<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nThe pre-synchronized-wardrobe Fazz<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nAmirhooman<\/b> with a flairful classical tune.<\/p>\n


\nHameerudin Zawawi<\/b>, the open miker to end all open mikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

21st January 2013: Open Mic @ The Venue #4 – Hosted by Az Samad! Here’s Cheryl Tan with Az Samad on guitar. Aaron Lo, who does a cover of George Michael – Whisper. Fern Taylor. Jayson. Cham, I think. Remy J, on backing guitar for the first featured act of the night… Narmi! For some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11808,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions\/11808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}