{"id":2923,"date":"2014-01-26T19:39:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T19:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2014-01-26T19:39:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T19:39:51","slug":"open-mic-the-venue-6-hosted-by-az-samad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=2923","title":{"rendered":"Open Mic @ The Venue #6 &#8211; Hosted by Az Samad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf1.jpg\"><br \/>\n25th March 2013: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/166587743496875\/\" target=\"_BLANK\">Open Mic @ The Venue #6 &#8211; Hosted by Az Samad<\/a>! Here&#8217;s <b>Kenneth Leow<\/b> with a Nirvana-esque first song.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf2.jpg\"><br \/>\nAz Samad, emcee and organizer!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf3.jpg\"><br \/>\nFirst featured act, <b>Isabell Jia Jia<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf4.jpg\"><br \/>\nTo her right&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf5.jpg\"><br \/>\n&#8230;and her left.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf6.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Alloy And The Midgets<\/b>, a beatboxer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf7.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Ray Cheong<\/b>, with an awesome harmonic double-tapping finger-style guitar song, and a funky cover of <i>Marvin Gaye &#8211; What&#8217;s Going On<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf9.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Big &#038; Small<\/b> does the awesome <i>James Brown &#8211; It&#8217;s A Man&#8217;s, Man&#8217;s, Man&#8217;s World<\/i> and <i>Blackstreet &#8211; No Diggity<\/i>. This is Big&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf8.jpg\"><br \/>\n&#8230;and Small.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf10.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Aice<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf11.jpg\"><br \/>\nTransferring the rhythm!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf12.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Gavin<\/b>, who played for Aice, also performed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf13.jpg\"><br \/>\nSecond featured act, <b>Kien Lim<\/b>, a folk rocker.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf14.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Shaneil Devaser<\/b>, a 90&#8217;s rocker.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf15.jpg\"><br \/>\nCouch rockers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf16.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Ariff AB<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf21.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Dhanea And The Boys<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf17.jpg\"><br \/>\nOne of the boys.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf18.jpg\"><br \/>\nDrummer boy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf20.jpg\"><br \/>\nThey did a cover of <i>Nirvana &#8211; Smells Like Teen Spirit<\/i>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf19.jpg\"><br \/>\n&#8230;with Dhanea, violinist, playing the main vocal line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf23.jpg\"><br \/>\nShafya joined to sing <i>The Corrs &#8211; Only When I Sleep<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf24.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Shafya<\/b>, from Maldives, then performed her own set.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/azomf25.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Jia Ming<\/b>, finger-style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25th March 2013: Open Mic @ The Venue #6 &#8211; Hosted by Az Samad! 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