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I Just read something I thought was really funny. You have to know Spinal Tap to get it though-

“Nigel Tuffnel once said (and lets face it, no one knows more about tone than Nigel Tuffnel) that the most important tip is to always wash your hair before you play. If you don’t, and your hair touches the strings, it will ‘dull it’, but if you do wash it, and your hair touches the strings, it will make ‘these beautiful harmonics wot sound like a little bird that’s just hatched from it’s nest’.”

Also, you have to watch the most epic scene of all-

I finally recorded something and put it on Youtube…..I like this solo..its cheeky, fun and by one of my fav guitarists- Lincoln Brewster!

Here are some pics from the day!

Here I am on my first day back at work since YLDP reminiscing about YLDP. I can’t even begin to describe what an experience it was. I truly thank God and am humbled that He would let me be a part of something like that…..YQ and the last 2 YLDPs were amazing as well of course, but this particular one was really different for me…I think I was going into it more dry than I hoped, and especially tired and drained (my brother’s wedding was the weekend before, which meant the return of taxi driver Han How..:D..but I had a blast seeing all my relatives and am really happy for my brother and my new sister in law!)…but I think God really worked in me in a way that I really needed…It was a really different experience for me…truly humbling and i feel like my eyes have been opened again!

I was reminded of many things throughout camp….and realized many things too….even about what it truly means to be in a Worship Team….I think God was really moving and doing His work in many of us throughout the camp…wrestling with the sinner’s hearts as the song goes..hahaha

Of course, I had great fun with the Traccers and all the helpers…..the John Mayer wannabe sessions were fun! I will work on it and next year we continue! hahaha Love you guys and may we continue to put God first in everything we do and perhaps God willing one day we can go on to do even greater things for Him!!

To the worship teams that served during camp, praise God for all of you and do continue to shine for Him!

To the Trinity PJ Youths…lets all continue to pray for our church and MYF and just continue to be faithful because our Hope and our Strength is in Him…

All glory to God!

YLDP practices are over, and I really had YLDP blues after the last practice! Haha it was truly a refreshing weekend…although super tiring of course! But I know it was God who brought us together and He is really the gel that binds us together May we always always always seek to worship and glorify Him first in all that we do!!

I feel like its my responsibility to embarrass the band by posting our masterpiece on my blog. It can also be found on I-Wacha-Tunes where they will pay you Rm1 to download the song….

YLDPrec

I also recorded something happier (since ppl say my music very emo!) …tried layering different tracks with Garageband…timing still dodgy though…..probably should have inserted a drum loop first, which I just learned how to do!

My Song 3

Garageband (Apple’s Recording Software) rocks my socks! What I really like about it is its user friendliness compared to some of the other recording software that I’ve tried…and so with my new but beaten up Fender Road Worn Strat I attempted to record something for the first time with Garageband. Used my PC keyboard for the drum parts ( or more like backstreet boy style loop like Abi says ) and uhhh piano part? (actually 3 notes over and over…Lyd would be proud!! ..actually she heard it and she looked quite disgusted…she was laughing pretty hard too after she got over her disgust…but i shall persevere..soon i shall be able to play more than 3 notes on the piano..)

So here it is for laughs!

Garageband Song

Its the new ( or maybe not so new) craze called relics…its supposed to reproduce guitars that have been used for many many years…what I really like about it (apart from the looks of course) is the feel of it…its so smooth and feels so comfortable….sort of like wearing an old pair of shoes or jeans….its actually more or less the same concept as worn out jeans I think…of course my dad was not impressed when I told him that I bought that new

I’m sure most of you know what a big part of my life guitars are (although I recognize that He is and should always be the reason I do it ..)

But anyways, here are the 3 guitarists that I really love! Of course there are many more that I like, you’ll be surprised how many talented people there are out there, even on youtube!

1. Lincoln Brewster

- No surprises here! Everyone who knows me knows how much I love this guy and what he does. Just his story alone is inspiring and he is an amazing player with a great heart for God. His techniques and tone and phrasing are really in line with what I like. Music is such a subjective thing with so many styles and preferences out there…Its mind boggling to see how something like jazz works especially when you start looking at the theory part of it….I once saw a video where this old timer (oklar i mean to say old uncle but in a nice way ) played a complex jazz lick and then proceeded to start explaining the theory behind it….I couldn’t even process what he just played to begin with and the theory part was just crazy! he explained the chords behind what he just did and the scales he used….but I digress, to put it simply- I dig Lincoln Brewster’s playing from his vibrato to his bends and choice of notes and rhythm and truly just what he represents!

2. John Mayer

-This guy is a monster. When he first came out the chicks digged him and the guys scoffed at the idea of him. Now everyone loves him! Which makes him a pretty smart guy I think because he probably would not have been as successful if he had come out with a guitar driven album first. If he had done that, only guitarists and musicians would have appreciated him. Now the girls scream when he plays the blues! Way to go John Mayer for bringing blues back to the mainstream! In terms of technique, he is brilliant of course. His sense of rhythm I think is what really impresses me. His style (hugely inspired by his guitar hero SRV and Hendrix) is great and with just the right amount of “pop-piness” in it to make it something everyone can relate to….Even Lincoln Brewster said in an interview that he really likes what John is doing musically…His acoustic stuff is brilliant and his performance of Human Nature on MJ’s funeral was jaw dropping…..Don’t think I even need to say much coz everyone I know loves him…

3. Eddie Van Halen

- A LEGEND. Super fun and tongue-in-cheek kind of playing…Again to me the right amount of Classic Rock and “pop-piness” to keep everyone interested……His playing is just super expressive and of course, technically brilliant. The man who made 2 hand tapping famous. People have said that there were others who did it first but it was definitely EVH that made it famous…His rhythm stuff and chordwork is great as well…
Always forgets to wear his shirt onstage and has one of the most iconic guitars in history….

Hey guys,

I’ve been so so busy with work the past few weeks that I really hadn’t had the time to blog. Its Sunday night now and I’m sitting here wondering where the weekend went again..haha…each week goes by really quickly actually as a result of being so busy I think. But its really great to be able to go to church on Sundays and to be in His presence. I think Sunday mornings are really the highlights of my week and what really helps me get through the weeks. Today’s service was great and from the bottom of my heart- “A job really well done to the BB and GB! Praise God!” Uncle Sam was the speaker and his sermon was great.. one thing that he said that will definitely stick to me is “To be a great leader for God you must first get down on your knees” or something along those lines….really true and humbling! And Mei Yan you did an awesome job leading this week and playing last week too! Keep it up and I’m really proud to see how much you’ve grown in Him!

I went to KL Wesley for a worship workshop yesterday. It was nice being a participant instead and it was a humbling experience..I think its easy to be proud and to think that you know everything already but God really reminded me to be humble and to have a teachable heart! A big thanks to the worship team from COOS!

Firefly (the airline) finally flies to Singapore now and I’m hoping to be able to go sometime in July. Was hoping to go this week but I just could not see it happening..wayyy too many things going on….oh man! In other news Lyd is now a Mac convert! Muahaha and I finally rebuilt my Hackintosh on a more compatible motherboard..everything works perfectly now and its really nice! For the uninformed, a Hackintosh is basically a normal (non apple) PC with the Mac operating system installed. Until recently this has not been possible because of the difference in the architecture of apples hardware…Or something like that lah..Now that Apple uses Intel based processors, resourceful people have found a way to get the Mac OSX to work with regular PC hardware..Haha I installed it just for the challenge of doing it initially but the Mac OSX has really grown on me and I’m sure there will be a Mac in my life sometime in the future! The fonts do take a lot of getting used to though!

Anyways, for PW members- we will be having a worship and prayer night this Friday at 730 pm! Dinner will be provided (Catered from our very own Menorah Cafe!) and it will be a time for us to come together for worship and prayer…Pastor RIcky will also be sharing a short message and we will be going through the direction of the service for the second quarter. Everyone in the Praise and Worship Ministry team is invited! Mich will be sending out the notices soon!