Latest Update (10/3/2010) – Our band will not be performing for this event due to differences in terms. However, please stay tuned as we shall be getting another gig some time this month or next.
And it is a rumor because our band has yet to receive a confirmation on our preferred time slot. Tentatively, we will perform at Tiong Bahru Plaza on March xx evening. Try to be there, please? It’s for charity. In the coming days, I will write more about our music, the event, and more.
About a year ago, we seem to have overdone a bit for the Music for Hope charity event, in terms of preparation. With Wieke’s help, we had rewritten the song arrangement. We drove all the way up to Malaysia just to add a few extra practice sessions with our band member. We looped in quite a few of our friends from different locations for improvement pointers. There were a few unknowns too. Our guitarist Jason was unsure if he could be there due to national commitment, Wieke was unsure if she could be there due to work commitment; I was unsure about how performing live would be like; we were unsure if we could put together something decent in time.
But we did it.
This time is the complete opposite. The request came in like less than 2 weeks before the event. I picked up my guitar on the evening our band manager Selrol asked if we are interested. Surprisingly, the songs are still in my head, both lyrics and chords, after months of inactivity. Cynthia seems to remember her bass line too. This Saturday three of us will get together, for one practice session. That’s probably the only session we have before the gig.
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Looking back, the intense preparation of the previous gig may have worn us out, worn me out. Our band “No Eye Candy” has been in hiatus since then; I have not written many songs since then. I wonder if these events relate.
Latest update? Our drummer Wieke has left Singapore for good. Left our band for now, I would say? Knowing what she pursues, I am happy for Wieke. And here we are, back to a 3-piece band. Jason, Cynthia, and I. More than 6 years we have been jamming together. Hope to see more years to come. As for now, my eyes are on the March 13.
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Calling volunteers for band tour bus, photography team, videography team, and groupie “logistic” handling team.