*smile from ear to ear* :)

Things that I've never even thought of is what You've prepared for me.

KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry.

I'm just still too excited.

I just came back from another LEGENDARY gig :) Guess what?! It was in Tropifrickincana City Mall! Yessss. Finally we reached that place, and this time we brought maps. The journey was pretty scary remembering how we got lost last year because this time, there's no 2nd slot for the next morning. The next slot will be next week, and there's no guarantee that we could play because the line up was fixed. 

The gig was in a bar, Artista Bar to be exact, and this event is called M.A.N.G.G.A which stands for Music & Art Nurturing Gigs Goes Anal.

The event was awesome, and somehow we got to play last. Thanks to this, I've finally taste the feeling of playing last :P It was pretty scary because you gotta see others perform before you and somehow it pressurized me >.< All the performers have different genre and characteristics. From metal to pop. Pretty fun, and this is actually a really good platform for unknown bands to promote themselves. Too bad, this is the 2nd last M.A.N.G.G.A session. After the last session next week, it's over.

Btw, why I called this LEGENDARY? Ok. Actually at first it was just like normal gig where we just play and have fun. But then this time, it was different. Well, at least for me :P 

Before we play, the MC (who's actually kind of a celebrity here in Malaysia, the so called "Malaysian John Mayer") said that there will be jamming session after our performance, but I didn't really pay attention or give a dang because I was too nervous for our performance. When we played, everything goes well, and I actually felt that it was pretty good, because we played original songs in which all of them were from different genres. It kinda gave more suspense to the audience (who are mostly music lovers) about the characteristics and genre of our band. After we played, I thought it was over. So I just carry my bass and the tangled jack back to my seat, and before I even put my down my bass, the MC called "Christy, Christy, would you like to play, Christy?" In my heart I was like "Oh HECK YEAH i have no frickin idea what is this but let's do this". So I went up the stage with my bass and tangled jack, plugged it in and I was good to go. The vocalist was somebody that I don't know, as well as the drummer. The vocalist told us the chords *thank God it loops for the whole song*, a groovy stuff that I have never heard of. It goes like E C A D. The vocalist signaled us when to be silent and when to build up. :D Major fun. I just swayed and danced to the beat and not gave a damn whether what I played is right or not. Heck with it :P

And then, after that song ended, our band's vocalist shouted "Can't take my eyes off you!! Can't take my eyes off you!!" and then the singing guy decided to go with it, and here comes the MC joining us with his guitar as well :) Man. That was my first time playing with a well-known musician :D So the drummer started the beat and it was FRICKIN DIFFERENT!! Far from the original, but also far from all kinds of covers I've ever heard!! It was the groovy version! Almost like reggae!! It was EARGASMIC! Multiple serious eargasm while I played. goodness. We jammed that song quite long, and the fun part is, we all swayed and did some little jigs :P I hope somebody took a picture of us playing >.< Looked like we all enjoyed it to the max. Another major moment in my giggin' life :D

At first I was quite discouraged because all the bands that went before us were good, and according to my friend, musicians hang out at that bar so I was so nervous for I'm a total noob. 

Thank GOD that all went well, as well as the jamming session :) I had a super AH-MAY-ZING time. Truly, things that I've never even thought of is what You've prepared for me. :) Thank You Jesus~

Another awesome part was on the way back home. We were kinda lost, but our 2 friends that tagged along to watch the gig had friends in that area, so they helped us find our way back home. Even though we were quite lost, we shared stories behind the original songs that we played. Those were composed by the vocalist, and the bassist (the original member btw). Those stories were awesome, and I didn't know that the first song that we played was actually about the experiences when called for National Service :P The others was about a girl, friendship disputes, and life falling apart.

Well, I've got some lessons too :P and this time, it's more for the drummers (these came from our drummer), singing, and song writing (from the vocalist of course).

For drummers out there:

1. Comfort is everything. When the drum chair is shaky, It's distracting and 

    kinda make you lost a bit of confidence. It's better to bring your own chair I 

    guess.

2. Have a stick holder near your drum set. It will come in handy when your 

    stick fell off your hands (our drummer's stick flew away. Luckily it was 

    successfully saved because it was slow song). If you don't have that thing, 

    just put the spare sticks within your reach.

3. When the drum set is lousy, just bear with it. You have no other choice. 

    Just chill, and do your thing. Don't lose your passion and energy.

4. When the drum set is moving around because of no carpet or something 
    to prevent it from moving around, you gotta be clever. You may find some 

    breaks or a hole in your song where you can fix it back to its place.

Regarding singing and song writing:

1. For those who wants to nail screaming, then you gotta practice. At first it's 

    gonna hurt and you may not be able to sing for a while because of sore

    throat. But, after the time goes by, the more you practice, you'll get used to

    it until you can even sing again even after lots of screaming.

2. *I got this indirectly* Be imaginative and aware of your surrounding. 
     What you feel about something/someone or maybe when something major 

     happened to you, put those in words. Think about aesthetics, rhyme and 
     all later.

3. On some occasion, you may tell the story behind your song. Somehow 

    people dig that. Especially those emotional ones :P

I'm so friggin tired, my hair smells like cigarettes and I'm hungry but too tired to cook ~.~ Just ate 3 donuts on our way to the bar cuz we didn't manage to have a dinner before we depart.

Alrite then peeps, good night :)