all I want for Xmas is a finger exerciser!

THAT has nothing to do with this post. 

Been extremely busy that I almost have no time to sit and listen to stuff that I like or those I've never heard before. sigh.

But then it's good in a way that now I have a BUNCH of stuff piling up for me to listen to once I'm free. I have listened to 1 - 3 of their songs, but in order to make a thorough and un-biased reviews, I'm gonna have to listen to the whole discography :) Here's the list:

- B.B. King --I got poisoned by a friend :P

- BACK ON --I only listened to a few songs and got lazy downloading =.=

- Shugo Tekomaru -- Don't like his singing style but LOVE the music. Somehow 

  makes me really happy on the first play.

- PE'Z -- "The Samurai Jazz Band."Never heard of that in my entire life. So 

  HECK YEAH I gotta check 'em out!

- Abingdon Boys School -- I'm outdated. Wanna check out their new stuff.

- L'arc En Ciel -- Too.many.songs. Lazy to download. But now I'm on my 

  search of someone who's gracious enough to lend me their L'arc-filled-HDD

- Hinder -- still considering, tho. Waking up the devil is awesome but it freaks 

  me out at the same time idk why.

- Ikimonogakari -- My collection is only up to the one with Blue Bird. I wanna 

  update!

- Dave Matthews Band -- Call me lame. I don't give a flying fart. I HAVE to 

  broaden my horizon.

- High School Musical -- You saw that right. bleh.frickin hate it but I need it 

  for my film scoring knowledge and HSM was recommended by the fella that I 

  wrote about last time. He said the compositions and arrangements are good. 

  *composition? film scoring? I'll explain in other post*

- John Mayer -- Indeed skillful with the guitar but why the hype? Wanna find 

  out.

- Punk Goes Pop -- Just had several songs. Wanna listen to all 3 volumes!

I think I should stop there.

Btw, there's a HUGE gig coming up :) Another one worth writing, I hope.

In the meantime, whoever reading this blog, please pray for me so that I'll be able to finish this semester well, and then get to the internship beesknees with laughter. >.< Thanks!

Abingdon Boys School

I've f0und this band l0ng time ago. I d0n't really remember h0w, but when I d0wnl0aded their s0ng 'h0wling', I just listened to it once, and then deleted it straight away because I was freaked out by the narration at the beginning of that song.. Y'kn0w.. "the night sky full of cries.. " and so on. I wasn't a fan of such music back then when I f0und them. But then after a while, a friend sh0wed me their video clip of this s0ng, and I liked it. At that time I became a fan of 'n0isy' music already. Heheh. You should check out "Blade Chord" I think it's pretty cool. Well, I was m0st interested to their drummer and bass because b0th of them were soo0o0 tight. 

Takan0ri's(voc.) v0ice kinda ann0yed me at first because of his over-vibrating style of singing. But hey, that's what makes him special, and also that style blends with the s0ngs well anyway. Oh! Takanori is T.M Revolution btw. The one who sings Heart of Sword-Kenshin ost. 

I d0wnl0aded all of their s0ngs and then did s0me research. I was surprised when I f0und out that their drummer and bassist were additi0nals, so the original member was only the v0calist, 2 guitarists, and 1 keyb0ardist/pr0grammer.

In terms of music, their c0ncept is quite the same as other J-rock bands alth0ugh they s0und kinda g0thic in several s0ngs. S0me of them s0und p0p except with heavy guitar riffs, or s0metimes the keyb0ard d0minate the wh0le thing.. Btw, the guitar guys were awes0me. My fav0rite piece of the riffs was during h0wling, after the ch0rus of the 2nd verse. I call it 'the lightning' part. Heheh. Because everytime I listen to that s0ng, the image of lightning c0mes to mind. 

Anyway, their live sh0ws were awes0me! Y0u can always Y0utube them. They were always wearing male sch0ol unif0rm. They all look g0od on it :p The v0c's v0ice were so stable!! The music were tight as well. But, it was a pity that the drummer and the bassist were placed in the shadows, never get to wear school unif0rm like the other members =.=" and it was s0o0o hard to find out who they are.. 

So I did my homework and found that they are Ikuo(ba.) and K0ji Hasegawa (dr.). Ikuo's the one from Bull Zeichen 88/Lapis Lazuli, etc. My 2nd favorite bassist. I'm not really interested in where Koji's from:P Because b0th of them were just additi0nals, it's hard to listen to the basslines because it was placed in a subtle v0lume, which is just en0ugh to fill the emptiness, but n0t n0t clear en0ugh for learning purp0ses. The drum lines were clear though..

 F0r all of y0u guitarists out there, the two ABS guitarists are w0rth listening to because they have unique s0l0s and not to mention the unique music arrangements as well. But f0r those who just listen as a wh0le, ABS may s0und just like any other J-r0ck bands.

image from last.fm