Oh My Goodness (*tock* be lay!!!)

Hmm.

Oh well, it's been a really crazy past week for me: M&M test, getting ready for graphics dateline, Alvin getting appendicitis and the visit to the hospital (he even had HBO, lucky bastard), but as I cheerily reminded him, he was back in his grandmother's clothes once more. ROFL.

Anyhow, it's tuesday, did my graphics presentation... played my song 'I'm Gonna Find My Own Way' in front of the whole class and including Ms Tan... I suppose I can't be pai seh anymore especially since I could sing something like 'Highway To Hell' in front of 60-something strangers in the pub, and still scream my heart out during a song like 'Hey Jude'. I guess the impromptu performance was anticipated (on my part), but I guess nobody would have guessed that I would have the gall to pull out my guitar and start strumming simply because XiWai asked me to sing the song.

I suppose I can hardly blame the rest of my class for demanding the performance, mainly due to the fact that no-one in class has ever heard 'I'm Gonna Find My Own Way', much less understand what my CD packaging would be about, and the meaning behind the packaging, which would have been inspired by and tie-in with the song itself.

Then steffo called me up today regarding 'It's All Joon Kiat's Fault', and asked me if I had a more upbeat song... the moment she mentioned the word 'upbeat', my mind immediately flashed upon an image of myself and Alvin pounding away at our instruments, in a heated moment playing 'Countryboy, Breakaway'.

FYI, those who have no idea what I'm talking about, 'Countryboy, Breakaway' is one of the Fuzzy Green Grass's earliest original songs... based loosely upon a simple G-Bb-F-G chord sequenced which is improvised underneath a fast-picking banjo (courtesy of Alvin). This song was a milestone for Alvin and myself because we recorded down a live session of us just playing the song for the first time, and we didn't know what the heck we were playing, hence you get muddled lyrics, wacko rhythm guitar, a 3-minute-long banjo solo and afterwards... sore fingers and elbows.

Maybe Alvin and I should put it down once more just for the sake of Steffo's Livewire soundtrack requirements... she did ask for an upbeat song.

I have to say that I didn't offer to let Steffo have a go that song because it was poorly recorded (we used Alvin's crappy computer microphone) and you can even hear the hum of Alvin's CPU in the background. The only song which barely tops 'Countryboy, Breakaway' is 'To You', which I feel has more balls to it, and possibly more commercial value, but I still like 'Countryboy, Breakaway' all the same.

I've just been blog surfing for a while, trying to ease the pain of having to spend a grand total of 27 bucks just for the 2nd Graphics project.. I shudder when I think of all the amount of money I waste just printing in colour at the school print shop. I've still got a few more blogs to visit, so see you folks for now.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy