shattered hopes*

What was to be our big day yesterday went up in smoke because of 1 guy, our vocalist, Sulaiman. Everyone else was waiting at the interchange for him with guitars in hand and he was still fast asleep at home. This was supposed to be our big break. Rahman, our second guitarist, had to cancel a date because of the audition thingy.. Raszman, our drummer, had to cancel his 1-week planned date. Sabri, our bassist, had to sacrifice his time for sleeping (for working later on that day) for practicing and for the audition. Everyone was pissed off. Sabri and I was in a good mood though. Sabri is always able to crack anyone up with his shar of jokes in the darkest hours.. well depends on his mood. And me.. I had to sacrifice attending the Speech Day thingy so that I won't be tired for the audition thingy.

We called him 25 times. He was unable to hear. Tido Mati lah. Time passes slowly. Rahman called the audition guy for it to be postponed again. I heard the audition guy was furious. The next audition thingy will be on next week, Saturday.

We went to McDs with our guitars to wait for Sulaiman's call cos Sabri wanted to bring us jamming. Well, its on the house. Heh. 2-hours. I had strawberry Sundae. Woohoo. Raszman had err coke and Strawberry Sundae. He later added the coke inside the Strawberry Sundae.

Sabri - This is dog shit.
Sabri - This is fear factor. You have 2 minutes to complete that. Now go.
...
Me - Sab, how much time left?
Sabri - 30 secs, 10, 2, 0. Well, you still have to complete it

Hahaha. After that, we went to Apek Tempang BMC.

Took a 17. The bus arrived almost immediately. We talked about Sulaiman and all that, whether he was still interested to be in the band.

Finally arrived at the Bus Depot. Walked to BMC. Went up a lift. Payed the thing and waited for our room to be ready. Then, Sulaiman called. Rahman told him to come down to BMC, but he had other things to do. Then ah what the hell.

My set up took only 5 minutes. Wahaha as opposed to the 30 minute+faulty set up during the last jam. We had a warm up session playing Iron Maiden's "Montsegur". Was Half complete. After which, we played "Dance of Death" also by Maiden. Was also Half-completed. Hahaha. Sabri, Rahman and Raszman played malay songs. Then that was the end of our warm up. We played Tak Pernah Ku Menduga. Completed! I was able to hit the arpeggio solo. Then we played "Brave New World" by Maiden. I didn't expected it to be completed. Heh. I have to work on my solos. Then we played Merinduimu. Original. Completed that one also. Added a metronome-type section so that its easier for Sulaiman to sing in one part of the song ah. Then we played, KCY, Kisah Cinta Yana. Our original. Was stucked half way because I haven't come up with the solos yet. Then, we played Hallowed be Thy Name. Hahaha. I had some problems there. We also played Evil That Men Do. Everything was perfect except for the solo. Hmm. have to work on that one. Then we played Fear of the Dark. Had problems after the solo thingy. After which, we played some Jazz Improvisions and some incomplete wacky songs. I played the Tarantella thingy. Sabri and Raszman added in some drum and bass parts. Then, we had in which I dub.. "The Natural Selection Jam". To pass the time, we made up our own on-the-spot song which spanned about 10 minutes. Had Jazzy parts and some heavy metal parts + slow and sentimental solos. Also fast solos. Hehe. It was nice. Everything was coordinated perfectly. One of the best "Jam Songs" ever. Of course in the past we had jam songs. Keke. Then we ended the Jam session with a headbanging and high-speed Master of Puppets cover. Hahahaha.

After the jam, me, Rahman and Raszman went to Bedok Interchange to have some Bandungs and Kerangs. Sabri had to go to his workplace later on. So we headed to Bedok Interchange. Sabri dropped off at his block.

We arrived at Bedok Interchange and made our way to Yassalam. We talked about Sulaiman along the way. If he wasn't commited.. then there must be some one to replace for the vocals. Well, then I suddenly volunteered. Hahaha. Then everything was all set.

Wah Yassalam banyak "chicks" da. Hur. Kerang was good. I never really liked Kerang but it was okay.

Headed our way to the skatepark. They tested on my singing and seemed to be satisfied by it. The only problem was that I wasn't able to remember the lyrics. We also called up Sulaiman, to see whether he was really interested and confirmed to be on the following week's Saturday's audition. Seems like he will still be in the band. Yay. After that, we went home and met each other online.. talking crap as always.

*the title of our new song.

zK taped a piece at 4/18/2004 10:24:00 AM

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