Im leaving this site for now...

okie... i give up. i must have some kind blog jinx going on here... none of my last posts came out well and the site takes too long to load up and is full of bugs. I guess this is good bye for now... im heading back to my multiply site... it's where i truly belong i guess. my only beef with multiplhy is that it takes too long to load... but since blogger is equally pathetic in this aspect... im going back! so visit me @ http://omnikevin.multiply.com ! cheers!

Just another love song

Here's another one to the compilation. I'll also put down previous entries as well to give a full picture of the whole list of songs! Previous Entries: Everything But The Girl -Didn't Know I was Looking for Love Today's entry: 311 - Amber Brainstorm take me away from the norm I got to tell you something this phenomenon I had to put it in a song and it goes like Whoa, amber is the color of your energy whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally you ought to know what brings me here you glide through my head blind to fear and I know why whoa, amber is the color of your energy whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally Whoa, amber is the color of your energy whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally You live too far away your voice rings like a bell anyway don't give up your independence unless it feels so right nothing good comes easily sometimes you gotta fight launched a thousand ships in my heart, so easy still it's fine from afar, and you know that whoa, brainstorm take me away from the norm whoa, I got to tell you something ----- 311 is one of my fave surf/punk/alt-rock bands with a very distinctive style to their music. This is an easy, smooth guitar track that i'll play if i can picture da woman and i walking down the beach, sun setting... waves lapping foamily at our feet. warmth of the day's remnants and cool sea breeze... there's a sense of real spiritual beauty here. A kind of cosiness that i feel everytime i listen to this song...

PLUS 65 @ HOME CLUB

Date of Event: 24th Feb 2007

Venue: Home Club (The Riverwalk)

Plus 65 returns for the sixth instalment with a new twist for 2007!

Featuring a stellar line-up of the best local DJ talents from our drum and bass scene, we now also bring you new and emerging artists from different creative disciplines.

Providing you a new platform to flaunt your art, photography, graffiti, illustrations and any forms of mixed media, reach out to an audience who truly understands.

This is uniquely ours. Get into it!

For the first art instalment, we will be featuring local photographers who have captured our daily scenes in fresh and new perspectives. We like YOU to contribute and be part of this.

All you have to do is submit your photos at flickr.com/groups/plus65sg/ or email to plus65sg@yahoo.com. We will be having a showcase during the event where your pictures will be displayed. One winner will be chosen to have his / her work used on our next flyer!

What YOU need to do:

1. Submit your photos at www.flickr.com/groups/plus65sg/ or email to plus65sg@yahoo.com.

2. Hell, just turn up and have fun For those who have prints (any size from 4R to 8R or bigger) which you might want to display at the venue. Please contact me personally about this via email. Closing date for submission of photos is 23rd Feb 2007 (Fri).

MUSIC SELECTORS FOR THE NIGHT:

Castro (downtempo set)

Nonsequitur

Nez

Vortex

Psuedo

MC Ross

Love in a Piggy Year

Well then, another Chinese New Year rolls on by... It's been quite awhile since I last post... Been way too busy with both work and personal stuff! But nothing new in that department there. Here's a holla to all of y'all celebrating CNY with me. Hope everyone will have a prosperous, healthy, successful and blessed New Year! It's the year of the Pig, by the way, generally a good year for most, if the fengshui pundits are to be believed. Sounds good to me! One more shoutout to my man, Mr Wan and his wife. Congratulations and may your marital life be blessed with joy, love and abundance always! Let's see what else shall we update? hmmm... oh V day came and went. I brought da woman to a nice tapas and grill restaurant called Bungalow. Lovely place, wonderful ambience and GREAT food. Loved the paella, every single grain of it! She enjoyed herself and I gots me a new wallet, and a new belt! First appointment for the flat too! Signed the contract and in abt a month's time... THE FLAT IS OURS! Something rather nasty did happen tho. On the day of signing, the current owners of the flat, an old couple, was to be there too... we were unfortunate to witness the breakdown of a marriage. The wife and her two sons came with lawyers to file for divorce. It is a sombre reminder for me and da woman to remember to cherish what we have. --- Here's a little project I'm starting on right now. I'm gonna work on a soundtrack for my wedding so that I can share my love for music. In no particular order, I will put up the songs here, with a little intro/review of the song and its lyrics. Here's song number one, since I happen to be listening to it today... I didn't know I was looking for Love Everything But The Girl I was alone thinking I was just fine I wasn’t looking for anyone to be mine I thought that love was just a fabrication A train that wouldn’t stop at my station Home, alone, that was my consignment Solitary confinement So when we met I was getting around you I didn’t know I was looking for love until I found you [chorus] I didn’t know I was looking for love Until I found you (honey/baby) I didn’t know I was looking for love Until I found you (honey/baby) I didn’t know I was looking for loveI didn’t know I was looking for love Coz there we stood and I would oh I wonder could I say what I felt and not be misunderstood A thousand stars came into my system I never knew how much I had missed then Slap on the lap of my heart you landed I was coy but you made me candid And now the planets circle around you I didn’t know I was looking for love until I found you [repeat chorus] So we build from here with love the foundation In a world were tears are consolation Now you’re here there’s a full brass band Playing in me like a wonderland And if you left I would be two foot small And every tear would be a waterfall Soundless, boundless I surround you I didn’t know I was looking for love until I found you ---- Isn't the song beautiful? I love the emotion it captures. The careful wonder and surprise of love found.

Guerrilla @ HomeClub 10th Feb

The name "drum and bass" should not lead to the assumption that tracks are constructed solely from these elements. Nevertheless, they are by far and away the most critical features, and usually dominate the mix of a track. Despite the apparent simplicity of drum and bass productions to the untrained ear, an inordinate amount of time is spent on preparing tracks by the more experienced producers.

The genre places great importance on the "bass line", a deep sub-bass musical pattern which is felt physically as much as it is heard. There has also been considerable exploration of different timbres in the bass line region, particularly within techstep. Bass lines exist in many forms, but most notably they originate from sampled sources or synthesizers. Bass lines performed with a bass (instrument), whether it is electric, acoustic or a double bass, are rare. Sampled basslines are often taken from double bass recordings or from publicly available loops. Synthesized bass lines are however just as common.

In drum and bass productions, the bass lines are subjected to many and varied sound effects, including standard techniques such as dynamic compression, flanger, chorus, over-drive, equalization, etc. and drum and bass specific techniques such as the "Reese Bass", in fact not a technique per se, but the degrees of processing, distortion and filtering placed upon a widely-used sample of Kevin Saunderson's most infamous 'Reese' bass line sample - from 1988's classic "Just Another Chance".

The complex syncopation of the drum tracks breakbeat, is another facet of production on which producers spend a very large amount of time. A drum phrase lasting seconds may often take a day or more to prepare, depending on the dedication of the producer. The Amen break is generally acknowledged to have been the most-used (and often considered the most powerful) break in drum and bass.

It would not be too much of an exaggeration to say that drum and bass (at least in its early days) was a style built around a single broken beat element which was a single sample, the Amen, but other samples have had a significant impact, including the Apache break, the Funky Drummer, and others.[9] The Funky Drummer has perhaps superseded the Amen in modern productions but the Amen is accepted to continue to be an extremely powerful (in a musical sense) break.

The very fast (objectively) drum beat forms a canvas on which a producer can create tracks to appeal to almost any taste and often will form only a background to the other elements of the music. However, without a fast & broken beat, a drum and bass track would not be a drum and bass track but could be classified as a gabber, techno, breaks or house music track.

Drum and bass is usually between 160-180 BPM, in contrast to other forms of breakbeat such as nu skool breaks which maintain a slower pace at around 130-140 BPM. A general upward trend in tempo has been observed during the evolution of drum and bass. The earliest old skool rave was around 125 / 135 bpm in 1989 / 1991, early (late 1992 - 1993) jungle / breakbeat hardcore was around 155-165 BPM. Since around 1996, drum'n'bass tempos have predominantly stayed in the 173 to 180 range. Recently some producers have started to once again produce tracks with slower tempos (i.e. in the 150's and 160's), but the mid-170 tempo is still the hallmark of the drum and bass sound.

The speed of drum and bass is not however only characterised by that of the broken beat. Drum and bass has a bassline, which will typically play at half the speed of the drums, bringing its speed down to that of, for instance, a laid back hip-hop track. A listener or dancer can concentrate on this element rather than the faster drums.

It should be noted that the speed of music is subjective. A aggressively produced track with a complicated beat and synthesizer sounds may 'sound faster' than one with a sampled double bass bassline, guitar riffs and simpler beat, however the second track may be in strict BPM terms faster. Radio friendly tracks like Shy FX's "Shake Ur Body" often have higher BPMs than ominous techstep productions which might eject the unitiated very quickly from a dancefloor. It is interesting to note that the faster a track is in BPM terms, the less complex its drum patterns can be because at higher step the elements cease to be heard separately, turning them into a wall of sound. A faster drum and bass track will therefore generally have a less complex drum pattern than a slower one.

"Excuse me, would you mind pulling back that song you just put on? That bass melody was just splendid."