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:December 2006:
I love performing with a live band. Friends who often psycho me to sing KTV with them will meet with a flat refusal. One reason is singing has become ‘work’ for me it seems weird to head to a KTV room for recreation. Another big reason is I’ve become so used to live accompaniment and the ‘rush’ of hearing real instrument sounds, which pushes me to sing better.
Hence, with Fabrice leading the suggestion, I decided to look for a live band that was willing to play for the album. But to search for one really depends on so many factors, suitability being number one - a random search came up with a lot of metal, metal-rock, punk-rock bands which though lovely in their own rights, were certainly not what I had in mind.
By a stroke of good luck, Ein introduced me to Lyonel, a guitarist for local band TIEN. When I first hear their music on MySpace, I felt that I could take to them, and voila, c’est ça! The 5 guys were all very easy-going and encouraging, and most importantly, very positive about doing music. It wasn’t long before we meet up for our first jam @ Boon’s Studio. Things were great, and I was touched by how they tried to bring out my songs using their own arrangements.
As everybody was busy nearing the end of 2006, we scheduled to jam with each other again after New Year. However, by a twist of fate, I decided to call off the idea of having a live band for the album (reason has nothing to do with these cute guys!).
It was regretful, but a decision among many which I had to make.
Though getting a live band to play was out of the picture, I still resolved to make the music as ‘ live’ as possible. And now 9 months down the road, I can proudly say I’ve stuck to this as much as I could. (",)
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