Saturday, June 29, 2013
- Supernova - GRANRODEO -
i dun talk about guitar covers but i guess this has to be an exception.
this was the one video which i watched while randomly surfing music covers and made me discover the band GRANRODEO. i first heard their music back in err year1 of uni when kuroko no basuke was released. they played their opening songs.
anyway i feel the tone is totally awesome on this rig, not sure wad pedals he using but sounds damn good! i dun play guitar, well i tried playing but totally couldnt get it, but the improv at 0:50 was sick! its basically 3 harmonic tones but i tink thats like one of the hardest things to do other than strumming and picking! other than that he was really playing true to the original song which is totally fine by me.
and that solo from 3:00, holy shit, that was the one that really got me hooked to their music and the band. i really dun tink he made any major mistakes that i can pick up on throughout the whole cover, great job!
well some ppl call it showing off, but well if u love music and wanna show it to the world and make ppl like me happy by watching ur videos, this is the way to go man!
sometimes i oso wish i had the time and more importantly skills, plus a good camera and recording equipment to do my own covers and post them online argh. oh well watching/listening to such good music really inspires me in my daily work anyhow...
P.S. he used Windows Movie Maker to edit the video LOL, flashbacks of my own endeavours with that haha
Music Took Control at 10:12 PM
Friday, May 31, 2013
- The Spirit Carries On -
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
i remember when Punchline formed, it was more of a group of frens coming tgt juz to play for fun. it wasnt even serious, it was more of a weekend nothing to do and u play guitar, u play bass, u play drums, u sing, lets go jamming. this is a story of how one of the most successful bands in the world losing their drummer and then auditioning a new drummer. these videos shows the entire process and the start of a new journey for them.
the second part of Part 3 was really relatable ba, totally knew how he felt and its really like living the dream now u noe. after working for an entire year, for me, its juz such a relief and knowing that there are ppl who noe ur worth and noe ur attitude and passion for something, its juz undescribable.
i guess thats life ba, when a chapter ends u juz look forward to another new chapter and prepare for the journey and struggles ahead. enjoy the video!
Music Took Control at 10:47 PM
Thursday, May 23, 2013
- Back Again... -
its summer now and its been a few years since ive put this place to good and proper use, as it should have always been, until blah blah blah. instead of reviewing 1 video, ill be doing a series of 3 so let the music begin.
so Ilan Rubin is the drummer for Nine Inch Nails, Angels & Airwaves and recently of course touring and recorded an album with Paramore. this part 1 was his solo at the Drum Off in 2011. i tink most pro drummers have alot of different kinds of beats in their heads such that u dun have to use external equipment to help them perform a solo well. however, when u learn how to utilize such gadgets, it juz makes ur solo so much more dynamic and enriching in a certain sense. shows off his knowledge and technicality in choice of sounds. awesome work, haven heard a drum solo in ages, really kick started my interest again but... no time lol.
i tink most ppl have heard drums used in jazz bands, rock bands, but dual drums i betcha haven heard alot of them. its juz 2 crazy guys with 1 bass player playing repetitive 4 bars and freestyling the crap outta the sets taking alternate bars of 4 to do so. its basically egging each other to push the limits of creativity and really offers something different for audiences everywhere.
hell, when a drummer can jam on the guitar and sing at the same time, u should probably let the whole world noe about it. theres alot of ppl who can do it, but do it well? of course u mite argue his pitch is off but hello this is rock, where ppl dun really give a fuck. juz play the damn song and get all high from each other's emotions through the instruments. isnt that wad jamming is all about? punchline used to, well we still do, suck but we thoroughly enjoyed making our own noise in our little sessions last time. and i juz gotta say the guitar solo at the end, sweet.
ok really wanted to spam this one, but ive still got a long day tmr in my well kinda clean office? yeah less slp more enjoyment... cya again soon.
Music Took Control at 12:14 AM
Monday, March 4, 2013
- End Of The (drum)Line? Not really... -
this will be my last post here, at least for now. future posts will be back to music and video reviews like i used to do back when.
Previous Blog Adds (earliest to latest)
dkhongan5.spaces.live.com (currently dkhongan5.wordpress.com, private)
meaning of blog add:
- character(dragon knight, although i nv became one) name in maplestory
i started blogging because i felt stressed from o lvls, didnt have anyone to talk to so talk to myself lor.
dkhongan5.blogspot.sg (changed add to drumthatpunchline.blogspot.sg)
meaning of blog add:
- same
i transferred to blogspot because i found a few blogger frens and saw that their skins were really nice, felt that msn spaces was too boring.
drumthatpunchline.blogspot.sg
meanings of blog add:
- i play drums
- punchline is the name of my band
this was kinda my music phase in my life i guess. got exposed to all kinds of music like metal, rock, house, trance, techno, country, blues, more cpop. and recently yeah...
not that my band disbanded or anything, juz that everyone is too busy to jam, we will have reunion jamming sessions in summer hopefully!
to whoever is reading this, u are easily my top 1% of frens who i can trust with anything in my life and thats the reason why u have access here. if u dun believe me, u can go try and ask mutual frens, who even noes of this place? u will be surprised. i have absolutely no idea who actually reads this anymore but juz wanna say a big thank you for being apart of my journey thus far =) u are the ppl i can actually turn to when i feel down and bummed out for wadeva reasons and if ive nv confided with u all, ill probably go bonkers venting here.
i guess its time to start a new chapter in my life and thats part of the reason im moving to somewhere new as well i guess. wanna leave everything behind and look forward. juz like driving, u are moving forward but always have a backview mirror to remind urself of ur own situation. this is my backview mirror. after many years, ill come back to look at all my posts which will juz be a distant memory, including this one. as im typing this, im wondering wad the future will hold for me and wad the future will be like?
as usual of my blogging style, i do not leave traces of myself online. u will probably only ever find me at my new blogs or in real life.
Current Blogs
h _ _ _ _ _ h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .blogspot.sg
meanings of blog add:
- ????
- ????
- ????
- ????
new main blog, blog add is really meaningful if u ask me.
H _ _ _ _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .blogspot.sg
meanings of blog add:
- ????
- ????
only here for unknown reasons, but existence of this blog is absolutely necessary
yes it took me a long long long time to finally decide on names for my 2 new blogs. basically they represent hh and HH. it might seem like a simple thing, name for a blog, but to find and tink of a meaningful one is really tough and im so glad inspiration struck! done with the skins, exactly the same as this LOL. even the cbox as well, dun tink there is a need to have 3 cboxes.
its been a long journey starting one afternoon in October 2006, and it continues. following how Initial D anime always end at the last episode of each series
See You Again...
Music Took Control at 2:21 AM
Monday, February 18, 2013
- A New Chapter... -
haha quite funny ba this video. the guy can sing quite well leh. but as if so easy oso. if its that easy, everyone would have learnt the guitar and play it to the girl they like lor. also juz read the ladder theory, quite a good read LOL, although it might be a venting post but oh well entertained me quite abit. might be able to teach u all a thing or 2 quite interesting perspective. go google it, first result. i could give wadeva i read a try, no harm anyway i got absolutely nothing to lose. must avoid ppl as mentioned in the website in the future. they will screw up my life LOL. read liao u will noe wad im talking about.
anyway went to pulau ubin for most part of the day today for exposure for a module. v nice place actually, perfect emo place with no distractions and little ppl. cycled arnd half the island and skipped and threw stones/pebbles, so fun, haven done it in so long.
Achievement = Effort - Distractions. that is wad my jc teacher used to say to scare us into studying. its totally true in my opinion, if u doubt it then well i cant help u. i feel that i put my best effort into everything i do, juz so i dun have any hint of regret after its all said and done. distractions and procrastinating wise, i try to be minimal i guess. its the least i could do to cope with my work. every1 likes to juz chill from time to time and i tink i dun chill enuf. but if its for something i really wan, however tough it is would be fine ba.
distractions can come in the form of useless ppl in ur life as well. these are the vermins of society and should be removed because they are of absolutely no use. u noe wad im talking about. those losers who achieve things through the efforts of others. ppl who exist to bring u down and are detrimental to ur progress. i wan to remove them now, u all are disgraceful. ok i should stop, anymore and vulgarities will ensue.
Music Took Control at 1:48 AM
Sunday, February 17, 2013
- Stress -
im so stressed its ridiculous. i usually only feel this way towards the later half of the semester like about week 8 liddat when project submissions are near and u still have to cope with tut/labs and not to mention try and keep up, yes i said try, with revision of lecture notes.
i mentioned days back this would be my most hiong semester and it really doesnt disappoint. ive been slping avg for about 5-6 hours liao, since mid-week 4 before cny which is absolutely ridiculous. basically if im not slping or eating or on the bus, im doing work, period. ive got so many things to worry about and i still have to stop my mind from wandering about. where do i find the strength to carry on? it has to come from within, somewhere. u may have close frens and all, but they cannot always be there for u. we have to learn to be independent and dig deep because somewhere inside us there is an endless amount and its called passion. i found the leak to the tank, now i juz need to burst it open and im ready to go.
on a random note, my close buddy got rejected on valentine's day, it was a huge gamble but he decided to take it anyway. when it comes to r/s its always a gamble, no sure thing. even sometimes u feel that its sure then reality slaps u in the face so hard u become mr potato head. im pretty sure many hearts were broken and mended and joined and wadeva on valentine's day. after so long, its still juz another day, ive spent it in lab drawing schematics for race car. as of now, it still holds absolutely no fucking meaning to me and alot of other ppl out there who are still single i guess.
work aside, im finding spare time which i dun have to get my 2 new blogs up and move over. they will have the exact same skin cos i firstly im too lazy and secondly i got no time to look for others oso. ill do a proper last post to this site ba, its gonna be awesome(at least for me =P)
ok look at the time, i need slp.
Music Took Control at 1:26 AM
Thursday, February 14, 2013
- 2 is better than 1 -
welcome back to the time of the year where couples make out and wadeva. do we really need a day to remember wad its like to fall in love and blah blah blah? shouldnt everyday be like valentines? coming from me this probably sounds like sour grapes and stuff. wadeva u wanna tink lah, i couldnt care at all.
ive said it and u noe it alrdy, there are pros and cons to being attached or single, u cant really argue which is better. some ppl prefer to stay single some prefer to be always attached. as long as u happy can liao, why bother so much? ive nv spent a single valentines with someone else, always with some inanimate object like drums or boat or wadeva, this year is no exception. guess its juz not my time yet ba.
some ppl take this time to finally confess to the girl they have crushes on and so on and forth, and alot of hearts will definitely be broken i can confirm plus chop guarantee that. haha im juz quite curious as to how some ppl have such an easy time moving from 1 r/s to another. like snap finger and BAM, r/s counter increment. ok nerdy moment there.
so cny juz passed and 2 elderly actually asked me how come i got no gf? obviously comparing to my piece of sh- i mean younger bro because he is alrdy into his 2nd r/s liao whereas im still a chicken egg. i kinda laughed it off saying in hainanese "nobody wan leh haha!" of course they(including my parents) thought i was joking but guess wad? nobody noes, unless ur here of course then u probably noe everything by now. oh well see how it goes ba, as the saying goes "what is love?(in chinese)"
to all the couples, get a room dun make out in public LOL.
to all the singles, live life to the fullest, dun look back and keep moving forward, its more productive. enjoy the freedom and spontaniety(screw the spelling u get it) of singlehood. work on ur flaws and learn from wadeva mistakes u may or might have committed in the past. work hard for your future and get rid of useless ppl in ur life, its gonna pay back in double that i fucking promise you.
P.S. oh regarding the title, i meant laptops =P
Music Took Control at 2:01 AM
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
- Burnout -
haiz been dead busy the last few days. suppose to be my cny break de but instead used it for work and catch up and im not even back on schedule. oh well...
i guess this is wad u call being burnt out. not for mugging, yeah u noe wad i mean. its so tiring to chase one sided affairs. ive nv been so mentally drained that now all i wan to do is sit back and learn to enjoy my single life again. ive almost forgotten wad its like to be single, almost. u can do wadeva u wan whenever u wan, the idea is totally awesome. in fact, ive started playing dota 2, juz a few games few days back when i needed a break from sch work. made me remember the good ol' days when i was kinda an avid gamer with maplestory and blackshot and cs and zero hour and all the other games.
really wish the summer break would come now, so i can work on race car and play games during my free time. looking forward the amount of work and effort ive to put in to properly overcome this semester is really gonna be huge and i noe it. i keep telling myself that so as to pressure myself to work hard and not slack off i guess. at least i dun regret at the end of the semester if i do badly because i couldnt have done more to achieve better results.
but maybe its because of my priorities as well. some ppl say im too serious about sch and lack the time for a gf. im not gonna deny that, its true honestly. but it only means i need to learn how to manage my time better, thats it. every1 has got so many things to do with their priorities all set, and they have to get attached at certain points in their lives eventually. does that mean they reject ppl because that person is too "busy"? depends i guess.
most imptly i feel is that we noe our goals and work hard for them. if that person is to be ur lifelong partner, he/she will be there for u whether or not u are busy or not. time can always be allocated, its whether we wan to or not. juz like how im gonna conquer this semester, although it may seem impossible and most ppl wouldnt follow in my footsteps but i tink theres only 1 way to find out.
keeping my head down, im gonna need it.
Music Took Control at 2:37 AM
Thursday, February 7, 2013
- The End... soon... -
im vexed. i noe why now. ive got unanswered questions which i wan answers for after all these events. its not that i still have feelings or care about her or her anymore. i no longer have that right, cos they have someone else to do that for them.
its a v simple human, or at least engineering logic, if u see a problem, fix it. simple as that. i lost out 2 times for the exact same fuc- ok no swearing, reason is because of another guy. fine. ive come to accept and understand that everyone wans the best for themselves. nothing wrong with that, and i can live with it. wad can i do even if i cannot live with it? ppl reject u go lovey-dovey liao, they juz got into a r/s leh.
so my qn is, where did i lose out? ask the 2 of them they sure say things like dun compare or everyone is unique or feelings not there, ask liao oso like nv ask. most probably they dun wan to say how much better the other guy is. ok im not gonna start assuming, makes an ass out of me. its juz a simple thing, i juz wanna noe if theres anything wrong with me? did i not care enuf? did i spend too much time on work? wad could i have done better? its true theres no use for me assuming and making my own conclusions so i need concrete answers which help me. answers which i may or may not find, but its answers which i noe will help me.
because i dun wan this- i mean these things to happen again. its terrible, it makes me unhappy, it makes me lose my motivation to do stuff and push hard for things to happen or to continue chasing dreams. it really is v hard to get over someone and then find out they got tgt with someone AND THEN repeat that whole process again. during my downtime i admit, i do ask qns like "how is this fair to me?". i couldnt rationally sit down and obtain an answer because life is nv fair and i knew it all along. i juz got the shorter end of the stick and i have to learn to suck it up. juz like NS everything oso suck it up, because it trains u to be a better soldier. hopefully the same applies and i learn to be a better person and lover ba.
yes, no one else can help me walk out of this episode. only i can do it for myself, and yes i fuc- stop swearing for goodness sake, know it myself as well. i kinda see the contradiction now. i need answers but until i find the answers ill stay like this. but juz sucking it up wont help either since ive answered nothing and i might juz walk into the next one with the same perspectives and views. and lo and behold a 3rd time might happen which i wan to totally avoid. 2 times of that whole process is honestly really more than enough alrdy.
hopefully ive said wad i wanna said, anyone see my dilemma now? how now? can anyone answer my qns? i dun need anyone of them back, they are more than happy as they are liao. now as only a fren, i can juz give them the respect of their privacy in their respective 2 ppl world. i juz wan to noe wad road to take from here on out.
P.S. mistakes are useless if u dun learn from them... (this was supposed to be my one liner for today lol)
P.P.S. ive got my 2 new blog add liao, finally got the inspiration juz now. tink they are pretty apt if u noe the meanings. will announce move over soon when this whole episode is over. i dun wan to shift my life until i end this episode properly at least mentally.
Music Took Control at 1:51 AM
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
- Enough -
enough is enough. yes so u have a bf now. happy eh? but do u have to rub salt onto my wound?
HH will settle this on his blog.
Music Took Control at 1:11 AM
