Jammin Update (10 Feb 2008)

Next session untuk jamming:
Hari Ahad
Feb 24, 2008
5 sampai 7 (tak sempat nak asar kalau kita belasah 4:30)
Orange studio

Lagu baru:
- Blood of heroes
- Padamkan lampu tidurmu (wings)

Untuk Youth Gone Wild ada post mortem kat sini. Beat kena slow kan sikit, lagu ni nak dengar bass line dengan drum kena tight?firm and steady in every each note! Kalau nak kasik dengar tu, dua dua orang main kena rilex dan "berkomunikasi".

Hairul, tolong study balik lagu ni. Cuba ikut sebaik mungkin. Nak simplify boleh tapi mesti on count dan sedap. Ara, tolong menyanyi jangan bergulung gulung nanti aku punya goreng
nampak tak hebat! Hahaha Poi, try to adapt dengan Hairul punya beat?even if he is not following
the right pattern, but if he already reached the limit?.this is the best we
must do. Work together to blossom the beauty of the song in our own way. Tapi
kena tepat dan sedap! Aku, will work on backing vocal dan some part nak kena polish, dok
terhegeh hegeh lagi ni..hantu belum mari!

Lagu ni 1 of Sapphire's favorite list utk pertandingan.

Sekian dari pengulas sukan anda pada minggu ini. Majulah sukan untuk
Negara.
Adioza! (Nazry)...

Band Idol MBSA 2008

Alhamdulillah, in overall, it was a satisfied performance for Sapphire in the qualifying round, held last weekend. This yearly event expected to grab the attention most of amateur local bands to take part. According to the official organiser, the participation response were great & have seen many talented bands turning up showing their music talent.

Opening on last Saturday, Sapphire started the round on the Sunday morning session immediately after the registration counter opened. None other bands were there, at 2nd Level MBSA (Unit Kebudayaan Section, where we were the 1st band participated on that day. Everything was going quite well & I think we've carried the good morning mood of the 3 senior judges of MBSA, with the So Lonely, cover song by Loudness.

Ara's vocal though a bit flat at the beginning, but we guess it was so unnoticeable as he managed to cover up it back immediately. But overall, the high pitch vocal thrown by Ara has stunned the judges to focus on our playing till the end. With the clean playing & great tone blastering out the Roland amp, Nazri was complimented for his playing style by one of the MBSA official. Poey & Khir also seems to tightly paired together which made the song a real compact, solid & perfect along the way.

Hopefully we manage to win the judges's score & get thru' to the next round....adiosss!!! Long Live Sapphire!!!

MBSA Band Competition 2008

MBSA function ni diorang buat secara tahunan.. 4 peringkat....saringan (selalunya diorang buat dekat bangunan MBSA)..pastu buat show kat Tasik Shah Alam...pastu kalau lepas masuk semi...time ni kena ada lagu sendiri...kalau lepas lagi...masuk final.

Sapphire dah pernah masuk sekali..last year. Line up dia...aku (lead), Hairul (kaki pukul), Ara (Bass) an Ery (vocal)... Saringan lepas...originally we all di jadualkan perform dalam bulan May 2007. Tapi aku dijadulkan jugak oleh company tempat keje aku utk pergi ke Bangkok for 3 month within that month..So aku mintak reschedule dengan MBSA...depa sempoi...senang saja nak berurusan...so kami depa schedule main dalam bulan April.

Pada persembahan kat tasik ari tu, Zul Yahya dia punya emcee...gila rock siot dia punya outfit!! Kuikuikui.. Sapphire punya performance...tak la hebat gila...tapi cukup bagi si Zul Yahya tu ikut berjoget! Kami bawak lagu Analogy 01 (Search) dengan Awang Thrasher (Wings)...
Tapi ari tu kami tak menang...huhuhu...ABDT dengan lagu depa Bunga Angkasa....dan Black Widow dengan penjara janji yang memang...

But anyway, diorang memang tight! Biar pun slow lagu dia tapi sedap di dengar.
Tapi cerita sapphire tak berenti kat situ saja...dalam bulan September lepas tu, MBSA panggil balik utk ke peringkat seterusnya...hahaha..walaupun tak menang pada peringkat awal tapi aku ingat pasal judge tu kagum dengan rambut Ara time tu...kami dipanggil semula...tapi apa kan daya...aku ada kat Bangkok masa tu...so, Sapphire terpaksa menarik diri.

So..this year Sapphire akan try lagi sekali...dengan Mat Poi sebagai basist...Ara sebagai tukang sorak...dirasakan Sapphire akan lebih mantap untuk tahun ini.
Tapi lagu yang dipilih kali ni...pasti LELEH!!!! So nak pi tengok camana Sapphire "MELELEHKAN" jiwa ... pi la kat bangunan MBSA ahad ni (Jan 27) pukul 11 pagi....

Sapphire Updates - Next Practise Session

Dijangkakan Sapphire akan berkumpul di Orange Studio Sek 26, pada Ahad ini jam 5pm. Since few competitions are just around the corner, we'll push a bit harder for the preparation. Experience in BOTB in Sg Buluh last year hopefully can guide Sapphire to be more presentable on stage. Songs selection is yet to be finalised but definitely we'll tailor suit with the organiser's requirement. But, can give a shot on few covers that we currently playin, or maybe will find other good songs to experiment.

Disamping tue jugak, Poey sedang mengumpulkan articles dan info di net utk mendalami ilmu utk membuat recording secara DIY. Mungkin boleh diguna pakai once every tools day ready utk kick off nanti. But for now...need to upgrade PC kat umah dulu bagi sesuai dgn requirement yg minimam.... processor, hard disk, ram capacity, sound card, mic dan record software are among the initial investment yg akan dibuat soon!!

Poey jugak bercadang utk upgrade gear sedia ada...probably Behringer Bass V amp modeler akan digrabbed together with practise amp....ini semua adalah bagi memudahkan practise dan juga proces recording nanti....

Selain itu, Poey juga plan utk menambah sebijik gitar electrik for self collection..juga utk tujuan recording dan song writing....insyaallah !!! Kalau ader rezki lebih2,,,,,ekekek

Battle of the Bands 'Beat the Buzzer'

Followings was the update from the organiser :

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your interest to participate in Battle of the Bands 'Beat the Buzzer'.The competition will be held from the 18th till the 20th of January 2008 in PWTC.Each band is required to pay RM10 by bank draft or pay on the day itself before 12pm. Kindly register online at http://youthmalaysia.com/youth08/battleofthebands.html to confirm your participation.Please read the rules and regulations for additional information.If you have any problems, do not hesitate to call us at : 03-8023 3352

Cheers,The YouthMalaysia Crew

Self-explanatory that the competition is meant for the youth....ekekekek...so bapak2 budak cam kita2 nie....nampaknya terlepaih ler peluang nak berentap....hahhaha....tapi takper...kita tunggu the real BOTB 2008 nanti !!

Back To the Scene..

Errrmmm...this blog was so silent for the past 2 weeks...Poey was just coming back from vacation..& apparently other members also having their own occasions, that the jamm session has to be postponed. Yet to finalize the actual date, but perhaps Sapphire can continue practising on this 30th Dec or 1st Jan. We gonna add a new instrumental track from Steve Vai... a song called ' Cryin Machine' + 'Suara Kita', Wings cover.

Woit korang!!!Tangan dah gatal tul nie...tarikh dah firm ker????? On the 30th noon, insyaalah ako bley......kalo tak leh, New Year pung ok gak...adioss..

Battle of the Bands - Beat the Buzzer!

Pendaftaran telah dibuat seperti detail dibawah:

Band name : Sapphire
Members : 4
Genre : Rock
Contact : Nazri 0192347056
Email - sapphirebox@gmail.com

Band name : The Chemistry
Members : 4
Genre : Rock
Contact : Ary (012-3657911) Email - sapphirebox@gmail.com

Dan berikut merupakan feedback drp penganjur:

From: randomuser20280
To:cardo
Posted:Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:20 pm
Re: Battle of The Band

hi cardo, thanks for replying, both your bands have been kept on the registration list. we will keep you updated on more info!

Blog Maintenance Done!!!

Ok..our blog has gone thru a bit of improvisation..hope u guys happy with the new looks!!!! & yupss...this site is up again...korang bley bagi comments on every posting!!! Lepas nie everyone of us akan dapat authority utk create posting plak....nanti ako inform formally...those yg dah ader gambar korang ke or gambar aper2 la......nak upload dlm nie...feel free to forward kat ako...

About kita punya session yesterday...special credit goes to Mr Khir sebab dlm sibuk2 boleh join gak...walaupun tak sempat nak pekena teh skalik...its ok...in overall it was a real good effort for Wasted Years & Seruan....just need a bit brush up!!!! So...next jamm, we'll put Troopers along the list...but have to wait for bro Nazri coming back from Penang!!!! ekekek....

& one more thing, to compromise on the Mr Khir new home at Bandar Baru Klang...guess we will reshedule our future session....perhaps kita akan tukar ke waktu siang week end....but aper2 pun to Mr Ara.......well done!!!! rasanya vocal ko improving!!!keep up ur good effort... ekekekk....