I was always intrigued by world of art and creativity.

I made a very obvious discovery since I was a kid : That I had absolutely NO sense of creativity at all. I couldn’t draw. I couldn’t paint. Every human face that I tried to sketch ended up looking like a potato.

Back then, there were art classes in school (which I felt was a total drag), and teacher would give out coloring books, and my favorite being the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

I would then color exactly the way teacher asked me to. Face = green. Shell = brown. Bandana = red. My coloring will NEVER cross the line and will always follow what teacher says. Even if she tells me to color Raphael’s teeth blue, I gladly oblige.

By now, you probably have a rough idea on how creative I am, in art at least. A complete nut.

But I was fortunate to have discovered a knack for music, much thanks to the parents who got me into music classes, starting with piano when I was 6. Piano class eventually also became a drag (the teacher was this aunty with cheap perfume, and could pull a Really long face if I played badly). I mean whatthehell man auntie I play for whose enjoyment, yours or mine?

So. Piano came to a slow down, when the excuse of PMR exams came by very conveniently, and I was ‘forced’ to stop classes. Whilst my parents agreed that I needed time off to study, I very wisely used that spare time….to learn guitar in the Prefect Room.

At that time, the only available guitar was the classic, worn-out Kapok guitar that probably got played with by every dude in the prefect board. It seemed to the the best way to pick up girls at that time. Especially when you played ‘Miss You Like Crazy’ by The Moffats. Wah that one was a sure win.

The trouble with me was that I kept wanting to try out every single new instrument that I happen to come across. I spent a good 2 hours figuring out how a violin works during Siew Chin’s birthday party 5 years ago. Causing a mini audio riot in the house. Figured I was lucky the neighbours didn’t call the cops.

I didn’t stop there. I tried out my chances of being a rockstar (Shiok sendiri version) by jammin it out on electric guitar and bass.

Oasis : Don’t Look Back in Anger

Pearl Jam : Last Kiss

As you can see, I’m an avid fan of alternative rock and metal when I was a kid. And Still very much so today heh heh. And my curiosity for new instrument still grows.

Today, the music creative industry has changed entirely. Sound that used to be produced by pulling strings or blowing into mouthpieces is now available at a push of a simple button.

Like during the recent Salsa Cruise, I discovered more instruments that were some really cool shiz.

I can spin some turntable now yo! (very, very, very basic only)

And now, Petrosains Malaysia is having just the thing that’ll pretty much open a new dimension on ‘music’ that we all thought we knew.

It’s happening at Petrosains KLCC all through 8 Jan to 31 March, where there’s an entire setup of stuff for your personal pleasure. For starters, try out the scratching machine!

And it’s no other than Jason Mynjayz himself! Cute eh? Ok, not quite. He did go and checked out Muzika last week.

There’s a whole lot of other stuff to check out, like the Air Guitar, Never Ending Piano, origins of Music, in a very funky getup called ‘Muzika : The Science of Music’. Loads of photos taken by this dude, but I’m gona save the suspense and let you check it out yourself.

I’m just wondering why they don’t have ENCLOSED cubicles for each sound-machine. What if I decide to start to sing aloud to the songs? Will I get arrested by security like I almost kena in Siew Chin’s house?

But I guess I’ll take a chance..this is the first event of its kind in Malaysia, support a bit lor.

After all, entrance is affordable. Really affordable.

What’s more, they have this quiz thing where you answer online, or alternatively just send it to your friend. If your luck’s on fire, there’s these cool prizes to be won. Click here for more details already!

I’m not sure why the prize is a PS3 / Nintendo Wii…are they promoting music or gaming now? Haha.

So if you will, go check out Muzika by Petrosains. Check out the main site here.

Or if you prefer to destroy your ears and wana catch some homemade music, check out my last video. This is Rockstar Mainstage shiz man. This is what I call art!

My Chemical Romance : I Don’t Love You

Cheers!
EVo

 

 

*URGENT NOTICE*

 

I normally leave a space of 2-3 days between posts, but this time I’m breaking the rules for an important announcement.

 

 

 

MTV World Stage is in town!!!

 

 

*runs around town screaming into a megaphone wearing nothing but a MTV banner around my waist*

 

 

I’m going!! *celebrates*

 

 

And thanks to Crazy Jeremy @ Bboyrice

 

 

 

I’m getting into ….. the Mosh Pit!!

 

 

Wei the Paintball superman has also very awesome-kindly given me two Red Zone passes that I could hook up with Leowazza.

 

Side Topic : As Team Cap for Malaysia’s Division 1 Paintball League Champion team Delta Rovers, Wei’s naturally quite gifted with ladies, so girls, let me know if you wanna know him better

 

 

Back to the topic….Mosh Pit!

 

 

Wah damn happy lor. Now I don’t need to bring a bloody telescope or ladder due to ahem my height limitations.

 

 

So instead of just regular jumping and singing, we get to fight each other like The Spartans!

 

 

 

 

Apparently the Mosh Pit could be a rather dangerous place, where Moshing (according to Wikipedia) refers to the “activity in which audience members at live music performances aggressively push or slam into each other”.

 

 

“Moshing is frequently accompanied by stage diving, crowd surfing, mic swinging, smashing instruments, and headbanging. It is commonly associated with concerts by hardcore punk, heavy metal, metalcore,grindcore, rock artists in general”

 

 

Nobody told me that!

 

I thought it’s called MOSH PIT because it’s in a PIT where the rock bands greet the audience by saying ‘MOSH-i MOSH-i’!

 

Instantly, images of my camera broken into 100 pieces by the crazy crowd comes to my mind. Should I bring it? Besides, I was told that there were rules saying that any form of recording was banned.

 

But. I was also told that those rules were meant to be broken. It all depends on how well you disguise the camera. Ahhhhh.  I see.

 

So, die die also must bring camera in…. cause these guys will be there…!

 

 

 

At the pit, I’m close enough to smell The All-American Reject’s B-O. I’m gona be that close. We gona catch them when they crowd-surf and stage-dive. Whoever DOESN’T bring in a camera must be out of their mind.

 

Just be careful. Really careful. Or buy camera insurance tonight itself

 

Some details:

Date     : 15 Aug 2009 (one day only!)
Venue   : Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach
Time     : Entrance starts from 3:30 pm
Price     : RM100 for Red Zone passes (it’s gona be hard to find at this time)
              I dunno how much Moshpit passes cost though. Can buy one?

 

Click here to check out the original MTVasia page….

 

 

….or click here to find out how Jeremy got those passes.

 

 

I can’t wait. See you guys at …. Paintball …first. Then Sunway! =)  Ow!!

 

Cheers!
-EVo-

 

P.s   sorry for sounding over-excited…I’m so jakun. haha.

 

EVo’s answering machine  : 

 

This is a scheduled post. I’m probably getting my ass burnt in the Melaka sun while you’re reading this.

 

I was looking thru some of my old videos and came across one of my jamming sessions with my Uni Gang : Patrick Toon, Wan Keng and EGo. This is one of my all time favorite Emo songs…….My Chemical Romance – I Don’t Love You.

 

Somebody very strategically arranged the bookstand so that it blocked my face, so well, the headless guy in brown shirt with lead guitar is me, vocalist + bassist is Patrick, 2nd Guitarist is Wan Keng, EGo is on drums behind the camera. Gosh I miss those days.

 

Enjoy!

 

P.s. We loved this song so much that it was played again…this time with Rudy and Shakir.

 

 

 

Cheers!
-EVo-