Music and why we bother

"Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. It is usually expressed in terms of pitch (which includes melody and harmony), rhythm (which includes tempo and meter), and the quality of sound"

music is not only something we hear, its something we marvel at. even tone defts, no matter how incapable they are at hearing or picking up tones actually do hear tones. those who don't hear, sign. one thing can be agreed, and its that we can't help but accept the fact that if we do not start appreciating music now, we're bound to be left out.

Music is fast emerging as, if not already the universal language.

LeVasiz's qualification as musicians.

1. Thomas literally started playing bass because we didn't see the need for a violinist
   
2. Shahrul decided to play the guitar because he wasn't any better at drums than Joel was


3. Joel played drums because we thought he sounded horrid when he played bass


4. Leroy decided to sing because he thought it'd dispel the rain (blame him for the floods)


5. Marvin played guitar because, well he didn't look like a pianist, nor was he suited to play brass


6. Nigel decided to be manager because we decided to make him manager


7. The place we jam is jammed alright. you can hardly squeeze anyone else with a 6"3 180kg monster "vinesh" already watering the place


8. the new jamming place is still quite a jam, conveniently located next to the jamban (malay for lavatory)
   
9. some of us have enrolled in music classes, but the furthest we've gotten is a grade 2 in piano, thats like equivalent to an A2 for English (or dare i say A1 in RAB size)


10. none of us do ARTS in school, which means we're more or less not cut out to go into a musically inclined course or take up an arts degree in music


11. our cheapest guitar costs us RM500, and our most expensive deserves a standing Ovation (ok, guitars are not exactly measures of music qualification, but heck)


12. we don't fork out a single cent for practices, and we don't plan to do so to be a successful band (good students get scholarships, we got Big ASS people waiting to notice us)


13. There are Thousands of better musicians out there whom we have great respect for, but there are millions of worser ones as well.


14. Shahrul still can't read Chords, and doesn't know how to hold a C chord


15. Leroy's only claim to fame is that he writes songs too high for him to sing (he can't do falsettos)


16. Marvin can't tune his guitar at the head because his guitar doesn't have a head


17. Thomas can't move on stage because he thinks he's moving when he's not (he provides the cure for Parkinson's disease)


18. Joel, oh he's good..
    

So, it can be said that music isn't exactly our forte, nor can we say we've done enough to prove to the world we're the next gonnabes.

Here's the catch, we've started working backwards, why start from the basics, when we can skip to the hard parts.


print damn cool ultra kick ass music theory certificates

we also use tuners to tune our guitars (duh) BOSS PUNYA!

But we still don't know which sides to put the guitar into. Input or Output

So this guitar pro guy named Brian said, "thats an acoustic guitar, there's no input and output. you just twang it and it will work". and we were like "ohhhhh..."

after making two stupid bloopers whom only beginner musicians make and who cheater musicians with good quality printers thrive at, we hopped back at the idea of going back to basics.

we'll write songs with simple chords, easy enough to play along, and ultra readable when we're reading it on paper. basic-basic chords will do, some open strings, maybe play at the 1st or 2nd fret, with only two or three fingers pressing.

it was smooth sailing, to be able to read chords like:

the C chord
and

the D chord

the songs were so easy to play, Shahrul could understand exactly what the chords were the moment we gave him the score.. until....

.......the ... D s u s 2 a d d 1 3 / F # chord

"the what what? de dust 2 add math 13 F###?" .he didn't have the benefit of looking at the picture like you do.

oh well. lesson learnt, learn music from young, don't give up halfway, and erm, aspiring guitaist, chords are actually the most basic thing you should learn.

LeVasiz