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Michael-One.com: Top 20 of 2007 (Part 2)

michael — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:53:44 +0000

Click here to see Number 20 – Number 11

and… below are the TOP 10 of 2007 lo….

at NUMBER 10~
“Yu Lan Sheng Hui Band Marathon”

*Photo by Shou Wei

*Photo by Shou Wei

For the first time in kedah, a total of 8 bands combined to bring out the best ever Ghost Festival celebration in alor star, over 7 hours of rock music for the appreciative crowd. again, thank you to ah hwa (Billows' bassist) for giving me the chance to organise the band shows. it was a great success thanks to every one.
link: The Preparation, Day 1, Day 2
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at NUMBER 9~
“the Ugly Dance”

*Photo by SilverIsle

*Photo by SilverIsle

my inspiration of creating an intro dance for Uglymen came from watching a japanese band “Hotdog Buddy Buddy”. but i thought of making it funnier and crazier rather than just swaying around, so there you go, super hiao faces and dance moves with a new melody to accompany with. the voice which introduces uglymen is Ric Tan, the guy who said MU will white wash Newcastle 6-0 before the match. The dance is certainly a breakthrough for Uglymen. for your information, we did the dance for the first time in Taiping gig, back then, the banner was a combination of 22 A4 papers coloured with marker pens and correction pen (liquid paper)… i am currently desiging new dance steps…
Youtube: UglyDance

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at NUMBER 8 ~
“xunlei and vdownloader”

i dint know about xunlei until last year, and now, even all the hard disks in my hands are not enough,,, wahahaha..
many many thanks to SilverIsle again, it really helps me a lot in both my music education and ahemmm…. entertainment..
MTV concerts entertainment la, wat u think..??! leh mah…
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at Number 7~
“Speakers, Performer, Judges, Guest…”

Actually there is nothing to shout about being a speaker or judge, but behind the scene, to me is quite important, as i am not upgrading through an academic source, like attending college or workshops, one of the many ways to always improve myself and make myself aware that i am not good enough, is to speak about music infront of many attentive ears. in order to say something really useful and relevant to the anticipating crowd, i have to equip myself with loads of knowledge and updates, making sure i am always ahead of them. Meanwhile, november 2007 was the 15th time i was luckily to be invited to judge a music competition, 7 times being in Yamaha Asian Beat, missing out as judge of the national finals last year was a pain (collided with Happy Saturday show). As a judge, you look at a band differently compared to normal audience, you look into every aspect, and you see all super mind-blowing bands perform, and it often reminds me of how much i have not achieved, and a lot of hard work to be done to always upgrade uglymen and myself. In addition, you get to know new pro-musicians friends, and learn many tricks in the trend as well.

and some more….

paid holiday….

and some more more more …..

every time oso got so much good food lo… wahahahahaha…. thank you thank you!
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at NUMBER 6~
“Fever Pub Gig and Jit Sin Merdeka Tour”

*All photos by SilverIsle

The reason i put the Fever gig and BM gig higher than TaiwanÂ Springscream was bcos we had much more crazier crowd in kuching and bm, and they really appreciate our music and drove us to go crazier in our shows. Fever pub was crazy bcos i had never seen before SO MANY cameras flashing when u are performing, not to mention those DSLR… haha…. for a splilt second, we felt like super stars on stage (look carefully where was Charlene looking while the bloggers were snapping photos in the 1st pic.. kekeke)…. While in BM back in August 2007, the crowd in Jit Sin was super crazy where you can see people carrying guys pushing them around on top of their heads.. eh we haveÂ a term in calling that act? i duno…
But…. theÂ craziest crowd should still go to UpLift DaÂ Fusion, thanks to ah hui and gang, back in 2006.
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at Number 5~
“Youtube videos…”

i started uploading videos on youtube only last year… ya, kindof outdate compared to others… anyhow, started to make videos, and the video i made were not really “dashhhhhyat” one, just nice melodies with nice tones. and most importantly, can promote uglymen's video on line lo! off course all the kind comments left by youtube users are very very inspiring and motivative too!Â Thus far, i have only uploaded not many, if time allows, i still owes GNAP an acousitc video… haha… but not master of puppet.. sorry loh guys, i tried listening to it many times and just couldnt enjoy…. guess i am not very metal kua… Below are my more satisfied video… eh.. at least to me la…

1) Silver on Robot
2) Cherry on Guitar
3) Cherry on Piano
4)Â Say AnythingÂ on Piano
5) First Love on Piano
6) Uglymen in SP playing BEYOND
7) XJapan ~ Tears by yOyO (coming soon)
Highway Chance on Piano (coming soon)
9) XJapan Silent Jealousy on Piano (coming soon)
10) Wish by SENS on Piano (coming soon)
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you can view all video here
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at Number 4~ “Students' Music Exams, 100% record”

to make it sound not so hao lien, i wil make it short, from the frist day iÂ enrolled my students for music exams back in 1998, there is NO failure until today. Roughly remembered: piano (39 candidates), guitar (60 candidates). Highlighting Chan Qi Sheng and Muhd Taufik being the first students to obtained distinction (piano) in Kedah for Rock Music School (2007, started teaching Rock Music School Syllabus in Kedah in 2007) and back in 1999 Lim Boon Kee as the first student to obtain distinction in guitar (Penang) for AMU. However, failures are expected no matter how good you teach or how good your students are… we'll see who's the unlucky number one…
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at Number 3~ The Billows Reunion Band (Hai Lang)

photo of 1976, can u spot ah foo and company… haha

photo of 2007…

I want to thank ah thye for calling me into this band (although he still wants me to play keyboard.. leh mah), he always says i play better keyboard than guitar, i think i play best is FIFA 2008 la…. kanneh… After joining this band, i learnt many stuff which are all impossible to read from text book… haha. Its a real fun to play with them though i sometimes really tired running around with two bands…. like the juz-ended gong xi fa cai carnival… Thanks again to all the wonderful musicians Boon, Hwa, Thye, Foo~ Billows.
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at Number 2~ M1 the Ultimate Guitar

M1 taking morning walk in Kentington Taiwan

*wonderful wonderful photo by SilverIsle~ M1 under the stary galaxy

M1 = michael 1, the parts i also not really remembered from where liao… only notably pickups from Australia kinman, nut from US earvana, bridge and ports from US callaham, pickguard jacks from US clayton.Â VERY VERY VERY VERY light body (u have to carry it to blif) bcos i ordered it thinner than standard strat, the bridge is fixed, and to be honest, this is the BEST guitar i've ever played,Â bcos it was customed to my playing needs and within my ability, and also my favourite woody colour no matter is sunburst or one tone, i like wood colour. Though, iÂ still have some veryÂ very personal favourites besides M1, Washburn N4Â is still my favourite, but i have to change the super heavy pickups b4 i can play them again. Then, if its possible for me, i like to lay my hands a Fender Aerodyne and Parker Fly, Les Paul also not bad… eh… think think…. M1 still the best, far far better than any of the above… probably not to others, but to my needs, yes.
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and at NUMBER 1 !
“UGLYMEN walking into its 14th Year (2007)”

“Uglymen's 14th year in the making”, its all about music and friendship, and….. bringing joy to others by spreading all our ugly recipies to friends and supporters… Uglymen is important to me bcos i treat them like family, like maybe tomorrow (saturday) i go visit Suan, and pls get ready your BIG FAT red packet filled up with hot hot cash for me! WAHAHAHAHA!!
talking about family….. i want my ang pow!!! and ah hooi also, bcos i “do so much business” with him every nite… leh mah… UGLYMEN ä¸‡å²!

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Tonight: The Billiows (Hai Lang) Live Gig

michael — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:23:47 +0000

Date: 11th January 2008 Friday
Time: 1ppm-12am
Venue: Taman Mahawangsa Na To Kong Temple

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kuching bloggers covering sarawak rock gig 2007

taisuan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:52:24 +0000

have a read at these posts. thanks to silverisle for compiling all the links to us. we’ll update more when we find them. by the way, the new year eve show in penang is cancelled

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. how unfortunate. but you still can catch michael in action with his other band, HAI LANG in alor setar for the countdown on new year eve. hooi and i will be counting down on our own in penang

p/s: our friend, bobby yoong (from the defunct band CRY and CRYTONIAN) is getting married on 28-december-2007. all are welcome to golden ebay restaurant at bayan lepas. its the place just opposite pesta site.

My Superstar Friend From Hong Kong

michael — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:48:43 +0000

his name is Sat Yan Wong (King Killer)

his kung fu is very good, dont joke with him,
when he is not killing people, he singsÂ and plays tom-tom

this short was taken back in the 1940's when he was preparing to fight, he forgot to wear his spec

this shot taken after we had a meal in the coffee shop

his deadliest move ~ the frog rocket!

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Ah Boon Birthday Eat Eat Eat!

michael — Thu, 31 May 2007 06:21:40 +0000

Monday night 28th May, after jamming, all of Hai Lang went toÂ Xantana to have nice food. Ah Boon's birthday was on 29th May. We had some good time, sang wat? Philipino version of happy birthday, and Ric was there to sapu some Tom Yam too…

The Big Boy

Both truely ugly and stupid…

Hwa: Tom Yam too spicy and I liked it

Thye: Spicy or not, most important is… eat la!

Did you notice how Ah Foo used his chop stick to eat mee?

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It's a hoax!

michael — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:29:57 +0000

9pm thrusday, 3rd May

Thye called me on my phone, when i was suppose to be going to prepare for a show in simpang empat.

Thye (Hai Lang drummer) : michael, u free later tonight?
me: after the show ah? late dy lo
Thye: 11.45pm la, meeting on our songs
me: ha? so late ah? can earlier not? after show can ah?
Thye: show cancel already. eh… 11.30pm?
me: ???!
Thye: we call you later la cos Ah Boon got show

(Boon = Hai Lang keyboardist)

me: ok la.

11.58pm @ the coffee shop we always go when closed already…

they took outÂ a cake on a table pula… and started to sing Happy Birthday…

to be frank, i have forgotten my birthday is tonight, i was just focusing on organising my whole new guitar / piano syllabus, and trying to sell guitar and effects, and finding money to further expand my studies… (ok ok, actually is to retake my stupid failed exam)

Thank you every one here. Thanks to Hai Lang and Uglymen.
Also thanks to my sweet students who have already left alor star for so long but still remember my birthday and sms me.
Thanks to SilverIsle for the special gift.

Bonus post:

I did not went home straight after my last class at 8.30pm. I went upstairs to see Drum recitals, and saw a few students performed. The following was good:

MC: How old are you?
Kae Vin from UGLYBOYZ: I am fine.

kekeke….

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Hai Lang (æµ·æµª) Band Show in Tunjang, Kedah

michael — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:10:26 +0000

Date: 16,17,18,19 April 2007

Consecutive nights of band performances from Monday to Thursday drained most of me. We played about 2 hours per night but the heat and energy used was tremendous. It was fun though. I gained more and more experience in backing a singer, like a singer will suddenly want to change key, change song, or even improvise. As a backing band, we just have to try our best to suit the singer, even more important: make the singer sound good.

As usual, many last-minute songs were played and off course i knocked into some wrong keys, chords as well. Best of all, I can feel that I am adapting it fast and felt more easily from the first day to the last day.

The best thing I have learnt so far in playing a backing band is, you have to know all keys and their respective key signatures well, and be able to transpose songs on the spot. Just remembering movable chords or scale box patterns aint enough, but have to really turn at a flash. I have to admit I did made some wrong turns. But i wil be better as time goes by.

It was fun for eh… for almost half the week.. we had supper after every show and when i reached home, it was already 3am.

Fittingly, it was Jenny's birthday on 18th April, so we bought a cake and celebrated her big day during show-break.

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Hai Lang Band 2-night Show a Success

michael — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:47:29 +0000

One night with super heavy rain, one night with super hot atmosphere full house attendance.
Hai Lang band together with Happy Star Entertainment performed some 80 songs on full band and karaoke.
M1 passed its first gig with good result, minus some tuning problem.

Drums: Thye
Bass: Hwa
Kboard / Guitar / Backing Vocals: Boon
Guitar / Vocals: michael
Vocals / Percussion: Ah Foo

Thanks to: Uglyboyz Chin Sing & family, Chong Leng & family, Khim Yun & friend, Yoyo Yeowshiki and dad, Lim Seng, Boon Ying, Jeff Quah, and Chun Wei for being there.

All photos by Chun Wei. Thanks man!

p/s: i thought i already posted here Hai Lang were going to have a two-night show thursday and friday in my “Tiring Road Ahead” post, but ah hooi sms me at 11pm Friday “Wat show? I am Alor Star, why din tell me?” …….Â kekeke…

i am so tired…

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Hai Lang Reunion Band @ MCA Open House 18th Feb 2007

michael — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:31:49 +0000

it was a last minute show, as ah Boon (keyboardist) told me we have a show on Sunday (New Year's day) the last minute, but hell, we enjoyed performing some easy tunes though i almost cant open my eyes well as i only slept for about 2 hours Sunday morning. I arrived home at almost 2pm and zzzz through till now…. so sien…

Venue: Keat Hwa Private Hall
Date: 18th Feb 2007
Time: 10am-1pm
Event: MCA Chinese New Year celebration

The event was again openned by Kedah MB (same as the 14th 15th Feb show), full house.

misc:
-Lion dance was extremely great, the group is from Kuala Kedah and had just won a Lion Dance competition in China not long ago.
-So much food, but i din eat.
-Relaxing but tiring

Happy New Year everone, on my way to penang now.

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Hai Lang Members in Cartoon

michael — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:21:43 +0000

Graphics by Teoh's Design Solution

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Hai Lang Band Cartoon Version

michael — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:49:40 +0000

Song List for 15th Feb, Thursday:

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Introducing Hai Lang band

michael — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:09:49 +0000

Hai Lang band, famous to the locals back in the 70s and early 80s. Played in local pub scene and toured with Teresa Teng during the 80s, is going to do a big time reunion show this coming Thursday, together with Uglymen, in front of Sentosa shopping complex. They will be performing mostly 70s and 80s hits including Play That Funky Music and Smoke On The Water…

Drummer – Ah Thye, famous among pub musicians as he had played drums for over 30 years
Bassist – Ah Hwa, stopped playing bass for 20 years and making a come back
Keyboardist – Ah Boon, well-versed in all music genre, latin, jazz, rock… he does magic on the keyboard
Vocalist – Ah Foo, known as “Sam Hui of Malaysia” as he splendidly covered Sam Hui and Elvis songs
Vocalist – Ah Minn, former drummer for Hai Lang and can sing well, funny and hillarous charater…

and.. the total age of 6 musicians in the band are exactly 300 years old. So, they call themselves the 300-years old band too.

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Ah Boon

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