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The first band that I was actually in, was...believe it or not...a Thrash Metal band. Back then, I couldn't play an instrument and besides....the guys in my class were turnin me on to thrash metal music. They would rave bands like...Sodom, Exodus, Kreator, Testament all about to me. So when they decided to form a band..they let me in. Simply because they don't really know anyone else who could memorize all their favourite thrash metal bands' songs....except me. But I had a major setback.
I didn't know how to sing in a "Thrash Metal" way....let alone keepin in key. Told ya back then I didn't know shit about music.
Soon, we started designin our band's logo. We would change them everyday....I guess....it's just the thrill and excitement of comin with a brand new one all the time. And everyday we would list down the songs that we wanna jam to...which of course were all thrash metal songs.
I forgot what was the band's name at that time...but I know it's somethin not worth to remember about I guess. Blah!
One day, we were in class discussin what songs to jam to....as usual...when right of the blue, I suggested we should try a hand at "November Rain"....a popular Guns N Roses tune at that time, which I was dyin to try out....I guess I was bloody sick of playin Thrash metal music all the time. And as soon I blurted that out...they all looked at me if I have said somethin really sinful and deadly wrong....you know...the.."What the fuck did you just say??" kinda look.
Uh oh...this is NOT good. At all....I thought to myself.
And sure enough, 2 days later, they got rid of me. Another plus reason was that I was seein this girl in school. She was this hot rocker chick who was a little older than most of us due to the fact that she keep repeatin her same secondary level. I guess she's too busy rockin out and bein cool instead of focusin on her exams. Anywaysssss....I started seein her and the guitarist in that Thrash Metal band that I was in wasn't pleased at all with that. Apparently, he too had the hots for her and he was furious simply because she chose me instead of him. I don't know the fuck why cause back then I was a total geek but yeah she did.
Provin to Saph wasn't the only reason I wanted to pick up the guitar. After hearin Alice In Chains' "Jar Of Flies", I knew I wanted to pick up and play an acoustic guitar. I guess after hearin that album, I was more intrigue with the acoustic guitar rather than an electric guitar. Truly at that time, that "Jar Of Flies" album was everythin to me. Now, here is a hard rock band which played lotsa dirty heavy riffs and out of a sudden they release an EP full of beautiful acoustic songs. Deliciously clever move.
So yeah I did. Went up to my dad and told him I wanted to enrol myself in Yamaha to learn how to play. And 2 months later, I was in fuckin Yamaha learnin all the scales and silly shit like that. but the thing is, I was plain lazy. Too lazy enough to practice and memorize my scales and chord progressions. Soon, I was strugglin to get through the lessons. Everyone would play easily as the weeks went by, and there I was....tryin hard to figure out what the flyin fuck is goin on here in class. There was even once the guitar teacher gave me a blank "what the fuck look" when I requested him to show me on how to play "Stairway To Heaven".
In less than a month, I bailed. Quit my ass out of Yamaha. Hell.....didn't know that wantin to rock was really so damn tough....I thought to myself...but heck...there got to be an easier way out than this to learn how to play.
I met Vel when I was out in the courts with the guys in school playin street soccer one day. He had an acoustic guitar with him. Soon after the match, he sat down, took out the guitar out from the guitar case and played. Fuck. It was simply amazing.
"Teach me!"
He laughed.
"Teach me!"
"Sure. Sure. But thats if only you're dead serious about it." He blinked.
"Yes! Yes! I am! I am!"
From then on, we would meet up after school, under a void deck and there he was teachin the basic ropes on bein a guitar player. Shit....it was way much better than what Yamaha was teachin me! And sure enough, the very first song I learned how to play on the acoustic guitar was...."Stairway To Heaven".
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The first band that I was actually in, was...believe it or not...a Thrash Metal band. Back then, I couldn't play an instrument and besides....the guys in my class were turnin me on to thrash metal music. They would rave bands like...Sodom, Exodus, Kreator, Testament all about to me. So when they decided to form a band..they let me in. Simply because they don't really know anyone else who could memorize all their favourite thrash metal bands' songs....except me. But I had a major setback.
I didn't know how to sing in a "Thrash Metal" way....let alone keepin in key. Told ya back then I didn't know shit about music.
Soon, we started designin our band's logo. We would change them everyday....I guess....it's just the thrill and excitement of comin with a brand new one all the time. And everyday we would list down the songs that we wanna jam to...which of course were all thrash metal songs.
I forgot what was the band's name at that time...but I know it's somethin not worth to remember about I guess. Blah!
One day, we were in class discussin what songs to jam to....as usual...when right of the blue, I suggested we should try a hand at "November Rain"....a popular Guns N Roses tune at that time, which I was dyin to try out....I guess I was bloody sick of playin Thrash metal music all the time. And as soon I blurted that out...they all looked at me if I have said somethin really sinful and deadly wrong....you know...the.."What the fuck did you just say??" kinda look.
Uh oh...this is NOT good. At all....I thought to myself.
And sure enough, 2 days later, they got rid of me. Another plus reason was that I was seein this girl in school. She was this hot rocker chick who was a little older than most of us due to the fact that she keep repeatin her same secondary level. I guess she's too busy rockin out and bein cool instead of focusin on her exams. Anywaysssss....I started seein her and the guitarist in that Thrash Metal band that I was in wasn't pleased at all with that. Apparently, he too had the hots for her and he was furious simply because she chose me instead of him. I don't know the fuck why cause back then I was a total geek but yeah she did.
Provin to Saph wasn't the only reason I wanted to pick up the guitar. After hearin Alice In Chains' "Jar Of Flies", I knew I wanted to pick up and play an acoustic guitar. I guess after hearin that album, I was more intrigue with the acoustic guitar rather than an electric guitar. Truly at that time, that "Jar Of Flies" album was everythin to me. Now, here is a hard rock band which played lotsa dirty heavy riffs and out of a sudden they release an EP full of beautiful acoustic songs. Deliciously clever move.
So yeah I did. Went up to my dad and told him I wanted to enrol myself in Yamaha to learn how to play. And 2 months later, I was in fuckin Yamaha learnin all the scales and silly shit like that. but the thing is, I was plain lazy. Too lazy enough to practice and memorize my scales and chord progressions. Soon, I was strugglin to get through the lessons. Everyone would play easily as the weeks went by, and there I was....tryin hard to figure out what the flyin fuck is goin on here in class. There was even once the guitar teacher gave me a blank "what the fuck look" when I requested him to show me on how to play "Stairway To Heaven".
In less than a month, I bailed. Quit my ass out of Yamaha. Hell.....didn't know that wantin to rock was really so damn tough....I thought to myself...but heck...there got to be an easier way out than this to learn how to play.
I met Vel when I was out in the courts with the guys in school playin street soccer one day. He had an acoustic guitar with him. Soon after the match, he sat down, took out the guitar out from the guitar case and played. Fuck. It was simply amazing.
"Teach me!"
He laughed.
"Teach me!"
"Sure. Sure. But thats if only you're dead serious about it." He blinked.
"Yes! Yes! I am! I am!"
From then on, we would meet up after school, under a void deck and there he was teachin the basic ropes on bein a guitar player. Shit....it was way much better than what Yamaha was teachin me! And sure enough, the very first song I learned how to play on the acoustic guitar was...."Stairway To Heaven".
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