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Rhythm/Vocals - Afiz
Lead - Imran
Drums - Zul

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Unexplained Perspective

19.1.07

Let me just start by saying HAPPY ISLAMIC NEW YEAR! To all Muslims of course. It's the 1st of Muharram today.

We haven't been jamming much lately, but I expected this since we' all got different things going on. For my part, going to MI already takes up lots of time. It's really tiring, even frustrating at times travelling the long distance, not because of the time it takes, it's when there's no comfortable place to sleep =p

Zulraihan and I went to dunman on wednesday. It was a last minute thing since Nadiah (4C '06) messaged Han on the day itself. Unfortunately, Hafiz couldn't make it. So Han and I arranged to meet at dunman sec's main gate around 420pm.

We went inside and discovered that not only Nadiah and her bassist were using the jamming corner, Asyraf's band was there too. At first I came in with a bad feeling in my gut 'cause Hafiz once told me that Asyraf kinda boasted and challenged our band...but in the end it turned out alright. Jamming with Asyraf felt REFRESHING actually. It felt good to hear him play the guitar so well, I got to admit he is one hellova guitarist. Who knows, we could even turn out to be good friends if I were to hang out with him often. I'm sure there's a lot we could learn from each other...

This made me think about what Hafiz told me. Asyraf's just as good as me and the sec 5 guys. I might be somebody who recieves lots of attention, but this is not because I'm the best. I figured it's because the sec 5 guys and the old seniors were treating me like a little brother since I was the youngest, teasing me for being able to play guitar around the same level. That brings my point to Asyraf. Maybe the sec 5 guys didn't mind calling me names like "Kirk Hammet" and "Steve Vai" (as if I'm THAT good...lolz) since all of them were into teasing me, but HIS friends calling me stuff like that might make a guy like him feel neglected. I mean, he's pretty good too, so why don't people say anything about him? He advertises his interest much more than me, I play just for leisure. He deserves more credit.

So maybe when Asyraf was talking to Hafiz, he was more to the joking side when he said things like playing better than me. Just imagine a poser saying "I can play better than u" and a fun-loving guy like Navin saying "I can play better than u ah =p." The second one's probably what he meant. It sounds much more friendly, a mocking kinda joke. Furthermore, he was really humble when I picked up the guitar, especially for Master of Puppets. He explained to me that he couldn't play and offered to let me do the solo saying he'd be improvising nonsense, but his "nonsense" sounded good enough to me. I decided to play rhythm that time coz i felt like letting out the energy through singing. I've been listening to MOP while going to MI lots of times and it feels good to finally express the thrill of MOP. I guess I like songs associated with power...

Oh yeahh, my voice sucked. haha...Hafiz is simply the man, man...

I liked the way Asyraf played the a7x song as well as the creeping death solo. Seeing him play somehow reminded me of myself. During the song, I was kinda torn between watching his guitar playing and Han's drumming. Personally, I found both really fantastic. I really wish Hafiz was there to experiance it. It'd be just like the old days when there was 3 of us, just that now we're more seasoned.

I have one more thing to share with the band, but it looks like I'm out of time. I'm at my grandma's place, using my grandma's com which has grandma speed =p My mom's telling me we g2 leave now, so until then...


Posted By Imran at 8:22 PM