Neonixehertz.

26.1.07

Went to check out 201 studio with Hafiz.
Tagged along Nadiah's band.

Pro:
-Spacious room.
-Air-con does not stink like swee lee studio.
-Guitars and bass alright la.(Frm my view that is since i know little about guitars.)

Cons:
-Almost all,or should I say ALL,of the wires are short.How short?Standing infront of the amp when playing guitar.
-The gadget looks like an old device thats been in a box for years but still does its job.
-One important lesson learnt and that is looks can be deceiving.Nadiah showed Hafiz and me a pic of the double bass drums before we went in.Looked cool but oh my,like any other normal jamming studio,it wasn't really maintained.Why can't they have brand new equipment or at least the ones that are still in shape?For example,the floor tom drum head.Don't be like swee lee covering up a 3-way tear in the floor tom drum head by using a duct tape.What do you get?Below-dead tone.And what's with the duct tape all over the toms?Fuck it man.And yeah,why do you ruin your set by dampening or muffling the toms by again using duct tape when you can actually tune properly to the desired tone?Guess its for anyone to use,so they don't give a fuck since what they get is just money.Putting duct tape is TEMPORARY dampening.Overall,the drum is okay.The snare's and the toms sound nice(the 2 floor toms sound okok only cos it was duct-tapeD),both bass were good as well(except i felt the positioning for the left bass was odd),hi-hat sounds good but the pedal was freaking loose but the MAIN spoiler for the whole set is the....cymbals.FUCK,all the 3 cymbals that were put there has no tone AT ALL. 2 of the cymbals has TOTALLY lost it's tone but one just sounds like PAPER.Yes,goddamit,paper.I don't know what the fuck is it made of(i think aluminium,there was dents all over,wtf?! a cymbal made of aluminium?!).Try throwing a piece of paper into the air and hit it with a stick.Thats how it sounds like.The goddamn gigantic 22" ride crash is at least still in shape and sound nice.

Okok.Enough of all that shit-talking.I'm not trying to say this particular studio is bad or bla3.Swee lee sucks as well.I have to say,our best jamming spot is still Dunman sec.Why?All the equipments except for the drums are brand new and although to me not having a double pedal or bass for the drums,the toms,crash(cymbals) and other stuff sounds great.No duct-tape or whatsoever(used to have a duct tape with FULLSCAP paper on the low tom but i ripped it off).And best of all,ITS FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE for how longggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg we want to jam.

Anyway I'm sad cos lost kinda my touch for playing double bass.Hais..all that hardwork for a year..becoming inconsistent due to Os and not able to practise.Damn,useless musician I am.That means,I got alot of work to do.Ok,aku dah malas nk type lagi.
Bye Byes.

Posted By Zul at 11:30 PM