Review

Last session at Beat Merchant, some issues that surfaced. Other than 2 members being fashionably late by almost half an hour.

- Learnt that the mid's of the amp can be turned up to give a fuller sound in-studio. That's something I usually kept tuned way down because I didn't know what it was for. Usually the bass would be up a third and treble 3/4 up.

- Felt that a larger room (compared to Fourtones and Shiin) helped the sound to dissipate better and would not deafen me to the point of losing my pitch when performing vocal duties.

- Realised that when everyone's quiet, the lead guitar amp is too loud, but when jamming it may get drowned out by the sounds produced by 3 other instruments and a bellowing vocalist. Solution is to turn/rotate the lead guitar amp to face the other players more to allow the solos and riffs to cut through.

- The issue of a band name should be resolved by 22 Nov 2009. If you're reading this, do come up with words. Notice I didn't ask you to think of names by yourselves. I'm not going to either. Just words in your head. The more random the more fun.

- Exposure from gigging is precious and preferred over studio practice any day. Tell people you play in a band and they ask you, where do you guys perform, or can I see you guys play? They don't usually ask where you jam. Point is, if we can get exposure without hurting our delicate ego, it will be much appreciated I'm sure you'd agree with me on this. Maybe look at playing gigs with less pressure, or try going to pubs with open mike sessions where set up is there we play and watch other musicians like us play. The purpose is not to look stupid or show our mistakes, but to get exposure.

Humbly,
Your frontman, Dee.