mourning sound

ok, this is basically for myself, but if any readers are metalheads, feel free to check out the new link i've posted. it's this asian metal managing group, link posted just in case i need to refer to it now and again and i lose track of this post. so here's the link: http://mourningsound.blogspot.com/

yea this is a very short post, ending here.

random

i'm fucking bored in the office now, so i think i'll just type some random post out now. i've more or less finished learning all the parts of kryptonite. now it's just left with don't cry. the intro can't be skipped this time, and we're to do it together, so that makes it doubly hard since i really hate chord changes and arpeggios.

anyway, i went back to standard value on saturday. was planning to get new pickups at the neck section or maybe change my humbucker, but in the end mike demonstrated to me that it's actually the amp that makes a difference in the sound. saved me some money there haha. anyway, got my action lowered and i realised something: before the setup, the strings were level but my fretboard isn't, but now after setup, my strings are no more level - each string equal height from the fretboard, not further at the sides and closer at the center. by the way, the strings are damn stiff now, but at least the action is slightly lower.

i also learned from mike how to use the damn tremelo arm that's been sitting in my bag for what seems like ages. i always thought the tremelo was played by turning it, man was i wrong. he pressed it down and viola! the tremelo went down and the sound changed! one prob with using the tremelo is that the strings run loose easily. so i don't think i will be using it anytime soon, but at least i know how to use it now haha.

My Lady Exiled

ok, we've finally gone about forming the band and i think its almost perfect. we're mostly noobs, except for the bassist. she's like a year's worth of experience, and the 2 poor guitarists only have a few months :(

on the other hand, she could guide us. i think. well i'm hoping we can work this thing out. for now, the drummer seems abit hyper when we chat online. not sure if its because of the bassist being a girl that he gets all hyped up or that he was drunk or that he's, as Gan said, only hyper at night. hope it's the latter.

anyway, when we all finally got online for the first time, the floodgates opened with plenty of "hellos". so since clement - our drummer- seemed hyper, we took like forever to get out a name and the first jam details - place, time and songs.

ok, so we managed to come up with this name: My Lady Exile. there were plenty of wing this wing that in the suggestions but at the end we got sick of it cos our bassist is a wing LOL. and yea, our first 2 songs are to be "kryptonite" and "don't cry". the tab for don't cry is extremely hazardous to beginners. then again like someone in soft said, you gotta play something abit out of your league to force an improvement if you think that you're nearing a dead end.

yea btw, i haven't gone about the members of the band yet:
lead guitar: Zhen Gan
rhythm guitar: Reuel
drums and backing vocals: Clement
bass: Kar Wing
lead vocals: Douglas
ok, i hope this goes well, and i hope we improve fast enough to be playing more hardcore and metal by the end of next year. rock is still slow for me, but it's all i can play for now :D