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The Pool Art Project - Ketiadaanmu Ketiadaanmu is a song i made when i got married to my beloved wife in 2009. She was out of town for a few days and i really missed her, so i came up with this song and recorded myself playing it with my electric guitar, using my videocam. Once i also presented it to her using my classical guitar and we recorded it with her own cellphone. Now, after three years, I've decided to give it a proper studio recording specially for her as a birthday present. Well, belated birthday present that is. I didn't get her anything last year so yeah, here it is. This is my first malay song for the project. Some of the concepts of this song was actually adapted from a song by an American band, specifically its guitar plucking and the use of a harmonica. The combination of these two really caught my attention, which inspired me to create this song. The harmonica decorates the guitar plucking beautifully. They really go together well. However, this time i...

So I'd like to share this funny tale that i just can't forget for the rest of my life. I never told anyone about it except my wife. It was a typical tiring night. I'd just got off from work during afternoon shift and it was about 11.30pm. So i was feeling hungry, stopped by at the row of restaurants near my house to order my favorite set of menu which was white rice, oxtail soup and fried squid, with my occasional iced tea. It was a typical malay roadside restaurant, one of my favorites. They serve good malay and thai food there. So i had my taste-buds indulged, my tummy filled and smoked a marlboro to wrap it up. After paying the bill, i stood up and walked towards my car. I reached for the keys in my left pocket and pressed the button on the key to unlock the car. It went "beep-beep!". So i opened the door, sat inside and shut the door tight. As i was trying to insert the key into the ignition, that's when it hit me. There was a thin red light around the k...

To MOM & DAD, for no particular reason I'd like to thank you guys for all the sacrifices you've done for me (I never did thank u guys). All the love you provided unconditionally and all my crap you all had to put up with, i can never repay this. Just know that my love for you never fades, and never will. -Your Little Devil-

The Pool Art Project - Sunblock This was our second attempt at recording which we managed to complete. Well actually MY first attempt, since the drums were recorded first here at BOM Productions before we made our first song, Chasing You . The studio only provided drum track recording. So as complicated as it sounds, after i completed my drum session (took only 40 minutes of recording time), we later had to bring the recorded track to IZ Studio to further complete the song. It was here that our friend/band member Nuar completed his bass track session successfully. In the same month, Epul, and Nuar's twin brother Man were scheduled to record together on the same day. Unfortunately, there were numerous misunderstandings between the whole band at that time that neither Epul nor Man showed up that day. I still remember that disappointing moment, crystal clear. It was the eve of Hari Raya Qorban. If it's one thing I've learned, it is how difficult in reality for a band to sta...

The Pool Art Project - Chasing You (acoustic) My very first experience recording an acoustic song was this one, done & completed in the month of October 2012. Epul spontaneously decided to record this with me while we were awaiting the completion of the song Sunblock which i had already finished recording the drum track for. Yeah, for those who don't know, to produce a proper song, each instrument has to be recorded separately, including the vocals. In late September 2012 as we were looking for a recording studio to start the project, i googled and came across these two studios ; IZ Studio in Wangsa Maju and BOM Productions in Desa Melawati. Ironically enough the first studio provides track-by-track recording for all instruments except drums. And the second studio, which specializes in vocal recording and dance classes, only allows drum track recording at the time due to lack of instruments/equipments. So i had my first recording experience doing the drum track there, whic...

I keep having this idea lately, that i have a greater purpose in life than to just settle down on this 9 hour routine for the rest of my working life. I'm talking about music. It's what i love. Since me & my band successfully recorded two songs which my friend Shaiful (Epul) wrote himself, I've been having these urges to do it again. Now that i have experience doing studio time and getting somewhat familiar about it, my heart is secretly begging for more. It doesn't matter if i have connections or not in the music industry (we really did have connections, which drove us to start recording in the first place, but that's a whole different story), that there's no guarantee that any particular song would make it in the long run, but it's all about expressing my ideas and delivering messages to the world (if any). I feel like i can contribute to music with a positive impact. Well, you'll never know if you're good at something until you actually do i...

Whoa..the last time i wrote on this site was like...January this year. So much for the end of the world, huh. In your face Mayans! In your face Nostradamus! Haha..well still, alhamdulillah nothing extreme happened throughout this year. Just some bad weather and a handful of natural disasters across the globe. Anyway, I'm glad to be alive and glad to welcome the year 2013. My new year's resolution would be to lose weight (same as last year as i recall), to slow down or possibly quit smoking, and to be a more responsible husband & father. Well, that's it for now. Toodles..