Monday, April 5, 2010
"My Number One" - Self Review
My Number One (Rough Demo/ Beta version)
Song/words: Ejoy
Genre: Pop
Recorded: Between 6pm – 7pm, Sunday April 05, 2010.
Verse:
Whenever it makes you worry
and even plagues your mind
When ever you feel so lonely
don't be shy to call my name
and I'll be there for you
You don't seem so happy
though you try to show your smile
We never knew it'd feel so empty
why must we keep ourselves apart
and pretend like we haven't met
Pre-Cho:
Throw your doubts out
stand beside me
close your eyes
and be my shelter
Just in one breath
say it loudly
that you love me
Chorus:
Can you ever be my number one
can you ever be my only one
as if the affection has just begun
and slowly we fade into the sun
“My first attempt to compose a fully English Song”. Over the past 2 years, I discovered one melancholy tune while improvising few chord progressions with my
The tune of the verse did not sound good enough and I believe it was too depressing – did not too catchy I should say. Until one day, I learned one of the most fundamental secret of how our brain functions and how does it related to creativity and arts, how does it inspire musicians to compose a wonderful piece of song and how does it influence thinkers to come up with ideas and thoughts. The class is so called a Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) and it was part of the communication module in BeST program.
That night, I grabbed Pjoe's Mitchell acoustic-electric guitar, just a moment before I dozed off, and ran on this particular pop's chord progression (I usually don't play or cover people songs, but I love to run some random progressions). The room surrounding was dark; though the moonlight was still be able to go through the window, and it was just a right atmosphere for us to fall asleep. Suddenly, there it came. Too fast which I almost did not realize how could I come up with the verse, and it suits well with the pre-chorus and the chorus I mentioned earlier. Malays call this as “Ilham”.
Later, the words were again revised and I decided to make it sounds more 'general' instead of making it sounds too passionate. You may sing this song to your friends, closed friends, or even your loved one. It depends upon that person understanding, as if how he or she to interpret the whole message, but I believe the song is all about “Friendship, Trusty, and Love”.
Recorded using my built-in web-cam microphone (ASUS EeePC), indeed the sound's quality is so cheap. I was singing while playing the guitar, and the laptop was exactly in front of me (to record my play), placed about 30cm in distance. I turned on the fan in purpose since it was
Talking about feedback, I do receive comments from friends, mostly FB friends. I would like to share some of the comments here, listed from the most precise to the most general:
Yanglin Yeo (via FB, BeST friend)
“hey, i cant listen clearly,but just roughly the melody. i dont have any idea on the lyrics since my English very poor...hehe...the melody is okay too...did u turn on the fans during recording? maybe u can try to use headphone microphone to record and at the same time turn off the aircond and fans, this is what i tried last time and it's quite clear.”
“Then need to improve on the arrangement which i could not help (haha, i didnt touch music for more than 5 years), since just have guitar (if not mistaken), it's quite simple now, like create different 'scenes' from verse to pre-cho and lastly to chorus, something can bring the audience to the 'climax'.”
“Dont know how to express, like got 'rise and fall'. now i feel that the pre-cho is abit stronger than the chorus and the current chorus sounds like going to the end of the song. Same goes to the vocal, haha...like the song just now also, the voice sounds like u stand quite far away from the mic.”
“the sentence 'and pretend like we haven't met' maybe can do some changes, coz like all the words clump together...from the end of pre-cho to beginning of chorus, not very smooth, coz it's like 'putus' halfway...but like i said i just can give u my 'not professional' comments.”
Ahmad Aziq (via FB, ex-schoolmate)
“ejoy, i simply love the song, bila nak buat yang btul punyer? Aku ingat macam pernah gdr lagu ni kat sini, ade sket2, hehe..just nak cakap bile dgr lagu ko, teringat kat lagu yang kat utube tue.. cepat2 sket ye ejoy, bagi aku first yg dengar, yeargh!!”
Hare (via SMS, Bandmate PseudoAudio)
“Srsly lagu sedap do. Tone best. Chord biasa tapi x pa. Haha x dpt on fb dah, st*lker dah stat kaco”
Chong Min San (via FB, BeST friend)
“No wonder... I was trying so hard to connect the song and the lyrics. Anyway, it's a nice song. Thanks for sharing. Gambateh!!!”
P/S: She was first confused while listening and referring to the lyric. It turned out that I accidentally gave her the “Enigma” song, but the lyric is “My Number One”. Obviously both songs are in different language, Haha. Clumsy me..
Mohd Fadhli Hamdan (via mulut ke mulut, kawan karib)
dude, you pronounce 'met' for this part “and pretend like we haven't met” as if “and pretend like we haven't MATE”
*Mate = Mating. LOL
That's “My first attempt to compose a fully English Song”. I would like to thank Ranald Ho for his words contribution in this song, although it is just one sentence long. Last but not least, I would like to dedicate this song to all friends who know me, both from the bad side and from the bright side, and also to all BeST Programme 2010 members. I'm looking forward to record this song professionally in the near future, but do comment and correct my grammar, choice of words, sentence structure.. Please, it is still in Beta. And I'm still learning :) Till then, see you in the future, and in Facebook!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
PseudoAudio 2nd Single

Single terbaru PseudoAudio bertajuk Kota Kita (コタ キタ) kini sudah pun dirilis dengan rasmi. Tentu ramai tertanya-tanya, mana datang tersesat karakter Jepun tu. Kalau yang pernah belajar bahasa Jepon, mungkin diorang tahu maksudnya, tapi buat readers yang kurang pasti, itulah huruf katakana jepon yang digunakan untuk menulis bahasa asing dalam teks2 rasmi, supaya blended dengan huruh hiragana dan kanji diorang. Dan cara sebutannya, kalau tunjuk je tulisan ni (コタ キタ) kat orang jepon yang asli, diorang akan sebut "Ko-Ta Ki-Ta". Cakap banyak tak guna, link2 berikut mungkin dapat membantu anda, sedikit sebanyak..
Free listening - http://myspace.com/pseudoaudio (both singles "Enigma" dan "Kota Kita")
Free download - http://taipingku.com/pseudoaudio/Kota%20Kita.zip (full "Kota Kita" single, dijamin tiada virus)
Free review - http://zulsyazwan.blogspot.com (by Hare Potter a.k.a PA's bassist)
Free hugs - http://estom.blogspot.com (eh.. apa kena mengena?)
P/S: Punya Facebook? Add kitorang okay.. cuma masuk facebook and search "PseudoAudio". Jangan lupa juga untuk membaca diari AF diari PseudoAudio menerusi blog rasmi kitorang. Buat mereka yang terlepas download single Enigma, boleh cuba download di sini. (Enigma versi piano akan diberi hanya jika terdapat permintaan). Sekian, selamat menyambut tahun baru, jumpa lagi tahun depan.. Jya-Matta.. (bapak panjang engkau punya P/S wahai ejoy..)
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Kailan n Tempoyaks: The First Outbreak
- The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- The state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
lirik: pjoe, sheila (song title & idea2)
videos taken by taufik
video edited by pjoe
lagu pertama utk grad dinner 2009. selamat tinggal & berjaya kawan2!
terima kasih byk tak terhingga kpd taufik kerana mengambil video2 ini.
terima kasih kpd munirah kerana jaga slides.
*dahimi: sejenis permainan kad yg kami selalu main time bosan2
*MySA: Malaysian students association
*din: seorang pelajar RIT yg slalu menang main dahimi (dan besar kemungkinan kerana selalu menipu...=( )
lagu & lirik: pjoe, ejoy & zali
videos taken by taufik
video edited by pjoe
lagu kedua utk grad dinner 2009. didedikasikan kpd semua pelajar2 RIT!!! nak tag semua orang mcm susah jek...selamat tinggal & berjaya kawan2!
terima kasih byk tak terhingga kpd taufik kerana mengambil video2 ini.
terima kasih kpd munirah kerana jaga slides.
dan terima kasih kpd semua yg sing along dan yg naek atas pentas tolak ejoy.
di RIT...aaaaAAaaaAAaaaaa...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Hilang - Single Ketiga
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Project X
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Riverknoll - Single Kedua
Selepas mendapati lagu "Pertemuan" telah mendapat sokongan yang memberangsangkan dari sahabat handai dan saudara mara terdekat (kononnya la, hahaha), usaha kami (saya dan pjoe) untuk berkarya tidak terhenti disitu. Buktinya, kami kini telah berjaya menghasilkan single kedua bertajuk "Riverknoll" yang mana dihasilkan 100% oleh kami - kata orang putihnya Homemade/Mini Home Studio.
Berbekalkan peralatan yang murah (termasuk mic PC yang berharga tidak sampai RM20, dan software percuma seperti Audacity), lagu ini mengambil masa 2 minggu untuk disiapkan termasuklah dari aspek merakam trak lagu hingga ke editing.
Aspek Teknikal
Setelah membuat beberapa penilaian dari aspek teknikal, berikut adalah kesimpulan yang dapat kami cetuskan:
1) Bunyi 'Cymbal' (percussion) sedikit kuat walaupun beberapa kali cuba dikecilkan bunyinya.
2) Kualiti yang berbeza-beza sekiranya anda menggunakan earfon atau headfon atau loud speaker atau woofer untuk mendengar lagu ini. Di antara semua alat dengar yang dinyatakan, mendengar lagu ini menerusi headfon adalah yang terbaik.
3) Rakaman hanya menggunakan mic PC yg murah, kualiti asal bunyi adalah kurang memuaskan, namun berjaya dipertingkatkan sedikit kualitinya menggunakan teknologi komputer.
4) Kebanyakan instrumen adalah bunyi MIDI - jumlah trak keseluruhan mencecah hampir 30 trak semuanya.
5) Banyak lagi kelemahan yang perlu diperbaiki - kami masih amatur. Dan ini juga merupakan kali pertama kami merakam lagu sendiri. First attempt bak kata orang puteh. Lalala.
Aspek Lagu
Kembali kepada fokus yang cuba diketengahkan oleh lagu ini - "Riverknoll" menceritakan serba sedikit pengalaman pelajar-pelajar Malaysia di R.I.T (Rochester Institute of Technology). Nama "Riverknoll" yang diselitkan dalam lagu ini mewakili "kehidupan pelajar-pelajar" itu sendiri, termasuklah kami sendiri (Riverknoll adalah nama salah sebuah kawasan kediaman/apartmen di R.I.T).
Kenapa kami pilih Riverknoll? Sebab yang pertama, kebanyakan pelajar-pelajar Malaysia disini PERNAH menetap di Riverknoll, termasuk saya dan Pjoe sendiri. Kedua, Riverknoll juga merupakan destinasi/rumah yang pertama kami tuju ketika kami mula-mula sampai di R.I.T pada tahun 2005 (Rumah abang Faiz, tribute2, hehehe). Dan yang ketiga, Riverknoll kemungkinan besar akan dirobohkan sepenuhnya menjelang tahun 2010, oleh itu dengan menggunakan nama Riverknoll sebagai tajuk lagu ini, secara tidak langsung nama Riverknoll dapat di abadikan bersama dengan kenangan kami semua di R.I.T, diabadikan bersama-sama dalam lirik lagu ini.
Buat mereka yang tidak pernah sampai ke R.I.T dan tertanya-tanya bagaimana rupa sebenar Riverknoll, jangan malu jangan segan, cari saja di Google Earth, Google Maps atau Wikipedia. Sekarang kan zaman dot net dot my dan segala dot lagi.
Info/ Lirik/ Chord Lagu
TITLE: Riverknoll
Pjoe: Song, Vocal, Guitars, Music Box
Ejoy: Lyrics, Backing Vocals, Audio/Recording Engineer, Bass/Drum (computerized)
VERSE 1:
Musim Luruh Tiba Lagi.. (jadi skema lagi..)
Bagasi yang kubawa ini.. (penuh maggi..)
VERSE 2:
Harapanku menggunung tinggi.. (four flate yangku impi)
Tapi kelas 8 pagi.. (ku ponteng lagi...)
CHORUS:
Kan ku cuba semua cara
walau payah perit pasti dirasa
kan ku cuba teruskan jua
untuk menggapai semua cita
VERSE 3:
Bangun pukul 6 pagi.. (cari rezeki..)
Sapu sampah sana sini.. (asal dapat gaji...)
REPEAT CHO (2x)
The Chords:
Intro:
Dsus4/E Cadd9 G D (2x)
Verse/Chorus:
Dsus4/E Cadd9 G D (2x each verse and Cho)
Interlude & Bridge:
Dsus4/E Cadd9 G D
Cadd9 D G G6 Cadd9 D
Sekian buat waktu ini. Segala kritikan amat-amat dialukan. Jya-matta!
Single "Riverknoll" boleh dimuat-turun secara percuma di sini ATAU di sini.
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Updates:
Lagu ini sudah di muat-naik (upload) di dalam website Imeem. Anda boleh mendengar lagu Riverknoll secara online atau meletakkan 'player' lagu tersebut di dalam website/blog anda. Terima kasih atas segala sokongan! Read more...



