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    August 18

    Done...

     

    gosh...finally done

    rough as it was though

    poor sound because of cheap equipment

    anyway, feels kinda fun

     
     
    Everytime TV plays the same
    Juliet and Romeo
    All the stories tell a lie
    So beautiful to fool your eyes
     
    Well you're feeling lonely lonely
    Crowded people are walking(talking) around you
    But they didn't know you
     
    All the life's just a long long trip
    Take it easy, don't be afraid
    Maybe sometimes the sunshine hides
    Nevermind just you and I
     
    You are losing your mind
    Your own heartbeat can even make you cry
    (And) I just wanna hold you tight
    Dry your tears via darkness night
     
    August 12

    旧货翻新上架

    mezzo piano - SEXY BONE

    August 11, 2005

    composed by Roger and Ryan

    programmed by Ryan

    FL Studio 5.01

    Creative AUDIGY ASIO

     

    ::Download::

    August 07

    我对中国摇滚的记忆 Chapter 1

     
    唐朝 - 梦回唐朝
     
    菊花古剑和酒
    被咖啡泡入喧嚣的亭院
    异族人在日坛膜拜古人月亮
    开元盛世令人神往

    风吹不散长恨
    花染不透乡愁
    雪映不出山河
    月圆不了古梦

    沿着掌纹烙着宿命
    今宵酒醒无梦
    沿着宿命走入迷思
    梦里回到唐朝

    今宵杯中映着明月
    男耕女织丝路繁忙
    今宵杯中映着明月
    物华天宝人杰地灵
     
    今宵杯中映着明月
    纸香墨飞词赋满江
    今宵杯中映着明月
    豪杰英气大千锦亮

    今宵杯中映不出明月
    霓虹闪烁歌舞生平
    只因那五音不全的故事
    木然唱和没人失落什么

    忆昔开元喧盛日
    天下朋友结交情
    眼界无穷世界宽
    安得广厦千万间

    “如果,你听见了一种中国人的自信,那是因为他们做到了原来你以为只有西方人才做到事。那是因为你同样也有对中国人的渴望。”

    《梦回唐朝》。这是我听到的第一张国产摇滚专辑,也是我的摇滚启蒙专辑。当年的初中生,习惯于bsb和布莱尼·茅等等西方流行音乐,突然听到如此激烈又动听的音乐,震撼之余,爱上了这种音乐形式。

    我一直都相信“民族的才是世界的”。《梦回唐朝》以大唐文化为底蕴,个人理解是民族的声音。虽然使用的是西洋乐器,但是每个音符无不反映国人对大唐文化的向往。与现在的nu-metal和punk运动相比,这种更具有生命力。现在啊,单纯的舶来品适应单纯的听众,pogo,或者还有比较浅薄的反抗意识,大多是形式上的东西。没有了对文化的思考,更多寻求的是感观上的刺激。不能这样。

    唐朝本是一个好的开始。但是张炬的离去,盛况不复存在。第二张专辑《演绎》的一落千丈,印证了后期的唐朝,没有了张炬和老五,没了创作动力和灵感,剩下只是技术的堆砌。

    老的雄风不再,小的迷失自我。中国摇滚的现状。

    空悲切,尚能歌乎?

     

    July 30

    Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me

    You've got your ball
    you've got your chain
    Tied to me tight tie me up again
    Who's got their claws
    in you my friend
    Into your heart I'll beat again
    Sweet like candy to my soul
    Sweet you rock
    and sweet you roll
    Lost for you I'm so lost for you
    You come crash into me
    And I come into you,
    I come into you
    In a boys dream
    In a boys dream
    Touch your lips just so I know
    In your eyes, love, it glows so
    I'm bare-boned and crazy for you
    When you come crash
    into me, baby
    And I come into you
    In a boys dream
    In a boys dream
    If I've gone overboard
    Then I'm begging you
    to forgive me
    In my haste
    When I'm holding you so girl...
    close to me
    Oh and you come crash
    into me, baby
    And I come into you
    Hike up your skirt a little more
    and show the world to me
    Hike up your skirt a little more
    and show your world to me
    In a boys dream... In a boys dream
    Oh I watch you there
    through the window
    And I stare at you
    You wear nothing but you
    wear it so well
    Tied up and twisted,
    the way I'd like to be
    For you, for me, come crash into me

    July 17

    Takamine

    Total千呼万唤终于回了趟gz,本是回来修他的GNX3,未果,反而购置了一把木吉他
    昨天几乎走遍gz的长城琴行,累死俺了...
     
    第一站: 长城琴行流花总店
    面积超细,碰巧维修师父不在...郁闷得回程时公车差点搭错方向
     
    第二站: 长城琴行市二宫店
    地铁还是挺快的,更重要的是...凉爽!
    幸得一见传说中的死亡佬,也听到他排练时的死腔.不禁感慨:西洋的东东毕竟不是国人能轻易学得来的
    total看中几款木琴,心动...
    效果器用了清洁剂等等仍不见起色,继续转战...
     
    第三站: 长城琴行东山店
    一如想象,效果器依旧...
    total反复考虑,疼下决心买了把木琴---
    Takamine,日本牌子,800大洋(我总觉着被人水鱼左...),声音倒还是不错d~
    期间见到经典版的jimi hendrix单块,包装上jimi的名曲居然拼错(foxey lady... -_-b),令人对长城不禁有点...
    any way,自己也杀了一副Vic Firth的鼓锤,hickory我喜欢,胶头还是第一回用,颇有新鲜感
    发现自己偏爱比较slim的锤子,一来手感好,二来灵敏,细微变化也容易些
     
    一起听听total新琴的声音吧~只是在宿舍用了我的电脑耳麦录的,so...要求别太高咯 :-P
     
    July 08

    新歌!

    Chronological Disturbance (Demo)
    mezzo piano
     
    20050707@mp studio
    FL Studio 5.0
     
     
     
    这两天碰巧看见几年前的一些报道,许多本已淡忘的事情突然又鲜活起来...
    flash back过后,物是人非,或者人是物非.好不讽刺.
    仿佛时空错乱,人海中间迷失了方向,一种陌生,晕眩的快感.

    本来只是想做个片断来玩玩,没想到就做了一晚,累死俺了~~

    用的是水果自带的coolstuff中Jason.C的Highpass改编而成,后来与原版对比发现风格变化很大

    有兴趣请下载:

    demo mp3 download

    June 20

    ♪ The Best Is Yet To Come

    又到期末,一天连考三场,郁闷... 心烦意乱的时候要听一些清新的民谣,放松一下... 那么,林一峰是个不错的选择。 Enjoy~

    The Best Is Yet To Come

    歌手:at17  专辑:meow meow meow  曲:林一峰  词:林一峰  编:李端娴 人山人海

    Download: http://www.jaewookland.com.hk/wallpaper/jun04/at17.mp3

    永远有一个吻未尝
    有些烛光未燃亮
    若爱太苦要落糖
    结它断线亦无恙
    to hug someone to kiss someone
    the best is yet to come
    若要错失永不能守
    得到也不代表长久
    假使快乐有尽头
    痛苦也未会不朽
    寂寞半点假如不能承受
    这生命注定过得不易
    笑与泪亦有时候
    to hug someone to kiss someone
    the best is yet to come

    若你说不再听情歌
    不想再经历这漩涡
    假使抱住你拳头
    到底也没法牵手
    就是为了追求一时平静
    将感情隔离半点感动都扼杀
    没法承受
    永远有不妥协伤口
    有些憾事不放手
    若你太刻意淡忘
    越会补不到缺口
    why don't you just hug soneone
    just kiss someone
    the best is yet to come
    最好的尚未来临

     

    June 17

    ♪ We all die young

    Steel Dragon - We All Die Young

    Rock Star Soundtrack

     

          Risk my soul, test my life
          For my bread
          Spend my time lost in space
          Am I dead?
          Let the river flow
          Through my callused hands
          And take me from my own
          The eyes of the damned

          It makes my stomach turn
          And it tears my flesh from the bone
          How we turn a dream to stone

          And we all die young
          Yeah we all die young

          Tell me I know
          I lived so afraid
          And still we cry alone
          With words left unsaid

          Yeh it makes my stomach turn
          And it tears my flesh from bone to bone
          How we turn a dream to stone

          And we all die young

     

    其实是因为Zakk wylde才产生了看Rock Star的愿望,看过以后感觉一般般。但是电影的配乐是Zakk一手包办,自然了得!(反正我就是冲着这个来的)

    这片子好久以前看的,已经忘的差不多了。。。这一首We all die young倒是记地一清二楚。Zakk标志性的人工泛音和蓝草风格的音阶自然吸引。片中男主角试音时唱的正是这一首,那一幕还是印象深刻的。歌手的功力非凡,突然感觉Rock music无比地严肃和神圣起来。。。。

    June 14

    lyrics

    SMELL the Smell of Death

     

    Do not stay so close to me

    I'm starting to decay (I am about to decay)

    Do not keep so far from me

    The road of funeral will be lonely

     

    Can you SMELL the smell of decease?

    That's my moldy corpse rotting and falling

    What will you sacrifice to me?

    I am not mortal, can't be easily satisfied

     

    How about a journey to inferno with me

    That's really erecting when two skeletons

    Hugging under the dirty clay

     

    以前帮Roger改的旧歌词,未曾使用。

    现在看来,尚欠火候。无奈,自勉之。。。

    June 13

    ♪ Evanescence - Heart-shaped Box (Nirvana cover)

    Evanescence - Heart-shaped Box (Nirvana cover)

    Download: http://www.nirvanaclub.com/misc/covers/evanescence-hsb.mp3

    she eyes me like a pisces when i am weak
    i've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for a week
    i've benn drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
    i wish i could eat your cancer when you turn back

    hey
    wait
    i've got a new conplaint
    forever in debt to your priceless advice
    hate
    wait
    i've got a new complaint
    forever in debt to your priceless advice
    hey
    wait
    i've got a new complaint
    forever in debt to your priceless advice
    your advice

    meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
    cut myself on angel's hair and baby's breath
    broken hymen of your highness i'm left black
    throw down your umbilical noose so i can climb right back

     

    Walfredo Reyes Jr Mapex Clinic Guangzhou

    昨晚大雨过后匆忙出门,864飞奔前往。本以为去得迟没座位,谁知开始的时候只坐了一半。。。

    以latin风格演奏技巧出众著称的WR,setting中latin percussion的小打果然占了很大一部分空间。用的是LP。drum set是Mapex的Pro M, Sabian Cymbals(早知道我带上B8的hi-hat让他签名啦!),remo drum heads...

    clinic 当晚用的是新鼓,声音刺耳。不过也没有掩盖WR的技术,叹为观止。

    外加一个海峡对岸过来的翻译,夹杂着台湾腔,带口音的英文和西班牙语,让人甚为不爽。翻译辞不达意,甚至信口开河乱说一通,台下观众还是听得津津有味。。。

    total最关心的是免费的Heineken和薯片,au埋怨说这东西还没品客好吃。

    继续solo。继续鼓掌。

    而后见许多本地“知名”鼓手也在场,表情麻木。看来收获一般。

    会后排队拿签名海报,正好到我们,大张的poster被前面的ladies一抢而空(她们甚至连什么是percussion也不知道。。。),只好以小张代之,郁闷了好久。

    the clinic is over. 聪还在兴致勃勃地谈论今天买到的元件,说要DIY一个fender的preamp,众人晕倒。。。

    之后,各自归去。坐了末班36才收到panda早前的信息:“记得帮我抢一份纪念品啊!”

    Walfredo Reyes Jr

     


     

    Walfredo Reyes Jr

    INTRO:
    Few drummers playing today can successfully combine the rich history of Latin, Afro-Cuban and World Percussion with the drum set. For Walfredo Reyes Jr., fusing the two disciplines has been his driving passion. In fact, by blazing this path, Reyes has challenged the technical levels of our instrument.

    Born in Cuba, raised in Puerto Rico and culminating his musical style in the U.S., Wally (Walfredo Jr.) learned the traditions from the master, his father Walfredo Sr. He married those principles with his love of the drum set, coming up with his own truly global rhythmic style. Simply put, Wally is able to sound like a drummer and a percussionist at the same time. Add blistering chops and a penchant for playing unusual patterns to the mix, and you have only a small idea of what this man can do.

    Not surprisingly, this "one man percussion show" has gathered an impressive list of gigs over the years, including touring and / or recording with: Carlos Santana, Traffic, Steve Winwood, Jackson Browne, Celia Cruz, Gloria Estefan, David Lindley, Ricki Lee Jones, Richard Marx, Sergio Mendes, Smokey Robinson, Robbie Robertson, Joe Sample, Boz Scaggs, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Johnny Hallyday.

    Because of his versatility, Walfredo is one of the most in demand musicians in the world today. He currently lives in the Los Angeles area where he continues to expand his talents to recording, producing, composing, education, live performance and touring.

    June 09

    Paul Gilbert, PGM-30, Wild World and more...

    Mr Big - Wild World

    Album: Bump Ahead

    now that i've lost everything to you
    you say you want to start something new
    and it's breaking my heart you're leaving
    baby i'm grieving

    but if you wanna leave take good care
    hope you have a lot of nice things to wear
    but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

    oh baby baby it's a wild world
    it's hard to get by just upon a smile
    oh baby baby it's a wild world
    i'll always remember you like a child, girl

    you know i've seen a lot of what the world can do
    and it's breaking my heart in two
    'cause i never want to see you sad girl
    don't be a bad girl

    but if you want to leave take good care
    hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
    but just remember there's a lot of bad and beware, beware

    oh baby baby it's a wild world
    it's hard to get by just upon a smile
    oh baby baby it's a wild world
    i'll always remember you like a child, girl

    baby i love you, but if you wanna leave take good care
    hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
    but just remember there's a lot of bad and beware

     

    因为喜欢Paul GilbertBilly Sheehan才想起了Mr Big。(当然Richie Kotzen也很棒...)
    最近找出大先生的旧专辑来听,发现《Bump Ahead》收录了这首翻唱曲目:
    Cat Stevens的Wild World。本来很简单的一首民谣(就那几下子民谣和弦,俺也会...),Paul Gilbert弹起acoustic一样味道十足。改编版本在原曲的基础上作了丰富,Paul和Billy二位想来喜欢指舞飞扬,竟也耐得住性子慢悠悠 呵呵...结果出来的pop+country味道十足,咋听和普通流行歌没两样,细处才发现,大师毕竟是大师...两人的配合充分体现了水准,细腻到每一个音符的组合,也不愧某人当年GIT全校第一,科班毕业的美名。
    可见摇滚也可以很简朴。但能以如此简单de编曲带出这么好de效果就不简单了...莫非...这就是功力...?

    【转】Paul Gilbert 保罗.吉尔博特简介:

      1966 年 11 月 6 日,一位摇滚吉他未来之星诞生在美国伊利诺州 (Illinois) 的卡文戴 (Carvendine),他就是 Paul Gilbert。从小受到 Jimi Hendrix 的影响疯狂的爱上音乐,当 Paul 还是个高中生的时候,他参加了在洛杉矶举行的全美吉他大赛 (L.A. Guitar Wars),击败数百位对手拿下冠军,震惊了全美的摇滚吉他界,从此之后受到摇滚乐坛瞩目,这时他进入位于好莱的音乐专业学院(MI),在吉他学系中 (GIT) 闭关苦练更上层楼。

      1984 年当时的 Paul 是 GIT 最年轻的学生,却以第一名的成绩完成他的学业,之后继续留在 MI 学校任教,1985 年,Paul Gilbert、Harry Gschoesser、Jeff Martin、John Alderete,组成最早的 Racer X。于1986年发表了第一张作品"Street Lethal",其中"Frenzy"一曲,正是 Paul Gilbert 16 岁那年拿下吉他大赛冠军的招牌曲。1987 年另一位GIT高材生 Bruce Bouillet 加入 Racer X,使得乐团的曲风更加丰富。Bruce 和 Paul 以双吉他搭配演出,将吉他合声与速弹表现的完美无暇,Scarified 这首演奏曲更成为速度金属中的经典之作。这个时候 Paul 更获邀请担任美国权威吉他杂志 Guitar World 及 Guitar Player 的客座讲师。之后在 GIT 系主任 Frank Gambale 的领导下,Paul Gilbert 和Gary Hoey、Neil Zaza、Paul Hanson 四位吉他好手并列 GIT 四大讲师,而 Paul 也连续好几年被日本Young Guitar杂志票选为最佳吉他手。

      Paul 在 1989 年加入了摇滚歌手 Eric Martin 所组的 Mr. Big,和贝斯魔皇Billy Sheehan共同为这个美式硬摇滚乐团写下十年的辉煌历史!1998年 Paul Gilbert 再度单飞,除了再度招集 Racer X 原班人马,也展开个人演艺生涯, 2003年初发表首张个人不插电作品 "Gilbert Hotel"和精选集"Paul The Young Dude",2003年底发表 "Acoustic Samurai",收录今年七月在日本 Hard Rock Café的不插电演出实况,精湛的技巧让人叹为观止,Paul 不但琴艺一流、歌声也是一级棒(这个...不敢苟同...当然没有他的琴弹得好)。

      Paul 目前除了担任 MI 日本分校的校长,继续作育英才造就无数吉他学子,更在闲聊时进行自己的世界巡回演出,和他的乐团 Racer X,也在进行下一张专辑的录制工作,这位美国吉他英雄,其演艺生涯已达到最巅峰。


    Paul with his PGM-30