N.E.R.F.

thoughts on our next album.

amateurtakescontrol:

so i’ve been thinking a lot about our next album and the release of it. as of now the band has probably only 1 thousand plus bucks to record our songs with. We currently have 3 complete songs and a few new ones that i’ve written for the band. Like i mentioned earlier, we’ll be working with bani haykal on some tracks with spoken word poetry so that might add a different feel to the songs pretty excited for that collaboration.

financially, we’re pretty weak for now cause we’re all in NS and i’m still schooling so the money we get don’t really go to our music. maybe just for the jamming sessions. even though isa and syadie are busy in camp, we’re all still all very motivated and will get together every chance we get to jam out our new songs and get them ready for recording.

our label, kittywu records (errol and lesley), will not be contributing financially to our next release, for an understandable reason of course. they just got a new house, and will be having their wedding next year and will have the responsibilities of all married couples and we totally feel for them. they’ve helped us come a long way and helped spread our music to far places and we are very grateful. Don’t worry, we’re still with kittywu records! they’re still our managers/promoters/distro people. why i mentioned what i mentioned is to answer some questions in advance pertaining the subject i’ll be discussing in the next few paragraphs. :) KITTYWU RECORDS WE LOVE YOU.

we are interested to work with a small local company. a company (or whose owner) loves our music and would love to spare a few thousands for a good cause (the band and the community). as a band whose music is mainly inspired by the daily happenings in life and lately with current social/political events happening around the world, we would like to help the community with our next album. this may sound a bit “pretentious” or “overly noble” for a small local band like us but with our next album, we do not intend to make a single cent. it might sound crazy, silly or even stupid but it’s true. if we spend 1000 on recording, we don’t intend to get that money back even if we break even. if we break even, that money will go towards a charitable cause (we’re still looking around). so that is a 1000 bucks going to charity from us.

let’s face it. we’re all just 19. 2/3 of us are in NS, and I will be in NS next year. it’ll take us another 2-3 years before we can actually start taking this band very seriously and tour overseas and then hopefully getting somewhere with our music. all we want to do and can do right now is to be able to write quality music, get it down on record and help and inspire as many people as we can with our music.

if you have a friend, family member or a contact who might be interested in helping us out with the album and thus helping the community, do let us know and do spread the word for us. it’s very important though, that they believe in us and our music. we would love to talk to them if they do. :)

thank you for reading.

we are grateful for your support! xx

adel,

ATC

RE:PLAY

Alright, so I missed the Facebook event with all the details. I can’t imagine what any of the bands will sound like, but what the hey:

RE:PLAY
10 & 11 July 2009
Night Festival begins 7.30pm
Re:Play starts jamming 11.00pm
Free Entry to Re:Play and Night Festival

Hear Music in a Different Beat

Think there’s nothing in common between the melodic strums of your electric guitar and the emotive strings of the Indian sitar?

Think again as four popular contemporary bands collaborate with traditional musicians at this year’s Night Festival. Join us and rediscover Singapore’s culture through a showcase of music of the past and present coming together in a one-of-a-kind performance.

* Amateur Takes Control
Collaboration with Kompang Troupe

* Tiramisu
Collaboration with Keroncong Players
with Fire Dancers

* Lunar Node
Collaboration with Indian Organ
and Chinese Musical Instruments

* The Pinholes
Collaboration with Sitar Player
and Indian Percussion together
with Bollywood Dancers

See Culture in a Different Light

Come stay up late with the National Museum, Singapore Art Museum and the Peranakan Museum as they open shop and offer free admission to their galleries till 2am this Night Festival.

From soulful jazz numbers to public art installations, from night bazaars to touring exhibitions in the dark, there’s plenty of entertainment and activities for all.

Museums SEE DIFFERENT

Museums SEE DIFFERENT is National Heritage Board’s youth outreach initiative which aims to put youths in control of their own culture and heritage by encouraging them to interpret museums, culture and heritage differently themselves.

RE:PLAY is a part of Night Festival and lovingly produced by Villains

quick gig update

Updated 23/05:

27/05 7pm Lasalle College of the Arts Official Opening (closed event) Amateur Takes Control, I Am David Sparkle

27/05 830pm Cineleisure Like A Band

30/05 Heeren For This Cycle (5pm), SORE (7pm)

05/06-07/06 5/8/10pm Lasalle The Observatory $30 tix from Sistic <— who wants to go with me!!

05/06 5pm Earshot Cafe @ The Arts House For This Cycle, Trella

06/06 8pm Earshot Cafe @ The Arts House ATC

06/06 Rock the Sub @ The Substation ATC, Caracal, Silhouette, For This Cycle, The Fire Fight, Postbox, The Great Spy Experiment, Allura, Force Vomit, Urbandub, A Vacant Affair

11/07 SMU night festival ATC, Muon, Tiramisu, The Pinholes

11/07 7pm *scape For This Cycle EP Launch

Haven’t been posting much in the way of local music, so I’m just here to say Amateur Takes Control rocked the Esplanade tonight. They did a couple of new songs, some weird math rock vibes and Adel mumbled something about post-punk. I guess the next EP will be interesting.

Unfortunately I left the house too late to catch Everybody Loves Irene (all the way from Jakarta), and I couldn’t stay for West Grand’s gig at the recital studio. Too many things happening at once!

I would complain about my lack of gig kakis (The E only went with me today because of one ATC song), but pretty soon I won’t have the time for any gigs at all. RACHAEL FREAKING YAMAGATA is coming exactly 31 days after I enlist.