One Buck Short

You know what people say about Malaysian bands? That they don’t go far and don’t last long.

 

One band that contradicts that statement, which has been around for a while and still rocking hard is none other than

 

ONE BUCK SHORT

 

 

 

Formed since high school, they begin playing shows at school events and battle of the bands competitions before becoming famous in the local music scene. Today, One Buck Short is one of the leading rock acts in the region!

 

With hits like “That Day” and “This A Love Song”, and rocking live performances, OBS has wooed loads of fans. This is one of the bands that won’t disappoint! They sound amazing live, and the same goes to their recordings.

 

 

OBS has had the privilege to open for Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy. They also opened for My Chemical Romance.

 

 

Their album- Halal And Loving It, is out now and sold at most record stores. I would recommend buying the album, which indirectly shows your support to them.

 

 

 

Still haven’t heard their songs??? Shame on you! Haha

  www.myspace.com/onebuckshort

Guide To Copyright | part2

Here's part 2 of the Guide to Copyright. It's a bit long but very informative. 

Credits to trabye for this part:

WHAT DOES 'PUBLISH' MEAN?
to have a publishing hold (or right) of your material and to get your songs published are two different things. the former means the song is owned and governed by a specific body (i.e. your publishing company that you and your songs are signed to, whether it's a major publisher or your own rm60 company). the latter means the song is released and available to the public in the form of an album (cassette, cd, lp, md, mp3 etc.). here's a pickle: to safeguard your songs, you need to get a publisher (or be one yourself... more on this later). but to get a publisher, you need to get your songs published first! chicken and egg. this is because the major publisher does not want to manage songs that are not going to be in albums (these are called inactive or non-performing works). but don't fret, there is a solution.

this is what you can do. get your songs recorded onto an album, doesn't matter if it's your own album (but make sure you have intentions to release it soon) or on other artiste's album (also with intent to release). before the album is printed and released, pay a visit to a major publisher and offer to sign up with them (direct or sub-publish, be aware, you need to have your own company for the latter) and mention that you have your works recorded in an album to be released soon. in other words, the status of your works is classified as "will-definitely-be-published-soon". some major publishers will have no problems signing up with this.

GETTING A PUBLISHING DEAL
regarding macp, yes, they can help you with information but better consult a music publisher (even better, a major publisher like any of the following):

1. Universal Music Publishing (my sub-publisher. done a very good job for me to date)
2. EMI Music Publishing (I believe this is still running even though the label has closed down)
3. Warner Chappell Music Publishing
4. Sony Music Publishing (the BMG publishing side is bought over by Universal Music Publishing)

they cover a wider aspect of copyright protection of your songs. why majors? they act internationally. major publishers are best for their influence and track record for managing, marketing (although some are more vigorous and successful than others - talking from experience), detecting digital theft and chasing people for royalties (including macp!), all on your behalf for a certain percentage of the royalties you earn. how much of a percentage? depends on what kind of contract you have (there are two).

1. direct signing - this is where you are signed directly to a publisher. pro: they do all of the above for you, as long as you submit the info regarding your works to them, and promote your songs for local and international artistes/record labels/producers. con: they normally take half of your royalty earnings for doing the aforementioned and they own the rights to your works. so what's the point you ask? look at it this way: some people like to makan gaji, some people like to have their own business. direct signing is like 'makan gaji'. and unless you are a composer with a string of hits, you can negotiate for a higher percentage for yourself. a newbie will normally get a 50/50 deal. for a hit-maker, probably around 70/30 or 75/25, very rarely 80/20, although possible.

2. sub-publishing - this is where you publish your own songs but assign the sub-publisher (the major publishing company) to manage your songs for you. they normally don't promote as aggressively like a direct signing but these days, they are happy for any of their songs to be picked up. pro: you have a bigger royalty cut and you own the rights to your works but... con: they still take a percentage off your earnings (although not as much as a direct signing) and you have to setup a company (sole-proprietor or partnership is accepted). in the album sleeve, your songs will be credited as such:

Title:
Composer: (o.p. , s.p. )
Lyricist: - as applicable - 

TRABYE'S ADVICE
my advise to everyone not in the know is this: sign up with a trusted publisher of your choice. by saying this, i mean, some people prefer big publishers, some don't. the best way for me thus far, is register a sole-proprietorship/partnership (rm60) company (sdn. bhd. can come in later when you have more works and are serious about publishing as a business), and get a sub-publisher's contract with a major publishing.

and if you think you can publish it all on your own, here's a list of headaches for you to deal with:
1. monitor release or ALL albums EVERY month, make sure no one infringes your rights
2. chase EVERY record label for mechanical royalties
3. monitor EVERY SINGLE ringtone company for infringements
4. malaysia is already too wide to cover but the world? i mean, c'mon!

conclusion: just sign up!  



hope this helps. cheers!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY

CHRISTMAS

from Polaryde.

Album Of The Month //: Day & Age by The Killers .

As for me , i think The Killers has been bringing up theirself so differently as how they used to be before . From the very typical mainstream new age american rock and roll tune from Hot Fuss , to the very alternative sound they had done for Sam's Town , and currently with their newly cut album released ; The Killers is back with their album titled Day & Age .

This time with a major twist of new-wave element included in their tracks , they again has brought a new look for the band . With the wonder track of the album entitled 'Human' , vocalist Brandon Flowers himself acclaimed that this has been the band's "most playful record". With the recent release of the album on November 24, 2008 in the UK, Canada and the US , it has been debuted at number 1 in the UK albums chart selling over 200,000 copies in its first week , and at number 6 in the USA selling over 190,000 copies in its first week . This shows that the world is getting a big hit onto this long upcoming band .

So what are you folks are waiting for ? Go grab yourself a copy of the album , and here behalf of the polaryde crew , I swear it's worth even for a million bucks ! haha ! :D enjoy .

listen to their first single on this album at http://www.myspace.com/thekillers

*are we human ? or are we dancer ? .. :)

Guide To Copyright | part 1

Here's a guide for you musicians! Nowadays, with piracy and stuff becoming very common, it is IMPORTANT to know the basics to copyright your music. If not, whatever you create no matter how good, could be copied by someone else and you won't be able to do anything about it. Many bands or musicians do not know this and it can prove costly later on...

Credits to JD for this article.

Taken from jamtank:

  You've just written a song which you knew would be the killer-hit of the year.  You've played the song at gigs with your band and everybody's been telling you how great the song is.  Suddenly, one day you hear a  song on the radio that sounds exactly like it!!!  What do you do?  What can you do?  More importantly, what should you have done to protect your rights if ever this situation arises?  

Every musician, songwriter, band member (that's YOU!!!) should be equipped with the basic knowledge of copyright and copyright law.  Know your rights.  Music is a business, and the new generation of musicians must not only be musically adept, but also business & legal-savvy.  

The first part of this article deals with copyright law.  It explains as simply as possible what is copyright, as applied to us musicians and songwriters.  In the follow-up to this article, I'll talk about music publishing.  Most of the points here have been extracted from my studies at ICOM.  Your band leader should grab a copy of the Copyright Act 1987 which is available at major book stores (e.g. MPH) for around RM15.  Books related to statutory topics may be a turn-off at first, but trust me, you'll wish you've known all these things much earlier.

Some of the information here has been extracted from MACP’s website at www.macp.com.my but editied for easier understanding.  I hope that I've presented the information as accurately and concisely as possible.  I would like to apologize for any errors and I would welcome feedback from you guys who read the article.

Part 1 : Copyright

What is Copyright?

That No.1 hit-song that you've just written is categorized as a "musical work" and it includes the melody and lyrics (more on this later).  Copyright in relation to a musical work is the exclusive right which the owner has over its use and his entitlement to rely on the law to prevent others from using such work without his consent. 

The Copyright Act of 1987 defines copyright in relation to a musical work as being the exclusive right to: 

•   reproduce a work in any material form; 
•   communicate a work to the public; 
•   perform, show or play a work to the public; 
•   distribute copies of a work to the public by sale or transfer of ownership; 
•   commercial rental of a work to the public 

What makes my song eligible for Copyright?

•   Your song is an original song
•   Your song has been written down, recorded or otherwise reduced to material form.  

"Material form" here means any form (whether visible or not) of storage from which your song or a substantial part of it can be reproduced.  This includes notation, tabs, MIDI sequences, your Cubase project file, even your band's jamming cassette recordings too.

Don't celebrate yet.  Your song being eligible doesn't mean that it qualifies for copyright protection.  Same thing goes for driving.  After you're 17, you're eligible to drive, but you're not qualified to drive until you obtain your drivers license.  Get it?  OK, next step is...now that you know your song is eligible for copyright, how does it qualify for protection, so that your rival songwriter doesn't rip-it-off from you?

How does my song qualify for protection?

•   The author (the composer...which means the one who wrote the song), or joint authors (maybe you wrote the songs with your bandmates) is at the time when the song was composed a qualified person.
•   Your song is first published in Malaysia
•   Your song was composed in Malaysia

Sorry guys.  More jargon and definitions.  And the point about "published" needs to be be covered in Part 2.  And "qualified person"? What's that?  It simply means that you are :

i) "warganegara" Malaysia, or 
ii) a permanent resident in Malaysia.

Who owns the Copyright?
The author of the work is the first owner of the copyright. However, where the work is written by an employee in the course of his duties, then the employer is regarded as the legal author of the work. On the other hand where the making of a work is commissioned and in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the author and the ownership of the copyright by him is only surrendered if he should assign his exclusive rights to the commissioning party.

OK this paragraph I have to admit is cut-and-paste.  Well, it just means that the author, YOU, are the "first owner" of the copright.  We'll learn later how you can "lose" the ownership of the copyright.
If, by any chance you're employed by a publishing house or production house, and they pay you to write songs, jingles, background music, the employer is regarded as the owner.  If you're commissioned to write a song for Siti Nurhaliza's record label, you'll lose your ownership by assigning your rights to them (usually got written agreement lah...)

What is the Duration of Copyright?
Very simple, as long as you're alive +PLUS 50 years after your death.

So here's what you should do
Record your song (quality doesn't matter) onto any format CD, MD, VHS, cassette, MP3 whatever...notate it, tab it, sequence it...it has to be reduced to "material form".  The Copyright Act doesn't mention it but you must remember LABEL and DATE it clearly!!!  Yes, check your old jamming cassettes now.....if you still have them!!!

Again, credits to JD for the article. (and yes he's from Pop Shuvit) haha.

Merry Xmas to all, have a good Christmas! =D

The Dark Fire

Gibson has come up with a new guitar called the Dark Fire which even looks cool and sound awesome to us non-guitar freaks! 

Taken from gizmodo.com:

It looks like the reason Gibson's self-tuning Robot guitar had a limited run is that the legendary guitar innovator had a much more insane second stage already blueprinted up: Gibson's Dark Fire Les Paul-style digital guitar is the crowning shred-related scientific achievement of our time.

Think of it as the Robot plus the Moog synth guitar rolled into one. First and foremost, it's a guitarist's guitar, with three different kind of pickups—a humbucker, a single-coil and a bridge-mounted piezo acoustic—all capable of contributing their sound to an original, organic blend of totally real guitar noise.

Having anchored itself firmly in Gibson's traditions, it's also got some crazy new stuff. Like the Robot, it self-tunes (now up to 500 times on a single battery charge), and using the "Chameleon Tone Technology" it is capable of producing "every imaginable guitar sound," says Gibson.

The company is quite proud of the Master Control Knob—presumably with a bit of a Tron shoutout there—though I can only imagine that the "sophisticated full color matrix display featuring LEDs and high-tech light pipe technology" takes a little bit of a hike up the learning curve.

Those who know of Les Paul's guitar innovations will appreciate that Gibson is carrying on his tradition of complication as a necessary means for cooler guitar tech. Some of Les' personal guitars had tons of mostly unmarked switches on them, not to mention a few boxes off to the side.

Speaking of boxes, a lot of the digital mojo is facilitated by the guitar's interface, the Robot Interface Pack, which has jacks on the front for the guitar and headphones. On the rear there's a FireWire connector (hear that, new MacBook shoppers?) and a hex connector, which can be adapted for MIDI output. The good news for suckers who bought the first-gen Robot is that the upgrade will be available to them at a price close to cost. (My guess is they'll make the money on labor when you take your Robot in for the upgrade.)

Though Gibson won't promise "infinite sustain" like Moog, it does say that its body design makes "the Dark Fire one of the best-sustaining Les Pauls ever produced." Cool.

Take a sneak peak of the guitar design:

MOGWAI LIVE IN MALAYSIA

Soundscape Records is proud to announce a one-night-only show for internationally acclaimed instrumental band Mogwai, here in Malaysia.


With the date set for 21st January, venue at Tuborg Stage, Hall 5, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, local post-rock fans have a lot more reason to celebrate the brand new year.

On tour for their sixth and latest album, The Hawk is Howling - the band returns to its roots, working again with producer Andy Miller for the first time in a decade. As is expected from the 13-year old band's critically acclaimed brand of instrumental post-rock, The Hawk is Howling is a completely instrumental album - where the only 'conversation' comes from the often intense, sometimes ethereal, but always majestic play of different instruments.

Whatever it is, one thing is sure - Mogwai's breathtaking style of music that sometimes leaves listeners hanging in mid-air with euphoria and send them reeling with uncommon energy, is all set to mark Jan 21st as a historical day in Malaysia's becoming as an international musical stop point.

Prominent local independent music label Soundscape Records who is known for its knack of bringing quality, sought-after international music acts to the region teamed up with Tuborg to present the region with this extraordinary music event.


Venue: Tuborg Stage, Hall 5, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Date: 21st January 2009, 8pm.


Tickets will go on sale from 26th Dec onwards, priced at RM128 (early bird, from 26th Dec - 8th Jan), RM148 (pre-sale, from 9th Jan - 19th Jan) and RM168 (at the door).

Tickets are available at Rock Corner outlets.

PARKWAY DRIVE in Malaysia beb!

Watch out metalcore fans! PARKWAY DRIVE is coming to Malaysia!!!!

So, on the 8th of February next year, head to MCPA Hall to enjoy some headbanging and mosh like there's no tomorrow!

A little biography on the band:

Members: Winston McCall (Vocals ), Jeff Ling (Guitars ), Luke Kilpatrick (Guitars ), Ben Gordon (Drums ), Jia O'Connor (Bass)

URLS: www.parkwaydriverock.com

www.myspace.com/parkwaydrive

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.49) - "If you're looking for exquisitely executed, technically awesome, frantic noodlage paired with chuggy guitars, sprinting drums and demon hellspawn vocals, this is one for you."

More info soon.

MILKSHAKE !?!?!

Euphoria presents Milkshake (100% Hip-Hop/R&B)

Come party with the best Hip-Hop/R&B music Ministry of Sound Style!!

EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT @ EUPHORIA

FREE ENTRANCE (NO COVER CHARGE) if you say the password: " M I N I "

(Free Entry is until 11 PM with the password)

Age Limit: 18 & above

Not a hip-hop fan, but MILKSHAKE sounds cool enough :p

PROM again...

Tomorrow is the 16th of Dec! So??? It's SJ PROM NIGHT !!!

Be at KL Tower at 730pm, dress magnificently and get ready for a blast! With cool performances from K Town Clan, Bunkface, One Buck Short among others, it would be a waste if you miss it! Also, the dancefloor will be opened and we get the bring the tower down!

More info: See the blog. There's even detailed maps and instruntions on how to get there.







REMEMBER, there's no age limit, and tickets are still on sale.

Scroll down to see the previous post on this event.

live and bar college band war

Come the 2nd of January 2009, Live and Bar will be organizing its first College Band War.

The competition will run for a month every Friday and Saturday of the week.

Each night will feature 4 bands of which the winner of the night will remain in contention for the Grand Finals.

The weekly winners will receive RM 200 , gift packs and a bucket of Tuborg.

The winner of the Grand Finals will receive RM 1500 and a paid slot in Live and Bar every Friday.

Winners in the weekly competitions are judged by the crowd. The crowd will decide who they would like to see appear in the finals at the end of the month.

The Grand Finals will see professional judges as well as the crowd decide who is the overall winner. The ratio of which will be 50% judges choice and 50% audience choice.

Wanna Participate???

Live and Bar is located in Subang Sports Planet, approximately 400 m from Monash University.

For further inquiries on College Band War, kindly contact Raj at 019-261 4141 or drop an email to liveandbar@gmail.com

Cool ryte? Can get money while playing frequently. Good for those who want publicity while making a quick buck :)

CONVERSE!!!

Sorry for the late updates again.

Guess what??

Converse is having a warehouse sale!!!!

Sadly, i just found out about it today... Its on the 11th-14th which means...you have today and tomorrow left! So, get your behinds down to Bangunan Panglobal, 5th Floor, Jalan Tandang, Petaling Jaya.

Dont know where the heck it is? Dont worry, i've found the map! just click here =D

It's at 10am-6pm.

No HELMETS and BAGS allowed. Just WALLETS and PURSES!!

Plus other brands! EVERLAST, LEE COOPER, KAPPA

To view the facebook event, click here.

If you're a converse fan, you better hurry as discounts are up to 70% !

Enjoy your shopping :)

Nicko.

UOX Play by Celcom

Hey guys and girls. Sorry I haven't updated in a while, was away.

Anyway, here's U.O.X. PLAY!

UOX PLAY is back! This time around, the rooftop of Sg Wang gets hijacked as the creative energy of Kuala Lumpur is brought centre-stage at UOX PLAY's Rooftop Concert!

Apart from the headline music acts, you'll also get to choose the rest of the performers that day by voting at http://www.uox.com.my/! You'll also get to shop at the bazaar and check out art & design installations by some of KL's finest creative talents.

Don't forget to drop by the LIVE AUDITION booth - sing, dance, DJ, MC, beatbox or do whatever it takes to impress and you could walk away with a cool RM5,000 cash prize!

MUSIC by:

The S.I.G.I.T. (IND)

WHITE SHOES & THE COUPLES COMPANY (IND)

BUTTERFINGERS

ONE BUCK SHORT

BITTERSWEET

TEMPERED MENTAL

LAILA'S LOUNGE

+ acts voted by YOU! Vote at http://www.uox.com.my/

Free admission for all.

13th December

5pm till midnight

Sungai Wang Rooftop, KL

Be there or be square! :)

And.... watch out for the review of Kontakt III that we mentioned earlier. Yes, we'll be there alright! Lotsa pictures for you guys, hopefully.

Prom Anyone?

You know how many say that prom is overrated. Well, let me tell you one that isn't! SJ PROM!



I know you are like "Prom?? NO way!" but think again as i can assure you that everyone will have a blast! Why? First of all, it's at KL TOWER. How many events do you get to attend there man! And, the view is B-E-A-Utiful.
Just see the view you can get. On the other hand, the performances lined up are awesome. One Buck Short, K Town Clan, Bunkface, some talents from SMK Subang Jaya and more. What more can you ask for?

It is opened to everyone, any gender, age, school, or race! Tickets may be considered expensive but i can assure you that the organizing commitee has no intention to make any profit.(wanna cover the costs also susah haha)

Details:

When? 16th December 2008, 7.30pm

Where? KL Tower

Theme? Sweetest Escape

Price? RM 130 (if you buy on that day itself it'll be RM150)

Dresscode? Dress to impress!

Hope you guys can make it! FYI i'm in the commitee so support sikit la. :P

Visit the BLOG for more info.

Cheers,
Nicko.

Kontakt III

Whassup peeps! I'd like to promote an event called Kontakt III.

It'll be held at the Republic Bar, Sunway Pyramid and it starts at 9pm on the 10th of December!

Line up:

1. Jasemaine Gan
A 24-year old female singer songwriter who writes both English and Mandarin tunes. Currently attached to Mobi Music and Warner Chappell Taiwan, Jasemaine has written songs for Chinese artists such as Fish Leong, Michael Wong, Fahrenheit and more.
http://www.myspace.com/jasemaine

2. Silent Keat
Silent Keat is the solo project of Keat, the former guitarist of rap metal band Silent Prayer. This young artist manages to keep things simple, nothing is overdone, and the simplicity is one of the elements that make his music so brilliant.
http://www.myspace.com/silentkeat

3. Deepset
Deepset, a quartet from Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, discovered the trial of composition that has been appropriated by indierock after being refined over the centuries by harmonic and sonic experimentation, the birth was late 2002, the band pushed the enthuse to produce instrumental piece which as the band believe that music is nothing without inspiration that has an influence.
http://www.myspace.com/deepbeep


Free Admission!


For more info, log on to:http://www.therepublicbar.com/

A good way to show your support for the music scene in Malaysia and i'm damn sure it'll be worth going for it. C'mon it's even free! So yeah, just come lah! Polaryde.zine might even be there to review the event.

Hope to see you guys there. :)

GRAB EM' STREET LABEL'S THREADS ! // FourthySecondsClothing.

Think Topman is so overated nowadays ? UCB is highly pricey ?

So get your damn local independent threads now ! If clothing labels were to be bands , it's best described as ' bigger than The Beatles , Cheaper than the pirates ' . harharhar . get what i mean , folkss ?!. ;P

Anyways , today's entry is going to be about our local independent fashion industry . Which is better known as the street wear culture which is kind of the in thing nowadays among those artsy fartsy 'cool' indie kids . As for the past 2 years , the Malaysian local music scene has been standing side by side the clothing scene to co-operate among themselves , supporting each other to bring up both the scene that has been quite a let down before this . Why is it a let down ? . The scene hasn't been supported by any form of govermental body which results in the run down of the music scene , only after both of the enforcement ( those music and clothing kids ) started having gigs and events going all scattered around the country , the scene was brought back to live . Thanks to the guys , today , some certain events held by them are now supported by the rakan muda and any other form of governmental body . Now , Malaysia has been quite a hotspot for all kind of people to come and experience good street culture !


Ending the history ! Let's move on to the label . : ) . Here today , i would like to introduce you folks to one of the clothing label that has been around in the region since last year . Eventhough they're not that famous YET . We'll be reviewing them anyways . Cos i can easily get the infos of the label . Cos Eugene the Fat is one of the founder ! hahahaha ! ...
With this , i'll leave you folkers to the ...

Fourthy Seconds Clothing label !

Fourthy seconds ; an independent clothing label founded by a lad who wanted to do something with his shits designs.simplicity is mainly what fourthy seconds is all about. We try our best to create a simple,but kinda-cool type of tees to get you folks to wear/get/snatch/buy em' shirts ; and yes , we currently don't really have any coloured designs YET ; but don't worry ; we will do in the future ;) WAIT ! now we do have coloured printed tees. So go and wear / get / snatch / buy em' shirts! ;D .. (taken from the myspace site of fourthy seconds clothing)



Visit www.myspace.com/fourthysecondsclothing to know more in detail ! .

ROCK THE WORLD WHATTTTT ?.

Yeah , you have got your eyes readin'some reality here ! ..

I know we maestros are wondering since last year on where the heck RTW ( rock the world ) is . It WAS supposed to be held annually , but nobody knows the reason for last year's lost . Honestly , 2007 was kinda sucked for me just because RTW wasn't held. Was missing the muddiness padang of that Stadium Merdeka , the frantic crowd while Republic of Brickfields played , the sweets The Times gave their fans as a token of appreciation ( i think it was hacks or something they threw a bag full to the crowd ) . And hell yeah i remembered that crowd surfing chick who got her boobs grabbed . Sumpah , tak tipu . Hahaha . Anyways , it really was a musically blast i had on that day . I know we waited the whole year for 07's , and it was a letdown ! because they didnt have it last year . But what the heck , im more than happy that they are going to make it happen this year . Therefore folks , who has got no idea what this is about , or people who anticipated this event of the year , Polaryde.zine reviews ROCK THE WORLD 9 !



ROCK THE WORLD ! a local rock concert done in big scale , providing great local music experience to the country . Held annually ( except last year ) , it's a long anticipated music event waited by malaysia's independent music followers . RTW is all about serving the best local music to the audiences and at the same time , features the malaysian culture all together musically and etc . Getting held this 20th of December , this is the best place for us to come around and together experience malaysia's autehntic street culture ! So what are you waiting for , folks ? . Go get youself a ticket , and we'll see you right there !!..


When: 12pm, 20 December '08
Where: The Secret Garden, Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
Tickets: RM25 (available at the venue and all Rock Corner, Music Valley, Tower Records and Extreme Outlets)


The Line-ups : -
Estranged
One Buck Short
The Times
Pure Vibracions
Bunkface
Republic Of Brickfields
Butterfingers
Koffin Kanser
Zip Zieller
The Otherside Orchestra
Laila's Lounge
Revenge
They Will Kill Us All
Komplot
OAG
Upon Arrival

POLARYDE . now launched !.

Greetings folks ! .

with me posting this post today , i here by , unofficially launch , your local online blog-cum-magazine site . WE ARE POLARYDEEEE! . (ain't spartan , motherfishes! ;P )

So , here goes .

Polaryde.zine , an independent online blog-cum-magazine (also known as an e-zine) founded by Nicholas Mark Pereira and co-founded by your very own fat ass Eugene mathew . It's an original idea of setting up a platform to promote and support anything that goes with our local scene , particularly the youth , which includes ; the music , sporting , education , fashion , or God's will , even the political aspect aswell . ( but we ain't want em' ISA officers to come pay us some visit , ain't we ? haha ) .

From our local top billboard artists to succesful entrepenuers and individuals , Polaryde.zine is here to give its best providing articles and reviews to fullfil the needs of boosting up the excitement of our present youths to participate and altogether , to be united .
by setting this sort of independent platform for our local homegrown artistes to spread their wings , we in the other hand will try our best to expand our media into the foreign regions and to be hold them of our local scene , and stop ourselves from the tantalization to be known far out into the international .

As for everything stated is to be done , come and faithfully support us . You are our frontliners ! YOU can make it happen !

Rgrds ,

Nicko and Eugene .

Jamming anyone??

Sound Garage(Formerly Pentatonic)7A, Jalan SS18/1B, Subang Jaya.

Details:Formerly Pentatonic Studio, The Sound Garage has now taken over the space with much improved equipments. As part of their service, they will try to entertain all requests, even odd ones. You want to jam with a backing track? No problem! You want the monitors to only have the Bass line on it? No problem. More reverb? You got it! Both guitar amps come with effects loops so guitarists with multieffects pedals, fear not.

Call 012-6859656 for bookings and enquiries.
They do not provide instruments and musicians are advised to bring their own.

Check out their equipment!

Here's how it looks like:

Visit the website for more info.

Event Information

Event: Battle of the bands 2 | YOUTH '09
Date: 9-11th January 2009
Venue: Putra World Trade Centre
Payment: RM50 per band

Registration opens till January 09.
Register here.

More info: Click here.

Nicko

Good Start?

Hello all! Today, I’ll introduce everyone to this thing called Live & Bar.

Taken from their blog: “Live & Bar @ Platinum Club was established with the sole intention of providing patrons with high quality live music (regardless of genre i.e. indie, rock, acoustic), a warm ambience for anyone to chill out and knock back a nice cold beer whilst digging on bar snacks.”

If you have a band and wanna start playing gigs and get known, this is where you can start. All you have to do is attend a short audition and if they like your band, they’ll give you a 45-minute slot! Cool eh. So, if you’re really interested in promoting your band and taking it to the next level, I strongly recommend Live & Bar.

I think this is a wonderful idea and we should all support their initiative to promote music in Malaysia or specifically in the Klang Valley. So, guys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, tomboys and shemales, check out their BLOG.

Live&Bar Contact Info:

Email : liveandbar@gmail.com
Tel : +6016 - 675 0059 (Ray Anthony)
Location : Subang Sports Planet, Platinum Club, Lot 604, Jalan Lagoon Selatan PJS 11/26,
Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan

Nicko.

P.S. Check this out! Toxic by Britney Spears in SCREAMO! sick shit

Hey! Since this blog is still very new and ZERO people read it at the time being, ill like to recommend a few communities that is useful to those interested in music or even just to hang out and discuss.

First up, JAMTANK

This is a site I personally go to almost everyday. Note that you’ll have to sign up and activate via email but its worth it! For those into bands, you can share comments on bands locally or even find band members! Looking for equipments or thing to buy, there’s a classifieds section there where you can find buyers and sellers for almost anything. You can also discuss anything under the sun there with other members.

Trust me its worth the click! =D

Secondly, SMEEX

I’ve only recently discovered this site and so far it’s not bad other than the fact that it isn’t updated daily. There’s this cool system where you can instantly search for someone that is looking for a band. For example, you can search for a drummer that is looking for a band, and his profile will show up. There you can chat with him and get to know him and maybe recruit him ke apa. There’s also a forum there.

Next, YOuthsays

You can take surveys here and get paid! Besides that, you can also discuss your interests, current issues and make new friends. Have a blog? You can promote your broadcast your blog and get more readers. Finally, you can also ask questions and the network of youth will give you the anwers. Also just recently discovered this site and hoping to learn more about it. Cool idea for the Malaysian youth!

Ok that’s it for now. I know this is very amateur-ish so just bear with me. I’m still learning. =D

Nicko.

P.S. If you wanna promote any gigs/event here, pls email nicholasmarkpereira@gmail.com.