Saturday, July 29, 2006

It’s Never Enough: The Art of Gear Stomping Part Deux


The Art of Gear Stomping a.k.a. T.A.G.S. is a convention BY pedal lovers FOR pedal lovers. The convention features mainly guitar effect pedals that not only enable you to shape and create sounds from your instruments, it also allows you to produce and manipulate noises from them. Featured at this convention are pedals that give you the opportunity to do this. It also features workshops to show you the different uses of different pedals. The rest is up to you.

This year, there will be 3 workshops held at 3 different venues over 3 different weekends, followed by a big beautiful disastrous fuzzy band bang gig at HOME Club.

T.A.G.S. is a collaborative effort between Platform (The Label) and MR. MISSE.

Featuring City Music, MR. MISSE, Ty Music Centre, Guitar 77, OM Laboratiories, Randolf aka The Embryo, Documentary In Amber, The Love Experiment and many more…

Info:

Workshop 1:
We Spread The Love, and The Noise to you.
The basics of FX
4th August 2006, Friday 2pm – 3pm
SAE Institute Singapore (School of Audio Engineering)
71 Bencoolen Street #02-01
Singapore 189 643
Walking distance from Dhoby Ghaut or Bugis MRT Station
Demo/Workshop by City Music, MR. MISSE
Entry $2. Free Entry for SAE Students.

Workshop 2:
CUM FEEL THE NOIZE!!!
Advance FX, sound and noise
13th August 2006, Sunday 2pm – 10pm
The Substation
45 Armenian Street, 2nd Floor
Featuring demo and performances by…
Mr. MISSE, Randolf aka The Embryo, Ty Music Centre, OM Laboratories, Guitar 77, tbkfas, The Escapist Theorist, mindfuckingboy, GrumpEmotionalDUmbMalayBoy, wyxmm and many more.
Convention $3
Performance $3
Both events $6 + one lucky draw coupon


Workshop 3:
Come chill, and chill, and chill, and chill….
Acoustica, and The Fine Art of Looping.
19th August 2006, Saturday. 4pm-6pm
Earshot @ The Arts House
1 Old Parliament Lane Singapore 179429
Featuring…
Acoustic guitar demo by Maestro and Paul Ponodurai,
EsSample by Darren Ng aka Sonicbrat,
The Variax Acoustic by Bernard of City Music and,
The Art of Looping by Randolf Arriola aka The Embryo
Free Entry. Donations are welcome.


Finale:
A Big Beautiful Disastrous Fuzzy Band Bang
Mini-flea market, gig and lucky draw.
26th August 2006, Saturday. 4pm – 1030pm.
HOME Club
Address
Entry $12 plus one drink + one lucky draw coupon.
Free entry to Drum and Bass event after 1030pm.
Featuring performances by Ugly In The Morning, Documentary In Amber, The Love Experiment, Super Illegals, Al Grande Terrorismo and more.

Every $10 spent at dealers will be entitled to a lucky draw coupon.
Prices include vouchers, discount coupons, effects and other accessories.
Proudly sponsored by Mr. MISSE, City Music, Guitar 77 and Ty Music Centre.

We're also having a 2nd hand booth for all you people who wanna sell their stuff. Pls email plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com with your list of items you wanna sell and for more info.


Enquiries
plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com

Thursday, July 27, 2006



It's the final Localbarboy gig so why not?

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

HOMEsalad!



join the sweetmusic deejays for some freshly tossed up HOME SALAD tonight at HOMEclub!

expect us to dish out a bit retrospective/nostalgic tunes, loads of indie&alternative mofos, some post-rock/ambient sound.

its FREE ENTRY!

drinks going for 1 for 1!

9pm till the cows go home.


see you at HOME!

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Shhhh......louder please, thank you!


shhh...louder please, thank you!
KEEPITLIKEASECRET with POPTART
SAT 22 JULY 2006
HOME

A live silkscreen/graffiti demonstration by KEEPITLIKEASECRET & FRIENDS will be conducted, after which the pieces will be put on sale here exclusively, along with other “KEEP IT LIKE A SECRET” art paraphernalia and original works.

close friends & other collaboraters:

SPEAK CRYPTIC - street artist.
ONE TWO DELTA – street artist
BEATNIK BABY - vintage online clothing store.
FRU FRU and TIGER LILY - clothing label.
STRAITS RECORDS - independent music label and shop.

find out more about KEEPITLIKEASECRET.

with DJs:
zaidi
wee.like.me
radzi

and performances by:
plain sunset
force vomit
stoned revivals
i am david sparkle

MAAD!


i-like-nonsense will be selling more limited edition, hand-knitted necklaces, rings and brooches at MAAD!@the red dot museum this sunday, 23rd of july.

hey! thats tomorrow!

do come on down and check out the fun and quirky accessories!

see you there!

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

SINGSONGSANG!

this afternoon 190706 2pm local clock, join the sweetmusicfm deejays for the SINGSONGSANG! podcast LIVE on the sweetmusic radio link.

we are trying to screw the world YAY!

please add sweetmusic.fm@gmail.com onto your MSN messenger contact list so that we can spar with emoticons during the podcast.

remember ah?

Friday, July 14, 2006

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

G.C.C.S 10

GreyCoatedChocolateSessions 10

llyod, i'm ready to be heartbroken - camera obscura
hot chocolate - shonen knife
fuck forever - babyshambles
fraud in the 80's - mates of state
misfit - elefant
a synonym - sweetness
the sweat descends - les savy fav
red high heels - the chalets
the power is on - the go! team
date with a night - yeah yeah yeahs
a perfect fit - tilly and the wall
sterling moss - swirlies
ghost dreaming - quasi
2nd foot stomp - clinic
where there's a will there's a whalebone - islands


Download MP3 File

my little overdue mix like stale milk out of the bottle, but fear not....here's some fresh updates for the next 3 weeks or so for party-goers, music pundits, fearless freaks and grey elephants like myself.

14-16 July : Bay Beats 2006
22 July : Keep It Like A Secret + Pop Tart + sweetmusic.fm "Live" broadcast >>>Home Club
1 Aug : Have you bought your tickets?

**Special Thanks to the lady at http://www.i-like-nonsense.blogspot.com/ for providing some of the tracks in this G.C.C.S 10. Enjoy!

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

6 pack with misterBlack 35

ok this is long over due..



6pack35


every double life - the new amsterdam

no more get up kids? we still have the new amsterdams! not as rocking but still as emo.

see the world - gomez

i'm further north than you 2 - wedding present

cruel- calexico

hurry home through the crowd - trembling blue stars

all my friends - broken social scene


black ink

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Friday, July 07, 2006

beat!@homeclub 070706



misterBlack and mister indie-go will be playing beat!@homeclub tonight. come down for some hedonistically rocking indie tunes!

free flow from 11pm to 12mid.

see you there!

Monday, July 03, 2006

soundtrack of the day

oh no another world cup halftime!

no worries, hope this will help..

jim noir - eanie meany

and how about a fatboy slim remixed of the same song?