Yipee!!!!

Yea i’m watchin Over The Hedge on Wed wif Nicole Siew….finally watchin it….Da characters look damn cute man!Hahaz….Halmm-ners!!!Anyone wanna watch wif us?!?!?!?!?

 

tml got band,collectin report book and got AddMaths…..I dun think my day can get any worse..Haiz………..

 

K lah i got a dreadful 41 for L1R5………Da whole upper sec did badly…Even Venus failed 4 i think.I failed 3.Dat’s quite consoling.Heh……

 

Gonna watch some IJTP Dance concert on sat wif da choir.HOpefully it’s good.I dun wanna waste $15 on a concert dat is not up to standard…………

 

K now i dunno wad to type……

 

Ok well da hols are finalli here.But it’s not much of a holiday though.I hav to go sch almost everyday and soometimes sch ends at 2 or 3 which is later than normal sch cirriculum time.Haiz……Da onli gd thing is dat i can use da com almost everyday.yea man.Dat’s awesome.Hahaz.

 

I printed out da bass score for Octavarium.It’s 22 PAGES LONG.Had to refill da printer wif paper twice.Hahaz……..It’s kinda accurate though.I find dat ever since i started usin Guitar Pro and Power Tabs,i’m not used to readin simple tabs cos there’s no timing there and i hav to figure it out myself.I guess i’m becomin spoilt due to these programs.Hahaz….But they r still awesome to use.I wanna get Guitar pro5 but it cost uS$57.So exp.Anyone got da crack and da installer?Can send me pls???????I want……………………………………………………………………………blehz……..

 

Kk gotta do other stuff online now.Cya reader.comment here if u r bored.Hhaz.

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Good Luck!!!

A big gd luck to all those doin O level Chinese tml!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Do ur best!!!!!I’ll be at home slackin away.Hahaz…….

 

Today had organ class.I think it’s da last for Jeremy for a long long time.He’s stoppin until after olevels…..Noow dat’s LONG.

 

I wanna watch all x-men movies in one shot.Hurhur…..

 

Went to Sembawang Country Club(SCC) for dinner today then whacked a few balls @ da driving range.I was suprisingly still ‘on form’ as i hav not touched an iron or a driver for MONTHS.Hahaz.Yea muz emphasize……….

 

Tml is gonna be a borin day for me.Got church retreat but i dun feel like goin.Heh.

 

CYa.Will pst some nice pics in my next entry.Bye!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

=D—-Good Luck!—=D

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Tired

Watched xmen last stand today.Very nice.Quite afew ppl died…..hahz.I found a first 2 instalments nicer though….

 

I do find Kitty Pryde kinda hot in da movie though.Hahaz…..

 

Da movie had alot of action and less talking.good and bad in diff ways.Yea…….

 

I think i’ll rate it 4/5 still though.Hahaz……

 

Sch hold are here,but i still muz go school almost everyday of da hols.Sigh….Damn sad….

 

Friendster changed da format of their homepage.Nicer to see on da com.Harder to see through da fone.Hahaz.

 

Got nothin much to type today.Kinda braindead now.Nitez.

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YAy bloggin in school.

At school library now in da morn.I’m slackin here tilnreccess time man…..now is cheenese block peroid til reccess and tis smart blogger is takin CL B!!!!!!Hahaz…ya damn fun….

 

Still havin fun if my 6 string bass……kinda got used to it….Still tryin to play Dream Theater stuff.Hahaz….I can play I Walk Beside You and Medicate-Octavarium.Hehez……

 

Tml is acsension.Gotta sing for mass which is at 7 30,but muz be in church by 6…………Which means i got alot of time to waste..Hahaz….

 

Btw i bought Stadium Arcadium.Quite nice.I like Snow((Hey Oh)) the best.They hav cool basslines too!hahaz…..

 

K lah.Nothin else to blog for da moment.I dun wanna mention my marks.Quite horrible.hahaz……

 

Btw happi bdae Nicole Siew!~

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Finally got my Ibanez GRS396

Finally got my brand new 6-string bass.Very nice Walnut color wif good sound.juz hav to get used to it though.Yea……..

 

Haiz tomolo got school again…I dun wanna noe my marks!hahaz.Hurhur…….

 

Cya.

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Hahaz.A bio of John Myung

John Ro Myung (pronounced My-ung) is the bassist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater.

Born on January 24, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, to Korean parents, John Myung grew up in Long Island, New York. He played the violin from the age of five until he was asked to play electric bass in a local band when he was fifteen. He stuck with bass from then on, and after graduating from high school he enrolled at the Berklee College of Music, where he and high school friend John Petrucci (guitar) met future band mate Mike Portnoy (drums). The three of them formed the band Majesty with another friend from high school, keyboardist Kevin Moore, and vocalist Chris Collins. They would later be known as Dream Theater.

Though Dream Theater is his primary focus musically, he has appeared in a number of other projects through his career. His first non-Dream Theater venture was in the pop-prog band Platypus with Rod Morgenstein, Ty Tabor and ex-Dream Theater bandmate Derek Sherinian. He is also a member of Jelly Jam, which consists of the same line-up as Platypus, but without Sherinian. John’s main influences include Chris Squire, Steve Harris, Geddy Lee and Cliff Burton and their respective bands Yes, Iron Maiden, Rush and Metallica.

Apart from his membership in these bands, he has appeared as a guest on numerous records.

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Personality

Myung has somewhat become the mystery member of Dream Theater, as he rarely ever seems to speak or draw attention to himself in videos or concerts, a fact that made many fans wonder if anyone has ever seen him speak. (He does speak in DVD commentaries and obviously on his instruction video.) ^[1] His mysterious persona was emphasized when at a show in Germany, he went over to James LaBrie and tackled him American football-style, much to the confusion and amazement of both the audience and the rest of the band; this move later became known as the "Myung-tackle". Jordan Rudess has suggested in his tour diary that Myung was probably dared in a bet to perform the move. ^[2] He’s also notorious for constantly looking at his instrument during a show, rarely looking at the other band members or the audience.

Myung is famous for his practicing principles; on the Scenes from New York DVD, Kevin Shirley states that John Myung is the only musician he knows who warms down after a show. In a forum post, John Petrucci said that back at Berklee, he and Myung had a pact of practicing at least six hours every day. ^[3]

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Equipment

John began playing bass at the relatively late age of 16, but because of his classically trained background on the violin he was able to move quickly from his beginner-level "Memphis" brand Precision bass copy to a salmon-colored four-string Fender Jazz bass. He also began to develop a unique playing style high on the neck, adding counterpoint lines and melodies to the band’s material which are not typically heard in traditional "rock" music. He was also a heavy user of effects not typically heard on the bass guitar to better bring out his distinctive style.

For Dream Theater‘s debut album When Dream and Day Unite, John played a heavily-modified (with added front pickup sending a signal to a full-time "effected" amplifier while the stock rear pickup supplied a more traditional "bass" sound to a "clean" amp, much like influence Billy Sheehan) Ernie Ball/MusicMan Stingray four-string bass as well as his four-string Fender Jazz Bass, with the Stingray seeing the vast majority of local NYC-area live performances in this period (1988-1992).

John used a 4-string Spector bass for the recording of Images and Words in 1992, but made the technically challenging switch to six-string basses for their subsequent tour of America, Europe, and Japan, using several high-end Tobias "Basic" line of basses – at least two, a red-stained and "cherry sunburst" that can be seen and heard on various Dream Theater home videos and on the "Live At The Marquee" EP released in 1993. John continued to use Tobias throughout the "Images And Tour" and "Music In Progress" tours from 1992 to late 1993.

For Dream Theater’s Awake album, John became the primary endorser of "Tung Basses", a small company formed by ex-Tobias luthier Nicholas Tung. John owned at least three of the only 100 instruments constructed, two "Wingbass II Bolt-on" six-strings (one natural and one sunburst, both with maple tops, ash bodies and maple necks with rosewood fretboards) and one "Wingbass II Hybrid (a "half neck-through" with spalted maple top, ash body, and maple neck and fretboard.) The natural-finish Wingbass II bolt-on became his main live instrument for the "Waking Up The World" and "A Change of Seasons" tours, although you can see the other two used in his "Progressive Bass Concepts" instructional video. During this period he also used a Hamer acoustic bass guitar for "unplugged" radio shows and live performances. For amplification, John was using Mesa Boogie Strategy 400 power amps, a Mesa Boogie Bass 400+, and a modified Mesa Boogie Triaxis guitar preamp.

After the Tung company ceased production, John began endorsing Yamaha instruments, using their TRB six-string fretted and fretless basses and working with their Artist Custom Shop on what would become his signature instrument based on their RBX body style while recording 1997’s Falling Into Infinity. A bolt-on bass with alder body with flame-maple top available in either "Ruby Red" or "Turquoise Blue" with a maple neck, ebony fretboard, and "Infinity" inlay on the fretboard, The "RBX-6JM" was his main studio and live instrument (along with his TRB fretless) from 1997, 1998’s Once In A LIVEtime double-disc live CD and 5 Years In A LIVEtime video, and 1999’s Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory, 2001’s Live Scenes From New York three CD live set, and 2002’s Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence double album.

In 2002 John Myung and Yamaha unveiled the RBX-JM2, an updated version of his signature bass that echoed the redesign of their entire RBX-series of basses. Changes included a modified body shape with more "modern" lines and carvings, solid finishes in either "Inca Silver" or "Plum Purple" in flat as opposed to glossy paint, slightly tighter string-spacing, a maple neck/rosewood fretboard with "Yin-Yang" inlay at the 12th fret, and a single Seymour Duncan MusicMan-type Humbucking pickup. This is John’s current signature bass.

A few "oddities" that have only been used in the studio or rarely live include a MusicMan Stingray five-string (most likely where the idea for a single pickup on the JM2 came from) and Hamer 8-string bass (strung with the bass string followed by a string tuned an octave up, much like a 12-string guitar) used in parts of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, as well as a 12 string ‘Grand Chapman Stick‘, an instrument that is played wholly by "tapping" the strings much as a pianist plays a keyboard as opposed to strumming them with a pick or fingerpicking. To date, however, John has only used The Stick on a small number of Dream Theater songs: "New Millennium", "Take Away My Pain" and some songs off Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, including "Misunderstood". He has, however, contributed several Stick tracks to Sean Malone‘s first "Gordian Knot" recording on the songs "Srikara Tal" and "Redemption’s Way".

In terms of onstage amplification and effects Myung uses all rackmount effects for his sounds. As of August 2005 he uses two Demeter HBP-1 preamps, a Demeter VTDB-2B mono tube direct box, Demeter HXC-1 optical compressor, Ashdown ABM RPM-1 EVO II preamp and ABM APM 1000 Evo II power amp, a Pearce BC-1 preamp, Framptone 3-Banger (for switching between preamps and their different settings) and Mesa Big Block 750 amplifier. Note the lack of any traditional speaker cabinets – all members of the band except guitarist John Petrucci (who needs onstage speakers for feedback effects) use direct boxes that feed their signal into the front-of-house mixing board and enable them to use "in-ear" monitors as opposed to older wedge-shaped speakers facing them at the front of the stage. This allows them to receive a much more accurate mix of the live sound and the ability for each band member to customize their own settings.

Apart from the various preamps that John uses for overdrive and distortion, the only "effect" used is an Eventide DSP4000 Ultra-Harmonizer for chorus, harmonization, and time-based effects. He says, "I dig the Hyper Quad setting on the Eventide. It makes for a great wide, spatial effect that really brings my bass sound to life, especially live."^[4]

 

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Woo!!!!!

 IbanezGSR396.Da 6-string bass i’m most likely gonna buy tml.Woo!!!!Can’t wait.

 

 

 

 

 

=D

Adam is gonna be a happy boy tomorrow!!!

=D

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Lame stuff

Got this from Jamie’s blog from quizuniverse.com

 

My porn star name is Neptune Assgrabber

 

My sexual nickname is Throbbing Python of Love

 

How would i be defined in the sexual dictionary?—–Adam Wesley Aw [noun]:a skimpy piece of lingerine

 

What sexual activity will i go to jail for?—-wearing my pants at groin level with no underwear

 

I have a sexual IQ of 127

When it comes to sex, you are a super genius. You have had a lot of experience, and sex interests you so you know a lot about it. You pride yourself on being a source of information and guidance to all of your friends.

 

>.<

 

What type of sex i prefer?—-Passionate sex.

 

Okok enough.Champions League finals startin.Muz watch.Cya.

 

Btw my long entry is Below

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Let’s compare……

Dream Theater-very nice band which plays awesome music.But among da 2 story-songs,A Change Of Seasons and Octavarium,which is nicer?!?Let’s compare…….

 

Story-wise,A change of seasons is easier to understand and it is oso more meanigful to me wif it’s beautiful lyrics.I oso like the way they put Carpe Diem inside their song.

 

From da vocalist’s point of view,Octavarium.It really tests da range which u can sing.It starts of really low for a guy wif a high voice in Someone like Him.it reaches da highest in Intervals where James actually screams.

 

From da guitarist’s point of view,it actually depends.if u’re a guitarist who prefers to play freely for solos,definetly A change of seasons.There is a 64 bar solo in The Inevitable Summer which u can practically play anythin u want which is in da same key and one small solo in The Darkest Of Winters.For da perfectionist guitarist,it will be Octavarium.With all da complicated timings in da last bit of Full Circle and a realli complicated run,u realli hav to stick to da script.U cannot improvise much wif Octavarium.the same applies for keyboards and continuum and lap steel.

 

For da bassist’s point,A change of seasons.Da bassline in seasons hav a realli distinct bass line.It’s as if da bass is playin it’s own licks.For Octavarium,in my opinion,there is too much treble in it.u can onli hear da bass when it plays running notes.A[art from dat,da onli cool bass part is da intro for Medicate(Awakening).

 

From da drummer’s point of viewmost prob it will be Octavarium.There are cool fill ins in Medicate(Awakening) and da complicated timimgs in Full Circle is definetly cool to play…..

 

In my opinion,A Change Of Seasons is da betta song.

A Change Of Seasons-22/25

Octavarium-20/25

 

A Change of Seasons

I-The Crimson Sunrise

(instrumental)

 

II-Innocence

I remember a time

My frail,virgin mind

watched the crimson sunrise

Imagined what it might find

Life was filled with wonder

I felt the warm wind blow

I must explore the boundaries

Trascend the depth of winter’s snow

Innocence caressing me

I never felt so young before

There was so much left in me

Still I longed to search for more

But those days are gone now

Changed like a leaf on a tree

Blown away forever

into the cool autumm breeze

The snow has now fallen

and my sun’s not so bright

I struggle to hold on

with the last of my might

In my den of inequity

viciousness and subtlety

struggle to ease the pain

struggle to find the same

Innocence surrounding me

I’ve never been so filled with fear

All my life’s been drained from me

The end is drawing near…….

 

III-Carpe Diem

I’ll always remember

The chill of November

The news of the fall

The sounds in the hall

The clock on the wall ticking away

"Seize the day"

I heard him say

Life will not always be this way

Look around

Hear the sounds

Cherish your life while you’re still around

(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

Old times is still a-flying

And this same flower that smiles today

Tomorrow will be dying)

We can learn from the past

But those days are gone

We can hope for the future

But there may not be one

The words stuck in my mind

alive from what I’ve learned

I have to seize the day

To home I returned

Preparing for her flight

I held with all my might

Fearing my deepest fright

She walked into the night

She turned for one last look

She looked me in the eye

I said "I Love You…

…Goodbye"

 

IV-The Darkest of Winters

(instrumental)

 

V-Another World

So far or so it seems

All is lost with nothing fufilled

Off the pages and the TV screen

Another world where nothing’s true

Tripping through the life fantastic

Lose a step and never give up

Left alone with a cold blank stare

I feel like giving up

I was blinded by a paradise

Utopia high in the sky

A dream that only drowned me

Deep in sorrow,wondering why

Oh come let is adore him

Abuse and then ignore him

No matter what,don’t let him be

Let’s feed upon this misery

Then string him up for all the world to see

I’m sick of all you hypocrites

holding me at bay

And I don’t need your sympathy

to get me through the day

Seasons change and so can I

Hold on boy.No time to cry

Untie these strings,I’m climbing down

I won’t let them push me away

Oh come let us adore him

Abuse and then ignore him

No matter what,don’t let him be

Let’s feed upon this misery

Now it’s time for them to deal with me.

 

VI-The Inevitable Summer

(instrumental)

 

VII-The Crimson Sunrise

I’m much wiser now

A lifetime of memories

run through my head

They taught me how

for better or worse,alive or dead

I realize there’s no turning back

Life goes on the offbeaten track

I sit down with my son

Set to see the Crimson Sunset

(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)

Many years have come and gone

I lived my life,but now must move on

(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)

He is my only one

Now that my time has come

Now that my life is done

We look into the sun

"Seize the day and don’t you cry

Now it’s time to say Goodbye

Even though I’ll be gone

I will live on"

 

Octavarium

I-Someone Like Him

I never wanted to become someone like him so secure

Content to live each day just like the last

I was sure I knew that

This was not for me

And I wanted so much more

Far beyond wjat I could see

So I swore that I’d

Never be someone like him

 

So many years have passed

Since I proclaimed

My independence

My mission

My aim

and my vision

So secure

Content to live each day like it’s my last

It’s wonderful to know

That I could be

Something more than what I dreamed

Far beyond what I could see

Still I swear that I’m

Missing out this time

 

As far as I could tell

There’s nothing more I need

But still I ask myself

Could this be everything

Then all I swore

That I would never be was now

So suddenly

The only thing

I wanted

To become

To be someone just like you

 

II-Medicate(Awakening)

A Doctor sitting next to me

He asks me how I feel

Not sure I understand his questioning

He says I’ve been away a while

But thinks he has cured me

From a state of catatonic sleep

 

For 30 years

Where have I been

Eyes open

But not getting through to me

 

Medicate me

Infiltrate me

Side effects appear

As my conscience slips away

 

Medicate me

Science failing

Conscience fading fast

Can you stop what’s happening

 

A higher dosage he prescribes

But there’s no guarantee

I feel it starting to take over me

I tell him not to be ashamed

There’s no one whose’s to blame

A second hot

A brief awakening

 

I feel the relapse

Can’t break free

Eyes open

But not getting through to me

 

Medicate me

Infiltrate me

Side effects appear

As my conscience slips away

 

Medicate me

Science failing

Conscience fading fast

Can you stop what’s happening

 

III-Full Circle

sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem’s ready

jack the ripper owens wilson phillips and my supper’s ready

lucy in the sky with diamond dave’s not here I’ve come to save the

day from nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home again

 

(Running forward

Falling back)

Spinning round and round

(Lookin outward

Reaching in)

Scream without a sound

 

(Leaning over

Crawling up)

Stumbling all around

(Losing my place

Only to) find I’ve come full circle

 

flying off the handle with careful with

that axe eugene gene the dance machine

messiah light my fire gabba gabba

hey hey my my generation’s home again

 

(Running forward

Falling back)

Spinning round and round

(Lookin outward

Reaching in)

Scream without a sound

 

(Leaning over

Crawling up)

Stumbling all around

(Losing my place

Only to) find I’ve come full circle

 

IV-Intervals

Our deadly sins fill his mortal wrath

Remove all obstacles from our path

 

Asking questions

Search for clues

The answer been’s right in front of you

 

Try to break through

Long to connect

Fall on deaf ears and failed muted breath

 

Loyalty,trust,faith and desire

Carries love through each darkest fire

 

Tortured Insanity

A smothering hell

Try to escape but to no avail

 

The calls of admirers

Who claim they adore

Drain all your lifeblood while begging for more

 

Innocent victims of merciless crimes

Fall prey to some madmen’s impulsive designs

 

Step by step

We try controlling out fate

When we finally start living it has become too late

 

Trapped inside this Octavarium

Trapped inside this Octavarium

Trapped inside this Octavarium

Trapped inside this Octavarium

 

V-Razor’s Edge

We move in circles

Balanced all the while

On a gleaming razor’s edge

 

A perfect sphere

Colliding with our fates

This story ends where it began

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Hello.

hello.

 

Exams are over tomolo!!!!!!!!!!WOOOOO!!!!!!!!

 

anywayz,a maths was super difficult.I think i will DIE….hurhur……

 

Anywayz i’m at Yong Sheng’s hse.hahaz.he playin wif da fone right now.he’s asking me if i wanna call anyone.-_-"

 

K lah.Gtg.Exams soon.at 2pm.Cya!!!!!!!!!

 

Will give u a long blog enty as promised tml!

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