and so we played

sliding memories during the monash ball in front of say, 700+ people. the response? well, considering about half were taking pictures i could say we did pretty okay..

to the friends who came out that night (amanda, chun hoe, emilia, jason how) for some being their final year and all, and those who just happened to be there to wait upon their other halves (eric "GG" lim), also those who we've known, and yet, not really known: thanks.. you guys made it meaningful

with that, i'd like to thank yvonne, samia, and huiling for making sure we were up to snuff, and making the whole ball experience a little bit more hospitable for those of us who didn't purchase ball tickets.. hurrah to you!

i'd also like to thank joanna "steady hands" khoo for videoing our performance. to the uber pianist from calvary church who lent us his keyboard for the night, gracias amigo.. and thanks enrico of lightcraft for showing us how to use it without blowing the sound system :)

here are pics:

locked out of our free hotel room!

but that don't matter.. free food!





we've not seen pepper grinders or dates before!





the theme looks somewhat roller disco.. but it was more mafia inside





addressing the crowd





band pic! ow, flash

thanks again guys, for the help, the applause, and the memories

basil.

Wherever The Road Leads...

*Edit: Listen to our first recorded track :)

happiness is the look when something just
happened and you realise
that the journey's worth as much as the prize

beautiful, her soul reflects a pool
of thirst unslakeable
for truth unmistakeable

oh i, i need someone to remind me
oh why, why i thought i felt happy
these sliding memories ain't lasting long

memories, life on play like a song
wondering where we went wrong
we'll never have the time because

life goes on, rambling without a pause
each fighting our own private wars
knowledge and wisdom divorced

how did we get to where we are
when we have yet to know why we are
never forget where you've come from
even when those that you've known have long gone

Left to right: Joanne, Julian, Basil, Susanna

Sometimes you never know just how things will turn out at the beginning.

My friend here, Basil, had been singing of a band for ages & we had talked of jamming sessions long before I graduated from Monash & he moved on to study at UTAR.

So when the same tune picked up again sometime earlier this year, in some ways I was wondering whether anything would really materialise from it all...


But something was different this time. We had a mini project to do: we were given a space on a compilation CD to record a song of ours. & due to shortness of time to put things together, we settled for the band name - The Basil Band - since it was Basil who had helped gather us all together for this one band purpose.


& that song, Sliding Memories, has become somewhat of our signature song. But of course, by now, we've a few others in line, waiting to be recorded, & also anticipating more gigs in future.

So here we are. & here we go.

To quote the words from the movie Drumline, it's...
"One band, one sound."

Eheh.

& yeah, since then there have been other little openings springing up. For the time being, we're like the prom/ball singers (or band-ers, if you like) but ah, there's more coming. & I must say I am ever so glad to be here & be part of this gang here.

Yaaaay!

ahem, ahem

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