Ok... Eccentrical's first to contribute his piece...



'Chiaki' needs to get his drum in, then I'll put my bass...

Then need to figure out the piano...

Eccen uses a Squire Telecaster (copy of the Fender Telecaster that Koyuki uses). It embodies some of its playing characteristics. It's a very clean guitar, good for slow songs like this, probably a little handicapped for rock (but could still try). In fact, after listening eccen play, I realize that he is also playing it in the way Koyuki did when he first started. If you have the chance, look back at how Koyuki played "Follow Me" at that local fair in the anime.

But don't be fooled. Eccen's suppose to record God Knows yesterday... using this guitar + ME-20 Boss effect pedal. Somehow kinda got carried away because Chiaki was drumming away this song.

It's blur enough People won't recognize


FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU... THE HELL, at least tell us these kind of trips!!! I would've paid you to buy that 62 Jazz Bass... FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Yes please (pm the details)

There are plans for 'some' guys to go to Japan this year... can 'pesan' them to grab it.

Presenting....Chiaki on drums! Not bad for someone with no drumming experience 5 months ago!



We did it for the lulz...

This post has been edited by Myclamyra: Jan 24 2010, 03:37 AM

Thank you. Now I understand how you feel about making collaboration videos of this kind... everyone as that little off-beat that makes editing very hard. Originally I played against the OP and sounded OK, but later when combining, it just doesn't work. So instead I played it against the combined version (had to delay some parts) so that it doesn't sound too off beat.

Will need to apply some QC on future recordings.

Glad yer wanna join! Saw some of your videos, and gotta admire your guitar collection!

Well the plan is to eventually play in performance. But now need to build slowly. Drummer is new. And we still don't have a permanent vocal.

On your videos, wondering if the recording could be through an audio-in of a PC, (or better yet, through a dedicated audio sampler). Have to admit that using PC audio-in doesn't always work well because cable/PC noise could ruin the recording. Fellow Malaysian Setsukyie (on youtube) would be a great reference on electric guitar recording. And yeah, after recording the video and sound separately, ye have to combine them

Lastly, looking at yer cover for fudepen... hmmm.... (looking for bass tabs)

1. Using Blender 3D, Windows Movie Maker and VirtualDub for video, and Audacity and Dsound for audio. Yeah too many. Too poor to buy any pro editing software. While it is possible to make precise and perfect vidoes with the combination above, it's tedious. Using Blender3D is like using a propane metal cutter to light a candle. It's cool, but overkill.

2. The Jazz Bass has 2 benefits for me
a) As a musical instrument, it does give the warm tones that I can't get with my Ibanez - tested and confirmed.
b) It is an otaku collectible, just like figurines, posters etc. Plus loaning it cosplayers could generate income too

The Ibanez is light and easy to play, yet I've used a heavy bass before (the white TKM).

Financially, the Jazz Bass is not too far a reach for me (staring at another dude's interest for the Gibson SG ). If I suddenly see it in front of me for less than RM3k, I'd grab it without much thought . How serious I want it? Hmmm... not so serious because I can still play songs with what I have. But if I end up on stage more often in the future, then it'll be serious.

3. On the 2 bass video... yep, am interested. Would it be the Valkyria Chronicles OP 2 you posted earlier?

This post has been edited by Myclamyra: Jan 25 2010, 06:47 AM

1. Thalmes, wouldn't mind if you would like to do the video editing

2. As for the song selection, well, there's not much left. Kanashimi Rensa was the only 2 bass song I know off. Plus, as per my philosophy, bass is mainly used to form the rhythm with the drums. One should be enough. Non anime songs (classical usually) may have more than 1 bass.

3. FYI, I am assisting chiaki to train up to be a proper drummer, so my time is kinda cut in half. Next up is God Knows, which Eccen has probably waited for 1 year to play it out.

4. Would also love to meet-up with Noir (he's in Kajang too) to probably work out songs with piano.

Was running through the songs in my car... then Ranka sang... What 'bout my Star?

Hmm... how bout jumping onto the following bandwidth...



Alas, it's hitting on my bass weak spot... slap and pop sounds horrid!!! I want that Jazz Bass!!!

1st piece towards the God Knows compilation... Uploaded on behalf of Eccentrical



I should be able to nail it. If you look at the chords being played, it's just 3 (D#, C# and B) plus some runs

But as I said, the instrument I'm using is becoming a limitation. I'll try to 'modify' my bass to see if I can get a more reasonable pop sound.

Well, I'll keep searching for other songs too...

Well we are building the God Knows video... so the contribution option is open. As for being the highlight... we bass players rarely do that. I mean, we build rhythms, rarely goreng. To goreng, need to play jazz. Otherwise someone like eccen is more suited for expressing the song (using a guitar instead of bass).

On the bright side, there are songs with poor bass play "Marissa Stole My Precious Thing" is an example... I'm sure there are many other songs that could use a bass upgrade.

@incubus_skj - Would you like to play the rhythm guitar for God Knows?

Apologies guys, really wanted to record God Knows bass this week. On Sat, overplayed the bass until both right and left fingers got blistered. Will be a couple of days until the finger tips heal.

We're gonna need a clean recording without the background song if possible (because we're gonna make 2 versions - with and without BGM).

I can use this for the GM version (let me test first if the BGM overlap is good enough)

Gonna test vocals this weekend

As ye can see this thread... it's a long term endeavor... we're really slowpokes

Ok... a not so perfect bass cover



This post has been edited by Myclamyra: Feb 27 2010, 01:23 PM

Awww man... have to align and combine FIVE videos...

Dear Athlon II x4.... we're in for a long night....

And so, after nearly 1 year plus since the start of this thread, we now have a complete band!!!

From lovesummer, eccentrical, incubus_skj, chiaki and myself...

Firstly, many thanks to the participants, especially the new singer and rhythm guitar

Second, we're gonna establish a bit of twist here. But before that, I'd like to list down our 'strengths'

Vocal - female: lovesummer, yuki
Vocal - male: steno
Drum: chiaki
Bass: thalmes, myself, brian O'connor
Guitar: eccentrical, kusakabemisao, lightnokira, incubus_skj

Special mention: Setsukyie (keyboard/guitar), Noir (piano)

As you can see, we are still constrained by the drummer. While he has raw talent, he's still far away in terms of theory, mechanics and experience. This affects the songs we can ask him to play. So for the time being, we have to choose songs with simpler drums. Also, anime songs are difficult to sing, so we have to be mindful of the singer capabilities too. For example, while we have a complete instrument set for Sobakasu, asking the singers to sing it is....

On the list of simpler drums are
1. 1/3 Junjou na Kanjou (Rurouni Kenshin ED) <- NEXT SONG #1
2. Yasashi Uso (Chromed Shell) <- NEXT SONG #2
3. Follow Me (BECK)
4. Lost My Music (SHNY)
5. Kimi ni Todoke


Third, and most importantly, I'm sure that the first band song left out a lot of talented people. So here's the deal.
Whomever contributes their pieces toward the completion of the above songs will be in it

Lastly, we are always open to suggestions. But keep in mind of the current limitation we have.