ok, here's a gig review, humanda kayo! hehehe.
na-late ako ng dating eh, inabutan ko lang yung start ng firebottle set onwards. so i can't comment on the other bands that played before them. mahasa lang ang narinig ko na dati eh, and i have nothing but good things to say about that band, panalo kayo boys! anyway here goes, hehe.
firebottle, what happens when you put deltaslim, psychic_sushi, toybitz, and valve together? for sure alam nyo na ang sagot. shempre kalupitan! as usual solid guitar playing from sila delta and anton (i don't know the other guy eh, pero i can barely hear him) valve and bitoy provided steady rhythm all throughout. pero sayang din kasi hindi ko marinig yung keyboards. that could've added a little more flavor to the spicy guitar playing of the two, hehe. as for the tone, all i can say is maganda. maganda yung tunog nung tonelab SE, it's very organic, tubey overdrive. very warm. alam mo delta ang kulang lang sana sa rendition nyo nung amazing grace eh vibrato effect. nai-imagine ko na sana si ralph macchio sa movie na crossroads, hehe. when he was playing his tele into the pignose, pero may vibrato, hahaha. ang sarap nun when you were "cutting heads" hehe. ayos eh, isang blues at isang shred player, hehe, who could ask for more? hehe. only negative review ko eh, yung volume. hindi lang na-balance ng mabuti. maganda sana kung rinig lahat. pero negligible naman yun eh, hehe. so overall, bery bery good performance.
moving on... J3. ang poging banda, hahaha. jazhombie on his synth guitar and psychic_sushi's tele with the BAMF-ed DS-1. of course dr. armstrong himself (voltes 5) deacon_blues on bass, and toybitz on drums. eto panalo, hehe. jazz fusion na toh, hehe. plus naki-jam pa si mr. pinoymusika. wala patay na, hehe. overall good tone, rinig naman lahat. medyo matalas lang yung synth-ed guitar. maybe due to the amp, yung fender princeton, ang talas talaga nun, hehe. hindi na maintindihan yung high registers kasi medyo shrill na at matalas. pero overall ulit, ayos na ayos, very high ang skill level ng band na 'to. si deacon_blues pala eh gitarista? hehe. very natural ang pag-bass nya, pasok na pasok.
then enter caren's band. i'm sure everyone was totally blown away by this one, hehe. malufet si caren, hehe. overall killer looks matched with killer guitar playing and killer distortion tones. ganda ng tone nung GT-2, bigat! hehe. bagay na bagay. hindi ko lang marinig yung keyboardist nyo. sayang. pero overall ok rin. the drums are ok lang, could be better kung mas ok yung phrasing ng mga fills nya. pero what the heck. kung ganyan ba itsura ng front lady nyo eh ano pa ba hihingin nyo? (hindi ako nambobola ah, at hindi ko rin kailangan ng pera, hahaha)
tapos yung open jam na, hehe. sana hindi muna umalis yung mga ibang tao, hehe. eto na ang kulitan portion eh, hehe. ang sarap nung tugtugan while it lasted. yung georgy porgy led by dominant_chord2005. pare ang ganda ng tunog ng strat mo! very hot and funky! malupit ka talagang tumugtog pre. and si floyd_nikita na gumigiling sa mic stand, hehehe. ang sarap din ka-jam ni mr. pinoymusika! very steady groove. buti na lang kinuha ni anton yung guitar ko, hehe. i couldn't give justice to the other guys, hehe. pero i'd have to say, hehe. anti-GAS yung narinig ko sa guitar ko and rig, hehe. parang sabi ko... "it's a beautiful world" hehe. si anton made my rig sound really good, hehe. i hope i could make it do that too, hehe. maybe in the future. yung bossa jam was killer, lalo na yung take five, hehe. kulitan na in the end eh, hehe. from purely jazz licks, to GnR, to christmas tunes, to hi ho silver away, hehe. sarap nga naman, hehe.
so in the end, this was another very successful BAMF-prod. the sheer number of people was astonishing. and the skill level of the gig was very high and very inspiring. looking forward to more of these jam-EB's in the coming months, hehe.
