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An old Darius Semaña thread...
« on: June 03, 2012, 04:34:44 AM »
Good day to everyone! I have been a member for years now but I just drop by once in a while to look for gear. I recently stumbled upon an old thread that was actually dedicated to discussing my guitar skills and was surprised, amused, and had all sorts of reactions. Wow! You guys were actually talking about me, and some were even fighting hahaha. Anyway I know that this was a long time ago but I just wanted to say thanks to those who appreciated my work and also to the people who gave criticisms, constructive or otherwise.  I would like to say that everyone is entitled to his own opinion and that Im not offended.  I  will take your advices as we move along to wherever our band takes us. I would also like to make a few points regarding issues that caught my attention.  
     I love playing the guitar and it has been my passion for the last 20 years, 16 of which was spent as a "proffessional" playing in a "proffessional band" no matter how "amateur" we may sound.  I don't brag of any guitar mastery,  I just love to play and I translate into the guitar melodies I feel will spice up a song. 

These are what some of you said:
    
constipation:
Ok naman siya pero masiyadong pangkaraniwan parin eh, nakakasawa mga licks niya tunog pang-kanto( you know what i mean) i think kulang sa research. 

- Yes you can define my sound as "pangkanto" because that's where I came from, and that's what it is. I play by ear. Im not schooled in music and I know none of your arpeggios and legatos and your circle of fifths.  I play for the satisfaction of my own ears and my bandmates and not for the approval of guitar gurus, supersonic shredders, and critical know-it-alls...

constipation:
...Tingin ko din marami pang kakaining bigas kung magsosolo career, i doubt na magsolo ito.

- hindi ako kumakain ng bigas. sinasaing ko muna para maging kanin. eh ikaw, palay pa lang... anyway kun magsosolo ako hindi bilang gitarista, kundi bilang pornstar!

 Geronez:
Ako din naman hindi ko sya gusto, pero sana hindi ito maka offend sa kanya... ako man din ay hindi sure kung gusto ba ng mga nakikinig ang music/style ko.. di ba?
You can't please everybody....

-tama!

 grasyaps:
...plenty of us wouldve chosen to be famous, playing what people want to hear (april boy is famous too) and then have girls and money. but plenty of us also are in for the sake of music, not for the frills. 

- I don't think you can CHOOSE to be famous.  Ano ka, sinuswerte? Ako oo. sinwerte lang ako.  But I gave it my all and no one can take away my integrity.  I don't have the skills but I have the passion, and music is my way of life.

 guitarwiz02:
It all boils down to talent and creativity, imagination so to speak. No matter how dull or simple a song is, if you're a consummate guitar player, you can just go wild with your guitar lines and still make it sound brilliant. I think Darius lacks creativity and imagination that's why he loves to play it safe. 

- I believe my creativity and imagination suits our kind of music just fine.  How many songs do you think have we recorded in more than 10 albums for the last decade and a half? 200? maybe more... most of em had solos if not all.  Yes Im not flashy and my tone is raw, but I think I did good a good enough job because we are still here.  Im still here!

guitarwiz02:
Take the band DaPulis for example... this band used to play corny/ funny or masa songs just like PNE. But the band's guitar player, Jay, was creative and bold enough to shred the hell out of his Ibanez over a very simple song and made it fit. 

- Every band has their own sound that defines their own music so I think you just cant compare.  I dont need your intergalactic myxolidian  sweeping modes because Kurt Cobain made it with the basic major scale and his power chords.  No offense to Da Pulis, I know them personally.  My tone may be raw and my fingers may be slow, but that's how I want it to be.  I think people appreciate them.  I bump into people who don't recognize me but whistle the melodies I created.  How many people can actually claim that?
  
     Several comments focused on the issue of my tone and the sloppy intonnation of some of our early material.  I apologize for that as we started recording while we were still trying to learn the basics of our instruments... and we still are. Through the years I hope we sounded better but if you think we did not or if we proggressed minimally please dont hate us.  We are not proffessionals in the specific sense of the word.  We are just regular guys lucky enough to play our own kind of music.  And we are proud of it! We enjoy what we do and for me, anything beyond would be trying too hard, hypocritical, and just not us!  I don't dream of being great.  Im actually living my dream right now, for quite some time now actually, and maybe until we're lolos I wouldn't mind do'in the same lick in Buloy...

     Thanks for all of the other appreciative comments!  I hope I did inspire beginers and slowhands out there that we can make it big with just "tunog kanto"... maybe even bigger than nathanmanansala's fast shredding hometown hero who blew my ass right out of the water.      
     Wag na nga naman mag away sa mga forum na ganito, Meron may ayaw at meron may gusto.  Ok lang yun.  Let us respect the differences in our opinions and just support OPM in our own ways.   Peace and Rock n' Roll!

Darius Semaña

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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2012, 05:22:58 AM »
Right on the money!  :)
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2012, 05:25:56 AM »
Good day to everyone! I have been a member for years now but I just drop by once in a while to look for gear. I recently stumbled upon an old thread that was actually dedicated to discussing my guitar skills and was surprised, amused, and had all sorts of reactions. Wow! You guys were actually talking about me, and some were even fighting hahaha. Anyway I know that this was a long time ago but I just wanted to say thanks to those who appreciated my work and also to the people who gave criticisms, constructive or otherwise.  I would like to say that everyone is entitled to his own opinion and that Im not offended.  I  will take your advices as we move along to wherever our band takes us. I would also like to make a few points regarding issues that caught my attention. 
     I love playing the guitar and it has been my passion for the last 20 years, 16 of which was spent as a "proffessional" playing in a "proffessional band" no matter how "amateur" we may sound.  I don't brag of any guitar mastery,  I just love to play and I translate into the guitar melodies I feel will spice up a song. 

These are what some of you said:
   
constipation:
Ok naman siya pero masiyadong pangkaraniwan parin eh, nakakasawa mga licks niya tunog pang-kanto( you know what i mean) i think kulang sa research.

- Yes you can define my sound as "pangkanto" because that's where I came from, and that's what it is. I play by ear. Im not schooled in music and I know none of your arpeggios and legatos and your circle of fifths.  I play for the satisfaction of my own ears and my bandmates and not for the approval of guitar gurus, supersonic shredders, and critical know-it-alls...

constipation:
...Tingin ko din marami pang kakaining bigas kung magsosolo career, i doubt na magsolo ito.

- hindi ako kumakain ng bigas. sinasaing ko muna para maging kanin. eh ikaw, palay pa lang... anyway kun magsosolo ako hindi bilang gitarista, kundi bilang pornstar!

 Geronez:
Ako din naman hindi ko sya gusto, pero sana hindi ito maka offend sa kanya... ako man din ay hindi sure kung gusto ba ng mga nakikinig ang music/style ko.. di ba?
You can't please everybody....

-tama!

 grasyaps:
...plenty of us wouldve chosen to be famous, playing what people want to hear (april boy is famous too) and then have girls and money. but plenty of us also are in for the sake of music, not for the frills.

- I don't think you can CHOOSE to be famous.  Ano ka, sinuswerte? Ako oo. sinwerte lang ako.  But I gave it my all and no one can take away my integrity.  I don't have the skills but I have the passion, and music is my way of life.

 guitarwiz02:
It all boils down to talent and creativity, imagination so to speak. No matter how dull or simple a song is, if you're a consummate guitar player, you can just go wild with your guitar lines and still make it sound brilliant. I think Darius lacks creativity and imagination that's why he loves to play it safe.

- I believe my creativity and imagination suits our kind of music just fine.  How many songs do you think have we recorded in more than 10 albums for the last decade and a half? 200? maybe more... most of em had solos if not all.  Yes Im not flashy and my tone is raw, but I think I did good a good enough job because we are still here.  Im still here!

guitarwiz02:
Take the band DaPulis for example... this band used to play corny/ funny or masa songs just like PNE. But the band's guitar player, Jay, was creative and bold enough to shred the hell out of his Ibanez over a very simple song and made it fit.

- Every band has their own sound that defines their own music so I think you just cant compare.  I dont need your intergalactic myxolidian  sweeping modes because Kurt Cobain made it with the basic major scale and his power chords.  No offense to Da Pulis, I know them personally.  My tone may be raw and my fingers may be slow, but that's how I want it to be.  I think people appreciate them.  I bump into people who don't recognize me but whistle the melodies I created.  How many people can actually claim that?
 
     Several comments focused on the issue of my tone and the sloppy intonnation of some of our early material.  I apologize for that as we started recording while we were still trying to learn the basics of our instruments... and we still are. Through the years I hope we sounded better but if you think we did not or if we proggressed minimally please dont hate us.  We are not proffessionals in the specific sense of the word.  We are just regular guys lucky enough to play our own kind of music.  And we are proud of it! We enjoy what we do and for me, anything beyond would be trying too hard, hypocritical, and just not us!  I don't dream of being great.  Im actually living my dream right now, for quite some time now actually, and maybe until we're lolos I wouldn't mind do'in the same lick in Buloy...

     Thanks for all of the other appreciative comments!  I hope I did inspire beginers and slowhands out there that we can make it big with just "tunog kanto"... maybe even bigger than nathanmanansala's fast shredding hometown hero who blew my ass right out of the water.       
     Wag na nga naman mag away sa mga forum na ganito, Meron may ayaw at meron may gusto.  Ok lang yun.  Let us respect the differences in our opinions and just support OPM in our own ways.   Peace and Rock n' Roll!

Darius Semaña

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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2012, 06:48:37 AM »
Much respect Sir Darius  :mrgreen:
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2012, 08:21:42 AM »
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2012, 08:52:14 AM »
Good day to everyone! I have been a member for years now but I just drop by once in a while to look for gear. I recently stumbled upon an old thread that was actually dedicated to discussing my guitar skills and was surprised, amused, and had all sorts of reactions. Wow! You guys were actually talking about me, and some were even fighting hahaha. Anyway I know that this was a long time ago but I just wanted to say thanks to those who appreciated my work and also to the people who gave criticisms, constructive or otherwise.  I would like to say that everyone is entitled to his own opinion and that Im not offended.  I  will take your advices as we move along to wherever our band takes us. I would also like to make a few points regarding issues that caught my attention. 
     I love playing the guitar and it has been my passion for the last 20 years, 16 of which was spent as a "proffessional" playing in a "proffessional band" no matter how "amateur" we may sound.  I don't brag of any guitar mastery,  I just love to play and I translate into the guitar melodies I feel will spice up a song. 

These are what some of you said:
   
constipation:
Ok naman siya pero masiyadong pangkaraniwan parin eh, nakakasawa mga licks niya tunog pang-kanto( you know what i mean) i think kulang sa research.

- Yes you can define my sound as "pangkanto" because that's where I came from, and that's what it is. I play by ear. Im not schooled in music and I know none of your arpeggios and legatos and your circle of fifths.  I play for the satisfaction of my own ears and my bandmates and not for the approval of guitar gurus, supersonic shredders, and critical know-it-alls...

constipation:
...Tingin ko din marami pang kakaining bigas kung magsosolo career, i doubt na magsolo ito.

- hindi ako kumakain ng bigas. sinasaing ko muna para maging kanin. eh ikaw, palay pa lang... anyway kun magsosolo ako hindi bilang gitarista, kundi bilang pornstar!

 Geronez:
Ako din naman hindi ko sya gusto, pero sana hindi ito maka offend sa kanya... ako man din ay hindi sure kung gusto ba ng mga nakikinig ang music/style ko.. di ba?
You can't please everybody....

-tama!

 grasyaps:
...plenty of us wouldve chosen to be famous, playing what people want to hear (april boy is famous too) and then have girls and money. but plenty of us also are in for the sake of music, not for the frills.

- I don't think you can CHOOSE to be famous.  Ano ka, sinuswerte? Ako oo. sinwerte lang ako.  But I gave it my all and no one can take away my integrity.  I don't have the skills but I have the passion, and music is my way of life.

 guitarwiz02:
It all boils down to talent and creativity, imagination so to speak. No matter how dull or simple a song is, if you're a consummate guitar player, you can just go wild with your guitar lines and still make it sound brilliant. I think Darius lacks creativity and imagination that's why he loves to play it safe.

- I believe my creativity and imagination suits our kind of music just fine.  How many songs do you think have we recorded in more than 10 albums for the last decade and a half? 200? maybe more... most of em had solos if not all.  Yes Im not flashy and my tone is raw, but I think I did good a good enough job because we are still here.  Im still here!

guitarwiz02:
Take the band DaPulis for example... this band used to play corny/ funny or masa songs just like PNE. But the band's guitar player, Jay, was creative and bold enough to shred the hell out of his Ibanez over a very simple song and made it fit.

- Every band has their own sound that defines their own music so I think you just cant compare.  I dont need your intergalactic myxolidian  sweeping modes because Kurt Cobain made it with the basic major scale and his power chords.  No offense to Da Pulis, I know them personally.  My tone may be raw and my fingers may be slow, but that's how I want it to be.  I think people appreciate them.  I bump into people who don't recognize me but whistle the melodies I created.  How many people can actually claim that?
 
     Several comments focused on the issue of my tone and the sloppy intonnation of some of our early material.  I apologize for that as we started recording while we were still trying to learn the basics of our instruments... and we still are. Through the years I hope we sounded better but if you think we did not or if we proggressed minimally please dont hate us.  We are not proffessionals in the specific sense of the word.  We are just regular guys lucky enough to play our own kind of music.  And we are proud of it! We enjoy what we do and for me, anything beyond would be trying too hard, hypocritical, and just not us!  I don't dream of being great.  Im actually living my dream right now, for quite some time now actually, and maybe until we're lolos I wouldn't mind do'in the same lick in Buloy...

     Thanks for all of the other appreciative comments!  I hope I did inspire beginers and slowhands out there that we can make it big with just "tunog kanto"... maybe even bigger than nathanmanansala's fast shredding hometown hero who blew my ass right out of the water.       
     Wag na nga naman mag away sa mga forum na ganito, Meron may ayaw at meron may gusto.  Ok lang yun.  Let us respect the differences in our opinions and just support OPM in our own ways.   Peace and Rock n' Roll!

Darius Semaña


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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2012, 09:12:00 AM »
sa opinion ko, swak na swak talaga yung mga solos mo sa mga songs ng Parokya.
ang hindi swak s'kin yung mga solos sa mga songs ng Rocksteddy. (hehe opinion ko lang yan)

I listen to PnE music, we play your songs, and i enjoy it  :mrgreen:

ilang banda dito s'tin ang matagal ng magkakasama at naging successful sa music?
d'yan ako bumibilib sa Parokya, yung barkadahan ang puhunan, kasi ako yan ang gusto ko sa mga kasama

sir hindi ko lang kursunada tone n'yo, pero nung panahon nung 90s, saka nung panahon noon limitado pa ang options sa gear
saka hindi naman ako sa tone nakafocus nung nag start akong mag gitara, ngayon na lang ako nagka ganito, kasalanan ng Philmusic hehehe
pero madali naman gawan ng paraan yan di ba, lalo na ngayon ang dami ng available na options  :-D
« Last Edit: June 03, 2012, 09:13:35 AM by arkeetar »

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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2012, 09:59:23 AM »
Sir Darius will always be Darius Semana. That's his signature tone, licks, and solos. That's what sets him apart from the rest. Mabuhay ka Sir Darius at ang bandang PnE! :)

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« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2012, 11:39:12 AM »
To start, I have nothing against PnE and Darius, on their music and their skill level, musika nila yun, and I respect that. Yung hindi ko lang ma gets is how can they afford to record their music without tuning their guitars properly before recording it. No offense, pero I think everybody should tune their instruments first diba? May it be a gig or a recording session. This is not the 50' or 60's where you use a tuning fork. Siguardo naman ako na nung nag start sila nung 90's, may tuner na dito sa pinas. my 2 cents, PEACE!

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« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2012, 12:18:19 PM »
Are you sure you're who you say you are? Madaming alternicks dito who love to stir sh*t. Or even if they do not falsify their identity or philmusic accounts, they stir that pot anyway. Lol. People just love that they can say anything, without saying it directly to your face. It's the nature of the internet, and you shouldn't get riled up on that.

If you are for real, salamat for the memories of high school and college inuman sessions and guys saying to the one holding the guitar, "oy yung mga parokya naman".. Always gets everyone singing. Even the solos.

Although.. I'd love to hear you guys get outside of your typical tugtugan sa kanto sound. Something surprising, toneful, and heavily guitar driven. Take advantage of what technology there is out there. Push what you can do and what genres you can dive into.

But like what you, I, and a lot of guys are saying, the PNE sound is already established and it has a huge following. So I guess even if you stick to that, people would still appreciate a good melody, a good hook, with lyrics about a situation everyone's familiar with.
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2012, 12:39:08 PM »
Context? Can you post a link to the original thread. Thanks.
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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2012, 12:42:22 PM »
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Although.. I'd love to hear you guys get outside of your typical tugtugan sa kanto sound. Something surprising, toneful, and heavily guitar driven. Take advantage of what technology there is out there. Push what you can do and what genres you can dive into.

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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2012, 01:44:08 PM »
darius. isa sa malaking impluwensiya sa akin sa guitar solos lalo na sa "tatlong araw" tsaka "sampip" na kanta. at agree ako sa lahat ng sinabi mo darius.  :razz: naalala ko pa noon pilit kong ginagaya yung tone nyo sa zoom 505 ko kasi that time maganda sa tenga ko yung tone nyo  :-D pero kahit ano pa man yang tone na yun naging inspirasyon ko pa rin si darius.
« Last Edit: June 03, 2012, 01:49:56 PM by mikki_blinkme »

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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2012, 02:07:03 PM »
Tama ka dyan Idol. :)

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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2012, 02:27:39 PM »
kawayan strat-
Siguardo naman ako na nung nag start sila nung 90's, may tuner na dito sa pinas. my 2 cents, PEACE!

-the guitars were tuned. but I guess wasn't intonnated so that when we went up the frets, it went out of tune... as I said we were just starting to learn the instruments back then and it may have been more of the producer's fault if he didn't notice that.  And besides we just went with the rough LA 105 flow back then... I dunno if you're familiar with that, you should've heard how badly tuned all the other recordings were... and back then it didn't mater much... but I see your point...

siore-
Are you sure you're who you say you are? Madaming alternicks dito who love to stir sh*t. Or even if they do not falsify their identity or philmusic accounts, they stir that pot anyway. Lol. People just love that they can say anything, without saying it directly to your face. It's the nature of the internet, and you shouldn't get riled up on that.
...Although.. I'd love to hear you guys get outside of your typical tugtugan sa kanto sound. Something surprising, toneful, and heavily guitar driven. Take advantage of what technology there is out there. Push what you can do and what genres you can dive into.

hmm... walk up to me sometime if you see me anywhere...
on the other note, we do that from time to time, 1 or 2 songs in an album, maybe what people hear are stuff that were released as singles but if you have time, check out some of the unreleased tracks... but in general I guess we prefer to stick to our guns... keep it simple and let urbandub and wolfgang take care of the complicated stuff.


much respect!

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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2012, 03:22:18 PM »
Sir Darius! It's nice that you appreciate our fellow forumers' insights on your playing.

On the other hand, Condolence to the friends and family of Mr. Richard Tan of Backbeat, especially you guys who were handled by him.

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« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2012, 04:28:48 PM »
ser,

wow, nahukay mo pa yung thread na yun. :D but just to keep the facts straight...

i respect you and your bands work. however, the thread was about your guitar abilities and i did mention your playing lacked some depth to it. for instance, take for example tenacious D, who if you would listen to has kickass licks and serious riffs going on in there, kahit na parang kalokohan yung mga kanta nila - mainly comedic, i couldnt discount the musical content in their songs. im in no way comparing you to them, im just citing an example of how much thought and production goes into their material kahit na hindi naman sila nakikipag sabayan sa mga full-throttle bands.

and that was my point. it wasnt like we were trying to trash you coz we respect where you and youre band has made it. same as how i detest paolo santos' voice but still, i respect how he has cut his niche and made it into the music industry.

and like you said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. and since the TS had asked for it, we openly put it out there.

however, i find it funny how some of your followers are more 'fanatic' than you are to you and your band and get rowdily upset about this. for example 'jimmy james' who went to the lines of sikat naman kayo at ang gaganda ng chicks/gf nyo at ang gaganda ng sasakyan ninyo'. im like, wtf?!

thats not the point. no one was saying anything about how you made it big, got hooked up with pretty woman and got you some wealth and that you do not deserve that. we were talking about your technical and creative skills - thats it. and that misguided reaction created the whole bruhaha in the thread.

'haters always hate' does not apply here. hate is too strong of a word and its not like we hate simply because were fond of hating.

we dont hate PNE. AAMOF, we love it that you love doing what you do. hindi naman matatapos ang usapan sa kung sino ang magaling at sino ang hindi because there's always someone 'better' than that guy whom you thought was the best. it all boils down to taste.

lets keep it simple: some of us like your guitar playing, some of us dont. people are crazy about laing while i greatly detest it. nothing wrong with that :D
« Last Edit: June 03, 2012, 04:31:30 PM by grasyaps »
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2012, 05:21:51 PM »
kawayan strat-
Siguardo naman ako na nung nag start sila nung 90's, may tuner na dito sa pinas. my 2 cents, PEACE!

-the guitars were tuned. but I guess wasn't intonnated so that when we went up the frets, it went out of tune... as I said we were just starting to learn the instruments back then and it may have been more of the producer's fault if he didn't notice that.  And besides we just went with the rough LA 105 flow back then... I dunno if you're familiar with that, you should've heard how badly tuned all the other recordings were... and back then it didn't mater much... but I see your point...

siore-
Are you sure you're who you say you are? Madaming alternicks dito who love to stir sh*t. Or even if they do not falsify their identity or philmusic accounts, they stir that pot anyway. Lol. People just love that they can say anything, without saying it directly to your face. It's the nature of the internet, and you shouldn't get riled up on that.
...Although.. I'd love to hear you guys get outside of your typical tugtugan sa kanto sound. Something surprising, toneful, and heavily guitar driven. Take advantage of what technology there is out there. Push what you can do and what genres you can dive into.

hmm... walk up to me sometime if you see me anywhere...
on the other note, we do that from time to time, 1 or 2 songs in an album, maybe what people hear are stuff that were released as singles but if you have time, check out some of the unreleased tracks... but in general I guess we prefer to stick to our guns... keep it simple and let urbandub and wolfgang take care of the complicated stuff.


much respect!
Kahit chords bro, sintunado din, hindi lang yung single notes. Anyway, it improved naman through the years. IMO it's still not an excuse to record without even proper intonation setup.PEACE!

EDIT: noticed ko rin sa ibang recording na sintunado thin yung mga gitara nila, pero that's another story/band/topic. I'm pretty familiar with LA105's flow back then, even before pa nung early NU and WXB days.
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2012, 08:39:09 PM »
kawayan strat:
Kahit chords bro, sintunado din, hindi lang yung single notes. Anyway, it improved naman through the years. IMO it's still not an excuse to record without even proper intonation setup.PEACE!

-Im pretty sure we used tuners.  The intonation may have been that bad that it affected even the chords... or it may have been a really  crappy guitar, as I said we were beginers and are too amateur to notice.  We were pushed into recording as we were still learning our instruments.  The producer should have noticed that...

grasyaps:
...for instance, take for example tenacious D, who if you would listen to has kickass licks and serious riffs going on in there, kahit na parang kalokohan yung mga kanta nila - mainly comedic, i couldnt discount the musical content in their songs. im in no way comparing you to them, im just citing an example of how much thought and production goes into their material kahit na hindi naman sila nakikipag sabayan sa mga full-throttle bands.

-I get your point, It's just like what the other dude said about Da Pulis.  I can't blame you if you feel like there should be something more, but as I said that is their thing, comedy, punk, grunge or whatever, you can always shred over any progression but some people just choose to be simple and raw... it boils down to effectivity.  I enjoy what I do and rather than complicate things with trying to shred atop our silly songs I chose to be simple and raw. as you said some people like it and others don't, and that's fine with me... Also, maybe you can check out some of the other tracks which aren't released as singles, we do go out of our comfort zones from time to time and you may find more substance in them.  If kulang pa din then maybe that's all that I can offer... peace!


kaloyski:
Sir Darius! It's nice that you appreciate our fellow forumers' insights on your playing.

On the other hand, Condolence to the friends and family of Mr. Richard Tan of Backbeat, especially you guys who were handled by him.

-thank you sir...

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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2012, 08:46:13 PM »
opinion lang ulit, di hamak mas gusto ko na PnE kesa sa Siakol hehehe  :lol:

in terms of tone and everything, sa pagkakataon na yan mas pipiliin ko na medyo wala sa tono kesa masakit sa tone ng gitara  :lol:
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2012, 08:54:03 PM »
saktong sakto naman.... walang nagagawang mabuti ang inggit its like when Joe satriani said something about kirk hammett..

Go idol Darius. :) let just talk about bank account para matahimik na yung mga naggagalinggalingan na wala namang maipagmalaki kundi sarili lang. hay....
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #21 on: June 03, 2012, 08:56:02 PM »
darius. isa sa malaking impluwensiya sa akin sa guitar solos lalo na sa "tatlong araw" tsaka "sampip" na kanta. at agree ako sa lahat ng sinabi mo darius.  :razz: naalala ko pa noon pilit kong ginagaya yung tone nyo sa zoom 505 ko kasi that time maganda sa tenga ko yung tone nyo  :-D pero kahit ano pa man yang tone na yun naging inspirasyon ko pa rin si darius.

paborito ko bass line, pero ginagawa ko sa gitara hahaha

cooking ina mo, saka swimming beach

yung lick ng halaga sinisingit ko prinsesa hahahaha sarap eh hehehe  :lol:

saktong sakto naman.... walang nagagawang mabuti ang inggit its like when Joe satriani said something about kirk hammett..

Go idol Darius. :) let just talk about bank account para matahimik na yung mga naggagalinggalingan na wala namang maipagmalaki kundi sarili lang. hay....

haha hanap mo away  :lol:
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #22 on: June 03, 2012, 09:09:18 PM »
paborito ko bass line, pero ginagawa ko sa gitara hahaha

cooking ina mo, saka swimming beach

yung lick ng halaga sinisingit ko prinsesa hahahaha sarap eh hehehe  :lol:

haha hanap mo away  :lol:

hindi bro hahaha di naman bank account ko yung sinasabi ko hahah account ni darius over them hahahhaa
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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #23 on: June 03, 2012, 09:28:10 PM »
hindi bro hahaha di naman bank account ko yung sinasabi ko hahah account ni darius over them hahahhaa

nyahaha uu hehe, medyo off lang sa tingin ko,
kasi walang usapang pera, wala na tayong masasabi sa parokya, malayo na talaga narating nila,

kung wala sa tono or pangit ang tone, hindi basta maabot yung achievement nila,

ang usapan lang ngayon, kung bakit ganun yung tunog nila, limit na lang natin dun, basta walang pikunan  :-D

kung tama ang pagkakaintindi ko, kasi yan ang pagkakaintindi ko hehe

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Re: An old Darius Semaña thread...
« Reply #24 on: June 03, 2012, 09:42:01 PM »
arkeetar:
yung lick ng halaga sinisingit ko prinsesa hahahaha sarap eh hehehe

I remember Jerome velasco of Teeth... he used to do that... me narinig din ako dati pinag halo nya yun lick na yun with sweet child at yun kanta ng nelson na di ko maalala yun title... :)

red_hot:
Go idol Darius.  let just talk about bank account para matahimik na yung mga naggagalinggalingan na wala namang maipagmalaki kundi sarili lang. hay....

-parang gusto mo yata ako ma impeach... wala naman ako na sign na waiver ah???