[DRUM CLASS] NOTICE

Hi all :)

Unfortunately, there won't be any drum classes this week due to many tests and vivas.

So instead, those with drum sticks can have a look at this video and learn the rolls by well hitting the.. floor? table? anything that will bounce back (your bed and pillow will not work).

If you don't have a drumstick, try the paradiddle of:

1. LRLL RLRR
2. LRLRLL RLRLRR
3. LRLRLRLL RLRLRLRR
4. LRLL RLRR LRLRLL RLRLRR LRLRLRLL RLRLRLRR (combination of all)

Try at a slow and steady speed and speed up as you can. This can help to improve your hand coordination :D Good luck trying :D

And good luck to everyone with your test and vivas!!! Hope you all can continue to practice what you have learnt and not give up drumming :D 

Penultimate class :D

We will have classes this coming Tuesday :D

Details as follows:
Date: 10th December 2013
Venue: PUMA studio
Time:

5pm-6.30pm [Tai Pinn - 017-4470507]
1. Chiang Yi Fan
2. Heng Yi Boon
3. Ng Mun Yee

6.30pm-8pm [Lee Keong - 016-6487823]
1. Kimberly Tay Shu Yen
2. Joanne Lim Zi Fen
3. Tiffany Ting
1. Each session will only have a maximum of 3 students.
2. Sessions taken on first-come-first-serve basis.
3. You will have to book again each week. The slots are not fixed to one same person.
4. Please comment your name, hp no. and the time slot you want to come.

Eg.
Tan Tai Pinn - 017-4470507 [5pm]

Note: 
1. Strictly no NO-SHOWS are allowed. i.e. if you have already booked that slot, please make sure you can come, or else you are wasting everyone else's chance and time. [You might be banned from future class as practice time is now very limited we hope you guys understand our situation :D]
2. If you really can't make it, please comment in the blog to let others know there's an empty slot and also inform your respective tutor about it so that they can contact others to fill up your slots, thank you! 

See you guys! :D

Composing Class!!!

Hi! Our senventh composing class will be on 2/12/2013 (Tuesday) at Foyer Lembaran. Everybody is welcome to attend. Details as follow:

Date: 2/12/2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (Upstairs of Kafe Lembaran)

We will start to compose song based on previous lesson. Have Fun!!!!

KEYBOARD CLASS :)

Hey!! Keyboard class resumes! 

Venue: Foyer Lembaran
Day and time: Refer to spreadsheet( in the LitleGras fb group)

Students, pls comment ur availability according to ur respective slots :)

DRUM CLASS #2 :D

Similar to last week's,
we will have classes this coming Monday :D

Details as follows:
Date: 2nd December 2013
Venue: PUMA studio
Time:

5pm-6.30pm [Lee Keong - 016-6487823]
1. Goh Yik Xiang
2. Ong Horng Neng
3. Khiew Chee Keong
6.30pm-8pm [Tai Pinn - 017-4470507]
1. Lim Shu Bee
2. Neo En Pei
3. Gan Ivy

1. Each session will only have a maximum of 3 students.
2. Sessions taken on first-come-first-serve basis.
3. Please comment your name, hp no. and the time slot you want to come.

Eg.
Tan Tai Pinn - 017-4470507 [5pm]

Note: 
1. Strictly no NO-SHOWS are allowed. i.e. if you have already booked that slot, please make sure you can come, or else you are wasting everyone else's chance and time. [You might be banned from future class as practice time is now very limited we hope you guys understand our situation :D]
2. If you really can't make it, please comment in the blog to let others know there's an empty slot and also inform your respective tutor about it so that they can contact others to fill up your slots, thank you! 

See you guys! :D

[slots are full XD]

Composing Class!!!

Hi! Our sixth composing class will be on 26/11/2013 (Tuesday) at Foyer Lembaran. Everybody is welcome to attend. Details as follow:

Date: 26/11/2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (Upstairs of Kafe Lembaran)

Remember to bring your pen and notebook. Please comment your name here for attendance.

KEYBOARD CLASS

[KEYBOARD CLASS]

Hey!! Excited after having had ur 1st class? Want more? 
No worries, we'll be having keyboard classes this week as well!!

Venue: Foyer Lembaran
Day and time: Refer to spreadsheet( in the LitleGras fb group)

Students, pls comment ur availability according to ur respective slots :)

DRUM CLASS #1

Good news! 
The very first drum class will be held tomorrow!
Details as follows:

Date: 24th November 2013
Venue: PUMA studio
Time:

5pm-6.30pm [Tai Pinn - 017-4470507]
Ong Horng Neng
Siew Siok Li
Wong Pooi Mun
6.30pm-8pm [Lee Keong - 016-6487823]
Soong Xing Ern
Ng Kah Pei
Tan Jia Yiing

1. Each session will only have a maximum of 3 students.
2. Sessions taken on first-come-first-serve basis.
3. Please comment your name, hp no. and the time slot you want to come.

Eg.
Tan Tai Pinn - 017-4470507 [5-6.30pm]

Note: 
1. Strictly no NO-SHOWS are allowed. i.e. if you have already booked that slot, please make sure you can come, or else you are wasting everyone else's chance and time. [You might be banned from future class as practice time is now very limited we hope you guys understand our situation :D]
2. If you really can't make it, please comment in the blog to let others know there's an empty slot and also inform your respective tutor about it so that they can contact others to fill up your slots, thank you! 

See you guys! :D

[Updates] The slots are full as shown, others, please come again for the next class, sorry~ :D

DRUM CLASS :D

Hey! :D

The long-awaited class is here now!!!

Sorry for the delay.

The details are as follows:

Date: 19th November 2013 (Tuesday)

Time: 9pm to 10pm

Venue: Foyer Lembaran

As this is the first meeting, it will be a brief introduction of how this class is going to be conducted and so forth.

Things to bring:

Your burning passion~ :D

Here is a link about basic drumming you can look into for now and a video link which corresponds to the Step 8 basic beat :D

[Ignore the fills in the video for now, just view up to min 3:00 will do :)]

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-play-drums/?ALLSTEPS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRdXzmVfBCU

Composing Class!!!

Hi! Our fifth composing class will be on 19/11/2013 (Tuesday) at Foyer Lembaran. Everybody is welcome to attend. Details as follow:

Date: 19/11/2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 8pm - 9pm
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (Upstairs of Kafe Lembaran)

Remember to bring your written chord, pen and notebook. Please comment your name here for attendance.

KEYBOARD CLASS - OFFICIAL

[KEYBOARD Class]
Hey! Classes begin starting tomorrow! Please comment ur availability according to ur respective slots! :D

Venue: Foyer Lembaran
Time and Day: Refer to spreadsheet

To those who registered to be in a particular slot, please comment ur name to let us know whether or not u can attend the class. Thanks!

Composing Class!!!

Hi! Our fourth composing class will be on 29/10/2013 (Tuesday) at Foyer Lembaran. Everybody is welcome to attend. Details as follow:

Date: 12/11/2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (Upstairs of Kafe Lembaran)

Remember to bring your written chord, pen and notebook. Comment your name here for attendance.

[BASS] SHARING SESSION #1

[BASS] Hello guys! Just a reminder that we'll be having a bass session tomorrow. If you:

- Like guitars
- Enjoy music, especially band music
- Want to learn a new musical instrument easily
- (any of the above, really)
Then you're welcome to join us! Details as follows..

Date: 31st October 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 8pm to 10pm (come at any time you like!)
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (upstairs Lembaran Cafe)
Look for: Red 4-string bass guitar w/ a good-sized speaker amp

We're just going to get to know each other a little, so that I could arrange slots and sessions for y'all. For those who can stay, you're welcome to try out our bass guitar!

[DRUM CLASS] :D

Hey guys (gals included too of course!)
Welcome to the LGM family!
Hope you guys enjoyed the nite :D

First of all, I would like to inform you all that there will be an introduction class to drum after the mid-sem break :D The time and venue will be updated soon~~

Next, due to limited studio availability, we will have to reduce and limit each practice per student accordingly and we are working hard now to get a permanent studio for us to practice (at our own will) without having to get through all those approvals~

For future drum classes, slots will be posted on this blog and it will be one a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE basis where any slots that has been taken, will depend on who put their name on first~
But please note that when you have already booked the slot, please make sure you can attend so as not to waste our precious time (and tutors' too :P) and let others have a chance to learn.

From time to time, I will share videos and stuffs related to drumming in our LGM facebook group.

~Keep practicing, keep drumming, music never sleeps~

2013 Welcoming Night!

 

Hello guys and girls and fellow seniors.

 

LGM IS GOING TO HAVE A WELCOMING NIGHT!!

 

 

I truly understand that if you're going to have a hectic test week, and we're truly sorry for the postpone of this date. But! We do hope to see all of you there to join us as a bigger family! 

 

 

Date : 28/10/2013

Venue : PUMA HALL
Time : 8.15pm

 

 

Do join us to know more about our departments and what will we do/have in this whole year.

And most importantly MyCSD is given!

 

 

Lastly, we hope to spend the Monday nights with all of you to cure our Monday blues~

 

See you there XD

 

 

"LGM rockin' USM 1 chord at a time"

Composing Class!!!

Hi! Our third composing class will be on 29/10/2013 (Tuesday) at Foyer Lembaran. Everybody is welcome to attend. Details as follow:

Date: 29/10/2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (Upstairs of Kafe Lembaran)

Please bring your pen and notebook. Comment your name here for attendance.

What To Look For When Buying Guitar

Good morning guys. You know a lot of people always ask this question. "What do i look for when i want to buy my first guitar?" Hence based on my experience and feedback from others, i would like to do a little sharing regarding this. A senior(his name is Kok Long) first shared this knowledge on this blog. I know i've read it but can't seem to find it back. So if anyone found it, feel free to include the link in the comment below.

Before buying a guitar, you need to identify which kind of style do you want to explore and indulge in. Fans of rock, blues and metal? Then go for electric guitar. Want to be a fingerstyle pro like Sungha Jung, then go for classical guitar. Or if you just want to strum your favourite pop radio songs then opt for acoustic guitar. 

Electric Guitar

Series of Gibson Custom

Electric guitar is the best instrument for you to explore endless possibilities of sound and tone in your playing.  You can choose sweet clean sound or just turn on the distortion for some loud noise that could make your neighbour angry. But if you never touch a guitar before, it's best to start off with acoustic guitar first. Learn your basic chords, strumming, scale before you move on to electric guitar. You need to have a guitar amp, guitar cables and if better some effect pedals to go with your electric guitar. With the effect pedals you can fine tune your sound with gain, overdrive, crunch, clean, volume, tone, etc etc.

Electric guitar comes in range of prices. In my opinion, the ones below 1k really gives koyak sound. So don't go for that. Rock, blues, pop go for Fender, Gibson, Epiphone. Rock, metal go for ESP, Ibanez. 

Acoustic Guitar

Taylor (with cutaway)

Takamine (without cutaway)

This is what most people look for as their first guitar. First thing you ought to do is to set your budget. Acoustic guitar can go as low as hundred plus but i really don't encourage you to buy that crap. Sounds like crap, feels like crap, in a nutshell, it is CRAP. If you're a beginner and not sure whether you're going to stick to this new found interest of yours, stick to range 300-500. Personally i have only one guitar, EVO (3 years old and counting) and the price is only 320 with bag, tuner and a strap. I got it in Gurney Evolution Music House. But as you gain more experience in playing, then you will start to hunger for better sounding guitar which comes with higher price. 

Next you need to opt for one with the output jack or without it. Guitar with output jack  costs more than the one without it but it allows you to plug in guitar cables to your guitar, out to the amplifier. This is usually for performances on the stage, but without it you can always place a microphone near the guitar sound hole and it works pretty much the same.

Next is the cutaway, which is a design that cuts the body, allowing player to comfortable reach for the high frets. You can see the difference in the above two guitars. 

Most important of all, different players have different taste towards guitar on how it should sound and feel. So take your time, go to several music shops, try as many guitars as you can, know the difference in sound and feel, then only make your decision. 

Some brands with good acoustic guitars: Taylor, Fender, Takamine, Groovy, Yamaha

Classical Guitar 

Fender Classical Guitar

3 steel strings, 3 nylon strings

A classical guitar has a full-bodied, warm and mellow sound. This is partly due to the nylon strings. Comparatively to the acoustic guitar, classical guitar is easier to play as the nylon strings are softer than the steel acoustic ones. But the classic guitar has a thicker neck hence not suitable for small hands. Classical guitar sounds best when finger style is being used. Not so nice when strummed as compared to acoustic guitar.  

Of course whether you're a right-handed or left-handed person you can still get play the guitar. Just remember to include this to the "what kind of guitar you're looking for" and tell the salesperson. Hope this enlightens you. Have a good day. Cheers. 

Composing Class!!!

Hi! Our second composing class will be on 22/10/2013 (Tuesday) at Foyer Lembaran. Everybody is welcome to attend including First Year. Details as follow:
Date: 22/10/2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (Upstairs of Kafe Lembaran)
What you need to bring? Just a pen and notebook only. See you there. Please comment your name here for attendance.

Composing Class!!!

Hi! Our first composing class will be on 16/10/2013 (Wednesday) at Foyer Lembaran. Everybody is welcome to attend including First Year. Details as follow:
Date: 16/10/2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (Upstairs of Kafe Lembaran)
What you need to bring? Just a pen and notebook only. See you there. Please comment your name here for attendance.

Writing music is fun! Hope everybody enjoy it!

P/S: Litlegras Welcoming Night will be postponed to 28/10/2013 (Monday) at PUMA hall, further notice will be announced shortly on Litlegras Facebook group and blogspot. Please keep updating.

Keyboard Class!!

Hello I'm gonna conduct a keyboard class tmr nite(3/10)!!!
Venue: Foyer Lembaran(above lembaran cafe)
Time: 8-9.30pm

So, for those who are interested, ur most welcome to join us! Don't worry if u don't have the basics cos ur here to learn!! ok, see u then! Please comment your name below if u wish to attend.

KEYBOARD Class!!!!

Hey! 2nd Keyboard Class is coming ur way!!
Date: 26/9 (Thursday)
Time: 8-9.30pm
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (above lembaran cafe)

So, for those who are interested, ur most welcome to join us! Don't worry if u don't have the basics cos ur here to learn!! ok, see u then! Please comment your name below if u wish to attend.

Guitar Class !

First Meeting
Hey there! A short and simple briefing session will be held on the next tuesday (24/9).
Venue: Foyer Lembaran
Time  : 9pm

For those who are interested in learning, feel free to join us =)
See you there!

KEYBOARD CLASS!!!!

[Keyboard class]

Hello! I'm going to conduct a keyboard class this thursday(19/9).
Venue: Foyer Lembaran (above lembaran cafe)
Time: 8-9.30pm

So, for those who are interested, ur most welcome to join us! Don't worry if u don't have the basics cos ur here to learn!! ok, see u then! Please comment your name below if u wish to attend.

Bass Class

Hello guys, welcome again to USM ENGINEERING CAMPUS!
We are having a bass class this sem in academic session 2013/2014!


Details as follows:

Date: 11th of September 2013 (Wednesday)...
Time: 8pm until 11pm (if there are more than 2 people, we may have to split into 2 90-minute sessions)
Venue: Lembaran Foyer (outside the Desa offices, upstairs the cafe)

Anybody interested may comment underneath this post, preferably with your intended time slot (if there's no one else, you get to play the whole 3 hours!!). See you there!

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I am sorry to inform that there will be no drum class this weekend. Also, drum lessons will be stopped until further notice. Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

Annual Concert Dinner and Annual General Meeting 2013

Hi, our annual concert dinner and annual general meeting are coming now. The details are as below:

Date   : 25 April 2013 (Thursday)

Time   : 6.30pm-10.00pm

Venue : Dewan Banquet, Kafe Staf

The purpose of this dinner is to appreciate all committees involved in Litlegras Annual Live Concert 2013. Without your help, the concert would not be a success. I want to sincerely thank all departments head and their members: MC, CAD, AEP, Fund Raising, VAS, PER, IEC, AE for organizing and completing their tasks with passion. Congratulations also to musicians for practice over and over again in music room. Thank you to all bassists, drummers, keyboardists, vocalists, guitarists. I would also like to thank all composers for contributing their lyrics and melodies. Last but not least, big thank you to management team for your great support and work during concert meeting.

AGM will be held to select new batch of committee so that they can continue Litlegras spirit. Litlegras would like to welcome all committees that contributed in Annual Concert 2013 to our dinner and AGM.

keyboard sharing session (22&23 April)

hai all, since concert is over,the keyboard class is resume..

rules as usual :
1.write your name and slot
2.1st come 1st serve
3.max 6 ppl per slot,for tues,3 ppl max coz there is only 1 tutor
4.inform ur tutor if u cant come

hope u all enjoy^^see you ^^

Monday
830-1000pm------Jing yi & JJ
VZ
Che Jun Ket
Simon

1000-1130pm------Stef  & Xinrou

Tuesday
830-1000pm------Zi Xun
Chong Kean Sek

2nd Semester 2nd Composing Group Sharing

Actually I did 1st sharing session on 3rd April before mid semester break but the response is really bad. I hope more people will come for 2nd session. We will try to brainstorm melodies for lyric by Alex Su. So do think of a few melodies for the lyrics.

Here is the link for the lyric: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N2KYtMAgdpjErEVUBaF5WjlOM9CWfS8O--WvzJ77NsY/edit?usp=sharing

In this session we will also try to compose guitar, bass, piano, drum and record them. Do bring along your paper, pen, lyrics and melody. You can also bring instrument. Hope to see you there.

Thank you.

Venue : Music Room

Time : 9.00pm

Day  : Wednesday (17/04/2013)

Hie,

Since concert is over, the music room is free to use again (at least for the time being). So we will resume our classes this weekend. Schedule are as shown.

Alex

Fri (19/4/13)

6-7.30pm
siew seok li, mavis, erica

7.30-9pm

LeeKeong

Fri (19/4/13)

9-10.30pm
Khaw VZ

10.30-12am
Xing Ern 
 

TaiPinn

Sun(21/4/13)

6-7.30pm
Chia Chang

TzeHoe

Sun(21/4/13) 

9-10.30pm
Leesin jiaern

10.30-12am

stefany, xinrou, mike

GUITAR CLASS ON GOING!

Wooi Shen Ji

i will be conducting class for guitars begineers~intermediate (covering mostly basic chords and strumming patterns) till the sem over.. more like knowledge sharing

Mondays & Thursdays 10-11pm @ Foyer Lembaran

Will be taking up to 5 students per sessions starting tomolo..
anybody interested to learn pls post name here! all welcome to join!
~NO MUSIC NO LIFE~ XD

( please bring your own guitar or borrow from friends, no guitar provided)

So... our guitar classes will be replaced by our master wooi shen ji, if you still interested in playing guitar please come to meet him, you will regret to miss this ultimately chance by learning from our last year master guitar shen ji. *pow pow pow*

Infinity Videos

1. Infinity乐无限

2. 绽放

3. 退隐

4. 木笛

5. 还记得

6. Song For You

7. 来不及

8. 变心

9. I'll always be with you

10. 幸福箴言

11. 爱不够

12. I won't let go

13. 数学题

14. 没出息地想你了

15. 大学记载

16. 给自己的一首歌

Litlegras MC performance (1-8) Part 1

Litlegras MC performance (9-16) Part 2

To infinity and beyond

 Hi, first of all wishing everyone a great mid sem break ahead. Whether there are tests coming up after the break, it doesn’t matter to us. What matters now is this is the opportunity for all of us to unwind, catch up with friends and of course to compensate for all the food we have missed for months.

In a blink of an eye, it has been more than a week since we had our 13^th annual live concert at Dewan Utama, USM engineering campus. This year's theme is Infinity, carries the meaning of music never discriminates and never dies. Life is starting to get dull and empty without the daily routine of jamming and practising in the music room. Allow me to give a brief recap of what have we all done prior to the concert. Practice started quite late, as Chinese New Year celebration was in the way, so was the CNY night organized by the first year students. Musicians and composers worked hand-in-hand to complete their songs from late evening to midnight and sometimes to the 2am. During this period of time, we made new friends, upgraded ourselves and learn new things.  This year we have quite a number of talented first year’s musicians. All 16 songs were composed by students of USM. Never have I thought of writing a song and even performing it on the stage. This gives me an opportunity and a head start to start writing songs. 

Never the less, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all musicians, composers and lyricists for their hard work to make this concert happen.  In addition, a huge appreciation to the Fund Raising team, for beating last year’s fund record; CAD team, awesome work there especially the design of booklet and the backdrop; VAS team, beautiful animation and lyric pointer; MC team, having more variations to their performances which include synchronized dancing; PER team, catching every great moments of the concert on cameras; IEC team, completing the preparation for the concert; AEP team for publicity in the campus and on Facebook and finally AE team for providing technical support which is the most crucial job for the concert. 

Here is the list of the 16 songs: 

1.              Infinity乐无限
   2.       绽放
   3.       退隐
   4.       木笛
   5.       还记得
   6.       Song For You
   7.       来不及
   8.       变心 
   9.       I’ll always be with you
   10.   幸福箴言
   11.   爱不够
   12.   I won’t let go
   13.   数学题
   14.   没出息地想你了
   15.   大学记载
   16.   给自己的一首歌
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Here are some of the photos...

Fellow cheerful grassians ushering the crowd

VIPs for the opening ceremony

Our Poh Ying Jie on Ukulele

Infinity 乐无限

Guitar battle

绽放

Troublemaker?

Great dance from the MC group

John showing some martial art moves in 退隐

talented first years in 木笛

 还记得

Song For You

 Bangla band in 来不及

Ee ling's first appearance in  I will always be with you

our talented Alex Su in 幸福箴言

Another One Direction in 爱不够

Talented Song leader, J- wei in I won't let go (Sean ng's song)

Cute song with cute band members-  数学题

Fast and Furious-没出息地想你了

 大学记载

Shu wen's last performance?  给自己的一首歌

Backstage guys having some gigs

Job well done~!

Last but no least, i too like to thank all the seniors who came to watch the concert. Their endless support towards the club is just inspiring. Credits to seniors like Clifford, Sean, Jing Yao and Jun Yan for their contribution to the songs. Special thanks to Zi Xun, for his songs and hours spent on the music room leading us during the practice. And of course to Shen Ji, a loyal member of fund raising despite being the final year student. 

I think everyone deserves a pat on their shoulders for the job done. Feedbacks on the concert were mostly positive. None of this would have happened without the time and effort sacrificed from everyone. I am already looking forward to the 14th annual live concert.

Till then, Happy Holidays and we will see you again in a week's time. 

Tata xD

Regards,

David