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.