Music.......

Since I kind of started off with a couple of music icons as my first article, I will stick to the theme and sneak I things related to music often, if not all the time.

I consider myself an amateur musician. I learned to play guitar when I was 17. I taught myself how to play the chords and how to strum. My first guitar was a rinky dink metal string guitar made of jackfruit wood (in tagalong – langka). It only lasted for a month, mainly because I played awkward and I often break the strings. I continued from that dabble in it specially during my first years in college. The good thing about learning to play guitar in college is that you have lots of time in your hands. Plus you can borrower a nice guitar from a lot of people. In a matter of 3 months, I mastered the chord patterns and developed my own strumming technique.

Every time I play, it soothes me and brings me entirely to a different place. My era was the alternative genre…., mainly grunge, pop/rock and heavy metal. I was influenced byt Nirvana, Silverchair, STP, Pearl Jam, Mettalica and a lot of local bands. It has always been a great feeling hearing that grinding sound with a pitch that changes through every time a pick on your finger lands on that sweet, sweet instrument. The 16 count with a hint of a snare, the clang of the cymbals and the boom of the tom toms, always makes me my mind relaxed. The husky voice with a little rasp or may it be that high pitched totally up there head tone sound makes my day. The louder the better.

Through the years, I’ve watched and learned to listen to other types of music. I adopted some, I rejected a lot, but one things is for sure. I have developed my own styled and still striving to improve on my craft. I know that I have something to say and people need to hear it in one way or another. Music is my way. I have this for now, I’ll let you listen some other time…..

Keep the music playing!!!!!!!