Media Jester: July 2008

Hey all,

It's me again signing in for my 3rd post.
Youtube source of new undiscovered talent it's a miracle how
great singers are left out and the untalented stays in the limelight.

Well, this month's artist of the month is Boyce Avenue.
Heard of them?? Guess not. Thru deep and focused browsing i accidentally
tripped on them. This group to be exact do covers on famous songs.
They consist of 4 members.The lead singer, Alejandro Manzano is freaking awesome
although he may hav a little pitching problem on the higher notes.
Here's they're take on Madonna's and JT's 4 Minutes

It's interesting how they get the tune with just a acoustic guitar and a box drum
They have 3 albums on Itunes but stil no record label are willing to invest in them.
The misery of the race to limelight...
Here's another cover by him .

One of my favourite Usher songs. Nothing like making love in this club.
I totally forgot that he is also a great pianist.
U should hear him playing the Opening of The Office flawlessly.It's amazing.
Before, I sign off i'll just post another favourite of mine.

Viva Lavida of Coldplay covered by Boyce Avenue

Signing off,

Jason Hong

Woot!

Well as some of u guys knew, Daughtry was in the town of PJ!
For 2 weeks i was anticipating it and all the wait paid off.
The story started like this.

my cousin sister's awesome job as an event organizer is a real great one
when it some to getting freebies especially free concert tickets.
Although she was kinda busy on the Magnum Melaka Concert,
she was so kind to ask her contact to give 4 tickets to me... hehehe...

Well initially the plan was Sarah, Bee Zhen, Eric, and me was suppose to go together
but... u know plans always don't go right. Sarah couldn't go
and Bee Zhen Got a "VIP" Invite...Sheesssshhh....
And so that was how Yi Rhu and Eu Jhin came aboard the Daughtry trip.
Please i'm not implying that i dun want u guys or anything! XD

I'll just jump to the concert part straight.
Like any concert... the queue was extremely long and it moved like a snail
it was stationary at times for 5 minutes...
and on top of that it was drizzling..T.T
We persistently waited in the line with the rain droplets soaking us slowly...
Finally after an hour of queueing we reached the entrance...
Gawd bless us...

Sign: NO CAMERAS ALLOWED. @.@

I had no camera but... Eric, Eu Jhin and Yi Rhu brought theirs.
LOL. and all of them went to safekeeping in the gigantic box.
A concert with no Cameras... Sad...

Right on the concert
PLENTIFUL Local bands and performers appeared to heat up
the concert.A rave started in the beginning but it subsided .... due to the fact...
that it was a 3 hour wait til Daughtry come out.
I don't mean that they suck or anything like that.
The concert started with a percussion crew.They weren't that bad
just maybe at times the guy on the flute hurt my eardrums a little.
Overall with the battle the percussions it was OK.
Secondly was a performance by some MED10 or something like that... i think
Few nice songs but by the 3rd song the crowd was getting quite impatient
Throwing a few boo-es here n there.
Thirdly, was Daniel Lee i think.
Performed 3 Songs he had a small mosh pit of fans.
Really nothing much.
Lastly be fore "he" came out was a ermm...
i don't really what they are called but it was some turntablist thingy performance
Doing few remixes on famous dance songs it cause a rave in the mosh pit
some sing-a-long and dance with the tune.

Wow.. what a long story.. and its already shortened.
Finally! He came OUT!! at 11.something it was a tiresome 3 hour wait... With my back n legs aching it was all worth it.
He sang a few new singles for his latest upcoming album.
And the rest was the songs from his album
like Over You, It's Not Over, What about Now, Used To and Home
I would like to post some videos and pics but I'll add them later.

Well, now for my comment on thier performance..
To me, Chris was kinda singing on a higher tone then his studio recordings. No signs of lip singing. Real authentic rocker vibe that he delivered. I kinda like the lead guitarist very energetic but not too ermm.. crazy? Just cant think of the word at the moment... He's got a Rolling Stone vibe in him. Overall, i would rate it 8 out of 10.

Ahhh..! after a dosage of Daughtry As usual like any outing it was photo-time.. A picture say a thousand words...