Thought i ought to keep this in record;
My first gig,
My swatch watch( wanna get the details right down to the, you know...) shows the
time 4.15 pm ,
The shows was almost over, the teachers are packing up... the judges( for the drama who do not have anything to do with this story ) announcing the verdict of the drama performances which me and i know some other people... We ( Anand, Chan Eddie and I) were almost sure that the teachers were gonna close everything up. Our longing... just to play... overpowering and at the same time making us feel so diminutive at the thought that we weren't gonna get to play it...
Ravinder ( the great) came to tell us about how the teachers werent gonna let us do it, i told him ask the teachers to let us, but instead he just told the emcees ; Thavin and Manmohan and they were brave enough to announce that the FIGURE 101 were playing... (his almost exact words... something about singing and music and a whole lot of compliments)
Backstage(moments before), we were almost giving in.... some of us packing... no need to say who. That was before we heard the emcee, mr. Thavinteraraj S/O Sivalingam announce us...(Simuntaneously: Yunesh hit the open button, well actually fumbled hit all the buttons till the curtain opened) The mic, what mic? i had to put down the bass guitar and walk to the corner of the stage to get it...
Drumstick, Drums and guitars that was the sequence of the first second of the song, All The Small Things by Blink182. Chan on the drums, Anand with the guitar and I played the bass guitar with the microphone and doing vocals( this isnt the full band which was a 5 piece band, that i hope will be together soon) . It was a bit awkard playing the bass my first time... but it is the same as the guitar...
Intensified, I was like freakin' out... but what is this if i wanna be "bigtime" thats what i tried to use to change my nervousness into adrenaline. It worked I started the first few words of the lyrics a bit rough on the edges but the rest managed to come out with a smooth flow... well at least till the bridge... I screamed the air out... (ouch, i felt like i was gonna get a hernia after that) The begining... i was a bit worried about how i would sound on mic but i guessed it didnt really matter i just wanted to perform, real bad. I screamed ... not knowing the mic was really loud...!!!
Lets leave it just there, maybe not. Since this is to keep account of this event, i will touch on a few details of the singing... the music was good. Singing: Was okay, LOUD since the mic was set to blast mode and i was screaming... it was a bit pitchy and the ending i tried to pull off what i picture in my head, but it came out on the end. Faces showing dismay for a moment then pulling back to their original positions.
Not forgetting the superb people who cheered for us, Sethu, Kong, Kuben, Ravinder, Yunesh, Thavin who were there waving.
I ll not forget it... i hope... i m not gonna rate the gig, we are new. Give us a chance.
THE DAY BEFORE(secondary title: One day of practice)
SHOUT OUTS TO :
SETHU, KONG, ANAND , THAVIN, KUBENTHRA, MANMOHAN, CHAN EDDIE, RAVINDER, SENATHIRAJ,KEVIN CHU, MISS LEE,KARTHINI, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE A DAMN!!! OH YA VIKNESHAN.LYRICS OF THE SONG ALSO POSTED
