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Title:Never Forsaken

Lyricist: Me (dedicated to Jesus)

Melody: Not yet made

There were times when suspicion confounded me
I thought faith could be forged by signs and wonders
Chose to believe only the things I could see
And my faith ended like a glass that shatters

Where is the 2nd verse, punk !
 
Title: Dead Roses
Melody composed by: Ricky Li
Lyrics written by: Me

1^st Verse

Alyssa, my love

Was the essence of my soul

The rose she kept

leaves memories of us both

2^nd Verse

But then things changed,

Even the rose don’t look the same.

Her pulse had stopped

Like a dead rose drenched in the rain.

Bridge

Now I’m alone,

With a scar left in my heart,

It can’t be gone

It can never be gone

Ending

Alyssa…is this our fate? Are we destined this way?

PS: Alyssa is not my girlfriend

By flashing back how many g. videos I had watched, I had viewed a list of instructional videos on the skills of Jeff Watson(Night Ranger), Paul GIlbert, Vinnie Moore, Marty Friedman, Richie Kotzen, Tommy Emmanuel, Albert Lee, Yngwie Malmsteen, Mike Wolf, Chet Atkins and Eric Johnson. That’s not too many, but that’s fine.

Out of these virtuosos, I think Marty Friedman is the only one I would distinguish from the rest of the metal shredders in terms of his creativity. The critical aspect in his teaching is that his alteration in combination with his flexible technique results in a melody that sounds so natural and just blows your mind away. He is really different from the rest !! Imagine listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan beating about his blues+pentatonic scales all over the e. guitar Versus Marty Friedman playing pentatonic+japanese+bits of blues and blending them together on jazz/tension/basic chords just impress me big time. Marty is an Alien, not a human.

I had watched his video called Melody Control. Sometimes we as guitarists especially the amateurs are just simply playing scales within the box. That was my old habit but I think I somehow have improved a lot in this aspect. By doing so requires a strong illustration on how each particular scale(say Lydian) is born all over the neck(octaves-wise) and how you can manipulate it with your talent.

Other than Marty, Chet Atkins and Emmanuel also kick arses.

I really dont like to announce my blog by getting attention like this. Hope there’s such function which doesn’t allow that. I just wanna share with the friends who are interested, that’s all.

Anyway, out of so many videos that I have observed, I love to watch guitarists perform their guitar solo with nice and catchy melodies instead of Full SHredding, Licks~~~, Do re mi fa so, like how they use for PRactice and Warm up… It’s like No Soul for the playing… Yes I had played like that 6 years ago when I was a naive little kid which I thought ( playing fast is always good !)in order to amaze my friends. For the first time, they are amazed…but not until the next time because afer that, it’s all about how pleasing the sound is to your ear.

Therefore, I have been thinking of what sort of creativity I should come up with in order to create an ACtive feel in my guitar solo composition. Ricky’s gonna compose some songs and he wants me to fill up his songs with guitar solos. I have composed a guitar solo for Katrina(David Tao’s). John says he likes it, he makes me feel so happy. And I havent shown anyone yet because I still need to train more on my technical skills..plus….oh gosh~~my civil engineering Stuff..AHHHH the bloody retaning wall design(i love it)…but i just dont have enuff time for Music !!!!!

I’ve never got the chance to jam music with my band until this year. It was Ricky Li, from China who has this strong desire to form a band.  We knew each other as neighbours since last year. Before I knew him, I heard him playing one of Beyond’s "really luv you" guitar solo just next door.  So I turned my amp loud enough to draw his attention…by playing the same thing as he did but of course I added some improvisions to the guitar solo just to make him feel bad. But after all, it was just for fun.. I’d no intension for being arrogant.

Last year, I didn’t have the mood for jamming due to my bloody engineering courses. This year, I try to organise my best and I find a time every Sat to jam with him and John. John is a talented vocalist and I really love his voice.

Ricky has added an advertisement in Uni to find a Bassist and a Drummer. What he wrote in the advertisement is something like…

Do you have a Passion for Rock? Do you have a Dream to form a Band?

We currently consist of 3 members(John=Vocalist, Ricky=Rhytim, and Henry=Lead guitar)

• John is a very talented vocalist and has a handsome face…he has both great criterias for a vocalist.
• Ricky has been playing for 4 years and is very enthusiastic and confident with his guitar playing.

And I dont think I should continue writing about mine cause it may sound embarassing. Somehow, I think the advertisement is a little bit funny.

I admire Ricky for his strong desire in forming a band..He even composed some songs. As for me, I think I’m just jamming for fun..

How I communicate with them is rather interesting. Thank God I didn’t have any hard time for communication. They seem to show interests in sharing talks with me despite my lousy non-standard mandarin. If I can’t understand some really hard chinese terms they are talking about, they would use English instead..or to a funnier extent, they rely on the electronic dictionary to translate difficult chinese to english for me.

I really like those guys. We have really similar interests for Rock. But I also like some Jazz,Pop, Ballad and some Folk/Country songs.

Oh yeah, loved this Korean drama called Sad Sonata or (Sad love story) starring Kwon Sang Woo and this gorgeous girl. The OST songs are really cool~

Cant find the songs !! Saran Han Da Myun is the song title(i was told by my korean fella that it means "If u luv me" or "if i luv u".. weird but it’s true . Artist is Yoon Gun and other songs too..me love it ! Will elaborate more bout this drama when i have the time..  so many values i learnt from it…thank god it’s not a tears jerking crappy drama without the meaning in it ~cause when they cry, u really feel it ! hahahah

So girls, keep crying if u do watch Sad SOnata…it’s comprises lots of episodes.. like (21)