Been meeting more and more guitar players here on AnD.  Thought it'd be fun to share some Canto-rock crafted a while back for you to laugh at.

At least D'in will give it a listen...

Patty Ng wrote the lyrics.

So I sucked.  I got sick on the day of the AnD party and couldn't attend.  I hadn't updated my blog for ages.  I haven't even yet sent money to the Sichuan relief efforts (but i will tomorrow, and YOU SHOULD TOO)...  but I've been painstakingly working on a little song, and it goes something like this:

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Do you know what it is I am after

Do you know I wanna take you to a safe place

Do you know all this time you rocked my world

Do you know what it is I am after

Do you know what it means to be precious

Do you know why you are everything  

Do you know what it means to be precious

Do you know what it is

I guess its all because of our laughters

Or something else I just wouldn’t say

There’s so much more to you than I was told

Do you know what it is I am after

Ding ding ding….

Do you know what it means to be precious

Do you know why you are everything  

Do you know what it means to be precious

Do you know what it is

SEND MONEY TO THE CHARITIES!  

SEND MONEY!!

I can only assume that, since you're reading my blog, you give a rat's ass about music.  If that is the case, you've gotta check out Guthrie Govan.  Here's a couple of links:

You know how some great musicians inspire you to practise more and to learn more and, hopefully, one day you can play more like them?  Mr Govan is NOT one of those.  Technical brilliance aside, his mental ability to process so much, so fast, and with such deadpan accuracy, and then deliver music so tastefully done that everytime I listen to him I feel I have little choice but to put down my own guitar and cry foul.  I call this my Antonio Salieri syndrome.

You may disagree with this, but I often think being an electronica producer is a lot like being a winemaker.  Imagine the parallel: the genesis of a great sonic idea is not much more than having access to great vine.  To develop that idea into a full blown, coherent song often takes an inordinate amount of thoughtfulness, energy, and patience. (I find this to be more true for electronica than any other genres with pre-defined sounds.)

Imagine the finished product.  Well balanced, complex, full of flavors.  Now imagine if you don't do it right.  You may start with a great idea but overload it with cliche breaks, overused sounds and inappropriate composition and you get PLONK!

Plonk has its place.  Namely parties where no one is paying attention to the drink, or the music for that matter.

There's also that not-so-subtle parallel between music and drinks produced from two sides of the Atlantic.  American-produced electronica tend to be big, bold, and in your face.  Whereas our European brethrens value productions which are not always full-bodied and smoothed out, and they inject enough tannins to keep their songs worthy of years of keeping (think Chemical Bros / Boysnoize).

All of this beg the question..  how do we describe this CHINESE produced electronica you're hearing here.  To be honest I don't know.  Just don't think of Great Wall Cabernet when you're listening.

Hey, I’m really glad you’re here.  You’re looking at one of those people who suffer from having way too many sonic ideas and can’t find enough time executing them all.

My objectives are simple.  I tell stories with notes and beats.  Listen to everything if you can.  They are not all that similar in style.  But style is just a tool.

We’re all capable of being a lot cheesier than the world would allow us to be.  I pray to God I don’t go there too often.

Oh one more thing.  Sometimes I think I’m slightly autistic.