We Rocked It!

Woohoo! We indeed survived it! I mean, ROCKED IT!
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Our makeshift 8TV/GUA Band totally rocked the 8TV Party for clients earlier tonight at Mardi Gras, One Utama. After the 2-hour rehearsal last week, we only had another 2 hours today during the soundchek to tighten things up.

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At 8pm, the party started and honestly, I was nervous like mad at that point in time. Of course there were the obligatory speeches by Izham and his merry (wo)men, after which the band was introduced.

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We started with U2's "With Or Without You" which Eileen and myself shared the vocals. Then came an interesting medley of "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Lenny Kravitz) and "When I Come Around" (Green Day). By this time everyone found their groove and really rocked out.

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The final number was Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself For Loving You"... But wait, people actually asked for an encore! To which we obliged and jammed "Knockin On Heaven's Door".

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Overall it was a pretty decent gig and I don't think we turned off any of 8TV's clients. Haha!

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Performance pics coming soon!

Breakfast Show & Tell

Earlier this morning, Douglas and I went on The Breakfast Show on ntv7 to plug, what else, Malaysiantalents on GUA.COM.MY. No female hosts today, so we were stuck with Naz and JP (kidding, guys!).

Anyway, it was a good session where we basically said whatever we wanted till the show ended, after which we went for brekkie at this place called eatworkshop tucked somewhere in Glenmarie.

Things got interesting-er there as we shared funny tales and anecdotes. Douglas of course led the way with 101 stories – some cringe-worthy, some dirty, but all funny…

JP mostly laughed but I’m really putting this pic for the benefit of all the gals out there...

Naz’s fiancé Sheahnee also dropped by. And if you didn’t know, the couple is currently planning their July wedding, which GUA will of course be covering : )

Naz is also the lead of an upcoming drama called Ghost on 8TV. I saw the trailer and I can tell you that this should be a cracker.

And of course, we watched the latest episode of Malaysiantalents.com

Oh What A Night!

Indeed it was. I’ve watched Anugerah Juara Lagu since its very first year and I have to say that the 22nd edition that took place last night easily ranks as one of the best ever. From the grand stage to the musicians and the finalists themselves, last night’s show was breathtaking in more ways than one.

And as I mentioned in the previous post, GUA.COM.MY streamed the event 'live' online, along with near-real time editorial and pictorial updates. Which of course meant the GUA team was hard at work all night long!

It was also a unique experience for me as I got to see the event from FOUR different perspectives; on the TV, online, backstage and finally, in the audience, a few rows from the front. Yup, a busy night indeed it was for me : )

The New Media (GUA.COM.MY & TV3.COM.MY) operations room. Not unlike a can of sardines. But it doesn't mean that it wasn't fun lah...

With my partner-in-crime Paul Moss and "Mr. Voice" Aidel Abd Ghaffar

With Nora, who eventually won for Best Etnik Kreatif song with Samudera

Totally exclusive: A reunion of sorts for ex-Fan Club members, Aishah and Paul Moss

The guest performers were also brilliant, including the Gangstarz champs, The Lima

A glorious end to a glorious night

AJL On GUA.COM.MY!

It's a big night for the music industry as 14 top songs compete in the nation's most prestigious song competition, Anugerah Juara Lagu. And if you can't be in front of the TV, you can catch all the action live on http://www.tv3.com.my/ and http://www.gua.com.my/.

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In addition to the live streaming, there's all photo galleries, backstage gossip, red carpet videos and loads more!

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I am currently here in the operations room and things are just getting even more exciting...

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To watch the crew live in action, click here

Mission: Rock Out!

The call came on Thursday from Izham (as in 8TV CEO, Izham):

"Eh, can you play guitar for our 8TV band?"

"Who, me?"

"Yeah. A couple of the guys said I should call you. Jomlah. 8TV having a clients' party next week and we need to put together a band and just rock out."

"Er... can I think about it?"

20 mins later...

"So, jomlah. Can lah... just rock out."

"Er, um, er... Haven't played in a while. But OK, I'll try and 'rock out'"

So Friday night we got together at a studio in Hartamas, and whaddyaknow, we did rock out! I even got the chords right and stuff. And by the end of the night, we kinda had 4 songs in the bag.

Of course it does help that Izham as the band leader is a world-class musician, and we also had other awesomely talented dudes; Izuan (who's my writer at GUA and is also the frontman of Indie group Auburn), Eddie (whom you'd know is a rockstar by just looking at his tattoos), Nick (sales person by day, mean bass player at night) and 8TV staff Eileen (man, she can sing!).

If everything goes to plan, we'll be rockin' it out for real next Wednesday at Mardi Gras, One Utama. To be honest, I'm still nervous as hell. Then again, if the chords suddenly escape me, I could simply turn off the volume and air-guitar the night away...