Got the Blues?.. then you havent been to where I've been.. :)

When your out of your mood, stressed physically or mentally,
emotionally down, in deep pain, troubled having financial crisis,
being ill that you already feel like your a bum??
or just simply having no money and got no body to run to..

That is when you got the "Blues"...
Where nobody knows you when your down and out,
That's when you got the Blues..

I got that, "That's when you got the Blues" line from some old man i saw on you tube. Its an old video of some guy playing blues, and explaining why it was called the "blues".
They say that sadness can kill you, i heard from my mother about a story they know along time ago, about an old woman living at the province where my late grand parents used to live in, She said that this old woman, probably in her mid 60's was so saddened about the death of her husband that she died in sadness just 3 days after the burial of her husband.. it was said that you turn blue when your dead..
So i figured, when your so down, like you already feel like your dying in sadness, then that's when you got the Blues..
Well that's why when you play blues, you need to feel your "Blues" and voice it out on your AXE!! and make it cry.. (not the deodorant, i think you already know what it is)
BUT!!
If you still feel down and out like you just lost your mouth and drop it off the toilet, theirs a nice place in Cebu to hang out and and let your anger and sadness pass out..
yep.. Ive been there and all i can say is, it has something to do with the scenery that it releave's you off your stress, the moment you pass there or just stopping by for awhile specially at night, just don't mind the bugs and it basically rocks.. haha
It doesn't need money or fees for you to be there, just make sure you have a ride you can ride on hahaha, the SRP's totally free but needs you to at least have a ride to be there haha..
Unless you feel like your Son Goku running on the snake road to reach the odd looking roach guy, then go ahead haha do as you please if that's how you get rid off your "blues"..
haha anyways, here's one of the shots i took when i was soul searching at the great S.R.P.
haha..thanks again to my lowly k800i sony ericson, i was able to share this soulful place
i know... just dont say it haha..

Up Dharma Down night out at handuraw.. pt.2

As to continue what i was saying.. whew!.. the Up Dharma Down stuff is really taking its toll whew!...
So after they played, i think 3-4 local bands played before Mr. Zafra's band, i bet you already know who came next,.. yup the band ive been waiting for, UP DHARMA DOWN!!!
whew!! yeah.. it really took them long to prepare and stuff kinda crappy but very exciting!
one by one they came to the mini stage and prepare they're eqipments,
the crowd was really eager now, unlike earlier that scene there were like 4 inches space between me and the crowd, but after they came its like no space at all. I bet you cant find a freaking thing if you drop it by accident in there, its a full house like you can smell the beer, smokes everywhere, everyones talking, laughing about something, and the excitement you see in their faces, but yeah i forgot..

someone's with me that night who happens to be her first time to be in a place like that, who was already complaining that the place smells like hell, she was already sleepy and sleep walks at times and shaky, yeah.. so much about UP DHARMA DOWN.. hehe
So i was only able to see them all in the mini stage, all doing the sound check, and turned my back heading for the exit at the time they already started playing their first song...
very ironic, i was standing there for like 4 hours, waiting for them to play, but yeah.. i need to leave, yup we left and went home, i need to tend to some chores, you know like taking care of the person who has the reason why I'm here, hehe you wouldn't trade off your woman to anything would you?, not even to a band, so you got to treat your queen right for shes your queen..
you know what im saying,
specialy if shes a "Black Magic Woman" hahaha..
ayt ima shut off now..
here are some shots of UP DHARMA DOWN doing sound test..
if you haven't seen them play that night neither do i so its cool..
i got to see them doing the sound test anyways.. haha..
well so much about our up dharma down night out at handuraw..
here you go.. dim? i bet you know why.. hehe

Up Dharma Down night out at handuraw.. pt.1

Well after watching hardwood at the SM northwing, we went home and puked my self
hard out on the toilet, cause of the caffine i was consuming earlier while watching hardwood.
yep, im not allowed to take any form of caffine, cause it makes the acidity level in my tummy rise high till it reaches heaven.. but yeah i was looking for something to drink nearby and found some
iced coffee near the area.
Effect? puke till i puked my tounge out off the toilet..
I was really kinda feeling sick at that time, cause of the caffine effects running on my nerves making it shake like snakes, plus the dehydration i got through the puking..
yeah... BUT HELL NO!!... that ain't gonna stop me from going to handuraw, no caffine can stop me from watching UP DHARMA DOWN!!!!
So i left up my red bursting head and stop my puking, took my tounge out the toilet and put it back in my mouth, and step out the rest room and screamed from the top of my lungs, and felt an overwhelming power of chi, flowing to me in a trance of ultra magnetic waives and said..
lets go.. then she said, "you got some puke particles in your mouth", so i lick em all up and smile..
:)
so yeah lets cut the F#@%!^* crap and roll..
we took a cab, arrived just in time when the bands were starting to play like there's no tomorrow coming, and just guess who passed me by .. :)
IT WAS IAN ZAFRA OF SHIELA AND THE F#&$!^* INSECTS MAN!!!!
whew!!.. (pardon for the language) ahem.. hem..
yep Mr. Ian Zafra of Shiela And The Insects, one of Cebu's legendary bands, and not to mention, one of the god fathers of rock and music scene in Cebu
so yeah we got to witness him playing with a new band,
heres a shot of Mr. Ian Zafra playing



I know, i know.. its blurry and crappy, but anyways, the man in the middle is him,..
believe it or not.. again thanks to my handy dandy sony erricson k800i, i was graced to get a shot of them at the said event.. haha very far though..
ayt this is taking too long so im gonna split this in 2 ok?

spanish fly? naaah.. just HARD WOOD :)

Have you felt that urge of shaking your body?
That strong rythm you feel, that tingles your spine causing you to grind as you feel the groove
Or that feeling of adrenaline rushing to your blood streams, oozing with excitement that you already wanna get wild and dance mambo, cha-cha, rumba, salsa and samba while screaming ayayay!
then you decide to boogie them all together in 1....
Do you know how it feels like to be dozed a bit with a spanish fly?
To feel that sexy heat? yes that hot summer night vibe filled with latina heat!..

well wait no more..

cause here comes HARD WOOD!!
woooohoo!! yeah come on now people give em a clap,
yeah thats it, yeah.. HEY!! I SAID GIVE EM A CLAP YOU SON OF B!@*$ OR IM GONNA
GET THAT BLACK MAGIC WOMAN OUT AND DO VOODOO ON YOU TIL YOU DIE WITH SPANISH FLIES SWARMING OUT YOUR MOUTH YOU PIECE OF S#!*!!!!
ahem!.. hem.. excuse me for the interruption..

As i was saying, thanks to hardwood for that hot sexy rockin latino heat that your mama used to boogie with, is still ain't dead..
Well if you haven't heard about them, as a matter of fact they happen to be one of cebu's top latin playing bands in town.
I myself was graced to witness such a spectacle, when they played at the SM Northwing atrium Wi-FI launching last 31st of july together with my "Black Magic Woman" and the whole C.B.S group hahaha!..
ayt im gonna shut up now..
hahaha
anyways here are some of they're shots taken by my lowly sony ericsson k800i, which by the way has only a 3.2 MPXL shot capability.. whew! talk about dim or what..
yeah i know thats what y'all think.. but anyways haha here you go HARDWOOD!!!
Are you gonna clap or NOT!!??
again.. ahem!.. hem.. HARD WOOD!!!
I SAID CLAP YOU F#@!*^%, S#!* EATING SON OF!!...
haha ayt i'ma shut my self up now haha
here is a video of hardwood playing primavera by santana i guess hehe
and yeah the picture for a closer look is under it hehe

the new rock and roll in the raw

Its been like a few days now since i havent gone here, hehe got kinda busy with a bunch of stuffs.. but anyways,.. i was steaming for some buckethead tracks and live stuffs on the net, and guess who i happened to stumble upon on, satchafunikilus yup, the professor has caught my ear again on this one.. hehe i was listening to joe satriani's till we say goodbye and was kinda caught up and got stuck with the track for a while, but what realy got me trembling in awsome shockness is his new band line up and with their new tracks!!!! just found out they had set the stage on fire with there new breed of godly beginnings last month of may.... damn am i late or what... well here ladies and gentlemen, is a new breed of hope boiling hot from the golden pot for the sake of rock and roll!!!! and the new so called super group has save us and thank god....
ROCK AND ROLL STILL AINT DEAD!!
whew!!! talk about bringing back the glory days of ROCK!!!
joe satriani, sammy hagar, michael anthony and chad smith... its just darn too great to be true..
but yeah chickenfoot kick's ass!!! currently im stuck in this live song they had on their first debut on stage last may, im not realy sure if whats the title for this soul freeing song but i guess its "future's in the past"... if you havent heard this yet, well your way too late than me mate!! hahaha check it out and feel the groove loose up on your head till you bang your head up and down, like youve taste the new rock and roll in the raw...
below are some line up pictures and logo powered by our beloved google engine hehe...

when passion meets devotion....

For many hours, days, weeks, months and years always doing the same routine to reach the ultimate goal that your masters have achieved.. with out hesitation you do all the given crazy hand drills, learn all the death defying scales, and play those deadly notes til your hands are shaking and your fingers go stiff, while your fingertips burst in redness that it looks like a bunch of swollen tomatoes that's about to rot and be eaten by worms....

yes, does this ring a bell to you mate??

for many days you don't sleep, eat and you never get out of your room just even to take a bath nor to take a bum in your toilet, all you wanna do is rock the hell out of your 100 Wat amp, turn the volume high and your distortion notch full, and strum mad like you've seen Freddie mercury rise from the dead and sang hallelujah in bohemian rhapsody tune..

still your not satisfied you added some more crunch out of your stomp box and rang the whole six strings on your guitar wilder the zakk wylde, with your amp in full blast like your house is quaking in intensity 7, and your neighbours feel the evil vibration in fear while they watch they're windows break and they're whole house shake in the darkness of your loud screaming strings that they decide to call 911.... morning or night, rain or shine you do all this and you don't care wither you get a slap by your mum in the butt for being such a noisy brat, just for you to be able to plug and play.....

yes mate for you to plug and play with your burning strings with blazing solos that scream for joy and sadness, and shred hard like your shredding wood with your tone full crunchy sound that bites to the bone...

have you ever played a guitar mate?

yes do you know how it feels the sweetness of the groovy feeling running down your spine when you bend the note mate?

well a bit you do,..

if your a guitar player wither if your just learning or a pro i know you know what i mean...

all of us experience this never ending quest for killing solos of awesomeness, and you do whatever it takes you to get that goal, of being able to plug and play like how your masters do it, know they're styles and secret techniques and get to sound how the way they sound, and finally

for you to be able to play your own music until you get your own name and be one of the masters,.. yes we all dream of that..

that same passion, that great passion that needs great sincere devotion, of months and years and of days and weeks and hours of your time.... yes that's it...

remember not to give up on your dreams, wither whatever it is just don't stop for you to get it.

you see when you dream, you just don't put it aside cause your this or your that, its about doing what you want and what you desire

there is no time limit on your dreams or a so called age limit for it..

as long as you don't achieve it, it will only remain a dream, dreams are made to be achieved

not for dreaming... when you dream its about passion...

and you should know passion requires devotion for you to achieve your dreams..

so i say i can achieve my dream and you can achieve your dream,

we can achieve our dreams

when passion meets devotion.