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Who is your Guitar Hero today? 2008-03-08 23:15:13 Here's my top 10 favourite guitar heroes and their songs.There are still many of my favourite guitarists such as John Petrucci, Ritchie Kotzen, Al Pitelli and many others. But list above are my all time favourites.1. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) - Burnt Ice & Holy Wars2. Marty Friedman (ex-Megadeth) - Hangar 18, Symphony of destruction & Lust for life3. Gary Moore - The Loner4. Joe Satriani - What Breaks a heart?5. Steve Vai - Tender Surrender & Bad Horsie6. Yngwie Malmsteen - Crash and burn7. Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom) - Sixpounder & Everytime I die8. Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing9. Dimebag Darrel (Pantera) - Cowboys from Hell & Psycho Holiday10. Paul Gilbert - Technical difficultiesThere are still many of my favourite guitarists such as John Petrucci, Ritchie Kotzen, Al Read more:Guitar
Home studio: I want to record with my PC but I got no extra money. What should I do? 2008-03-08 10:41:41 Here is a guide for low budget home studio musician.Cable bring the signal from guitar to sound card. Good cable will bring good signal. Using cheap cable will result in losing few frequencies and inviting more noise.First of all, you have to download and install a recording & sound editing software (mixing tools). Professional will say go for Cubase, Sonar, Pro Tools or Logic Audio. But all those softwares are expensive. If you want a free software, you might try to use Audacity.Next, we take a look at hardware and all the other tools for recording. Let say you want to record guitar and vocals. So you need a microphone, guitar, cable, soundcard or audio interface, monitoring system and a PC. For recording guitar and vocals only, 256RAM is enough but I recommend you to have at least 51
More on Say NO to Pay to Play gig 2008-03-08 00:40:31 More on Say NO to Pay to Play gig.The bar staff still get paid, the bouncers get paid, and in most cases the venue makes a tidy profit from each drink sold at the bar. The only person who doesn’t get paid is you."don’t cover part of the venue costs, and don’t pay a promoter back for their expenses if they end up out of pocket at the end of that night. That is the risk they take as promoters, and any promoter worth their salt will never ask you to chip in to cover the expenses of a show they are putting on." ... read more- Heather McDonald"They only harm the music scene in the long term and they just rip off local talent by making them pay to play a gig." ... read more- Say NO to Pay to Play Myspace"What has happened to the days when bands got paid to play ? Bands are already paying o
Cibol 'Itu Kamu' cover 2008-03-07 08:54:00 Today, a friend, Cibol give me to listen his cover song 'Itu Kamu'. Even this is not a metal song but I like the melodies and his voice too. He sings like professional. You can listen the song at his blog:-kamu-cibols-versionEven this is not a metal song but I like the melodies and his voice too. He sings like professional.The track was originally recorded with Audacity. I mixed it back with little touch of compressor and EQ. Then I duplicate the track and pan the original track 50% left and the duplicated track 50% right. I add few reverb on the right track to make the sound brighter and alive.Listen to the song and tell me what you think of it.Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
What do you guys think about Pay to Play gig? 2008-03-07 02:46:58 When people are asking me from where a band can get some funds?Then my answer is from selling your CD/mp3, performing, royalties and selling merchandise.For me it doesn't sound right, think
of the band. They need to practice, buy and maintain their gears, transportation, recording costs and lots of things to do with the band. All of these need money.Now we talk about performing. How would you expect after 10-12 hours of practices, changing guitar strings and have to spend few bucks more for transport then you got nothing when you go out to play. Even you have to pay to play!What do you guys think about Pay to Play gig?For me it doesn't sound right, think of the band. They need to practice, buy and maintain their gears, transportation, recording costs and lots of things to do with the band.
Songstuff and BlogMalaysia, your next pit stop! 2008-03-06 22:38:02 Recently, I've joined a forum, 'Songstuff - Songwriting and music forum'. Most of the forum users there are so nice. Currently they have 1,162 registered members.All the members from both forums are so friendly and will sure to welcome you as a family. What else we want in this world beside meeting new friends and gain knowledges.If you're looking for a place to promote your music or gain more knowledges about music, I would recommend you to join this forum. They have a lot of discussions and most of them are willing to share their knowledges and experiences with you. From songwriting, music business and technical issues, everything is there!The forum also have special board where you can post your song & lyrics for critique. This will give you more idea and picture to improve your son
20 songs in my playlist 2008-03-06 22:04:11 Today I want to share 20 songs
in my playlist.Today I want to share 20 songs in my playlist.Megadeth1. The scorpion2. Never walk alone3. Burnt ice4. Washington is next5. Holy wars (fav of all time)6. United Abominations7. Gears of War8. Paul Gilbert - Technical difficulties9. KoRn - Coming undone10. In flames - Only for the weak11. Children of bodom - Sixpounder12. Slipknot - DualityPantera13. Psycho Holiday14. 5 minutes aloneCreed15. Higher16. Bullets17. Fuel - Hemorrhage18. Kreator - Impossible brutality19. Celine Dion - My Heart will go on20. Silverchair - Miss you loveDon't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
VST plugins 2008-03-06 01:31:01 Today I was looking for more useful VST plugins to use for my recording. So I started to search and I found a very useful website with many links to all the plugins I need. It is AudioMastermind. Please click here to visit the website. Most of the VST plugins are FREE!I found a very useful website with many links to all the plugins I need. It is AudioMastermind. Please click here to visit the website. Most of the VST plugins are FREE!There are 3 types of VST plugins.1. VST instrumentsA VST plugin that generates audio. They are generally either virtual synthesizers or samplers. Example: Native Instruments Battery2. VST effectsA VST plugin that is used to process an audio input, such as reverb and phaser effects.Example: Native Instruments Guitar Rig3. VST MIDI effectsA VST plugin that is us
Do I need a Myspace Friend Adder? 2008-03-06 00:31:15 If you're asking me do I need a Myspace friend adder tool, then it depends onFor me, this kind of tool help me a lot for promoting my music. Even you have a great music, you still need to reach more people to listen your music. Marketing is one of the key in show business.1. Do you need more friends in Myspace? If you're a band, of course you need to add more friends to promote your music.2. How willingly you to spend your time to add friends in Myspace manually? If you got lots of free time, then it would be no problem for you to add friends manually.3. How many new friends you want everyday? If you're asking me, then my answer would be thousands or millions per day because they're potential to be my next fan. But Myspace has limit up to 400 max adds per day. Daily I'll add around 200-300
This is what I like to call 'Happy Metal' riffs 2008-03-05 11:19:50 This riffs was recorded few days ago and sounded so happy and funny for metal song. I don't know how I come out with the riff idea. Don't ask me, just listen to it. Haha!This is what I like to call 'HappyMetal
' riffs. Hehe!This riffs was recorded few days ago and sounded so happy and funny for metal song. I don't know how I come out with the riff idea. Don't ask me, just listen to it. Haha!Have a nice day!Download: Click here!Stream: Click here!Enjoy the music!- 9 tips and tricks to record your guitar tracksRead the article and for free tips and tricks to get better guitar sound in recording.Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
How to: 9 tips and tricks to record your guitar tracks 2008-03-03 20:26:36 Referring to my post 'Mystical Kingdom recording track (click here)', there was a reader sending me an e-mail asking for few tips to record guitar tracks
. So here 9 tips & tricks
for all of you.Experiment! Experiment & Experiment! Ask from expert if you need more help. Join recording forums. There are many experts in forums willing to share their knowledges with you.1. Don't set too much 'gain' on your distortion or preamp. If you set too much gain, when all the guitar tracks blend altogether you'll hear a lot of noise + can't really hear the notes you're playing.2. Record in mono track. This will save your disk spaces.3. Record at least 2 tracks for rhythms and pan a track to hard left and another one to hard right.4. Record each side with different sound. For left guitar sound, m
Band news feed promotion blog 2008-03-03 11:42:41 If you do blogging, then you have to visit promo.vicerock.net. With Vicerock Promo, you can submit your blog feed URL (RSS).Great news for all bands!If you do blogging, then you have to visit promo.vicerock.net. With Vicerock Promo, you can submit your blog feed URL (RSS).It's free! Join Vicerock Promo and share your band news to the world!Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
New song recorded 'Mystical Kingdom' with my craziest midi drum programming 2008-03-03 08:05:33 I've just recorded
a song titled 'Mystical Kingdom
' with midi drum programming. This is so far the craziest drumming style I've ever programmed. Feel free to listen or download the track:Play with the velocity controller to make your drums sound real as drummer doesn't hit the snare & the rest at the same level.Download: Click here!Stream: Click here!Few tips for midi drum programming:Get a good sample drum sampling. Drumkit From Hell is one of the best!Play with the velocity controller to make your drums sound real as drummer doesn't hit the snare & the rest at the same level.Use EzDrummer. It will saves you a lot of time.Use compressor to tighten up your drum sound.Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
How much Myspace is helping you in promoting your music? 2008-03-03 01:54:33 After few years I've been using Myspace to promote my music, I can say that Myspace is helping me very much in promoting my music.Even though at the time I was doing mass adding friends but still many of them are willing to listen to my music. If they found your music is cool, they'll sure to drop a comment.Even though at the time I was doing mass adding friends but still many of them are willing to listen to my music. If they found your music is cool, they'll sure to drop a comment.The only thing I've seen there are few artists and bands that are not really communicating with others. Myspace is a social networking site. So it's a must for you to communicate with others to grow up your fan base. This is also to show up your appreciation to them for listening to your music.Few tips for band
How to: 12 guideline for artists and bands to start a website or blog 2008-03-02 11:20:01 Have you ever think what do your fans and others want to read and know about you or your band? Here's a few guideline
for artists and bands to start a website
or blog.if you want to be successful, work for your band! Building a website or blog is a great way to promote your band.1. Biography. Keep it short but full of informations about your band. Don't talk too much trash.2. News. Always update your band news. At least once a week.3. Full line up. All info about the band members. Share your influences and experiences with your fans and readers.4. Equipment lists. List down all the gears use by you and your band. You may also share your experiences using your gears.5. Gig/Show schedule. This is important if you gigging. Show the gig flyers on your site.6. Discography. List all your release
The Secret - Law of attraction: Vision blog, dare to be different? 2008-03-01 21:28:04 Hello to all friend,I've just watching "The secret - law of attraction" documentary. I believe some of you have already watch it too. If you don't, I suggest you to get the DVD at your near local store.What I want to share here is the method of using 'vision board'. If you don't know what is vision board, then I suggest you to read about it here.I build my own 'vision blog' as an alternative and I found it more interactive as I can visit my own vision blog at anywhere and anytime.Many of people today have their own vision board, so at first I've decided to make my own too but I'm too lazy to cut and paste pictures. Then, I build my own 'vision blog' as an alternative and I found it more interactive as I can visit my own vision blog at anywhere and anytime. Plus I don't have to play with g Read more:different
No more latency problem in Cubase SX! 2008-03-01 21:24:20 Hello to all friends,After installed, you don't have to do anything with the driver. Open up your Cubase SX or other music software and change your ASIO driver to ASIO4ALL.For those who have latency problem using Cubase SX or any other software that required ASIO driver, I suggest to download ASIO4ALL, Universal ASIO driver for all WDM audio. The best thing is you can download the driver for free.After downloaded, double click the file and the installation is very easy. After installed, you don't have to do anything with the driver. Open up your Cubase SX or other music software and change your ASIO driver to ASIO4ALL. Good luck and happy recording!Download now!Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
Please leave me a comment 2008-02-24 01:25:53 Hello to all friends,First of all, thanks for visiting all my blogs. It would be much appreciated if you could leave me a comment here and tell me what do you think of me, my blogs, music, design etc. You're free to say and suggest me anything.This blog is where a friend meets his friends!In return, I'll sure to visit yours and leave a comment there. So please make sure you include your blog URL at the bottom of your comment.Finally, thanks again."This blog is where a friend meets his friends!"Love,AfiqmeDon't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
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Afiqme.com launched! 2008-02-24 01:25:14 Hello to all friends!This blog has just moved to new domain name www.afiqme.com. Please update your bookmark. You can reach my other blogs at:intelligi.afiqme.com - Intelligiart.afiqme.com - Art'ologyalamecarte.afiqme.com - AlamecarteMy new primary e-mail: afiqme[AT]afiqme.comThanks and have a nice day!Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
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My Music E-zine, your next must read web! 2008-02-24 01:24:05 Hello to all friends,I feel so happy to tell you that my team and I have just launched 'My Music
E-zine'. You can reach the e-zine at ezine.afiqme.com. The malay language e-zine is your next must read web as the e-zine brings fresh band and music scene news, info, gig updates and many more!The malay language e-zine is your next must read web as the e-zine brings fresh band and music scene news, info, gig updates and many more!We also welcome all of you to submit your band or any news & info related to music and we'll sure to publish it. Another great thing, if you want us to review your music, please send us your CD. Our mail address is available at the web.For more info, please visit ezine.afiqme.com. You may contact us at mymusic[at]afiqme.com. Thank you and have a nice day!Don't mis
Afiqme on Vicerock Music Station 2008-02-24 01:22:27 Hello to all friends,For now, Vicerock only permitted access to their artists & networks.Now you can reach my audio site at www.vicerock.net/jamm/members/1.Vicerock has just launched their music site. It will be soon open registration for all bands. More features will be available. For now, Vicerock only permitted access to their artists & networks.Visit my audio site today to stream or download my music!Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
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I've just uploaded two songs at Vicerock Music Station 2008-02-24 01:20:43 Hello to all friends,I've just uploaded two songs
at Vicerock MusicStation
. The first one titled, "I know what we did this valentine" is a collaboration song between me and Malaysian no.1 metal rhythm player, Ridzi. The song was recorded on the last Valentine's night at Ridzi's home studio.The first one titled, "I know what we did this valentine" is a collaboration song between me and Malaysian no.1 metal rhythm player, Ridzi.The 2nd song titled, "Evolution of a legend" is a collaboration song between me and McNaim, one of my favourite bass player. It was recorded last year in my studio.Both of the songs are heavy metal rhythm instrumentals. Please click here to download or stream the music. Thanks to all of you and have a nice day!Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subsc
The simple rule of life 2008-02-24 01:15:50 Hello to all friends,Today I just want to share a little bit about my story in this music world. It's all begin when I was 14 years old. I started to play guitar and take lessons from professional tutor. My goal at that time is to set up a band. Then I moved to Kuala Kubu Bharu the next year. I met all my great jamm buddies there. From Fadzilezsix, McNaim, Akey, Luth to Ronan. I always spent time together with them. We wrote few songs & started to perform.It makes me believe that if you put all your passion and focus on it, then you can have it!After that, we're getting more serious in this music world. I feel like I need my own practice studio to make us easier to practice our songs. But the thing is, we're still in school, so we lack of money to buy all those equipments.My passion to
Do the scales or modes that make a guitar player sounds good? 2008-02-24 00:38:07 Do the scales or modes that make a guitar player
sounds good? Can you please tell me which scale or mode is the best?That is what we called art. Art is an expression. Art explains about people.No one can tell me about that because it is not the scale or mode that make you or other guitar players sound good. Scales, modes or arpeggios are just another tool that you can use to play guitar.The truth is how you sing your notes will tell you and others that you sound good or not. That's how it works. Let see, Dave Mustaine can still makes great guitar solos with minor pentatonic scale, Joe Satriani with his lydian mode and Gary Moore with his blues scale.Even if you ask them, I think they will only say, "I just play what I want to play!". This is because the notes don't came from the scales or
News from Vicerock Sound 2008-02-24 00:36:19 We're proud to announce that now we offer two more free services on net.Vicerock Music Station [URL: vicerock.net/jamm]Sign up and get:Free music hosting. Upload your music and let the world listen them.Free artist/band blog. Update your band news, shows etc.Music chart.Fanbase. Build your fanbase and invite your fans to join your community. Fans can send comment and private message to the artist.Rank and vote songs.Free music station. Build your online radio station.Free artist store. Sell your CDs, merchandise and poster.Vicerock Photo Gallery [URL: vicerock.net/mypic]Sign up and get:Free online photo gallery.Comment photos.Rate photos.What are you waiting for? Sign up today!Source: Vicerock Sound
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My guitar recording secret 2008-03-14 21:07:42 But the only thing that I've been using to record most of my guitar works is by using my magic box, Behringer V-Amp 2.There are few methods of guitar recording technique. But the only thing that I've been using to record most of my guitar works is by using my magic box, Behringer V-Amp 2.My setup is simple. From guitar connect to V-Amp 2 then straight to the recording console. I'll record the rhythm part twice in mono and pan the first track to hard left and the second track to hard right. Then, I'll compress the track and EQ if necessary. But usually, I just cut few dBs in mid frequency and give a little boost in low frequency.Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
Recording tips: Shure SM57, the most universal mic on planet 2008-03-14 20:50:33 Distance between 2 to 6 inches on-axis from the sound source usually produce bright sound. This is the most popular miking technique used by almost every professional audio engineer.My friend is asking me to suggest him a good microphone to record most of the band instruments. Well, if you're looking for a good single mic for almost all instruments, I would say go for Shure SM57.This mic is definitely the most universal mic on planet
. It can produce great sound for all recordings especially for guitar, snare, vocals and hi hats.When using this mic, you have to always use the close miking technique to capture the best sound. Distance between 2 to 6 inches on-axis from the sound source usually produce bright sound. This is the most popular miking technique used by almost every professional a Read more:Recording
Free band logo design 2008-03-14 19:02:57 Free band logo design
. Here are my samples:Please submit your band name for logo design atafiqme.proboards101.com/index.cgi?board=graphicrequestDon't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
Protect your band name 2008-03-14 17:24:07 I just found a website where you can register and copyright your band name.Establishing prior usage is a key component in protecting your name and avoiding unwelcome legal challenges.Why Register? Establishing prior usage is a key component in protecting your name and avoiding unwelcome legal challenges. The Worldwide Registry notifies artists and labels where potential territorial name conflicts exist and registers your historical claim to 'name' usage.For more information, please visit bandname.com.Don't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.
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Guide for drop tuner guitarist 2008-03-14 06:58:09 Most of modern metal bands today prefer to tune down the guitar to drop D, C or B tuning to get more bottom and heavier sound. But without proper setup on your guitar and amp, your guitar will produce dull & muddy sound.For drop C tuning, I prefer 10-52 gauge. If you're using smaller gauge, the strings will vibrate heavily and resulting in poor notes definition.First of all, you have to change the guitar string gauge. For drop C tuning, I prefer 10-52 gauge. If you're using smaller gauge, the strings will vibrate heavily and resulting in poor notes definition. It also suggested for you to send the guitar to professional guitar tech to re-setup the guitar after you change the string gauge.Next, if you can afford to change your guitar pickup, replace the pickup to the pickup that special Read more:Guide
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