| Monday, December 25, 2006 |
On the 17th December 2006, PG 165 was the featured band for the Bless the City event at Dataran Pahlawan, Melaka. This event is a combined church effort in conjuction with Christmas.Besides us, they had a short musical play, some choir and a graduation ceremony for special children completing a course.
It was pretty significant because we've never been really playing much in front of a home church crowd despite the fact that we've played in coutless other gigs.
So raring to make an impression, we did a handful of Mercy Me's Christmas covers and also 0ur own rendition of Joy to the World(which we modified from Altered Frequency's) and a rocking version of Hark the Herald...
We had two sessions. The first session was just after 7pm...it was ok...but i think we needed some time to jump around and warm up...
Our next session was the FINALE for the night and it was beserk...in a fun sort of way...
We didn't really have a good time with the sound accoustics of the main concourse area which was very echoish and bouncy. We didn't have any monitors for ourselves either. Considering the situation, I think we played ok...hahaha...maybe a bit loud...haha
Here's some of the videos taken. Please excuse the poor sound quality since it was taken via a digi cam and not a hand held cam...and also it's position since it's taken from the side angle...
A lil spontaneous guitar lick at the end of Little Drummer Boy...
A cover on Mercy Me's "Gloria"...check out the guys dancing at the end... =)
Our own rendition of Hark the Herald...the PG 165 rocker version...
Zhen Xin's bass solo piece from Hark the Herald...
Justin's rap on one of the stanza's for Hark the Herald...
Vijay's Drum solo from Hark the Herald...engaging with the crowd...really cool...
At to cap it off by climbing on a chair, doing a guitar solo and jumping from it...
One of those rare moments of sheer adrenarline combined with loud, bursting music....with the guys cheering us on...
Some of these things can't really be caught fully in pictures and videos. Just the exact atmosphere of being there...in person...jumping, grooving with us, giving us the chance to share it with you guys...
is somehow different and can't be captured...yeah, it's just that momnent itself...so stay in tune for our future gigs...
PG 165 and our manager Raj...
This is for making us dance...
Our set list was:
Joy to the World (modified from AF)
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Mercy Me)
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Mercy Me)
Little Drummer Boy (modified from Mercy Me)
Gloria (Mercy Me)
Hark the Herald (our own)
What a rocking crowd...
We thank God for all the exceedingly good and wonderful things He has done for PG 165, opening countless doors and opportunities to reach lives...God is awesome...
Thanks to all the friends and to the wonderful crowd for the support and cheers and for providing the much needed atmosphere. We shall take a break until New Year...It's goin to be a big 2007 for us...so stay in tune with the latest happenings...
Until then, have a Happy and Blessed New Year...
PG 165 - jason |
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| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
...invited...a privilege...
Just a week prior to Chiller Plant we got an invitation to attend this ceremony. We actually had no idea how grand or glitzy it was suppose to be. In fact initially we thought we were overdressed when we drove past City Harvest, KL and saw ppl in jeans n T-shirts. But one peek inside sent us back to fetch our coats.
It's actually a competition organized by Star Maker for the advancement of Chirstian music. This is their second installment. Thanks to Raj our manager, we managed to get a chance to be exposed to the industry. We saw people like Ng Wah Lok and producer Nick Lee... We were a bit late, so we couldn't go in immeadiately but had to chill outside with a line of people waiting. We spotted Altered Frequency ahead of the line.Then the usher called us and we strode ahead ahead of the line ourselves...i saw the usher with a clipboard and she was giving hushed instructions via her walkie talkie...then they pulled the curtains apart and ushered us in and I saw ourselves walking down the red carpet walkway with the camera giving live feed on the giant screen in front...oooh....wow....
and we sat behind Altered Frequency whom we had made friends with Agnel their drummer at the Chiller Plant gig.
Agnel n Daniel from Altered Frequency (well, the back of their heads)
There was about 19 songs. You can vote for each song after it is presented like how they vote in those reality tv shows. The person performing may be the composer or may be a chosen singer to sing the composer's song. It was entertainng. They had this band called Army of Three playing as the house band.
Army of Three
After the song presentation, it was followed by a musical play that implemented all the 19 nominated songs in their play. Pretty impressive. But they played the minus one versions instead of accompanied by a live band.
PG 165 with Diana Wee, 1st runner up for the competition.
I really wanted to post up the winner of this songwriting competition but the pic isn't with us...but Diana was sweet enough to pose with us...congrats...
Shannon from Church of Praise JB, Pastor Kelvin Sim's church.
Was suppose to take with her youth but didn't have time...we ministered at her church in early 2005 as a band. It was the one where as we were abandoning ourselves, worshipping and singing the song Rain Down, the lights just went off and came on again in 3 seconds...as though the place couldn't contain God's presence that Sunday morning...She recognized us when we came in...hahaha..nice of her to remember us nobodies...
PG 165 and Altered Frequency
PG 165 all dressed up...hahaha..
It was a glitzy 4 hour event...6.30 - 10.30...after that was a long drive back to Melaka in the wee hours of the morning...
Oh yea, it's been a busy month. It's less than a week to our next gig in Dataran Pahlawan, Melaka for the combined Bless the City in conjuction with Christmas on the 17th December.
I think the whole thing starts at 6pm. We'll be playing somewhere around 7+ and for the finale.
See you guys there...
PG 165 - Jason... |
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| Monday, December 04, 2006 |
Chiller Plant - a chill gig that featured 3 bands and a lot of fun...
The crowd was chilling (Unabashed - seen here: Jason Ding, Judson & Malaysian Idol finalist Andrew)
Thanks to Melisa the coordinator, Chiller Plant was a reality. Thanks for inviting us.
The two beautiful emcees, Joanne and Charis did a great job.
All hats goes off to the maestro Audrey Tong, the paparazzi for the night. Most of the pics here are courtesy of her passion.
Jason...
Justin...
Wee Liem from Oneted. One of our host who brought us around KL.
That green guitar pick...
PG 165 performing Work of Art.
Joshua Chiam(white shirt) drummer for Oneted. Thanks for letting us stay and mess up your house for two nights. Appreciate it a lot...
Playing it loud...
Vijay: I mean REAL LOUD...
Deric...
jamming it out...
Just a microphone in between...
Zhen Xin aka NZX...
A blur of hands...
Deric trying out his brand new song entitled, "You" with an accoustic guitar for the unplug set.
Thanks to Agnel Raj(seated front) from Altered Frequency for befriending and encouraging us.
Shred it...
From a diffrent perspective...
Justin: How many of you are enjoying yourselves?
Justin doing My Friend for the unplug set.
Laughing at the Goatee song...
Our brand new song entitled, "Falling Over"...
Someone misplaced our shaker before our set. Had to use a rain stick instead.
Posing...
ZX, Lenard - bassist for Oneted, and Deric...
Pouters...
It was a long day...
Thank you Jacintha Loke for the pics as well...
Rachel Ann Thong who supported us at our very first gig 2 years ago in Melaka.
Friends...
A special thanks to all the Melakans who inconvinently came and supported PG 165. You guys rock to the max...
Special thanks...
to Melisa and Four Square for inviting us...
to Joshua and Wee Liem from Oneted hosting us...
to Audrey, Jacintha and Heidi for the pics...
to Jason Ding from Unabashed and Agnel from Altered Frequency for the encouraging words...hope to see you guys more...
to all the Melakans who came although it was expensive...
to everyone who continually supported, prayed and believed in us...
PG 165 Set List for Chiller PLant:
1. You're Everything to Me
2. My World
3. I Will
4. You (Unplug)
5. My Friend (Unplug)
6. Work of Art aka The Goatee Song
7. Falling OverLabels: band, gig, pg 165 |
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Hang out with PG165 HERE!!!
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PG165 hails from MMU Melaka, and consists of five peculiar individuals who come from different backgrounds,
each having our own preferred sense of humour and hairstyles.
The beauty in our diversity is reflected in our friendship and our love for the music that we play and the songs that we sing.
We enjoy what we do, and believe making good positive ROCKING music is first and foremost FUN.
PG165 is a band whose passion and vision is to see lives challenged and touched through the experience of our music and songs.
Playing high-energy music and providing an electrifying atmosphere is our trademark =).
We play for charity, youth rallies, gigs, cafes, schools, CFs, churches, campuses, outreach events, fund raising events, concerts. Just contact us and we'll ROCK your world.
For bookings and details, please email the guitarist at jason_roag@yahoo.com or call Vijay(drummer boy) at 016-3372716/Zhen-Xin (the big mean machine) at 012-4886974.
PG165 is Jason, Justin, Deric, NZX and VJ
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ROCK with US!!! GET your hands on our EP entitled "Let It All Out"
and blast those radio speakers. For more details, check out www.pg165.com
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