iNSOYMADA » band http://insoymada.com mga awit ug yawit sa kasingkasing bisaya Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:25:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 As usual, but not quite http://insoymada.com/archives/as-usual-but-not-quite/ http://insoymada.com/archives/as-usual-but-not-quite/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:14:09 +0000 insoymada http://insoymada.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/as-usual-but-not-quite/ no more "tabi-tabi" gigs for me. and i have my reasons, most of them too personal to share even with the best buddies, like bandmates. i don't care if it's one gig a year until all of us disappear to rot in a place called Dubai. i have always hated playing live. i don't even know why i'm in a band in the first place. playing live was not among my plans when this whole bisaya rock thing started. i...]]> talked with the band during the boat trip home from surigao. and as usual, they had this charming way of making me ditch the plan to leave. it happens all the time. but at least this time, it’s a compromise. no more “tabi-tabi” gigs for me. and i have my reasons, most of them too personal to share even with the best buddies, like bandmates. i don’t care if it’s one gig a year until all of us disappear to rot in a place called Dubai.

i have always hated playing live. i don’t even know why i’m in a band in the first place. playing live was not among my plans when this whole bisaya rock thing started. i just wanted to write songs, give copies to close friends and let the songs live their own pathetic lives. and my bandmates knew this. only that they don’t share with me the same weird, anti-crowd motivation to be in a band.

and oh, the surigao gig! it was one of our best gigs since.. .. high school. payter! i told myself, “if it’s going to be my last live performance, might as well give it my best.” and that was what happened.

]]> http://insoymada.com/archives/as-usual-but-not-quite/feed/ 0 This is not a new year shit http://insoymada.com/archives/this-is-not-a-new-year-shit/ http://insoymada.com/archives/this-is-not-a-new-year-shit/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:42:44 +0000 insoymada http://insoymada.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/this-is-not-a-new-year-shit/ And I won’t even talk about it. You’re not supposed to do anything when you’re hung over. You have your hamsters as perfect topic for the next column. Year of the freakin’ rodents. It’s all in the head now. But it can wait. There’s the Surigao gig this weekend. Probably your last. Leaving the band has been put on hold for months now. This time you’re going to do it, because what used to be an ultimate high has become boring. A solo project, maybe this year. But you can’t talk about it right now. You’re hung over.

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