Kien Lim

so I thought I’d post.

Well, actually, the real instigation for this post is this pic that I discovered online googling my name. Yes, I do that on occasion to see what turns up…….

I kinda like this pic cos’ I look like a hard nut! LOL! It was taken from the gig I did in Malaysia last November for “Moonshine” @ The Laundry Bar.

I’ve a draft of the backing track for Besureis and just need to finalize the arrangement and get the right sounds for it. It’s a track that called for some electric guitar and it’s been a while since I picked up that instrument to record. More than 5 years…..

I will be playing more electric from now on. I got a friend, Gerald from Starseed to purchase for me a Blackstar HT Dual (as he has an endorsement deal with them) exactly for that purpose as it has a speaker emulation output that allows me to get the sound of a mic’ed up wall of Marshall 4 x 12′s. That is brilliant as I don’t have to lug said lumps around to achieve that sound and that is the sound I like when I play live with the electric guitar. I like a BIG GEETAR sound!

Feel a bit bunged up as a result and the coughing is taxing. But apart from that, all is super well.

I’m getting to know Logic Studio better and have bought a software synth called “Zebra 2. I’m thinking of getting Refx Nexus 2 but wonder if I’ll end sounding like everybody else as everybody else has it!

I’m currently putting together the backing track for “Selling Dreams” by Besureis (www.besureis.com) and I’m loving it!

Kong Xi Fa Cai everyone!

is covering the ground this morning. It always gives me comfort to be indoors and warm on a day like this. It also imparts a sense of magic and purity.

Not that I’m not venturing out today. I have things to do in the center of London. Then I shall return in the afternoon to sit by my computer and do some experimenting with some remixes. A couple to be specific. “It’s Not Your Fate” and “*T Baby*“.

The last 3 weeks has been an intense learning period for me and I’m getting to know “Logic Audio” better. My ears are being trained to be more discerning, more aware, of equalisation, the quality of audio, the subtle but significant differences in types of compressors, reverb et cetera. I am loving it.

It has meant that I have not been gigging or singing much. I tried a week or so ago and found my throat unable to hit the notes that my mind and soul were singing. Yup, the spirit and intention were true, but the flesh was weak. Lol!

I don’t feel compelled to perform at the moment but will do so when I have a brace of fresh new songs under my belt. I’ve also an EP to finish….. errr…… ok…. an EP to start!

Slaterz!