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Transfusion Day By Yusof Han

2008-10-06T21:14:00.004+08:00

I like to share with all of you a song written and composed by a friend of mine name Yusof Han. You'll hear the song as soon as you browse through this page.My guarantee; it will hook anyone who listens to it for the very first time. ENJOY!!

All male vocals by Muhammad Firdhaus
All female vocals by Nurul Azlina Norzan
All keyboards by Alma Jerry
All drums by Amin Fikry Mohd Nawawi
All percussions by Syed Muhammad
All bass, electric guitar and acoustic guitar by Yusof Han

Composed and written by Yusof Han and Rafiz Zakaria
Arranged by Yusof Han
Programed by Yusof Han
Recorded and mixed by Yusof Han
Produced and mastered by Yusof Han

Album cover concept and designed by Saiful Ariff Osman AND Yusof Han
All songs recorded at Pacifica and Lautan Studio
Mixed at Pacifica Studio
Mastered at InTheBox Studio

Transfusion Day

Long-long awake I wait,
for the fate till the strong bones crackin’ out of fray
hey I’m alone, and when we’re two turns to one.
Suddenly I was right, but runaway from faith
slap me, I’m dumb
slap me, I’ll run
slap me, I’m dumb
and if you lost I will come and take you home.

Gather fields with smoother breeze
try to calm you with crisp of lies
together round we dreams on fly
dig deep in your heart for that little red glow.

Chorus:
Then again I was right, but runaway from faith
I grab the road marching through the flying crows
and wonder how you used to smile back at me

Free fall (to the ground)
Free……

Bridge:
All those scribbled dreams from your mind games
amidst the shuffle overflowing day
then you’ll see when it comes to scrapple meat to loaf
then time and time again we shallow dreams.

Pre chorus:
Back in lane (you’re so lame) can’t be late (too late)
Transfusion Day when we’re two turns to one...

Chorus:
Suddenly I was right, but runaway from faith
slap me, I’m dumb slap me, l’m dumb
slap me, I’m dumb
and if you lost I will come and take you home.

DotA (Defends of the Ancients) Private Server

2008-06-22T10:02:00.003+08:00

To all those people who loves playing DotA or Call of Duty 4, i would like to promote to you guys a malaysian based battle.net private servers for those two games. Anyone is welcome to come and play at this private server. Should you have any problems during registration, feel free to email me or just leave a note on my chat box.

TOOL

2008-01-04T23:24:00.001+08:00

Haha, i was bored so i listened to a few songs by TOOL and search for their lyrics and tried to understand the meaning of the song...damn they really wrote some nice lyrics and damn...i love their songs a lot!! I found a comment on a website stating this:

"Schism" is the Grammy awarded first single off Lateralus. With its abstract lyrics, and multi-sectioned, odd-metered structure it has since become a signature song of the band.

AWESOME!

Ngeh ngeh this is just a random update that was fueled by my boredom. Yeah i would like to recommend u readers to try and listens to 2 particular albums by tool which are

Lateralus
1. "The Grudge" – 8:36
2. "Eon Blue Apocalypse" – 1:04
3. "The Patient" – 7:13
4. "Mantra" – 1:12
5. "Schism" – 6:47
6. "Parabol" – 3:04
7. "Parabola" – 6:03
8. "Ticks & Leeches" – 8:10
9. "Lateralus" – 9:24
10. "Disposition" – 4:46
11. "Reflection" – 11:07
12. "Triad" – 8:46
13. "Faaip de Oiad" – 2:39

10,000 Days
1. "Vicarious" – 7:06
2. "Jambi" – 7:28
3. "Wings for Marie (Pt 1)" – 6:11
4. "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)" – 11:13
5. "The Pot" – 6:21
6. "Lipan Conjuring" – 1:11
7. "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)" – 3:46
8. "Rosetta Stoned" – 11:11
9. "Intension" – 7:21
10. "Right in Two" – 8:55
11. "Viginti Tres" – 5:02

But i must warn u that not everyone will be able to accept their kind of music coz its pretty artistic in a dark sense.

The weirdest police chase

2007-08-14T08:19:00.000+08:00

Haha i found this vid in youtube and this has got to be the weirdest police chase inside a movie...hahahah pretty funny as well. I felt sorry for the horse.

Finally an update....

2007-04-21T09:13:00.000+08:00

I've move from Putrajaya to Damansara in early April and since then i began to really miss putrajaya. Yeah sometimes you dont appreciate the beauty of one place that are close to you until you've seen it from a much more distant view. Although it can be a bit boring in putrajaya but at its best, it can provide u with the feeling of calm and relax at the end of the day due to the beautiful streets and structures, minimal flow of traffic and of coz the cool nice breeze from the eight floor of the old apartment haha. I still remember this one nite when a few of us roll around putrajaya at nite and we went around to places that we havnt been to. And the result is an amazing view at the top of the PICC(it looks more like an UFO ship tho).

Aliens having a day out:

The Mother Ship:

A new world:

A night in Putrajaya

2006-11-28T00:58:00.000+08:00

A few days ago, my relatives came over for a holiday and so we showed em around putrajaya at nite and i think putrajaya is best seen at nite due to the wonderful lighting and the mood of it. We went to the memorial tower, the cruise tasik port,and around other places in putrajaya. Hmmm since im bad with writing long sentences sooo here are a few photos to best describe the view that are truly awesome to me....if only i had a better camera....

Previously on Lost!:

Hmm here's a photo of one of the bridge in putrajaya:

Here are a few photos from the memorial tower..this place is interesting especially with those green glass walls which has the history of malaysia written on em:

Here are some more random pics from the nite...lol this camera is getting on my nerves LOL

Hari Raya Celebration

2006-11-06T00:07:00.000+08:00

Last friday (3rd November 2006), my college, ocean institute of audio technology held a Hari Raya open house feast for all the students and i had to say that it was one of the best raya things that i ever had. Here is a picture of most of us that came.

This is only 1 photo out of it..for the whole collections of pictures that we took on that day, visit this link: CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS

A song called Progeny

2006-11-04T18:35:00.000+08:00

I would like to share a song that was composed by me and a friend of mine named Yusof Han. The lyrics were done by another friend of mine that goes by the nickname Nysha Capulet ahahhaha. Anyway, its not fully complete and ill appreciate any comments on wateva u guys have about it.. be it good or bad..

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The Fog...erm more like The Haze

2006-10-14T08:58:00.000+08:00

Just thought of sharing a photo showing how bad the haze was in Putrajaya.

Here is the photo of putrajaya before the haze:

And here's a photo of the condition putrajaya was in:

This haze was cause by a forest fire that happen in our neighbouring country. Hope future actions would be done to make sure we done have to go tru this thing again.

Drum Micing

2006-08-21T10:12:00.000+08:00

Ever wonder how a drum is mic in a recording? Here is an amatuer way of explaining a drum micing technique. Well, the first thing is to be assured that decisions you are making in overall levels, eq, and reverb setting will actually work for the song it will be applied to. Then mic each kit with the appropriate selection of mic. Hmm theres no rules that says that you must use this mic for this and that, so it all comes back to what you want it to sounds like. Well for me, these are the mics that i used:

Kick Drum - AKG D112 Mic
Snare Drum - Shure SM57 Mic
Hi-Hat - AKG C3000
Toms - 2x Seinheiser E835S Mics
Overheads - 2 x AKG C1000 Mics (better to have them as a pair of the same model)

Since each mic has a different frequency response, it is best for you to play with the micing position and listens to what original sounds like. If it has the tone but just not a bit there, try to EQ it and if you are still not satisfied, change the positioning coz even a slight adjustment could change the whole tone of the drum. Hmm to me, i always imagine the mics like a flashlight and you point it where you want to make it "lit"(brings out the tone).

Usually, for the kick drum, you have to place the mic inside and if you want more rounder sound, aim it somewer between the beater and the outer ring. If you aim it more towards the beater, u will get the punchy sound of the beater clearer. Try different angles, sometimes an off-axis mic placement would have a great overall tone but as i said before, they are no rules, just guide lines. Hmm but remember to make sure the signal doesnt clip, its ok to reach the peak as long as it doesnt clip.

The snares and the tom are quite the same except for the bottom side of the snare so therefore same guide applies for their mic placement. The outer ring gives you more of the brighter sound but as u get closer to the middle point, you'll pick up more of a body tone of the snare/tom. Try different positions and EQ if you have to. Below is a picture of the snare and toms and if you notice, theres a masking tape on the snare and the purpose for that is to make it much more tighter. hmmm but yeah, it all depends on wat you want.

Well the cymbals like drum kit has a thin bringht sound so therefore the close u get to the outer ring, the thinner it is, and the closer to the middle, you'll get more thicker tone but usually you dont have to mic the crash or the ride as the overheads will pretty much picks it up. Just to keep in mind that when you close or open the hats while playing, it will let out a breath sound if you didnt place it properly so make sure you listen carefully to what it picks up and also be careful not to spill tooo much snare sounds into your hats mic.

Well finally the overheads(or ambience mics).Close micing a drum kit can lead to sterilizing the sound, which can tend to sound unnatural. The overhead mics can bring the drums back to life by blending them back to a single kit, as well as giving the cymbals life and positioning them in the stereo field correctly. Hmm theres quite a number of ways to place this stereo pair, AB technique, XY and so on. I decided to mic em in XY so that it doesnt picks too much of ambience sound and to keep the drum in its place as what i notice, an AB pair would create a larger room tone but a XY pair would keep it in its area.

Here is how it looks like in total :

BTW thats not me...lol wish i could play the drums that well tho ^^. Hope this helps in some sort. Im open to any ideas as im still learning so pls do leave me comments and correct me if some of the stuffs that i said is incorrect.

A few random pics...

2006-08-05T22:03:00.000+08:00

Ever wonder how the students at my college looks like? Here's what will happen to you when you put your feet into ocean institute's territory...

When you've done too much recordings:

When you had too much theory classes and you decide to sleep and imagine it:

When you have a 6 hours gap between classes and decide to put on a show:

The look you will have when a beautiful lecturer walks by:

Then you decide to ask for a second opinion:

Unfortunately you cant have her and so you look for a pole to express ur feelings to:

Interesting, isnt it?

Ocean....

2006-08-04T11:32:00.000+08:00

I guess i should have done this and explain audio engineering a bit earlier. Anyway, what is sound or audio engineering?Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of sound through mechanical and electronic means. The field of audio engineering draws on many disciplines, including electrical engineering, acoustics, psychoacoustics, and music. Unlike acoustical engineering, audio engineering generally does not deal with noise control or acoustical design. Much of audio engineering is also used in broadcast engineering.Lol i stole that definition from wikipedia.

Basicallly,

an audio engineer is someone with experience and training in the production and manipulation of sound through mechanical means. As a professional title, this person is sometimes designated as a sound engineer instead. An informal name might be a "sound guy" and/or an "audio guy". A person with one of these titles is commonly listed in the credits of many commercial music recordings (also in other productions that include sound, such as movies).

Audio engineers are generally familiar with the design, installation, and/or operation of sound recording, sound reinforcement, or sound broadcasting equipment. In the recording studio environment, the audio engineer or recordist is a person recording, editing, manipulating, mixing and mastering sound by technical means in order to realize an artist's or record producer's creative vision. While usually being associated with music production, an audio engineer may be involved in dealing with sound for a wide range of applications, including post-production for video and film, live sound reinforcement, advertising, multimedia, broadcasting.

Audio engineers operate mixing consoles, microphones, signal processors, tape machines, digital audio workstations, sequencing software and speaker systems. Traditionally an audio engineer is responsible for the technical aspects of a sound recording or other audio production and works together with a record producer or a director. However, the audio engineer's role is quite often integrated with that of the producer.

In typical sound reinforcement applications, audio engineers often assume the role of producer, making artistic decisions along with technical ones.

huhu another stolen description from wikipedia.Anyway, the career opportunities includes live sound engineer, sound/audio editor, Video editor, studio technician/engineer, recording engineer, fx engineer producers, sound designer and lots more that i cant think of.

Hmm how do i look?Do i fit to be a successful engineer someday?

Lol, thats one of the studio at Ocean Institute. Pretty neat huh?

My First Practical in Audio Engineering

2006-07-28T12:50:00.000+08:00

Hmm my first practical...it was awesome as it was the first ever live sound event that we (Live Sound's Student) are involved in. Our job was to mic the whole event for recording purposes as requested by the event manager. Finally a test for all the effort we put into our theory classes had finally paid off as the event was a success and the event manager was pleased with the work we did. Sure there has been complications but the result was superb...the whole came alive with the properly place miking position by us. I am glad of what we accomplished since it was our first ever event. Damn, we didnt get paid but luckily Jeffrey (our lecturer) treat us to a meal and unwillingly gave us a shock that he found another job and that day was his last day of work. He's awesome but when you are at his young age, im sure u would try other jobs as to find which one to your liking.To me, audio engineering is unique in its own way. Hell, i never knew that a live event involve this much of work. When you watch them at home on the TV or watch people performing while you walking home, you may think that its nothing but once you are involved in running it, then it sort of opened up your eyes to a new level. Anyway, enuff of me talking jubberish, and here are few pictures from it:

Whoa...dont think thats a few...

Randomize...

2006-07-23T08:17:00.000+08:00

Heres a couple of photo's shot in NZ,LOL dont have any idea what to write about...LOL

And finally..thats me,the one with the huge club and all ready for some human bashing..

Risk Your Life II - Incomplete Union

2006-07-20T15:10:00.000+08:00

Haha most of you must be wandering what the hell is Risk Your Life? Risk Your Life is one of the few MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) that bring you an online Virtual Reality atmosphere that is both completely interactive and immersive.

RYL is a well-balanced MMORPG developed under a 3D environment that allows players to create their own character, define its role, do battle with it, and much more in a virtual world. No longer do players have to face monotonous individual games but they can now interact with hundreds or thousands of other players from all over the world and undertake the adventure of a lifetime together.

Presented in a full 3D world, RYL allows players to create their unique characters, define their roles, engage in battles and hand-to-hand combat via this internet adventure and watch their character grow. No longer do players have to face onotonous individual games but they can now interact with hundreds or thousands of other players from all over the world and undertake the adventure of a lifetime together.

RYL connects players around the world together to venture into quests, players can wage wars between camps, develop their own territory/camps, gather their own parties to engage in friendly relationships with the community. Experience the new generation of online interactive gameplay in a fabulous fantasy world.So let me show you guys a few screenshots of it ^^. I promise you more will come in the near future. BTW im quite new to blogging and i need all the support i can get LOL.

Here is a character of mine called PenglipurLara, hmmm im a bit ugly tho..

How do u guys like the screenies?WIsh i could crank the graphic higher but it will only lags my pc.