GOD is IN this guitar!
At this moment of time in Attitude Music School, I was exposed to the electric guitar. They had these beat-up TGM Les Pauls and Strats lying around. Kim and me would jam together in the jamming room and I would pretend to be a rock star.
During the holidays, when I wasn't studying in NTU, I would take up short vacation jobs here and there. From there, I saved up some $ for an electric. Did some research on the net and found this brand "Godin" , which was the same company that made my Seagull Guitar. I went to this place called Ranking Sports in Bras Basah, and they carried this guitar. I wasn't sure of how to choose an electric guitar and I played it clean all the time. It sounded nice to me. So I got it. It is a beautiful one, but as I learnt more electric guitar songs I realised that this wasn't a typical versatile electric - it's kinda geared towards jazz/blues playing.
So armed with this Godin LG SP90 I started playing in a band in Attitude Music School. At that time I think it had already changed name to Echo Music. Which was why the name of our band, the third one in the school, was called EM3. EM3 consisted of Latchmi the female singer, Lawrence the other guitar player , Er Quan the bassist and Kim the keyboard player. I was sort of the rhythm guitar/backup vocal.
The band grew stale quickly. We were promised avenues to perform by Djasli, the band instructor but we never really performed in public. It was always cancelled at the very last minute. Djasli is one of the best guitar players I have met in Singapore, and we did learn much about playing in a band from him.
After some time I left to play unplugged acoustic guitar with another group.
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