Some of our pics last Saturday (The Surprise Debut)

Last Saturay, we did a surprise debut for Xandra, our friend and churchmate. After long preparations, I'm so happy that it turned out to be a success. All the band practices and the hardwork we did was worth it. I'm hoping to do it again the next time.:)

Anyways, about my last blog entry about strings. I bought a Martin 12's for my acoustic. I got it on a SALE. I bought it for 245 bucks. MENOS!:D I'm a little disappointed because the strings easily darkened (i would not say rusty because it wasn't). But yeah, it's all about my sweaty hands.

Good day!:)

Franz Lawrence Tan

The Sweaty Hands!

It's 7:45 am here in the Philippines and it's unusual that I'm up right now from bed. That's because I've got a lot of things to do today and it's exciting. I'll blog it more later tonight.

I'm leaving the house after this to buy a set of strings for my acoustic guitar. I can't still decide what I'm gonna buy. Martin or D' Addario? Hmmm.. Bahala na! I'll just get whatever appeals to me when I get there at the shop. I hope it's not easily rusted. I possess a sweaty hands and it's a big hassle for me to change strings often.

Bye for now..

Franz Lawrence Tan

Yesu - Touch My Hand by David Archuleta

Our rendition of the latest single of David Archuleta. We rearrange the guitar parts to suite the acoustic type of music. Hope you like it. God bless you!

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Take Two: In Your Atmosphere

I just deleted my first youtube video attempt of In Your Atmosphere by John Mayer 'cause I did a new one last night. It had a better video and audio compared to the last one. I'm happier and contented on this take. Thanks to Brznf for shooting the video. Hope you like it! God bless.

PS. I'm currently uploading our cover of David Archuleta's Touch My Hand!

Sungha Jung: A Child Prodigy

There's this kid that made my jaw dropped the first time I watched him play. His name is Sungha Jung from Korea. This kid started playing guitar at the age of 10. Now he's 12 and he just keeps getting better. I can't imagine that in 2 years time, he could play what he plays... and to think that he's so young, it just blows me away.

Sungha made me look guitar playing on a different perspective. I used to think that it is impossible to do stuff from Tommy Emmanuel and etc. at that age. He changed my views. What a prodigy! (I envy him :D)

I imagined what would he be 5 years from now. Pretty exciting huh? It's scary what would he be like when he gets older. Maybe the next Tommy E.?

I hope my future child will be as good as this kid (ohh.. I think "amazing" is better in describing Sungha). Haha!

It's good that I'm getting back on playing acoustic fingerstyle guitar. I believe it's so pure.. no effects and whatsoever. Just plain music. It's so timing that I have a new influence, a new guru!

When I practice difficult stuff, my thought tells me that "if he can do it, why can't you!"

JM!

Here's a cover of In Your Atmosphere, by John Mayer. This is one of my all time favorites from JM. The lyrics just shows how creative he is as a songwriter. I also love the altered guitar tuning on this particular song... again, pure creativity!

I can't wait for him to release his soon-to-be-album. I think they're cooking it now. It's fun to see his website (johnmayer.com) which contains videos with the band on the process of writing & recording some new stuff. Pretty cool for a superstar. He's really an influence.