Location: Sec 18, Shah Alam
Reason for sell: Need money!
Contact: 012-2934464 or afiqme[at]afiqme.com
Asking for RM25k RM15k RM8k (complete set)
Non-Negotiable!
Guitar
Samick strat
Falcon Les Paul
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Laney MXD120 combo
Bass
Yamaha RBS bass guitar
Laney HCM65B bass amplifier
Drumset
Mixed brand
Paiste & headliner cymbals
Pearl kick pedal
Tama, Pearl hardware
PA system (vocal)
2x Behringer mic
2x 12" loudspeaker
8 channel Mixer
Air cond
1.5HP + 1HP
3 rooms: main studio, control room & another 1 room (can be your 2nd studio).
Every rooms equipped with exhaust fan.
Any questions at all about, please reply here. Thanks!
P/S: I got another 1 amp.. Laney 50 watts Made in UK... add another RM1.5k
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Studio for sale!
Friday, March 28, 2008
New contest for Megadeth Fans!
MFC member who guesses the exact number or closest to the exact number, wins!
You may only submit one guess! In case of a tie, submission received first wins. Details are at the MFC club website!
megafanclub.megadeth.com
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Say my name!
Then I do the same thing in Yahoo! search. Im getting "1 - 10 of about 16,700 for afiqme - 0.35 sec". I'm getting more here!
Then I do the same thing in Yahoo! search. Im getting "1 - 10 of about 16,700 for afiqme - 0.35 sec". I'm getting more here! Haha!
Moral story: If you're bored, then do a search for your name, band, website bla bla bla. If you want to check your backlinks, then you can go to AfiqmeHeck Backlink Checker.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Atreyu ESP LTD 'Monster Energy' Guitar Give away
Win Atreyu ESP LTD 'Monster Energy' signature series guitars! 2 guitars to be win, EX400 Monster 2 and Viper400 Monster.
20 1st prize winners will receive one of ten autographed posters or autographed CD's.
How to participate?
Enter the online sweepstakes by simply... Yes! I mean by simply fill in the form at MonsterEnergy.com.
Visit MonsterEnergy.com today before it's too late!
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
6 helpful tips from Pat on how to make Entrecard a success
Entrecard is the first and only free exchange network for 125x125 ads. Through this revolutionary platform, you can advertise your own 125x125 Entrecard on any blog in the network, for free, for a number of days.
Then, I received 6 helpful tips from Pat on how to make Entrecard a success. I share his message and tips here with his permission.
"Hello, I hope this message finds you well. I noticed that you just joined Entrecard and wanted to take this opportunity to welcome you. You will find that this site is a great way to drive traffic to your site and pick up new daily readers of your blog. Entrecard has increased my Alexa Ranking by over 1 million positions in 2 months.
Here are a few helpful tips on how to make Entrecard a success.
- Drop as many cards as you can every day.
- Always return a drop when someone drops on you
- Introduce yourself and participate in the forums
- Read and comment on others blogs
- Buy some credits if you can afford it to jump start your ad campaign. You can pick up 1000 credits for about $7-$8.
- Read the Entrecard Blog and comment there.
Anyway, here’s to your success with Entrecard. Please let me know if I can help you with anything at all.
Best of Health,
Pat"
In Flames - Only for the Weak (Live)
My fav live concert video from In Flames. Titled "Only for the weak".
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Should I learn every styles in music?
It's always an advantage if you can play many things but be careful of losing your focus. Not everybody can do what Guthrie Govan can do. He's a superb versatile player, but ask him, I can bet he'll tell you that it involves a lot of hard works, concentration, focus and sacrifices!
Many guitarists or musicians today feel like they have to master all types of music. Some ended successfully and some of them get frustrated and losing focus on what they should do. The main thing is getting the job done! If you're in a metal band, you have to study more on metal licks, soloing techniques and riffs. Spending lots of time learning jazz things might be wasting your time as the band doesn't need it. The same thing if you're in a jazz band. You have to learn more how to play well in jazz.
But again, if you decide you want to be a 'session player', guitar hero or dedicated music tutor, you have to learn all styles. As a session player, you will not be asking to play the same type of music every time. Sometimes you have to play rock, blues, jazz, metal etc. For music tutor, mastering all styles in music is needed not only to impress your student, but to be fair to the student. Some might want to learn Green Day style, Silverchair, Blues stuffs or Jazz stuffs. So it's important to be prepare! Unless you're teaching specialty music course, example: metal guitar course. Then you don't have to learn all the things.
It's always an advantage if you can play many things but be careful of losing your focus. Not everybody can do what Guthrie Govan can do. He's a superb versatile player, but ask him, I can bet he'll tell you that it involves a lot of hard works, concentration, focus and sacrifices!
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
Free URL Redirection, No Ads! Short Free Domain Name (YOURBAND.co.nr)
The importance of using short address is to make it easier to remember and look more professional.
The importance of using short address is to make it easier to remember and look more professional.
Check it out at www.freedomain.co.nr.
If you're thinking to buy domain name at .com, .net or .org. I suggest you to buy at Netfirms. It is the cheapest so far. It costs you only $5.95 per year. Visit Netfirms today!
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How to: Guide to EQ your guitar track
Here is the guide to EQ your guitar track. Few things you should remember before you start to EQ:
- Don't boost too much! More boost equals more noise.
- Apply cut to fix problem and cleaner the track.
- Apply cut in mid frequency to give space for vocals or solo track.
- You don't have to apply all the EQ guides listed below. Try to experiment and use which work best to you.
- Use parametric EQ for better tone-shaping.
- 100 Hz or less – Boominess
- 125-250 Hz – Add body and warmth (fills out)
- 240 Hz – Fullness
- 300 Hz – Muddiness (Boost or cut to thicken/ thin out)
- 300-500 Hz – Eliminate nasal quality (Cut)
- 700 Hz – Create a throaty or woodsy sound
- 1 kHz – Add edge
- 1.5-3 kHz – Add edge
- 2.5 kHz – Bite and presence
- 5 kHz – Helps lead (boost 4-6 dB)
- 5, 8 & 10 kHz – Bright
- 6 kHz – Add clarity
- 10 kHz – Add hiss
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Wishlist: Gears of War V
Dean "Gears of War V"
Mahogany Top/Body
25-1/2” Scale
1-11/16” Nut
Dave Mustaine Spec. Mahogany
“D-Shaped” Neck
Ebony Fingerboard
Pearl Sharks Tooth Inlay
Grover Tuners
Black Hardware
Tone Pros Bridge
Dave Mustaine Duncan Live Wire Pickups
Finishes: Gears of War Graphic
I'm one of the V-shaped guitar fan. This guitar is one of my fav. Check out video below. Dave Mustaine use it in one of Megadeth live performance.
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What the bands should not do on Myspace?
To be honest I hate to see comment like this from other bands. Especially when they're putting their gig flyers. It takes too much space on my profile. I'll simply delete them. How the hell you don't even have a chat with me and now you want to spam my comment box. No way!
I'm not saying you can't do like that but most of the time, people will simply ignore your message and will mark it as spam! What you have to do is, give them a space. It's nice to say hi to them, but don't push them to listen your song or go to your gigs. I believe they'll sure to listen your songs when they have their time.
Honestly, I hate to see comment like this from other bands especially when they put their gig flyers. It takes too much space on my profile. I'll simply delete them. How the hell you don't even have a chat with me and now you want to spam my comment box. No way!
But how the people will know that I've just uploaded a new song or I'll be performing in a gig?
In Myspace, you can use the 'friend status' feature to update your band news. It's better to use it rather than sending comments to all your friendlist. You can save lots of time too.
Next, you may also update your profile 'headline'. Don't hide your headline! Because whenever people are visiting a profile, the very first thing they'll read is the headline. So make sure you always update your Myspace headline to your latest band news.
Done this doesn't mean you don't have to send comment to other people in your friendlist. Sending comment and say hi to others is still important to make they feel like you're really connecting to them. It just that, stay away from pushing people to do this or do that.
Another idea is, put a link to your gig flyer, or band webpage at the end of your comment. It wouldn't take too much space and doesn't look like spam.
There are some bands change their default picture to their latest gig flyer. This is also another great idea. You're not pushing them and of course if they interested, they will click on your picture to see the flyers.
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Free Ares Music Download
Ares counts with a friendly interface to keep a complete visualization of all files that are downloaded, it also allows you to make differentiated searches in the way you want.
Ares Regular is a P2P file interchange system (peer to peer) to interchange any kind of files, video, MP3, software etc.
Its main characteristic is that you may download files form multiple locations at the same time, what makes downloads quicker.
You may also pause downloads and restart them whenever you want, just in case the connection is lost or if power is off when we are working. It counts with an integrated browser to localize what you are looking for.
Ares counts with a friendly interface to keep a complete visualization of all files that are downloaded, it also allows you to make differentiated searches in the way you want.
Some of its characteristics:
-Short cues
-Chat rooms
-Support for Skins
- Multilanguage
-Multiple search windows
-File pre-visualization
-Web browser
-Instant message
-Multiple downloads
-DHT system
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Perfect combination: Boss MT-2 Metal zone + tube preamp
I try a combination of this stompbox with my Behringer Tube Preamp MIC200. Wow! I'm totally impressed with the sound! I have to agree most of Boss distortion pedal will sound better with the combination of tube preamp or tube amp.
For me, with this pedal stand-alone, I can't get my preferred guitar sound. I try a combination of this stompbox with my Behringer Tube Preamp MIC200. Wow! I'm totally impressed with the sound! I have to agree most of Boss distortion pedal will sound better with the combination of tube preamp or tube amp.
If you're looking for tube preamp, I suggest to go for Rocktron or Hughes & Kettner. I've tried both and I can say a metaller never regret with them.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Stay away from crap magazines!
Hello to all friends,
What's the point to beg them? They're suck at writing as they will only make your band looks stupid.
I've just arrived at my hometown. I've to settle up few things here but this wouldn't stop me to continue writing in this blog. Maybe I'll stay here for a week.
Erm, there's a friend sent me a message this morning asking for my opinion about a magazine wrote in their latest issue about a band which has now become famous and almost forget about their root, independent scene (underground). Well, actually I don't want to talk much about this thing as I can smell jealousy in that words. It just that, for me there's not much difference between the independent and mainstream scene today and it's up to the band to decide their way and whatever they want to do.
There's nobody else knows better how the band survive and success. It's only the band who knows how much they have invest their money, how hard they promote the band, getting a gig bla bla bla.
I have to agree with some, yes, there are few crap magazines today are actually killing musicians. They write about something which can let the band down. This crap magazines are only looking and searching for mistake without even pin-point the band potential. If you see this kind of mag, just stay away from it. What's the point to beg them? They're suck at writing as they will only make your band looks stupid. Plus, it's it not the press or mag who make the band better, it's the band itself. Stay with what you believe and protect your band. Your band is your family.
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Monday, March 17, 2008
What else a band need to feed everyday? It's exposure! exposure! exposure!
What else a band need to feed everyday? It's exposure! exposure! exposure!
Then, if you're expecting somebody to comment your music, go to other band's blog first and leave your comment about their music. I'm sure you always heard about karma, "If you do good thing to other, they'll do the same to you".
And some of them might be asking, how to expose? Most of you say it's Myspace! What I can say, Myspace is still a Myspace, it's not totally yours. The space for your creativity and exposure are limited. But you still need Myspace and other social networking site to drag more traffic to your blog later. Do I said it's 'blog'? Well, let me start with blogging. Yeah, you can start blogging about your band and music. Don't worry about your writing style. Just do it! Of course in every single things you do, you've to start from the beginning. A kid who learn to ride a bike will ride the bike slowly at first. Same thing with how bad is your writing when you first time holding a pencil or pen to write.
Next, you have to promote your blog. There are 1001 ways to promote your blog. You may start with promote your blog in social networking site like Myspace, friendster or Facebook. Then, try to do a search at Google or Yahoo! for music site where you can post article or submit a link there. Taking this advantage from bigger & high traffic music site is the best way to promote your blog. You'll realize how much traffic will come to your blog.
Opss, before that, you have to make sure at least you've already post about 10 posts or articles. This will ensure your blog visitors don't get bored and simply leave your blog. At the main page of your blog, put at least 5 posts or articles. This is the idea to catch their interest to continue reading at your blog. If you just put 2 or 3 posts then expect them to click at the archive or even category to read more articles, then believe me you will lose most of your readers. Think like this? They're like a new person or client who first time come to your office. Then, of course they don't have the idea where is the toilet, photocopy room, rest room, manager's room bla bla bla. So, when you give them a space to read at least 5 posts in the homepage, they will feel more comfortable in your blog and might willing to discover and read more things in your blog.
Then, if you're expecting somebody to comment your music, go to other band's blog first and leave your comment about their music. I'm sure you always heard about karma, "If you do good thing to other, they'll do the same to you". That's how it works! It's a good idea to leave your blog URL inside the comment or simply asking them to comment back your song at your blog.
Finally, always remember, treat you blog as your new band's home. Take care of it. Decorate it! And provide all the informations and articles that will catch the interest for others to read. He or she might be your next die hard fan!
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Electric Guitar parts
P/s: Photos taken from www.electric-guitars-guide.com
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Build your finger strength and speed with metronome
Today I found a free metronome. You can download it at
www.download3000.com/download_8925.html
Start from slow tempo and slowly increase the speed. Make sure you increase the speed only when you able to play comfortably with the current tempo.
Metronome is a very useful tool to build up your finger strength and speed. You can use it when you practice. Start from slow tempo and slowly increase the speed. Make sure you increase the speed only when you able to play comfortably with the current tempo.
If you want to be a professional or recording musician, download this tool and use it now! It's free!
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
My guitar recording secret
But the only thing that I've been using to record most of my guitar works is by using my magic box, Behringer V-Amp 2.
My setup is simple. From guitar connect to V-Amp 2 then straight to the recording console. I'll record the rhythm part twice in mono and pan the first track to hard left and the second track to hard right. Then, I'll compress the track and EQ if necessary. But usually, I just cut few dBs in mid frequency and give a little boost in low frequency.
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Recording tips: Shure SM57, the most universal mic on planet
Distance between 2 to 6 inches on-axis from the sound source usually produce bright sound. This is the most popular miking technique used by almost every professional audio engineer.
This mic is definitely the most universal mic on planet. It can produce great sound for all recordings especially for guitar, snare, vocals and hi hats.
When using this mic, you have to always use the close miking technique to capture the best sound. Distance between 2 to 6 inches on-axis from the sound source usually produce bright sound. This is the most popular miking technique used by almost every professional audio enginee