B-Quartet needs your help!

With the release of their 2nd album conformity has replaced consciousness coming up, the newly 6-men B-Quartet needs your help. The numerically enlarged rock act is looking at developing an interactive video for one of their songs ‘a dull taste on my tongue’ which can be heard on their MySpace page.

You can help them out! And this is how it is going to go down.

1) Write in to us.

2) The song and the lyrics will be sent to you.

3) Pick your favourite line in the song.

4) Write it on a cardboard/ paper.

5) Shoot a 5 – 10 second clip of yourself holding up the cardboard/ paper. You can lip-sync to the tune if you want to. If you are camera-shy, get your girlfriend/boyfriend/dog/grandma to do it on your behalf. However, if you want to do something totally different, it’s really up to you!

6) Send the footage back to us in any format. Please give us your full name, contact details and T-shirt size.

7) We will edit down all the footage into a video.

8) And YOU will get credit for your segment!

Deadline for submission of footage would be Thursday 8 April 2010.

In addition, the band will pick their favourite entry.

And the winner will get 1 ticket to the album launch (on Sunday 11 April 2010), 1 limited edition B-Quartet T-shirt and 1 copy of conformity has replaced consciousness.

Underground weekend

+65 Indie Weekend
Friday, April 9 to Sunday, April 11
Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Free!

April 9: Amterible (7:30pm), The Return (8:45pm), The Marilyns (10pm)

April 10: Amateur Takes Control (7:30pm), The Oddfellows (8:45pm), I Am David Sparkle (10pm)

April 11: A Vacant Affair (7:30pm), Livonia (8:45pm)

Wedding Pop!

Getting married? You bet!

If you're on Facebook, get more info here!

Wedding Pop
March 27, 8pm
The Riverwalk #B1-01, 20 Upper Circular Road

Bands: Midnight Marvel, Etc., Livonia, TypeWriter

Free entry before 9pm
After 9pm: $12 (includes one drink)

All proceeds will be donated to the charity organization, H.O.M.E..

Note: Management of Home Club is not permitted to admit under-18s.

Gibson Guitar iPhone App Ranked #1

Only a few days ago Gibson Guitar, the world’s premiere musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology, released the highly anticipated Gibson Guitar App and has witnessed an unprecedented response to its release. With well over 100,000 downloads in the first few days, the recently released Gibson Guitar App is currently ranked as Apple’s # 1 Top Free App in the Music category, passing the ever-popular Pandora App to take the #1 spot. With the continued surge of interest from music enthusiasts the Gibson Guitar App continues to climb and is currently ranked 15th overall for Apple’s Top Free Apps.

The free to download Gibson Guitar App is available exclusively for all Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users directly from the Apple App Store. Over the past two years over 3 Billion Apps have been downloaded around the world; the Gibson Guitar App cements Gibson’s reputation as the industry’s leader in innovation and music technology.

Sammy Hagar

The Gibson Guitar App includes a number of special features, such as a traditional chromatic tuner which starts in “All Notes” mode that tracks whatever is played. Owners of the App can choose a tuning on the “Mode” page so the tuner will only track notes for that particular tuning. Also included is a standard chromatic tuner, a simple tuner which allows less advanced users to tune to Standard tuning Open G, Open D etc by touching the key. For iPhone users, the Gibson headstock inlay will automatically change color indicating if the string is sharp, flat or in tune. For iPod Touch users they can turn the “Play Notes” option on so they can hear the appropriate tuning since they do not have a microphone facility.

The Gibson app also features a standard metronome that allows users to choose a specific BPM or tap the screen three times to automatically set the tempo. Other key features of the app include over 30 chord charts with finger markings to help the user with mastering the chord. For those who prefer to learn new guitar riffs, licks or chord sequences via video tuition can now have that option from their Gibson App. The app will be updated frequently with new video content so users of all guitar ability can improve their technique from the comfort of their home.

For those who want to keep up with everything Gibson Guitar related including the announcement of new products, artist activity, news stories, interesting and factual features, exclusive contests and special events to name a few can now do this via the Gibson.com option. By popular demand the Gibson Guitar App is a multi-purpose and fully interactive guitar application which can be used at home, on the road or in the Studio. It’s a must have for guitarists and music enthusiasts of all ability and style, and best of all its free.

SG goes SXSW

Update from Ben Harrison:

Hello hello wherever you are. This is a reminder that Friday 5 March is the day of BLAZING SADDLES. We also saw it happily referred to as BLAZZIN SADDERS! It's a gig to raise funds for PINHOLES' trip to Texas where the merry gentlemen are set to play in Austin as part of the SXSW Festival.

Knowing how PINHOLES are pals w/ so many luminaries of Singapore music it's an honour they should call on Etc to play their pre-Texas bash. Also on the bill: THE LOST HAT and THE REJEKS.

... and it says something about 'SPECIAL GUESTS'. One can only imagine who these might be. Etc is interested to find out. Maybe they mean *YOU*. Makes sense because *we* think you're special. Really...

Anyway, the Facebook event page for it is at:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=356649431154