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Love Song #1

LifeDemo — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:47:16 +0000

Okay! Another love song ha ha. But this one is on a more happy feel. Sort of a ukelele / bouncy love song as you walk happily in the park with people all around you wearing really bright funky summer attire.

Love Song # 1 by Kay Kastum

Gloria – Merry Christmas 2011

LifeDemo — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:31:45 +0000

My first attempt at making a Christmas song in Bahasa Malaysia.
Merry Christmas everybody. Hope 2011 has been a great year for you. Let’s gear up for 2012!

Gloria-Natal by Kay Kastum

My “Satu Malaysia” theme song

LifeDemo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:39:56 +0000

Recently, the Kementerian Penerangan of Malaysia organized a song writing contest. we were supposed to create a song based on the much popularized ’1 Malaysia’ concept being promoted by our current prime Minister.

It was a good opportunity. I went about finalizing my music since the closing date was initially June 15 2009. I sent the whole material on the 1st of May only to find out online that they have abruptly change the date to 31st May!! Something fishy is really going on man….

Well. Here’s the demo. If I were to win this one, I would have wanted Faizal Tahir to sing it since it has this Rock element to it. I sang this demo myself and as you can see, my voice was struggling to hit the high notes. Lol!

Satu Malaysia

Composed by Kay Stanford Jr Kastum, May 28, 2009

Kita sama sahaja
Walaupun semua berbilang bangsa
Hidup harmoni, berkompromi, kita amali

Pemimpin di hormati
Raja menjadi tunggak tradisi
Keamanan, kestabilan rakyat yang penyayang

Bridge:
Bersatulah rakyat jelata, kita menjadi Satu Suara

Chorus:
Satu Malaysia, Satu Malaysia
Ku rasa bangga, menjadi warga
Negara Malaysia

This is Kaamatan featuring Alvin a.ka. Defoo

LifeDemo — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:15:51 +0000

Kaamatan or Pesta Menuai or if translated in English ‘Harvest Festival’ is here again! What better way then to celebrate it with some song and dance ey?

Speaking of songs, here’s the updated version of my This is Kaamatan song. Previously I recorded it as an ‘acoustic version’. This time I added some other elements to give it a more festive feel and of course a Sabahan ethnic music theme to it too.

This song was recorded in my so called ‘Home Studio’ yesterday. It was one terribly hot Sunday afternoon. Since my recording room doesn’t have an air conditioner, we had to switch off the fans to reduce any unwanted sounds. It is still not studio quality definitely.

I would like to thank Alvin a.k.a Defoo who is also part of the group called Infinatez who took the trouble to come over to do this demo. We even had extra time to record some video footage for this song’s video so stay tuned for that one too!

Lastly, I would like to say Aramai tih! To all people of Sabah and Sarawak who will be celebrating the harvest Festival soon. Have a good one!

Happy Kaamatan!

Download responsibly. That means you can use this and share this as a personal collection. If you make profit out of this and we found out… our bad ass lawyers will ruin your Kaamatan.

Download This is Kaamatan now!

Birthday Song for my sister

LifeDemo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:01:00 +0000

Here’s something I wrote very quickly. Just a simple song with simple musical arrangements. A reggae birthday song for my sister, Dymphna Sandra Kastum. Happy birthday sis. Today’s your new day. Hope to give yo a real gift next round…

Click Here for the Youtube version featuring the Kastum Kousins

It’s been a while now
But can you see how
It doesn’t matter where you are
You have a place here in my heart

So can you tell me
‘to make you happy
I will do anything for you
Do you want me to buy the Zoo??

Happy birthday to my sista
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday oh *’dawta’
Happy birthday to you

*Jamaican, dawta noun: “used by many men to refer to a woman”

It All Comes Down

LifeDemo — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:24:52 +0000

You may notice all my songs are currently related to love. Mostly about pain. Thank God for music, this has been a working therapy for me. You got the drift. Here’s a song me and my band used for our first song during the GBOB. I told you people I will be using this song that I mentioned before but eventually we scrape that one off.

Here it is, “It All Comes Down”, the ‘Acoustic’ version. There’s a Youtube version too where I mix it with our GBOB Video. Click Here for that.

Here it is. Hmmm.. I suspect there may be some grammar issues. Lol!

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She Makes Me go la la la!

LifeDemo — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:03:50 +0000

This is a song inspired by this lovely, charming, beautiful, high spirited girl whom I met a couple of times in the cafe… etc. ..and no , she’s not mine of course. This is a very simple straight forward rock song that talks about a girl that made this guy go bonkers and also about taking chances in life.

Me and the band will be using this song for the upcoming GBOB band contest. By the way this song is not fully completed yet. I was supposed to add more vocal parts towards the end.

Today’s the day
She celebrates her new day
Like the monrning sun
She brings a smile to everyone

She took her shower
And sang to the song of the hour
And when she’s fresh
It’s time to pick her favorite summer dress
She brushes her hair, and now She’s ready!

I’ll go la la la la la
When she’s around me

She walks into the cafe
Sweet perfume in the air
And time stood still
I can’t explain it I think I’ll never will
Girl are you listening
To what I’m sayin’!

Bridge1
So many words so many reasons to think twice
I think I’ll take my chances so let’s see what’s on the dice!

Bridge2
She’ll add some colors to your life
Turn everything to paradise
The way she walks the way she moves
The way she dance into the groove

*Copyright of Kay Stanford Jr Kastum

“Bukan Milik Ku”-My first malay Song Composition

LifeDemo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:17:21 +0000

Here’s a song inspired by personal experience. I was out and about in the city last Monday. I came home late and started writing the lyrics and the basic melody. Completed it finally today. If you listen closely, there’s still some timing issues, pitch etc… well I still need to improve on those department. Funny how you only realize the mistakes after everything has been completed.

Feel free to download. I’m feeling generous today.

For those lonely people out there, hope you find your soul mate.

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The Lyrics

Kaamatan Theme Song, 2008

LifeDemo — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:31:51 +0000

To celebrate the Kaamatan festival or the Harvest Festival of Sabah, Borneo.. I decided to write song for this occasion. A good way to occupy my time since I am having some trouble sleeping anyway. Normally, Kaamatan songs are in Kadazandusun language. Yeah, you guessed it. I don’t speak the language even if it’s my mother tongue. Sad. Anyway, enjoy the acoustic version of this song. It sure took me more than 4 hours. I even went out for dinner with a friend and continued doing this.

The Lyric

THIS IS KAAMATAN

This is Kaamatan, everyone is welcomed
No matter where you are from, we say no problem
This is Kaamatan, everyone is welcomed
And if you try the tapai, you’ll say aramai…tih!

Every year in the month of May
Sabah is the place to stay
Kadazandusun harvest festival
Spirit of ‘bambarayon’ the source of it all

From those days even until now
We will have the Sumazau
A dance as beautiful as an ancient song
To the beat of the instruments that we called gong

‘Unduk Ngadau’ crowns the beauty queen
To honor ‘Huminodun’ sacrificed in her teens
her beauty, grace, strength and bravery
Represents the people who plants the ‘padi’

Download bah

*Prefer audio visual? Check out the Youtube version*

Another Love Song

LifeDemo — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:19:15 +0000

This is a song about a husband who loves his wife. Simple as that. It’s called “Another Love Song”.
This was done late at night last night. I did not make any proper mixing… and I still notice there’s still some pitching issues..oh well, I will find another time to redo this properly.

Oh and yeah.. I finally opened up a MySpace Account