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Responsorial Psalm for 5th Sunday of Easter, 2008

LifeDemo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:03:51 +0000

I was on leave for 2 days for some good reason. Done this whole afternoon and still I have some pitch and timing issue. Oh well, I’m exhausted. Couldn’t afford anymore takes for the vocal parts..

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Response : May Your Love Be Upon Us, O Lord,
As We Place All Our Hope In You.

1. Ring Out Your Joy To The Lord, O You Just;
For The Praise Is Fitting For Loyal Hearts.
Give Thanks To The Lord Upon The Harp,
With a Ten-Stringed Lute Sing Him Songs. ( R )

2. For The Word Of The Lord Is Faithful
And All His Works To Be Trusted.
The Lord Loves Justice And Right
And Fills The Earth With His Love: ( R )

3. The Lord Looks On Those Who Revere Him,
On Those Who Hope In His Love,
To Rescue Their Souls From Death,
To Keep Them Alive In Famine. ( R )

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

Psalm 22 for this Sunday, 2 march 2008

LifeDemo — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:25:40 +0000

Here’s the Psalm for this coming Sunday. Just got it done. Wow. It’s like 1 am now. I really haven’t had proper sleep this week. Well, here it is folks.

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The Lord Is My Shepherd
There is Nothing I shall Want

The Lord is my shepherd;
There is nothing I shall want.
Fresh and green are the pastures
Where he gives me repose
Near restful waters he leads me
to revive my drooping spirit

He guides me along the right path
He is true to his name
If I should walk in the Valley of darkness
No evil would I fear
You are there with your crook and your staff
with these you give me comfort

You have prepared a banquet for me
in the sight of my foes
My head you have anointed with oil
my cup is overflowing

Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me
all the days of my life
In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell
for ever and ever

She Doesn’t Love You Anymore

LifeDemo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:56:48 +0000

Here’s a continuation from my acoustic guitar version of She Doesn’t Love You Anymore. There should be more parts added but I’m still experimenting. I am still a long way from doing a proper mix and mastering. Everything is done by ear. No mathematic formula whatsoever. For those of you who are lonely this Valentine’s day, I dedicate this song to you.

4th Sunday in Ordinary Times-Responsorial Psalm for 03 February 2008

LifeDemo — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:27:04 +0000

As usual I had to do this last minute. I just did the Psalm last Sunday. Looks like I have to do it this week too.
The music backup here is all created using my new Yamaha PSR E403 electronic keyboard.

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HOW HAPPY ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT;THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

IT IS THE LORD WHO KEEPS FAITH FOR EVER,
WHO IS JUST TO THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED.
IT IS HE WHO GIVES BREAD TO THE HUNGRY,
THE LORD, WHO SETS PRISONERS FREE

IT IS THE LORD WHO GIVES SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
WHO RAISES UP THOSE WHO ARE BOWED DOWN,
THE LORD, WHO PROTECTS THE STRANGER
AND UPHOLDS THE WIDOW AND ORPHANED

IT IS THE LORD WHO LOVES THE JUST
BUT THWARTS THE PATH OF THE WICKED.
THE LORD WILL REIGN FOREVER,
ZION’S GOD, FROM AGE TO AGE

3rd Sunday of Ordinary Times-Responsorial Psalm for 27 January 2008

LifeDemo — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:55:07 +0000

Here’s something I have done previously. I changed the melody to give it a different feel.

THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY HELP

THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY HELP;
WHOM SHAL I FEAR?
THE LORD IS THE STRONGHOLD OF MY LIFE;
BEFORE WHOM SHALL I SHRINK? (R)

THERE IS ONE THING I ASK OF THE LORD,
FOR THIS I LONG,
TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,
ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE;
TO SAVOUR THE SWEETNESS OF THE LORD,
TO BEHOLD HIS TEMPLE. (R)

I AM SURE I SHALL SEE THE LORD’S GOODNESS
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.
HOPE IN HIM, HOLD FIRM AND TAKE HEART,
HOPE IN THE LORD! (R)

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My Christmas performance jam session

LifeDemo — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:10:32 +0000

My band who are church choir members as well will be performing for our church’s upcoming Christmas children’s party. It is meant for kids from homes from around Kualal Lumpur and Petalilng Jaya of Malaysia. We are just one of the performances lined out for on that day. It’s happening this weekend.

Here are some of the practice sessions we had that I recorded. I know, there is still so much to improve. By the way the sound balance of the instruments are terrible since it’s a direct take from the mixer. Enjoy..or maybe not.

Angels we have heard on high

Do you hear what I hear

We Three Kings

Psalm 32, popular for weddings

LifeDemo — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:30:06 +0000

Recorded the first responsorial psalm with my new acoustic guitar. She seems to be enjoying herself doing recordings. Hope to have more experience together in the future with her. This is taken from Psalm 32. A friends wedding is coming up today so I made this tune about 3 days ago. Recorded the last bit last night. Since I was in my in-laws place, I did not bring my microphone pop-filter, instead I used a T-shirt for the job!
The church at my place decided that all psalms recital had to be done at the altar so for this one I made a minus one cd as backup music instead of the usual live playing. (Hope nothing goes wrong with the sound system)
Here it is, Psalm 32, one of the favourite psalms for weddings.

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The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord

They are happy, whose God is the Lord,
the people he has chosen as his own.
The Lord looks on those who revere him,
on those who hope in his love.

Our soul is waiting for the Lord.
The Lord is our help and our shield.
In him do our hearts find joy.
We trust in his holy name.

May your love be upon us, O Lord,
as we place all our hope in you

She Doesn’t Love You Anymore-(Short Acoustic Version)

LifeDemo — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:56:06 +0000

Here’s a song I’ve written about love. More like love that does not exist anymore caused by reality of life. It was written about a month back. Never really had a chance to do a demo with all the elements: drums, electric guitar etc.

I did this one today around two hours before going off for work. I used my new (cheap) Vietnamese handmade guitar. I just had the feeling that I had to do it at that point of time. I was having a terrible flu too. Somehow I felt more energized singing while having flu for some strange reason?? I also recorded this in my apartment living room. It was raining and there was a fan blowing at me. My Pekingese dog was also making some noise at the end if you are sharp enough!

Here it is, ‘She Doesn’t Love You Anymore’, the short version in acoustic guitar.

33rd Sunday in ordinary time year C Psalm 97:5-9

LifeDemo — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:13:07 +0000

I tried something new for this one. Actually I did not have a guitar with me at the time. So I have to do it with just my voice. There were so many layers of vocal tracks I got confused!

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The Lord Comes To Rule, The Peoples With Fairness

Sing Psalms to the Lord with the harp
with the sound of music
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
acclaim the King, the Lord

Let the sea and all within it, thunder
the world, and all its peoples.
Let the rivers clap their hands
and the hills ring out their joy
at the presence of the Lord

For the Lord comes
He comes to rule the Earth
He will rule the world with justice
and the peoples with fairness