WOW, we seriously have not updated this in way too long. Our apologies! How is everyone doing?! It’s definitely been hectic the past few months (to put it lightly) but it’s always nice to come back and check in so y’all know what we’ve been up to (and that we’re still alive haha)!

We did a promotional video for PUMA Faas, the new shoe from PUMA that is designed to be more lightweight and streamlined to make you insanely FAAAASSSSTTT! So the video was supposed to show us doing something really really fast as a band, but we figured it’d be too cliched if we just played really fast on our instruments. Alvin came up with the brilliant plan to shove a burger each in our mouths as quickly as we could, so that’s what we did. I’m only shoving half a burger in my mouth cause 1. I’m a girl and 2. I’m not gonna open up a platform for y’all to throw “That’s What She Said” type jokes my way. LOL

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Join them on Facebook here: PUMA FAAS

On a sadder note, we’ve recently left our weekly stint on Power 98 called the Wednesday Brew Crew cause my 1 year part-timer’s contract with them was up.

Right click HERE to listen to a snippet of us doing Rolling In The Deep on our final show as the Wednesday Brew Crew on Power 98.

It was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had, and if the opportunity comes up again, I’d definitely give DJ-ing another shot. Unless you guys majorly oppose to it, then I’ll know for sure why they didn’t renew my contract. hahaha

We’re in the midst of writing for our new album, and it’s really been heartwarming and very encouraging to know that the people who bought Settle The Kettle love it. We’re still getting orders for it on our website http://www.53Aband.com, so if you haven’t gotten it yet, GO GET ONE NOW!!!

Alright, rather than yabbering on about random things, I’m just gonna upload a whole bunch of photos to show y’all what we’ve been doing all year. \m/

53A + SIXX = A whole lotta people in a photo.

The boys in their Nike outfits for our first Nike Goddess Run.

Suited up for a wedding gig.

With our brother band Jack & Rai when we designed Evian tees for charity.

When Bani heard that Megan Fox was married.

Playing our 3rd Beerfest Asia event.

At our soundcheck for Family Day at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

We’re such serious musicians onstage, evidently.

Aren’t we pretty?

Playing at the DBS Remix Blog Party at Scape.

Backstage at Timbre Music Fest at NUS.

Our last show on air as the Wednesday Brew Crew.

Saving the hor douvres for Bani to try when it’s time to break fast at a Levi’s Strauss & Co. show.

Sometimes we take photos of our lovely audience.

Y U NOOO SMILE?!

Even Patrick comes to watch us sing.

Waiting our turn at a School Invasion show.

Ying – The newest addition to the band.

The REAL Alvin, Bani and Wan.

The super happening office people dancing to our music at a corporate event in Sentosa.

Cause we’re all a little mad, sometimes.

Earliest gig we’ve ever played for Nike’s We Run SG.

This is what happens when we wake up at 6.30am for a gig.

The HTC Sensation XE booth with Beats headphones where you could listen to us play live!

At the People’s Association for our rock climbing gig. No, we did not rock climb. We hazzz no muscklezz.

We were kept in a huge HTC phone and made to sing everytime someone called the Big Friendly Giant.

When our Timbre soundmen Asmat and Yaz hijacked my phone.

Power 98′s Halloween party at Cafe Del Mar.

Bani was one of Cleo’s 50 Most Eligible Bachelors.

Newly weds backstage at Timbre Rock & Roots trying to iron our their problems.

With Mang from The Goodfellas who sang “We Should Be Together” with us at Timbre Rock & Roots.

School (Campus) Invasion at NUS.

The Goons.

Playing on the pool deck at Tanjong Beach Club for a charity dinner.

Playing for a fashion show by Daniel Boey at the Volkswaagen GTI’s 35th Birthday event. Stole this off Mr Brown’s blog, thanks for the awesome shot! http://www.mrbrown.com

Gambling at Diageo’s Year End Party at Da Paolo.

Hope you guys have had as much fun in 2011 as we have!

Love,

saleeloo.

We’re gonna be at the new IFLY Singapore on the 18th of June.  Its gonna be a show in conjunction with Mcdonald’s, so expect a fun filled afternoon with us being crazy on stage as always.

53A will be at Beerfest 2011. For all you beer lovers, there are gonna be over 200 beers and a ton of awesome bands playing.  Check out www.beerfestasia.com now for details.

Alvin and Jack from “Jack and Rai” are teaming up to present the little rocker series at the Esplanade outdoors, from 7pm till 1030pm everyday over the weekend.   Check out the future of Singapore’s music with Alvin, Jack and a bunch of awesome, young budding musicians.

The Process.

The general favourite from the album right now is “We Should Be Together”, and I love that song too. The selling point I guess is the fact that it’s a duet between Bani and I, even though we’re not in love (Wan might get jealous), plus the string quartet just makes people wanna cry. I’ve always wanted to write a song that has Bani and I singing an octave apart on the whole song and eventually progress into him doing a screamo thing while I just sing, and WSBT kinda started off as that, then I don’t know how but I think I got a little sappy (and a tad sleepy) and it suddenly started becoming a love song. That’s when I decided that this song needed an extra bit of oomph, so I got the amazing Bang Wenfu to arrange the string parts for us, and Artsylum String Quartet awesome-ly (is that even a term?) agreed to play for us.

We actually did a whole bunch of demo recordings at Alvin’s place before we even did the concert at the Esplanade, and if you listen to the version we recorded it sounds kinda different.

So much has happened since our last entry, but I shan’t go into full detail. (As Alv always likes to remind me, I’m damn naggy.) But what I would like ya’ll to check out is our brand new band Fan Page on Facebook!

*CLICK HERE*

The previous 53A group page on Facebook won’t be deleted, but we’ll be doing all our updates via the new Facebook page, so go check that one out and be a fan if you haven’t already done so!

I’ve developed a slightly unhealthy obsession with Katy Perry in the past year (but no where near as unhealthy as my obsession with Paramore), and hearing that she’s coming for Singfest 2010 has sent a nice little tingle down my spine. Is anyone else going for Singfest this year?

The album cover shot for her new record “Teenage Dream”

*nosebleed* But you know what’s the sad thing? Katy Perry is a kickass songwriter, live performer and all-round musician. Yet, a lot of people don’t recognise her for her talent because all they see is the image that is Katy Perry – cute, sexy, crazy outfits, couple of hit songs. I’ve been spending a lot time searching for her live acoustic shows on Youtube, and about 90% of the comments say stuff like “Wow, didn’t know she can actually play the guitar!”, or “that’s cool, she sings n plays live, always thought she just sang” and a lot of “new found respect for Katy Perry, thought she was just another pretty face who can’t play anything”.

You know how most people spend their 1st of Aprils (aka April Fools’ Day) planning how best to play a prank on their friend/colleague? Well this year I spent mine drinking awesome cocktails with two of my best buds and a really hot French mixologist.

Rozz, Dina and I were invited to attend an event held by Grey Goose, which turned out to be a lesson in the art of making cocktails with Global Grey Goose Brand Ambassador Dimitri Lezinska. Set up a “secret location”, we walked in to find a long white table and a whole stash of Grey Goose Vodka bottles and jugs of mixers all nicely laid out on top.

Grey Goose Vodka, Grey Goose Orange Vodka, and Grey Goose Brand cocktail mixers and utensils.

All around the world, bands are trying to make it big everyday, be it locally or globally. Some bands struggle for years, some have instant success, but I believe that every band has its core group of supporters and followers no matter what. Here in Singapore, we have tons and tons of bands in our music industry, and for some reason we Singaporeans ALWAYS have something to say about each band, be it good or bad. I’m super guilty of this sometimes.

Our music circle is basically broken down into two core groups – the indie bands and the cover bands. Indie bands are those who play only original music (meaning songs they’ve written themselves) and cover bands are those who play songs that are already popular on music charts or on radio. More often than not, music followers in Singapore will choose to follow either group, sometimes sparking heated debates on music forums and blogs about which is better. But the funny thing is, there is hardly any animosity amongst the bands from either side of the spectrum. And quite often, indie bands sometimes try to do covers while cover bands try to make original music as well.

There’re so many indie bands I love like – (click on their names to view their sites)
WEST GRAND BOULEVARD (the sweetest guys ever)


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