Nominated Best Rock Vocalist
0 Comments Published by Kevin Broken Scar on Friday, December 18, 2009 at 1:02 AM.
It's been a crazy few months but December's been especially crazy as expected, with the holiday season coming up and all. I haven't even had the time to sit down and think of what I want to do for Christmas and New Years and all of a sudden I'm already booked in to do something. It's easier this way anyway, I don't have to think about it. It's not a bad deal at all.
So Broken Scar has played the last show of 2009 at Erin Shay's EP launch and we're looking to do some exciting things in 2010 so keep your eyes and ears peeled!
In the mean time, yours truly has been nominated for an award at VIMA 2010 for Best Rock Vocalist. So please show your support by voting for me at:
http://www.voize.my/awards.php?id=7
Your votes are very much appreciated! Voting will close on 4th January 2010. So keep 'em coming!
So Broken Scar has played the last show of 2009 at Erin Shay's EP launch and we're looking to do some exciting things in 2010 so keep your eyes and ears peeled!
In the mean time, yours truly has been nominated for an award at VIMA 2010 for Best Rock Vocalist. So please show your support by voting for me at:
http://www.voize.my/awards.php?id=7
Your votes are very much appreciated! Voting will close on 4th January 2010. So keep 'em coming!
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
The Boy Wants To Play The Blues
0 Comments Published by Kevin Broken Scar on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 9:53 PM.
See what happens when I play the guitar all day. I just love playing the blues over two chords on my Strat!
They say that tone comes from the fingers, what does this mean? I've got a torn tone? :)
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Do I Look Pale?
0 Comments Published by Kevin Broken Scar on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 6:07 PM.
I've been sick for the past three days which is quite refreshing actually. It's nature's way of telling me to slow down a bit, rest up and give my body a break. The funny thing though is usually when I fall sick, I don't look it. I could look perfectly normal on the outside when in actual fact my body is just caving in and pretty much in pain. This can be a bit frustrating because everyone around me thinks I am fine and I might be faking it. I had to cop a lot of flak especially when I was in school. My parents used to think I was faking it to ditch a couple of days of school. I guess everyone is different and some people are more prone to getting sick while others can go for years without even getting a cold. Oh well, I guess that's my story eh?
Anyway, looking on the bright side, being sick just gives me a chance to relax and recuperate before the gig on Sunday with Erin Shay. So all is good.
Anyway, looking on the bright side, being sick just gives me a chance to relax and recuperate before the gig on Sunday with Erin Shay. So all is good.
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
You know what's worse than those annoying spam emails that end up in your spam box asking if you want to enlarge your manhood to please your woman longer or those that try to sell you cheap "genuine" Rolex watches? Paying to advertise for companies. Yes, that's right.
Think about it. Everyone wears t-shirts right? What are you doing when you buy an expensive branded t-shirt with their large logo printed on it? You're actually waving it around like a flag for the already well-known and established brand, for free! Worse still, they took your hard-earned money to advertise for them!
So if you're going to wear t-shirts that advertise something anyway, why not wear band t-shirts and get bands' names out there? If you've got a favourite band, buy their merchandise. They're way cheaper than any of the made in China crap out there anyway and they're high quality. It's even better if it's an independent band. That's one way you can support them. It supports a whole industry really, the musicians make some money from merch to tour and make music, artists and graphic designers get work to design those awesome t-shirts and the printing industry is kept healthy by producing the merch.
Think about it.
Think about it. Everyone wears t-shirts right? What are you doing when you buy an expensive branded t-shirt with their large logo printed on it? You're actually waving it around like a flag for the already well-known and established brand, for free! Worse still, they took your hard-earned money to advertise for them!
So if you're going to wear t-shirts that advertise something anyway, why not wear band t-shirts and get bands' names out there? If you've got a favourite band, buy their merchandise. They're way cheaper than any of the made in China crap out there anyway and they're high quality. It's even better if it's an independent band. That's one way you can support them. It supports a whole industry really, the musicians make some money from merch to tour and make music, artists and graphic designers get work to design those awesome t-shirts and the printing industry is kept healthy by producing the merch.
Think about it.
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Broken Scar Rocks Out Acoustic Style @ Erin Shay's EP Launch
0 Comments Published by Kevin Broken Scar on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 9:00 AM.
That's right boys and girls, it'll be anything but mellow. It's a good reason to hang out on a Sunday evening too!
Sunday 29th November @ The Curtin Hotel Bandroom
29 Lygon St, Carlton
Doors open at 6pm.
Pre-sale tickets: $10
Tickets at the door: $12
EVERYONE GETS AN ERIN SHAY E.P. FOR FREE UPON ENTRY!!!
Email me at: brokenscarmail@gmail.com to purchase your pre-sale ticket at $10 each.
Thanks heaps guys!
Kevin Broken Scar
Sunday 29th November @ The Curtin Hotel Bandroom
29 Lygon St, Carlton
Doors open at 6pm.
Pre-sale tickets: $10
Tickets at the door: $12
EVERYONE GETS AN ERIN SHAY E.P. FOR FREE UPON ENTRY!!!
Email me at: brokenscarmail@gmail.com to purchase your pre-sale ticket at $10 each.
Thanks heaps guys!
Kevin Broken Scar
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: Broken Scar Gigs
Today's Google logo is cool! Now I feel like getting a cookie monster collectible. I've been quite obsessed with collecting things lately. I've always been collecting things but nothing that is really of great value. When I bought my Transformers Generation One toys, I planned to keep them mint in the box but I thought, what the heck, I never really got to play with them when I was a kid so I ripped them out of the box and played with them. That move just took away any value the toys had. Unless you wanna consider having them pre-loved by Kevin Broken Scar to have value.
It's like collecting guitars. I want to be a guitar collector that plays all my guitars and not just having them on display, unless I have so many I can't get through them all. That would be nice too. Having more guitars than I can play. That's the dream!
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
The disadvantage of living in an apartment is when inspiration sparks at night, I can't do much about it. We're not even talking about the middle of the night or the wee hours of the morning, just plain, 11pm.
In my family house, whenever inspiration hit me, even in my sleep, I'd jump right out of bed, grab the guitar, hit record and belt it out. I'd like to think that my house was sound proof but it wasn't. The neighbours didn't seem to care though and they weren't as petty as the ones I have here in this apartment building.
A few weeks ago, Tjin, Julian and myself were rehearsing in the apartment for our acoustic sets for The Limelight and The Precinct when someone buzzed me from the intercom. I was like, "hmm..we're not expecting anyone, why the heck is my intercom ringing?". I picked up the handset and a voice from the other end said, "could you do us a favour and turn down your music?". Turn down our music? Are you kidding me? We weren't even playing our music half as loud as some of the neighbours that blast techno in the middle of the night, rattling and rumbling the walls!
We were playing acoustic for crying out loud! Me on acoustic guitar, Julian on bass through my tiny Orange amp which isn't even meant to reproduce bass for a bass guitar and Tjin on clean electric guitar through the standard TV speakers (yes, very innovative indeed, Tjin's amp was the TV). To top it all off, the call came at 8pm. You gotta be kidding me right? But hey, we're a co-operative bunch of guys so we finished up what we had to do for rehearsal and "turned it down".
Today, fortunately though, inspiration hit a bit early so I managed to sit down and record a whole guitar part and a heap of vocals. I was pleasantly surprised with the results especially when the song is still so raw and the lyrics weren't even written. I'm treating this as a slightly better version of recording an idea then I'm going to strip it all apart and re-record it as a proper demo. This should be fun. Now, when would be a good time?
In my family house, whenever inspiration hit me, even in my sleep, I'd jump right out of bed, grab the guitar, hit record and belt it out. I'd like to think that my house was sound proof but it wasn't. The neighbours didn't seem to care though and they weren't as petty as the ones I have here in this apartment building.
A few weeks ago, Tjin, Julian and myself were rehearsing in the apartment for our acoustic sets for The Limelight and The Precinct when someone buzzed me from the intercom. I was like, "hmm..we're not expecting anyone, why the heck is my intercom ringing?". I picked up the handset and a voice from the other end said, "could you do us a favour and turn down your music?". Turn down our music? Are you kidding me? We weren't even playing our music half as loud as some of the neighbours that blast techno in the middle of the night, rattling and rumbling the walls!
We were playing acoustic for crying out loud! Me on acoustic guitar, Julian on bass through my tiny Orange amp which isn't even meant to reproduce bass for a bass guitar and Tjin on clean electric guitar through the standard TV speakers (yes, very innovative indeed, Tjin's amp was the TV). To top it all off, the call came at 8pm. You gotta be kidding me right? But hey, we're a co-operative bunch of guys so we finished up what we had to do for rehearsal and "turned it down".
Today, fortunately though, inspiration hit a bit early so I managed to sit down and record a whole guitar part and a heap of vocals. I was pleasantly surprised with the results especially when the song is still so raw and the lyrics weren't even written. I'm treating this as a slightly better version of recording an idea then I'm going to strip it all apart and re-record it as a proper demo. This should be fun. Now, when would be a good time?
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: The Limelight, The Precinct
Thanks to everyone who rocked up at The Precinct and The Limelight's 1st Birthday shows a few Thursdays ago. It was heaps of fun stripping it down and re-arranging the old songs as well as unveiling a brand new one. You guys were amazing, singing along to our songs. You guys really made it happen for us. We even got an encore at The Precinct which was totally unplanned and it's the spontaneous things that keep things interesting. I think the best part of it all was hanging out after the shows. So, high fives all around!
We've got some exciting plans coming up but I think it will be a bit premature to announce them right now so you got to check this space for updates as they come.
On a more personal note, I've been scouting out specifically for valve guitar amps that I can afford and in the middle of it all, I developed a massive crush on Fender Mustangs! I haven't fallen in love with them like I did with Strats, but I'm afraid it's only a matter of time.
A second hand '65 Mustang reissue is abour AUD$1300 here but a new one in the states only retails less than USD$1000. Insane!
We've got some exciting plans coming up but I think it will be a bit premature to announce them right now so you got to check this space for updates as they come.
On a more personal note, I've been scouting out specifically for valve guitar amps that I can afford and in the middle of it all, I developed a massive crush on Fender Mustangs! I haven't fallen in love with them like I did with Strats, but I'm afraid it's only a matter of time.
A second hand '65 Mustang reissue is abour AUD$1300 here but a new one in the states only retails less than USD$1000. Insane!
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: Broken Scar Gigs, Fender Mustang
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Broken Scar Live @ The Limelight @ Miss Libertine
0 Comments Published by Kevin Broken Scar on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 6:04 PM.
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: Broken Scar Gigs
I can't believe there's a part two to this story of my hoodie but it just needs to be said. My hoodie just doesn't feel as good any more. I should have hand-washed it instead of chucking it in the washing machine. Oh well, lesson learnt. Buy six of the same hoodies next time!
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
