The first issue finally materializes.  \m/ I feel like a proud mother hen. Seriously. I cannot stop fussing about SoundSGood. Sorry to all who’ve been exposed to my rantings. Ice cream for everyone!

Anywho, we want to hear your feedback. Drop us an email, leave a comment – anything goes. Promise we won’t bite. If you want to see your favourite local band on our page, let us know. We might work some magic. Who knows?

Not sure if you guys noticed. Our city’s been buzzing with everything F1 for the past few days. Anyone of you went to see cars zooming past you so fast – you don’t even know who’s the driver (well, unless you’re like a total F1 nut lar). Cause honestly, I don’t get it.

Proud mama,
kittystarr

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Recently, there’s a certain ‘festival’ held in a nice place that overlooks a very nice river. I’m not going to mention names but boy was it bad!

For starters, the sound system was very much undesirable.  I can’t hear the bands half the time. Kudos though for letting a Metal band on the stage. But it could have been better, if I can actually hear the vocalist screamed! And what is with muddy guitars? A little appalling, thank you very much.

Speaking of which.. When will we ever have an actual Metal fest? It’s time to raise the horns and let the underground Metal community be heard.

antiXOXO,
MonstARR!

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How do you get your music distributed in Singapore? That’s an age-old question that has been plaguing the local music scene almost like forever.

You’re extremely lucky if a major label decides that your band is financially viable enough to be marketed and distributed. For the rest of us, it’s back to good old DIY. For the uninitiated, DIY means Do It Yourself. Unfortunately, DIY usually means budget packaging or CD-R pressings. Most music stores won’t even sell such endeavors and these CDs usually go to stores like Straits Records, Ignite and such. Some bands even forego making CDs and instead give away their music for free on websites like MySpace.

My question is how long do we have to keep pushing for our local music to be heard here in good old Singapore? The answer is probably forever. Until our mindsets change, until we produce quality music (which we are albeit very slowly), until we stop bickering with each other. Only then, and this is a big maybe, will our music be something to look up to instead of stigmatized.

Mission impossible? Maybe. But I love lost causes.

>> ironhead