Ama and Laura's conversation

[Laura Chow]

I'm 13 days late to reply.... grrr, somehow I can never get my butt to get here.. all I could have time to was to check my myspace and then boom.. I gotta go. I use to have so much time for boards and stuffs.. now I don't know where the hell the time went! urgh, I'm so frustrated!

Ok.. time to reply. May 18th.. I'm still not too late to wish you all the best! hopefully that won't jinx it. *crosses fingers* I hope you do well.. I'm not a huge fan of physics either but I love math so I guess that's okay with me. I'm not taking physics however (I admire people who do! like you! ) I'm taking Chemistry. It's already driving me up the wall! Biology's a piece of cake, I love it!

My exams are coming a day after yours. Mine's on the 19th. It's the final exam for the year.. the exam that proves how good you are and if you haven't been good, it'll pull your grades down real low. I'd hate to see that coz I've been slacking for the past month. My projects were never finished and boy.. the situation were just tough. I don't know what I got in Chemistry but I really really hope that the teacher's gonna give a fairly easy test so I could at least pass the freakin' thing to get at least a B in the class. I'm not aiming for straight A's now coz I procrastinated too much.

The band thing is frustrating me.. I'm feeling more uncomfortable than ever having Z over there. Urgh. Things were cleared up before and then it came back. Totally driving me nuts. I'm not doing anything extra other than playing with the band anymore.. like the service that I have to go tomorrow coz they want me to sing for Mother's day. Actually, it's sort of my fault too coz I asked them about it. *sigh* after tomorrow, it'll be the end of it.

I'm frustrated at myself too lately.. well, more like the situation and people around me. I get so pissed off some days that I don't wanna do anything except sit down and listen to my ipod. I swear there wasn't anything that I wanted to do.. not even watch tv. *sigh* why the hell do people wanna do this to me.. what did I do wrong?

I'm trying to write lately.. I'm really trying to write but I'm caught in between writing a punk rock song and a pop/folk song like KT Tunstall. sigh... I've been playing a lot of Paramore which is punk rock music and screamings.. then have been mellowing down coz punk rock is just way too noisy and loud. Then I finally got my butt to listen to KT Tunstall and really pay attention. Whoa, I love her lyrics! really really talented. Michelle ranks no. 2 now. KT totally took it over. Her skills of recording playback sounds during a live show = Amazing!! I saw her live show on Network Live (you can watch that online.. networklive.com or something like that) Check the show out.. it's totally amazing.

So, yup.. tomorrow I'll be playing at the service.. then after that, as they eat, I'm gonna be listening to music and try to write. I don't know if the chit-chattering in the background will distract or disturb me but I'm gonna try.

I love the pic idea and I've got more stuffs to make for you now coz I got J's birthday gift and saw a column from you. I wuff it! man.. I feel so special that day I couldn't hold back my smile! lol.

k, I'm gonna check back here regularly.. I gotta come back tomorrow.. the longest I could go away is 3 days.. *mental note*

take care Ama.. I wuff you.

[Ama]

haha hey honey! *rocks out to the wreckers*

You cannot seriously mean you like KT better than Michelle? Yeah, I've heard some of her lyrics, an no honey - they don't even compare to Michelle. I don't think I'll ever take her down from the throne. Rain is such an amazing track. I keep comparing other female artists to her, and to me no one can reach up to her level. I don't idolize her or act all crazy like I feel many TW, MB and JH fans do, but she's made TOO many songs that I WISH I could've made.

I'm glad you felt special because you are. I never heard what you thought about the CD I sent you? I won't be offended if ya didn't like it *lol* I just wanted you to have it because I think it's so great.

I think I will PM you now, because I don't want to post what I'm gonna say right now on a messageboard.

[Laura Chow]

No doubt Michelle is one of the best songwriters out there.. she's phenomenal. KT has her own style too. The only thing that's different is she likes to play her guitar in mute mode and her voice is husky. She's special. I like her style.

I just saw The Wreckers on CDUsa. They're pretty good. Seeing them together again and everything.. it's pretty weird coz the people there in the audiences are crazy people who jumps around and stuffs like that. Well, they're on TV.. even if they don't like the music.. they'd still have to do something so that it wouldn't be that boring. They did great.

Oh okay.... about the CD.. I think I've talked about it in the PM I sent you just now (actually I typed it last week, I replied your PM but the internet connection won't let me through so I had to save it on Word). The CD is different. The letters are different and it's just crazy! It's very unique is what I'd say. It's not country but it has mandolin in it.. if I say it's pop.. it doesn't lean that much there. I put it as Pop/Folk on my iTunes after 20 minutes of listening and trying to figure out which genre I'm going to put them in. I think it's a combination of folk/acoustic/country... just a little bit of everything. What do you think?

Ok.. all of a sudden, I'm so sleepy.. my eyes are heavy. Probably the finals that are killing me!! Tomorrow's my last day so after that, I'll have dsl coz I asked my mum to order it. I'll place the order right away and hopefully it'll arrive fast in the mail so I can quickly get fast internet to play with.

wuff you honey. take care.

[Ama]

Yeah, Marit's CD is labeled pop-folk by most people.. even herself I think. And no, you didn't mention it in the PM you lasanga! Check your PMs!

Did you pick up the wreckers' album? I finally bought it today - a norwegian CD store seems to have imported it, so I bought it! yay.. I'll have it in 6 days. I can't wait! (I have of course heard the entire thing, but I want to watch the DVD!)

[Laura Chow]

You've heard the whole thing already? What's the surprise then? lol. No, I haven't bought it yet. I'm broke apparently.. so until I get paid.. which is like 2 weeks from now, then I'll be able to get it. I was going to use my mum's credit card for the online one where you get autographed CDs but after that, life was just hectic so when I got back, the pre-sale already closed. Sucks but oh well. I'm definitely going to see them live so I'll get it signed there!

Alright alright.. I'm excited about your new PM. READ IT READ IT READ IT!! lol. I'm back.. like quick!! lol. Yesterday I was here and today, I decided to come coz technically I'm out of school and what's more to do then checking replies from my lovely friend right? Your PMs are really important.

I'm gonna tell you a couple of stories and perhaps.. you could help me write the lyrics. I haven't written in 8 months now.. I think I've lost a little touch on words. I have to meditate now.. since it's the summer already and I'll have all the time I need. I need to start brushing up some old songs of mine and some songs that never got to be completed.

waiting.

[Ama]

OOOOH! STORIES!!!

I'd love that. The last song I wrote based on someone else's story was "You Better Not Run" and that's one of my favourite songs (by me.) .. so hit me with those stories.

And check your PMs!

I was surprised when I heard the album the first time I buy the album as an import because I want the DVD version - AND because I am a firm believer in BUYING the music I like. *nods* Anything else would be hypocritical of me when I get to release MY CDs (hopefully) lol.

[Laura Chow]

I'm listening to it.

I love how the drums are so constant. So ACOUSTIC!!

I wuff it!!!

okay, let me go to my own "Good Intensions" world k?? ;D

[Ama]

Alright, sorry about not sending you the files yesterday but since we finished the first leg of the exams and the weather was strikingly beautiful, we decided to go out for a few beers and some grilled hot dogs *sigh*

I've played a little today and I managed to fix the lyrics and the song is done now. You're still free to change a few words if you'd like.

I'll see if I get the recording done today, but I doubt it because I have plans later on.. Tomorrow I have another song I need to get recorded to a drum beat and send away to someone else (to play with - trying to put some strings on it to see how it sounds) so maybe I'll get them both done then.

Hang in there! Lol.

[Laura Chow]

No problem.. I'll try and hang in here.
I need to tell you the stories. Maybe I'll type it out in a blog style and send it to you to read. It'll probably take a couple of hours lol but take your time though.. I know you're busy with your own stuffs and I hate to put on more pressure or work on people.

I'll be waiting patiently.

[Ama]

please, don't worry about me not having the time because I'm always working on music and the faster I get it the faster you'll get the song back. I don't guarantee that I'll be able to write anything or that it'll be anything you like, but I really want to give it a shot.

The first two weeks of June are gonna be pretty busy - I'll probably spend a lot of time with a couple of friends jamming and doing studiowork this weekend (Thursday through Saturday) and then on Tuesday I'll be leaving with my class for a biology excursion and then on the 12th or the 13th I have my final exam so in between all that I need to find time to memorize species of plants and bugs and animals and learn their placement in the systematic context.. really not a lot of fun, but I hope to pass that exam - I'd HATE to fail it.

But, what I mean to say is - if I have the story in the back of my mind it's much more probable that I'll come up with a great line or two to start the song off. That's what happened with You Better Not Run, which is a song I luff!