Eye-opener

Allie and I headed down to Vivo to catch the J-rock Fes.
The last act featured an up-and-coming Visual Kei band from Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, sForzato.
sForzato is slightly out of the norm, as their frontman is a Singaporean - Cedric, Allie's high school classmate.

sForzato's performance was an eye-opener for us.
Their performance was good, and they really engaged the audience.
Unlike most of the other local Jrock bands who looked like they had to stage presence and they had to look at lyrics on their iphone while singing.

Not only were they tight,
all the members were really showy, especially the bassist (whose name I forget).
He kept prancing from his spot to the front, to the right, to the left.
He was prancing about everywhere and they all had their poses even while playing.

But the vibe was good.
They weren't playing to show off their skills,
they didn't overplay and shred for one whole hour.
They were showy, yes,
but it was to give their best performance to the audience.
They were doing it to engage the audience and hype up the crowd rather than for their personal glory.

Now, how many guitarists and drummers do you see here who have that mentality?
Even in LASALLE, at least 90% in the music faculty have that fucking "I'm the best" ego and show off at every opportunity.
Their brilliant technicalities don't impress me,
and their attitude disgusts me.

Alright.
Time to step up the game.
I should stop hiding in my turtle shell and embrace the audience before me.

よーし。
頑張ろう