Guitar Jam @ Cheers Pub, Tiara Hotel Labuan

Hi all,

Some of you are aware that I play acoustic guitar at Veteran's Cafe (www.vclabuan.blogspot.com) Jam Session on Fridays.

Anyway, a friend of mine, Terence @ Khairul who works at Cheers @ Tiara Hotel has requested me to join his Open Mic Session on Sundays. The session basically gathers all the Labuan guitarists to just jam and have a good time.

Terence, Arman & I were in the Social Page appeared in a local neewspaper, Borneo Post today.

The Caption reads:
"ENJOYING MUSIC...Last Sunday's jam session at the Tiara Hotel Cheers Pub had Labuan Sports Council director, Arman Hj Annuar Tan (left) and Frankie J, an offshore finance officer from EC Trust, twanging away on their guitars and singing the blues, accompanied by resident deejay, Terence (front), beating to the rhythm with a drum box, a simple percussion instrument that is creating a new cool sound in the island.The casual and friendly regular Sunday evening sessions get music and song lovers of all ages and from all walks of life together, to do the thing they enjoy doing - play and sing" - Borneo Post Home/Labuan Happenings page p Monday,April 16,2007.

B'Dazzle in Labuan 2007

(Image is owned by www.popin-labuan.com)

Hi all,

My favorite band is back in Labuan's nightspot, Pop In with a new frontline and supported by the same talented musicians.

The front line singers are Rina, Yan & Natasha.

The musicians are Roslan (lead guitar), Kay (keyboards), Wai (bass) & Jim (drums).

I have featured this band in my past blog at this link.
(http://ibanguy.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html)

I only become a regular at PopIn when B'Dazzle plays there.I went and saw them on their 3rd night yesterday and they have become better than the last time.

They played 4 sets of 45 minutes each.The show starts at 930pm & on a good night it ends at close to 3 am.

The songs they played are from 70s,80s,90s & current hits.The uniqueness of this band is that they rarely plays with a set list.They are very aware of the crowd and they played to the energy from the crowd on any given night.

The other thing is that they have different songs every night and this is very rare in Labuan.It makes those who loves live band music comes to see them almost every night.

The songs that made my day was when they played Muse's hit, Starlight. You can listen to the song when you click the play button in Youtube video below.By the way, if you listen to the song, the drum bit is damn catchy.It has a beat of 1-2-1-3.

The video for Muse's Starlight.

So, don't miss to see B'Dazzle at PopIn when you are in Labuan.You will not regret it.