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NEWS NEW music page for Blizzard of Sound, formerly Band of Asians. With revised information and free mp3 files of Blizzard of Sound music.
www.SoundClick.com/BlizzardOfSound
This music page for Band of Asians will NO longer be updated with NEW information or music as I came to believe, it was wrong for me to just call my solo project as an Internet musician "Band of Asians" when I'm actually the ONLY original band member and musician left. So I decided, to change the bandname to "Blizzard of Sound" and do a reconstruction of the music.
» go to the music page for more
DJ Audio Rage (the Band of Asians). Electronic Musicians. "Computer' GRUNGE Garage Band. Music is my hobby. Not just that, I am a musician who plays 5 musical instruments I got bargain price at Guitar Center plus other music stores and I played in 4 local bands in the local Bay Area music industry and community since 2000. I am 22 years old and I am a Taiwanese-American musician going to college at City College, later on being California State University to get my college degree if I get my application accepted. Considering the amount of BAD grades I got on my high school and college transcripts. Musician, first. And individual, second. Music means so much to me that's why I pretty much create music. There were days and weeks where I spent one FULL day sitting at home eating Chinese food and drinking beer in my workshop focusing on composing music. I am an individual, I starve for attention and is greedy for RESPECT. I've gone through a lot in my personal life and the diaries become context in many of my songs for Band of Asians. I can say I have strengths and weaknesses as a musician and individual but I rather not take anything personally. I play guitar mostly. But I also know how to play bass, keyboards and harmonica. I dream of LIFE as living one day at a time. I worked at Tower Records and Comic Books Club in the City when I was a teenager. I got music school education at Vibo Music Center and at City College to play and create music better. And I play PlayStation 2 and XBox video games USED copies from GameStop.

So much for earning appreciation and respect from other people. I feel Band of Asians music is sadly underappreciated but still the MUSIC I created can be unique and creative. I will continue Band of Asians no matter what challenge gets in my personal life even when playing a musical instrument in another local band with musician friends again. So much for respect. But unfortunately, Band of Asians broke up recently due to a dispute with "Drummer Who Shalt Not be Named" over a personal battle.

Band of Asians. MUSIC of Internet musicians on Computers, Guitars and Electronics. Community College teenagers from City College of San Francisco and SF State University (Patrick). Manufactured Grunge Band by Patrick's BEST friend and Electronic Musician, Zack Huang.

Band of Asians RELATED Websites:

Patrick Lew (Music Websites) - www.soundclick.com/blizzardofsound / www.myspace.com/bandofasians / www.soundclick.com/djaudiorage

Eddie Blackburn (Music Websites) - www.soundclick.com/eddieblackburnwithshawn

Cory Gaitan (Music Websites) - www.soundclick.com/powertripSF / www.myspace.com/stillaf***enfreak

I'm 23 years old. I am an Internet musician who CREATES my music in my solo project Blizzard of Sound. Since going to Music School at age 14 in 2000, I've had a career occupation as an Internet musician playing Guitar in a variety of local Garage Bands in Daly City and San Francisco. I went to community colleges at City College of San Francisco and Skyline College. Music is my hobby. Other than Video Games, Wrestling and Reading. I will go to SF State University in Fall 2008 studying Digital Audio for Musicians. This Band of Asians music page is a TRIBUTE to what I think is my BEST musical project I've done music in. This Band of Asians music page is a TRIBUTE to this Manufactured Grunge Band from my school, and this Band of Asians music page also is dedicated to MUSIC I had created at Band in the Box Studios for Band of Asians but were mostly "Patrick Lew" Blizzard of Sound musical work than Band of Asians with little collaboration from the OTHER musicians from the Band of Asians. I worked at Tower Records, GameStop and a comic book store as a teenager. And I purchased all my musical equipment and guitars at Guitar Center and my former music school Vibo Music Center. Which also is a music store that sells musical instruments! Enjoy!

Let me tell you about Band of Asians and I. Perhaps this will make you understand everything that goes on in a Band of Asians recording session.
Step 1: The former band members in Band of Asians (Eddie, Dave or Cory) call my cell phone and we talk about recording music and future plans for the Band of Asians. If I am not there to answer their phone calls or text messages. Because I was too busy with high school, college or my OWN solo project Blizzard of Sound. Not to mention love & romance with bi***y former girlfriends. They send me a message or email on that f***ing popular social-networking website MySpace.com and we say, "Hey! We should go to Patrick or Eddie's house to record some music and jam."
Step 2: The messages, emails and phone calls goes something like: "Hey we should record...", "Yeah! Let's do it shall we?" And since we don't drive, we take public transportation like MUNI and BART to bring our Keyboards, Guitars and OTHER musical instruments we got at the music store like Guitar Center or Computer USA. Maybe sometimes we USE a musical instrument from Best Buy.
Step 3: Patrick always meets up his former bandmates at a BART subway station or vice versa. Sometimes, the other Internet musicians go straight to my house.
Step 4: We greet each other and act silly. At the house where the home recording studio is! We usually take a 45 minute break to grab lunch at a Fast Food Restaurant or play video games I purchased at EB Games or GameStop on PlayStation 2 or XBox. Right before we jam or record. We also sometimes check our sh*** on the Internet through my OLD computer such as emails and messages on Facebook or MySpace.
Step 5: Patrick and his former bandmates jam on their musical instruments before getting IDEAS for songs. After the fragments turn into a product, Patrick says "Record?"
Step 6: We be respectful towards Patrick's older brother and be mean to the Animals inside the house.
Step 7: We are in the bedroom CREATING music.
Step 8: After 2 or 3 hours in the bedroom CREATING music, we already laid down an Instrumental track on the computer and the PC software Magix Music Maker. Next is to decide who sings the song and writes the lyrics. Out of all the band members who was in Band of Asians, nobody else could sing but Patrick or sometimes Eddie. Dave could freestyle like an MC. But considering the music we made together, Dave was very perfectionist in terms of writing lyrics and rapping to one of the songs we just recorded. He would ERASE his vocal and drum track constantly because he felt the song wasn't perfect for publishing, which I can understand. Dave never did freestyle on one of the Instrumental multitracks in Band of Asians musical history because of that. Eddie, whenever he did show up. He would shred on guitar but was uncomfortable singing onto one of the songs the Band had written. Eddie was more of a live performing musician than a studio musician, so he yielded only 2 tracks which he sang in Band of Asians. Dave just had scattered ideas which couldn't finalize into a song he recorded. So either Band of Asians music was Instrumental or Patrick Lew myself wrote the lyrics and sang.
Step 9: While Patrick is recording and overdubbing his vocals in his room. The REST of the Internet musicians play video games on PlayStation 2 or watch TV.
Step 10: Patrick usually records all the musical instruments first. Then, Dave CREATES a drum track. I sometimes, well sometimes. When Cory or Augusto wasn't around. I get OFF MY ASS and record the Bass Guitar. Although I never really play Bass Guitar or enjoy it as much despite purchasing 2 of them at Guitar Center or Musicians Friend guitar store.
Step 11: Once that is done, after about 5 to 6 takes per musical instrument. Unless Patrick or Dave disagreed on something, we decide who gets what CREDIT to which song and what needs to be done before publishing our NEW music on our music page on the Internet.
Step 12: We talk about possibly playing a show and booking a phone call or email with promoters of local clubs or at school. When the promoters of a variety of live music events at school or somewhere else tell us we are MOST DEFINITELY going to play a show. We decide to play a show depending on our personal lives. We never really get together to practice after recording OUR music so we listen to rough mixes of the tapes of the music on our iPod or portable MP3 player we just created to memorize our parts on our musical instruments and decide which songs to play when the show happens.
Step 13: Patrick mixes and masters the music like a DJ, then mixes the project down to ONE convenient track on tape.
Step 14: We then publish the music on our music pages on the Internet through websites like SoundClick.com or OTHER music websites to promote your music on. Before that, we listen to the music to see if it's mixed the way we wanted to. None of us really are good at mixing and mastering our music to professional quality so we listen to our music we CREATED and check if it's fine on my computer or on the iPod.
Finally! Step 15: We f*** ourselves with other women, and plan another Band Practice and another day to record our NEW music. After we go back home happy, we do our homework for school or do our OWN hobbies for FUN. Maybe a Social Life even.

Why this name?
Originally, Band of Asians was founded in early 2006 when I was getting college education at Skyline College. Zack persuaded me to mutually quit my high school band Silent Minister because of the DRAMAS going on in the music and being In the Studio with my high school friends creating music without the magic when I was a teenager. Dave and I met in Reading 826 at Skyline College, which was a Beginner Reading Lab college course we took together. We became very close friends until the day he left Band of Asians and moved overseas to the Phillipines with his family amidst troubles with his personal life. So me and Dave got Augusto to join Band of Asians on bass guitar and we begun calling the Garage Band of local Asian musicians AUDIO RAGE. Me and Zack picked up some musical equipment from the computer store. We were still called Audio Rage by the time myself, Dave and Augusto were booked into a local recording studio to create music. But something was funny with our music and bandname. Audio Rage sounded like a pun on the Hard Rock band Audioslave. We didn't want to copy or plagiarize ideas that seemed unoriginal so we needed a change in Audio Rage's music and bandname. The Audio Rage name came from MUSIC being the storybook and soundtrack to a musician's life (Audio) and expressing the meaning of life (Rage). But we knew we had to change it! So Zack gave me a bootleg copy of this computer music program for PC computers called "Band in the Box." At first, Dave thought of calling the band Warrior Project 420. But when Zack visited us in the recording studio when we were creating music for the "Revenge" demo album of music, he said to me and Dave. "How about putting BAND in your music and bandname?" Because of course, we were musicians who were hobbyist of music and loved it and do it other than going to college. So Dave looked at every one of us in the room, and joked, "Were all Asian homies in this studio!" It later stuck! Later we changed our bandname from Audio Rage to Band of Asians because everyone in this Indie Rock band were Asian American local musicians and music artists! Since then, Band of Asians were Internet indie musicians putting our music on the Internet through music communities like SoundClick.com. We played a couple shows locally. Done a Tape Recital at my old music school Vibo Music Center. And of course! We lived like Rock Stars despite we were local musicians in the independent music community and s***lt;br />
Although Augusto left Band of Asians in early 2007 to play bass guitar in a local J-Rock band from Pacifica, California with other local musicians and went off to college. Our good friend from City College, backyard wrestler Cory Gaitan filled in as a substitute musician for touring and studio recording. Although Cory moved to Pennsylvania by the end of August to start a new life and career at a Tattoo Shop and left City College and his bookstore job at the school.
Dave leaving the Band of Asians and the spotlight had a tremendous life-changing effect on me personally. I love him and he will be missed by the Internet musicians community and Band of Asians music sorely. I believe Augusto's band promotes their music on the Japanese indie & amateur music page Muzie. Although I have no clue about information regarding that band he plays in now. I haven't spoken to Augusto since he left Band of Asians.

And NOW! Band of Asians with a written letter/telegram from Dave. I can feel free to continue Band of Asians as a One Man Band. I expect to publish a CD collection of studio outtakes and demo versions of music that didn't make the CUT for the "Revenge" or "Buy Product" albums called "OLD NEW SONGS" by the summer of 2008 when I finish college at City College. But as far as a third Band of Asians album goes, don't expect me to go to the recording studio SOON to create music for it just yet. I am coming up with so many musical scrapbook of ideas to figure what I can do for the next Band of Asians demo. I heard City College will OPEN a recording studio for aspiring musicians by the end of the 2000s. Maybe that rings some bells.
Do you play live?
Band of Asians is MORE of a Studio Band than a live musical performance Local Band. Although Band of Asians played a variety of small concerts locally in 2007 at City College mostly. I feel Band of Asians doesn't capture much musical experience IN CONCERT than it does in the recording studio or my OWN home workshop in creating music. Some of Band of Asians music is VERY hard to duplicate for a live musical performance. Since myself tried to capture NEW sounds in every recording I made after quitting my high school band Silent Minister and ensconcing myself in the recording studio to create GOOD music. I feel Band of Asians needs a Live Band of great studio musicians to play Band of Asians music for shows. But in any case, creating music in my home recording studio called Band in the Box in my bedroom with Band of Asians is always a special musical experience for me. If I could put an ad in the paper to get musicians to present Band of Asians in concert, it's tough because I am balking at touring at the moment as a One Man Band and I doubt most studio musicians would not want to pursue a career playing for Band of Asians live as sidemen musicians for every tour and circus.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
The Internet has always been the playground for independent recording musicians. Especially during my days as a local musician playing Rhythm Guitar in my high school band Silent Minister. I've been publishing my music on Internet musicians community webpages like this since 2002. I think the integrity and communication between the musicians and fans through the Internet and their music pages online brings the music closer to the people. Especially during a time in Mainstream Music nowadays getting increasingly stale and unoriginal. I predict the music industry and record companies will go through something similar like the Video Game Crash of 1983 did. Except worse. Obsolete. If video games had a decline in the industry before the Nintendo and Sega saved the video game industry, there has to be a GOOD band or artist out there to save the Music Industry during a time when people don't buy CDs new for wholesale price at record stores anymore and pirate their music through the Internet. Not to mention Mainstream Music growing stale in creativity and lacking new talent. I create music as a hobby but I also take music seriously as a part-time career occupation, but I do have an interest in participating in Performing Arts. I have some intentions of being an Artist and Musician like The Beatles did by taking a step forward in creating music in the recording studio but taking time to do some live musical performances and being musicians in a circus touring. I doubt it would happen beyond my wildest dreams in my hobby and career in music. If anything, I'd love to work with music in the future as a career like being a COMPOSER for video game companies or design a new guitar with Ibanez guitar headquarters. I love to help, create and liberate the world with my music you know.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
I would say yeah. But I have fears and withdrawals about being famous and being in the spotlight. I never agreed with the unfair business with the music industry and record companies and I strongly disagree with the RIAA in how they portray music. If I did sign my life away, I would really have a hard time accepting FAME in music by being a Mainstream Musician and no longer Independent. I never liked the idea of millions of people around the world accepting me and worshipping me because I grew up in such as isolated environment. But I would love to entertain and continue creating music and being a circus musician playing shows across the world. Especially Europe or Japan where I noticed Band of Asians has an audience of Internet musicians appreciating the work I done with Band of Asians when DIY the music through the Internet.
Band History:
8 years of being an Internet musician playing shows locally and creating music in the home recording studio whether Band of Asians or the local bands I played in.
Your influences?
I listen to lots of music on my iPod. I like ALL kinds of music. I go to record stores to purchase CDs of music I be interested in listening to. Or the library to borrow CDs of any music. Anything I can get my HANDS ON. I EVEN download music on the black market on the Internet and find interesting indie musicians and garage bands on indepdent music community websites like this. I have an Ipod Nano which I purchased for $150 at Costco. Everything. Everyone. Every Music. Every Sound.
Favorite spot?
My favorite spot has to be Seattle, Washington. I love the MUSIC and the Independent Music Community of musicians from that American City. Even though it rains there often, I grew up on Grunge music and Grunge culture in my youth. I made some friends from Seattle when DIY my high school band Silent Minister on the Internet blogging website Livejournal.com. I contemplate visiting
Seattle again to do college studies for education. And oh! I'd love to travel around the Solar Universe and Mars when I am a grandfather and retired in a rocket ship!
Equipment used:
I have $8,500 worth of musical instruments, amps, guitar stompboxes and home studio recording gear from the Guitar Hut. But here's a rundown!

Programs: Propellerhead Reason 4, Magix Music Maker, Audacity, FL Studio 6
Real Musical Instruments: Epiphone Guitars, CRATE & FENDER Guitar Amps, Digitech RP50 Multi-Effects Pedal, DOD Grunge Pedal, Danelectro Fab Distortion Pedal, Rogue Bass Guitar, Casio MIDI Keyboards, Chinatown $5 Harmonica, Recording Magazines
Anything else...?
Goodbye Band of Asians...(2002 - 2010)

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