I went to see a jazz night performance tonight at Cube Restaurant and it was the fourth time that they've held this gig. The owner of the restaurant happened to be a friend of my brother's, and therefore I had the opportunity to see the show as it was meant to be a private event. If you've been living in KK, you'd know that there ain't many events as such and I'm glad that I've had the opportunity to attend a jazz night while vacationing in KK.
It was my first time in the restaurant/lounge and I thought the ambience was pretty impressive. I mean if I had a restaurant/bistro, it's gonna be similar to that. I liked the idea of displaying bottle of wines against the walls as well as the dim lights and theme. But no matter how fantasic the ambience is, the more important aspect is the quality of the food and service. I did not have dinner there...so I don't know how the food is like. However, the service seemed pretty professional from the way the waiters present themselves, as well as their wine service. So aside from the food for which I cannot comment on, I quite like the style of the restaurant. And when you add jazz music into the equation, it almost looked like the imaginations I have on my dream restaurant....except that it would be in a foreign country that serves fine dining food and the jazz music will only serve as an accompaniment, instead of a performance. I would focus more on the food...and the jazz music will only serve as a stimulus to enhance customers' dining experience in my dream restaurant.
I had a chef who always say that "Food and wine is like a marriage. You can't have one without the other." I totally agree with him but for me, I also feel that food and music complement each other and if you tell me what food you're eating, I'd be able to tell you what music you could listen to that complements it. You can disagree with me, but this is just my philosophy.
Anyway, the jazz night kicked off with an all-gurl band which I thought really sucked. Lol...no offence really...but I think they need to add a li'l more personality into their performance. They were just plain boring...and it wasn't even jazzy. I know I'm a jerk for being so critical...but I can't help it, especially that they killed one of my all time favorite song "Buses and Trains" by Bachelor Girl. It was supposed to be a jazz night but they didn't even jazz up that cover...come on gurls, you could do better than that.
Then it was followed by this malay jazz band and surprisingly, they were pretty good. It's like they know what they're doing and I didn't hear any mistakes at all from any of em, especially the guitarist. It's almost like they've played the songs 100 times before they perform on stage, which is great stuff...coz it's thru practice that makes perfect. I hate those freakin' arrogant ppl who think they can get by without practice. It's just like I hate those ppl who think they can pass an exam without studying for it. Anyway...that malay band was pretty cool.
Finally, the gist of the night...Teddy's band. I have no idea what his band is called but Teddy is the main guy and he plays the alto saxaphone. There were three other guys who played the acoustic guitar, bass and percussions. I gotta say...they were pretty awesome...but tonight was definitely not their best performance. Despite that, I still enjoyed it though...they played some really good covers and originals. But I really gotta admit that jazz is really complex and I was trying to figure out the chords that the guitarist played the whole night, but I just couldn't understand how the chords work. There's so many complex major seventh and minor seventh chords involved that I couldn't catch up with the stuff they were playing. My guitar teacher told me before that the mind has to work faster than the fingers...but I really have no idea how to do that, especially if the fingers are already moving 100 miles an hour...lol. Anyway, it's been a while since I've listened to live jazz, but I gotta admit that this one was pretty impressive. Not the best one I've seen, but definitely worth watching.
Throughout the night, a lot of things went on in my mind. So many ideas popped up and I was so full of it that I felt like writing em' down. Too bad I didn't have pen and paper. Since I'm writing my blog at the moment, I might as well jot them down here in my blog. These were the stuff that went on in my mind in the restaurant:
1. I'm going to tell my guitar teacher to teach me jazz or fingerstyle as soon as I get back to Sydney. If he can't teach me that, I will find someone else who can. I'm just so fuckin' sick of the blues. Blues can be quite depressing...lol.
2. I'm going to make it a point to attend at least one live gig a month, preferably jazz, to keep up with the music business as well as getting to know more musicians for future contacts. But first things first...I gotta find a viable jazz pub in sydney, which can be quite a difficult task. Australians are just not that into jazz.
3. I'm going to complete my business plan and menu for my dream restaurant for which I've started but have not yet completed. I might also start gathering any necessary information in regards to opening and running a restaurant such as financials, venues, interior designs, menu planning, etc so that this dream of mine will always remain real to me.
Basically, that's all the shit that went thru my mind throughout the night. Some of you might think that it's really weird of me to have these things going on in my brains...but this is what keeps me going on. Dreams...music...food...these are the stuff that keeps me going on and on. Without any of these, I would've been a really depressed person that would probably attempt to kill myself. Isn't that why ppl kill themselves?? There's no reason to live no more.
Anyway...it's getting really late now. I really should go to bed. I know I haven't been putting any photos lately...lol...laziness strikes again!! But I'll try to put some up as soon as I have any interesting ones. Even pictures of my idiotic dogs would be nice. Anyway...catch you later. Cheers.
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