Monday, November 28, 2005

Audition For Vocalist!

After thorough discussions, Gobling have decided to be open and do the following- audition potential vocalists. Suitable candidates will be shortlisted, and the selected person will be alerted via phone after thorough consideration and discussion. The search is officially on!

Requirements:
  • Must really be into music, especially those rooted in rock, metal, and blues- the more things you know and dig, the better.
  • Must possess the necessary pair of lungs and the sense of melody and tunage to sing, growl, shriek, murmur, and so on... to suit the songs' context as needed.
  • Must be able to set aside appropriate amount of commitment needed in terms of creative input (song/lyrics), time, and money (by the way, this is going to be your band together with us, so this is a natural requirement).
  • Must be able to perform live with good stage presence and swagger.
  • Must reside in Johor Bahru or nearby- we jam once a week, so we need someone who can make it to every session.
  • Male or female, not a problem- we accept either sexes.

So folks, here we go now! Grab your mobile phones and call Zaihas at 017-7807895 or Farique at 017-7217793 for appointment. The faster, the better :)

Belch.

ROTTW Gig Call Off

Mourn. Mourn. We know this is bad news, but due to some unavoidable circumstances and issues, Gobling have to cancel its entry into ROTTW's Road To Soundstage.

No worries though, we are still alive and kicking.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

MusicCanteen Account Is a-OK Now!

Just checked Gobling's MusicCanteen page- the technical team over there had fixed the problem, all right. Kudos and big thanks to William Pang- thanks a lot bro!

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Gobling Due To Work On Full Length Release!

Should have posted this in Gobling's Myspace entry too. But heck, nevermind, will do that afterwards. Especially to Pendi, Hasan, Omar, Firdaus, Leleng, Bob Kulai, Alvin + Serpent, and all the Goblingons out there- Gobling will start work on our full length album next week.

Studio time has been booked. Ain from Batu Giling has confirmed that we will start tweaking the drums to get the best tones tomorrow up to Friday before recording starts next Saturday. Bass will also be recorded there as we absolutely luurve the bottom frequencies captured there. Guitars will be most likely be recorded in Zaihas' home studio- we have detained Alvin's 100W amp for that purpose and Zaihas had just got himself a new 10 channel Behringer mixer- yay! We will start with Mister Calcium first.

Gobling will be producing, and Zaihas will be mixing and mastering the tracks. Once 10 tracks are ready, we'll get Abang Shanazron (he recorded Ella when he was with EMI, he worked with Luncai Emas too at one time- M Nasir anyone?) for final touch up.

Should sound MUCH MUCH better compared to the EP. The sound engineer (yours truly) has been listening to a lot of recordings by Terry Date (Pantera), Warren Ryker (Down, Superjoint Ritual, Cathedral, Crowbar), Ross Robinson (Sepultura, Soulfly, Korn), and Billie Anderson (Electric Wizard, SUNN, Khanate) for mixing guidelines, so expect a very bass-heavy, raw, yet clear mix and production. Who says we cannot do it in Malaysia?

Gobling did it once with the EP- check out our single Two Times Late at http://www.myspace.com/gobling - add us to your friends' lists.

Now we have black teeth grins on our faces.

Friday, November 11, 2005

Gobling Is On MusicCanteen!



Phew. At last, Gobling is on MusicCanteen! To get there, just go to http://www.musiccanteen.com, click Search, click on letter "G", and Gobling will be one of the artists listed. You can also go to the site by clicking "Gobling @ MusicCanteen" under the "Gobling Elsewhere" links. Feel free to take a look.

There is one catch, though. They got all the song titles for streaming and downloading wrong. We had notified MusicCanteen on this, and they will be fixing this pretty soon.

Mourn-io, all.

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

ROTTW Road To Soundstage In December?

That was what we last heard from ROTTW. Not sure if it will happen, actually. Tentative dates are 3rd and 4th December, but we need them to confirm that first.

We have sold 76 copies of the EP so far. Sales are slowly picking up after Hari Raya.

Will post more once there are any news.