Wednesday 23 February 2011

THE BEGINNING

Hey guys, now the band would like to share a  brief story how Sacred Scrow became Sacred Crow.
Sacred Crow is currently consists of 4 members: Shade (vocals), Salman (bass), Umar (drums) & Jay (guitars)
                                        L-R > Jay, Salman, Shade, Umar
 
It all started in 2010. A group of friends (7-10 people) who work in the same office but from various departments have been spending, mostly their lunch time together and they would talked about almost everything ie. football, work etc. Those one hour spent everyday have caused their friendship to become much closer. Then in Sep'10, one of the friends (Shade) suddenly shared with others his interest in music. Jay, Salman, Saufee and Diddy soon followed Shade with the same interest, as they all had experiences playing music elsewhere outside the office. A few days later, the idea to form a band came into picture. But Salman at the time decided not to join due to working reasons. So, there was Saufee who can slap the bass big time. They soon start searching for a drummer knowing that they realized that they cannot form a band without a drummer. Shade suggested Umar, who can play the drums and also working at the same office. So, a meeting was held at a restaurant somewhere near by the office. All went well and the first jamming session was set. Few days later before their first jamming session, the guys found that an inter company's "Battle of the Bands" will be held in KL somewhere in Dec'10. All agreed to participate as they can use this competition to see what they are made off. Finally, the day for the first jamming session has come. Everybody came except Umar due to had suffered some illness which he could not attend. Luckily, Saufee and Jay brought their outside friends to fill in the drums for Umar. All set as Shade holds his mike, Jay with the guitar and all systems go. They started playing cover songs which they considered to play at the competition. As a result, the first session was not good as they thought it would be. A week later, the band got together for another practice session. This time, Salman was present as he had changed his mind wanted joining the band. Diddy was not there as he has somehow signaled his way out of the band. Obviously, it was a better session compared to the first one. In spite of the excitement in joining the Battle of the Bands, there came one problem: choosing perfect songs for the competition! Ideas were thrown out front, left, right & center. The pressure was mounting as the band had only one month before the tournament starts. Due to this, Saufee started by not showing up for practice as others realized that he had shared the same fate as Diddy. And Salman volunteered to fill in Saufee's shoes. So it's up to Shade, Salman, Umar & Jay to carry on what they have started. The guys kept practicing so hard and each day, they kept growing stronger and sounded tighter. Cover songs for the tournament was decided and all are happy with their choice as they believed that they can get the crowd going. They even invited families and friends come over for practice, just to get their views and comments which can helped the band to improve. A few said the band had a chance to win the tournament. But winning was not in their minds at all. All they looked forward to is to entertain the crowd with their sounds and be able to do that as a band, performing for the first time!
THE BAND'S STORY OF THE COMPETITION WILL BE POSTED SOON.

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