INTRODUCTION
Hi I am Pann, I am a designer and Creative Director. I have been playing the guitar for about 32 years now. I am schooled in piano but not the guitar. Most of the guitar playing is self-taught and played by ear and heart. My first band was Silent Sorrow with Danny, Dean, Lim and Boon. SS was active from 90 to 93. I also played in Concave Scream and we were active in 94 to early 2000s. My family (wife and 2 kids) have a fun music project called Rubbish F.M., we released three singles so far. On my own, I write audio journals periodically under the name PrayTellHearSay as my daily workload is heavy.
PLAYING STYLE
I love many genres of music so my creative approach to music is naturally more 'rojak' but I am happy with that. I love noise, I love distortion, I love delays, reverbs, chorus and all modulations. Ironically the music I love listening most to is jazz although I know nothing about playing it. As for my playing style, I try to keep it simple and I will not write and play parts that I am unable to execute well. In short I believe authenticity is the best form of expression.
MAIN INSTRUMENTS
I love guitars and I have over the years kept quite a number of them. My favourite guitars now are my Gibson ES 335, Fender modified HH Jaguar and my Ibanez Iceman.
OTHER EQUIPMENT
I have too many effect pedals to mention but I love collecting old Boss pedals (it need not be MIJ ones). This collecting of used Boss pedals started because I see more and more guitarists selling them away because there are so many new pedals launched everyday. Boss pedals will always have a special place in my heart because the MT-2 Metal Zone was my first pedal I owned back in 92.
OTHER LOCAL GUITARISTS/BASSISTS YOU FIND INTERESTING
There are so many guitarist and musicians out there now that are technically and musically savvy as compared to the yesteryears. That makes me happy because our scene will not progress if we are still stuck in time. There are too many bands to mention but I will give it a try. The first mention goes to Wormrot. Signed to Earache records, one of my all time favourite record label. The Observatory. They have released if I am not wrong close to 12 albums, each release has its hook, my all time favourite from them is Catacombs. My buddie Sean Lam from Hanging Up the Moon (always consistent with his songwriting, always with depth), old friend Danny Lim from Silent Sorrow, Speak Cryptic from I am David Sparkle, The Oddfellows (new album is great), Leslie Low, Victor Low from Affixen, Paint the Sky Red, Naedr, Nagetto, Slodown and really too many to mention. The scene is indeed vibrant!
