echoinmyhead.studio

2009-12-16T23:24:00.013+08:00

first job

2009-01-02T19:11:00.001+08:00

first job for 2009: the new ECHOINMYHEAD studio namecard

new beginning

2009-01-01T00:12:00.003+08:00

highlight of the year 2008: a boring $2 card-case transformed into a nasty-tasty rainbow spit-splattered beauty! thanks to a bagful of Pylox spray paints.

from ECHOINMYHEAD, happy new year!!!

global chaos' space

2008-12-31T23:44:00.003+08:00

last job for 2008: recreating the new look for Global Chaos' MySpace site

kala kesurupan

2008-12-30T20:38:00.003+08:00

cd design and artwork for an independent release by Global Chaos

new look MySpace

2008-12-25T15:21:00.005+08:00

just got to updating the "look" of my own MySpace page.
take a peek and a listen here.

bualgitar

2008-12-17T16:17:00.001+08:00

e-poster for a guitar clinic by a local musician

house of suri

2008-11-02T09:19:00.000+08:00

i designed a business card for my ever lovely wife.
she runs the equally great blog "House of Suri".
you can check-out the blog here.

skate bearbrick

2008-10-20T01:11:00.000+08:00

this is a birthday present for myself

i'm in CDM!

2008-09-07T02:02:00.000+08:00

my totally oldskool rig was featured in CDM (Create Digital Music).
check it out here. my utmost sincere thanks to Peter Kirn!

my "other" portfolio

2008-06-23T21:10:00.000+08:00

"a lickety-spit online portfolio sans the headache."
that's Carbonmade, i have my portfolio there too!
you can check it out here.

MySpace

2008-06-16T19:57:00.000+08:00

i've fallen into the MySpace trap and have my own account now...
if you are somehow interested/curious, click here.

birthday present

2008-06-08T01:02:00.000+08:00

a friend of my wife is in need of a cool birthday present.
leftover Pylox spray paints, recycled IKEA boxes, a guitar pick, and a few blank discs later... "Shima's Mix" compilation CD is born!

room poster

2008-05-27T13:09:00.000+08:00

wall poster for an 18yrs old client

produced with the help of a really old picture, and a few friends

my little portfolio

2008-04-29T00:36:00.000+08:00

my little portfolio booklet

good girls...

2008-04-02T06:13:00.001+08:00

touch rugby invite poster for girls...
and guys too!

soulflower

2008-02-14T16:01:00.000+08:00

soulflower
a tribute to my ever-lovely wife

from watercolour painting, to vector in illustrator, and used in iTunes music compilation for her

IKEA challenge

2008-02-06T05:39:00.000+08:00

the IKEA trophy challenge
2 stores pit against each other

dead Pornstar

2008-01-28T14:07:00.000+08:00

my trusty Sawtooth "Pornstar" just died a slow death. it kept getting Kernel Panics until its last pixelated-RGB-breath. 3 days later, an evil twin was found and the Sawtooth "Earache" was born!

"Earache" is meaner than "Pornstar", its fitted with a Sonnet Tempo SATA PCI Card linked to 160GB+320GB Seagate hard-disks. And its way noisier!

i've saved the stickered side panel belonging to "Pornstar" as a tribute to all the CMYK-love, sweat & tears we shared all these years...

self-promo

2008-01-13T23:46:00.000+08:00

self-promo stickers for echoinmyhead.blogspot.com

rockstars

2007-04-18T00:40:00.000+08:00

the prince of darkness: ozzy

zakk wylde: guitarist in ozzy's band

stickers

2007-03-12T07:26:00.000+08:00

finally get to producing stickers for big brown collective and echoinmyhead

creative space

2007-01-28T01:02:00.000+08:00

personal wallpaper featuring my home creative space

happy new year!

2007-01-02T00:50:00.000+08:00

happy new year!!!

its been a great year for ECHOINMYHEAD. we've been able to keep doing new work and posting stuff for the past 365 days.

like mentioned on april fool's, we've thrown-out some really nice goodies. wallpaper and sticker-template downloads have been regulars. up next will be those cute, shiny, nice, little 1" buttons. we're finalising the design and colours...

stay tuned...

in the mean time, enjoy your stay.
and don't forget, keep spreading the love all over...

-echoinmyhead

monsoon mayhem

2006-12-21T13:26:00.000+08:00

monsoon mayhem surf challenge to be held on 1st jan 2007 at tanjung balau beach, desaru, malaysia

t-shirt design

tokidoki bodyguard passes

2006-10-21T13:30:00.000+08:00

unofficial pass design for Simone Legno during his visit in October
passes signed and drawn by Simone Legno himself

stickies

2006-10-04T04:12:00.000+08:00

echoinmyhead "Slash" sticker template
(download at the "wallpaper+stickers" section)

my chuck taylors

2006-09-15T09:46:00.000+08:00

this illustration is a tribute to the Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers.
i love my chucks!

guerilla artist inc.

2006-09-04T00:35:00.000+08:00

1st e.p. and 2nd e.p. for guerilla artist inc.

"my little portfolio"

2006-08-29T15:50:00.000+08:00

screenshot of "My Little Portfolio" flash portfolio

distributed in this "hand-draw" cdrom

more bigbrowncollective

2006-06-01T00:54:00.000+08:00

more stickers and t-shirt design for BBC

my workspace

2006-05-25T18:16:00.000+08:00

my workspace with "Pornstar" Sawtooth G4 and soul rebel desktop.
other tools includes Wacom Graphire3 tablet, 4th gen 40Gb iPod, 1Gb thumbdrive, old-skool analog PDA and yellow Casio.

big brown collective

2006-05-05T08:27:00.000+08:00

stickers and t-shirt design for big brown collective

its wallpaper time!

2006-04-23T15:10:00.000+08:00

"soul rebel" wallpaper (1280x1024)
there's a few other wallpapers available for download
(check them out at the "wallpaper+stickers" section)

april cheese

2006-04-01T16:21:00.000+08:00

hi everyone!
happy april fool's day!

the 1st of april is a good day for us to unveil something new. we will be putting up some goodies in the near future. in the pipeline will be wallpapers, stickers, pins and other stuff we will be throwing out. so stick around often.

enjoy your stay and have a nice day.
and keep spreading the love all over...

-echoinmyhead

rock for good - v1.1

2006-02-14T14:11:00.000+08:00

poster for the gig

tickets for the gig
a charity cum rock concert event by RGS

rock for good - v1.0

2006-02-04T15:19:00.000+08:00

unused poster design

jane's

2005-12-13T04:51:00.000+08:00

my addiction...

tribute to darrell

2005-12-07T16:33:00.000+08:00

a tribute to Dimebag Darrell

this is posterama 2!

2005-11-07T12:54:00.000+08:00

paul gilbert space one tour

mr. johnson in singapore

2005-11-01T04:10:00.000+08:00

eric johnson concert 22nd oct

from yesteryear

2005-10-22T09:07:00.000+08:00

gary hoey clinic 14th oct 2004 and neil zaza clinic 6th nov 2004

dr.echohead interview

2005-10-20T16:38:00.000+08:00

EIMH: what instruments did you play in the e.p.'s?
DR.E: i played the guitar and bass parts, and programmed all the drum sounds.

EIMH: i understand you did it all (recording and mastering) on your own. why?
DR.E: because it is easier and convenient for me. i have full control of all the production work and be able to try and produce whatever is up here (in my head). and when i wanted to record or do any changes, i just need to switch on my machine and start playing. rather than start chasing the other players to come and record or redo their parts. also, i don't have to answer to anyone else, except to myself. i'm a control freak too! hahahhahahha!

EIMH: how do you label the sound of the e.p.'s?
DR.E: 'funkreggaedubacidjazzechoeyslideguitarrock instrumental styley.' but its 'noise' to be exact! hhahahahhaha! it is supposed to be a dub/dance/trance sort of thing, but ended up being rock! too much distorted guitar!

EIMH: the tracks have a very distinctive dry, dirty sound. almost as if its been pushed over the limit. is that on purpose, or by accident?
DR.E: its both actually! i've always loved listening to songs with a bit of distortion to the drums and cymbals, or any of the other instruments when its been pushed too hard during the mixing or mastering phase. it is so raw and delicious! i try to recapture that in this recording. but i felt that it gets overdone this time around! i mastered the tracks twice, that's why! once with the digital recording machine i used at home, and a second time with another machine when i needed to produce the master discs. you can hear the instruments breaking up in a lot of the tracks!

EIMH: how did you get the sounds in the e.p.'s?
DR.E: for all the echoey/delayed stuff, i used either a boss dd-5 or a korg digital delay unit. sometimes both together. and i used a boss ph-2 phasor and jim dunlop wah-wah pedals. for the reverb and distorted guitar sounds, those are from the preset sounds of the recording machine. with a little bit of tweaking of course.

EIMH: i heard that you did not send the cd's to any shops for distribution. you sold them all personally. why?
DR.E: yeah... firstly, i felt that the e.p.'s were not good enough to be distributed to shops, or for the music listening masses! hahahahahhaaha! it's actually more of an experiment. not to make money, or be famous. the music reflects that. maybe, not many will be able to appreciate it. imagine leaving it in shops and it will be there for the next 5 years! hahahahhaha! secondly, there is not many to pass around. i only managed to burn 100 odd pieces of each e.p. the laptop i was using at that time was burning up and choking to death from all the burning! and lastly, i prefer to distribute the e.p.'s to people i know and am comfortable with. so they won't kill me too much about my playing! hahahahahhha!

EIMH: who are they?
DR.E: they are mainly friends and customers of the shop (a musical instrument store) i used to work in. also there were people from australia, indonesia, malaysia, new zealand and a few other countries that actually bought the e.p.'s. so the music has gone international! hahahahahhaha!

EIMH: do you get great support from people?
DR.E: yes, i suppose so... it's not 'great support', but people do support me. everyone of my colleague bought the e.p.'s. not that they have any choice! hahahahhaha! and of course guys from the local music scene that frequented the shop. i thank them all...

EIMH: the e.p.'s were released in 2003, any new stuff in the near future?
DR.E: in 2009 maybe! hahahahhahaha! i don't know... all the instruments, effects, and the recording machine, i do not have them anymore. i've sold them all! so i really do not know... i'm thinking of putting up a band first, so the next recording will most probably be a group effort. maybe with vocals too! i'm thinking of a few people to work with right now. we'll see though...

EIMH: parting words?
DR.E: well, to all those who bought, borrowed, or stole and listened to the e.p.'s: i thank you all from the bottom of my heart. to the musicians i know: carry on rocking, stay groovy, and keep the funk up always! and to everyone else: live life to the fullest, don't stop dancing, and go for your dreams, even if people says it won't work. and love everybody...

EIMH: thanks for your time.
DR.E: thanks for your time too...

-echoinmyhead

this is posterama!

2005-09-25T00:32:00.000+08:00

marty friedman clinic 25th may

i love yellow.

2005-09-23T06:49:00.000+08:00

i love yellow.

late welcome!

2005-09-15T00:07:00.000+08:00

i've been very rude.
we haven't introduced ourselves.
i'm so sorry...

a late welcome to the ECHOINMYHEAD website! you can find graphic art, sketches, bits of propaganda, thoughts, and the occasional picture here.

enjoy your stay and have a nice day.
and spread the love all over...

-echoinmyhead

r.i.p.

2005-09-13T23:18:00.000+08:00

r.i.p. dimebag darrell