Ribbon In The Sky

Crossroad.

2012-01-31T23:45:00.002+08:00

Hi.

My name is Nabil Zamanhuri.
I am 25 years old.

And I don't know what to do with my life. It's getting pretty dull.

Everyday is the same.

Sincerely,
I hope this is just a phase.

Terukir di Bintang

2012-01-19T10:01:00.000+08:00

Yuna's new single. I have so much respect for her.

On the GO!

2011-12-03T13:07:00.003+08:00

Everything is so mobile now. Digital this digital that. Right now, im posting this uhh post through my phone in a clinic. Cool kan?

Saya rasa in the future everything is gonna be wireless. TV, fan, the aircond, everything. Until they figure out how to have an extended energy (or maybe they already DID, but they want us to PAY. Haaa conspiracy theory disitu) we still have to live with batteries.

Ah. Itu je. Saje je nak try this blogger app on iphone. K dah.

Almost the end of the line.

2011-12-02T16:24:00.000+08:00

Talk about my studies. It's almost over. Few months and I'll be free!
Tinggal MUET and languages and small stuff.

This semester (baki2 semester yang tinggal) I had to take the Visual Effects and Compositing class.
Thing is, I should've taken this subject before I took my FYP, but unfortunately, my scheduling semua telah berterabur sejak shooting beberapa tahun lepas (thank to Katrina Kamelia. more on that later), so the only time I can take it is on this semester. Oh well. I don't mind re-learning some stuff I've already know. A bit redundant, sebab some of the assignments I've done it during my Beta years. Ok la kot. refresh. Maybe ada benda yang aku miss.

So the first assignment was to take a picture of a Cyberjaya or Putrajaya building or landscape, and turn it into a "Matte Painting". The theme could be fantasy, futuristic or whatever. So i did this :

Original Picture : Faculty of Creative Multimedia, MMU

Actually, at the beginning of the assignment, otak macam dah kering. Sebab seriously, right after FYP, I kind of deserted every technical things that I know about Visual Effects. All the tools were left to dust. Wait. The tools are virtual mana boleh ada dust. ok. digital dust. lame nabil. Anyway, bila start bukak balik Photoshop, otak tiba-tiba jam, uninspired. I don't even know how to manipulate pictures anymore. I can't see the difference between which one is fake which one is real. Rasa macam first year balik.

So its proven that creativity requires practice. Every single day. Eeeee scary. I only got back on track right after I played an adequate amount of video games and movies (for inspiration purposes. and Skyrim rocks. haha). I didn't have enough time to finish the thing, (sebab start last minute, too much video game. my fault. ), so here's what I came up with :

Faculty of Creative Multimedia. Left to ruin. Nature starts to take over...Kind of like my brain condition after too many internets.

Aaaaaah it was so rushed. Banyak lagi benda boleh letak. Thought of putting more trees but oh what the heck. Tak sempat. Masa nak submit tu pun I fell sick. Probably the cats. I love my cats.

Other than that, on the other side of my life, Nabil Zamanhuri is currently shooting 2 musical TV series. The first one dah habis shoot, which is "Cinta Stroberi & Coklat", directed by Azma Aizal Yuusof, produced by RadiusOne. I played as Alfie, an arrogant R&B singer and dancer who's a student at Aswara. Serious character tu berlagak gila. Aku tengok the first 3 episodes, aku rasa macam nak lempang diri sendiri.

Here's the trailer :

happynya semua orang menyanyi dalam kehidupan diorang.

The other one still tak habis shoot lagi, it's called Inspirasi Varsiti, directed by Pali, produced by Erma Fatima punya production Rumah Karya Cinta. I played as Riyan, a guy that has a rockband, plays basketball and ride ze motorbike. Yes. Memang lain sungguh dari Nabil yang sebenar. hahaha. Both of these series will be aired on RTM 2, tak sure bila.

So yeah, so far those are my updates. Gonna come up with new music soon, setting up my mini home-studio....basically preparing, for my post-student days. It's gonna be the end of the line for me as a student soon, but it's gonna be the beginning of a new chapter in my life. Praying for the best. InsyaAllah..

Check check one two two

2011-10-14T16:33:00.001+08:00

I'm trying to post on a blog using my mobile... If u can read this, it works. Yayyyy. K dah bye.

Aku atau KLCC?

2010-12-07T23:21:00.000+08:00

It's New* York laa. haihh Nabil ni.

Remember that viral video? haha.
I was bored. Supposed to finished up my animatics, ended up doing this comic parody. This is what happen when u give me pen and paper. Posted it on tumblr, and then fell asleep. Tiba2 bukak balik tumblr dah ramai orang reblog. First time ada orang reblog aku punya post, lolz :|

Anywaaaay. I should get back to work.

.....right after im done with the Walking Dead marathon.

Progressing...nyo.

2010-11-28T16:21:00.001+08:00

yaww wassup. its sunday, Animatics presentation is in 4 days, and im procrastinating. Bunyi hujan rintik2 kocak2 air swimming pool, seriously la kan sapa nak vuat kerja time2 camni. Btw, my B still rosak, bbut i gues im kinda used to it now.

My friend Umar lent me a tablet, a tool that u can doodle/draw/sketch on digitally. Dia ada menatang yang mcm pen and paper. Rupa dia camni :

So sekarang duk ketagih main benda alah ni la. Serious weh. Ni adalah beberapa sketch yang telah saya hasilkan, walaupun tak seberapa. First time pakai :)

ni nada rahman. tak siap lagi. yeah ni first eksperimen lukis muka orang. sorry nada u jadi bahan experiment i.

ni character yang memang aku suka sketch. Arnabill the Rabbit.

ni another experiment on color. baru belajar mcmana nak buat color rendering. mcm tak jadi sbnarnya, but oh well :|

Sebenarnya my fren kasi pinjam the tablet to help me on my FYP. Awwww thanx Umar, but u know me la, lagi dekat ngn dateline, lagi la gatal nak buat mende lain. haha. But yeah, so far dah ade la sket2 inspirational sketches from my last2 Crits. here are some teasers of what im doing :

Apa yang terjadi? Apsal muka mamat first tu mcm Harry Potter? Kenapa kepala dia kena jilat dengan gergasi, sungguh obscene? Nantikannya di minggu hadapan, hanya di Misteri Nusantara. OK lame nya saya. Yeah, insyaAllah when im done with my Animatics, i will post it and give u a clearer idea of what im doing :)

P/S : i have facebook, no more. deactivate kejap. tgh emo. lulz. tak ah. tgh nak focus studies. yeah rright padahal...

Hai, nama saya Navil.

2010-10-25T18:06:00.000+08:00

Okay. Keyvoard aku vuat hal. Huruf B aku rosak. Susah nak tekan. So B is now V. for now.

Anywaaayy, u rememver the vimeo "Buas"? Yeah, my friend's FYP yang pasal harimau makan orang tu. Haaa, dengan vangganya saya ingin mengucapkan vahawa dia sudah menang "Vest Animation" di Film Festival Malaysia 23 recently! Haa see Charukh i told u so!! Vangga gila gua. Pastu dia amek gamva sevelah Lisa Surihani. Itu gua tak puas hati. Jeles.

So little update avout MY fyp..
Alhamdulilah the lecturer approved my idea. Cuma kena touch up sikit2. Tomorrow is gonna ve the first CRIT (critic sessions) of this semester, where i need to present my sketches, ideation and some thumvnails. Hopefully everything will go well. Oh the idea? erh, panjang kot nak tulis kat sini. Dah lah ada huruf yang rosak, so i think vetter later je i post kat sini k? And i will keep on updating to show my progress, insyaAllah..

I know, without huruf b, it sounded as though i just lost my front teeth.

Im a bad blogger

2010-10-08T01:11:00.000+08:00

yes yes ok fiiiiiine. aku jahat. tak tepati janji. kata nak post gamba Beijing la Yunan la bagai. (ok sejak bila aku pakai perkataan 'bagai'? Bagai tu kira mcm etcetera la kira. ok moving on)

But seriously doh. Bukan salah aku tau aku nak procastinate2 bagai (ha bagai lagi). Internet lembab. yes, tau alasan cliche. Tapi bile internet lembab, smgt nak edit gamba jadi mcm kurang, sbb ia membuatkan aku fikir
"kalau aku edit skrg pun internet tengah lembab pastu kalau save low reso mcm tak nampak pula color curves yang aku dah buat berjam jam ahh mampus ahhh kroih kroihh"

So yeah. Aku tau memang bosan tgk text panjang2. Aku pun bosan gak baca blog orang banyak text. Mungkin bila dah sampai Unifi nanti aku upload la. ...kot.

Anywaaayyyy. It's my final year oredi in MMU. woaaaah. FYP yall. Final Year Project. Yakni, subject yang menggerunkan semua bebudak final year. D'uh. So means all the final year students will struggle to finish up their fyp from now, till 6 months later before the big presentation which is gonna be probbly middle of next year. As for my majoring pula, which is in Film and Animation, kami telah diperuntukkan (eh betul ke penggunaan perkataan tu?) untuk membuat "short film" atau filem pendek of 3-4minutes. Short film mestilah berconsistkan Visual Effects or Character Animation, or even Motion Graphics, terpulang pada group atau individu masing2.

So basically is either u can be in a group of 4 or individual. But since im not from this batch (loong story, shooting la hapa lah, last2 join the one year younger juniors), so looking for a groupmate is not really an option since dey all dah decide group diorang since waaay before diorang start this semester. So yeah. Kesian aku. But heyy, buat individual means everything is up to me, ideas, concept, all la. But the bad news is, i can't do anything yang too ambitious or besar since i tak cukup tangan. Aku yang nak model, aku la yang nak shoot, aku la yang nak render, aku nak edit composite color grading, sound design..... ZOMBIE.

So now tgh process mencari idea.....memandangkan tema yang diberikan oleh MMU sem ini adalah FOOD. Tapi takkan la nak buat pasal pisang yang bolah bercakap pulak kan? Mereka mahukan benda2 yang deep yang metaphoric bagai (ok nabil stop with ur bagai2). I hope i can achieve something yang can touch the audience's heart, I'll try to be as honest as i can, selain cuba selit2kan element VFX, since thats the requirement, but I'll make that more as a support for my story. To me, the most important thing is the story-telling. But for now, story pun belum ada lagi. haihh. Anyway, esok im going to Batu Pahat for Hot.fm Mini Jam...its probably gonna be my last performance before deciding to take a break for my studies... But its still in planning. I might still be around.

And here are some of my friend's work of their FYP that happens to be my favorite :

this one from Charuk. Buat nangis wehh..

BUAS from Charukphong Anuvong on Vimeo.

and this one is from Ike, William, Razzman and Vic. I love the last part!

Vii Synn (The 7 Deadly Sins) from William Gallyot on Vimeo.

I really hope i can do my best, and hopefully can go beyond what my friends have benchmarked!
They really inspire me :)

Prokastinasi

2010-06-02T15:41:00.001+08:00

Bangun pagi, tekan snooze alarm tido balik. Pastu bangun 3 jam kemudian. Bangun balik pastu snooze 10minit lagi. Pastu bila bangun for real, turn on facebook, approve apa2 yang perlu dia approve, Like sana Like sini, tag muka sendiri, pastu stalk orang, kalau takde updateds on notifications, mulalah hantar comment random dengan harapan mereka akan reply. Itulah routine setiap hari selepas bangun. Bila dah petang baru gelabah nak cari lunch la, mandi la, tau2 je dah nak malam, pastu rasa macam tak cukup time nak buat keje. Ya. Itulah sebabnya kadang2 saya tak sempat2 nak update blog ini. Dan dah banyak kali rasa mcm nak post pasal hari2 sewaktu saya berada di Beijing, tapi malangnya everytime i thot of it, my head will start saying "Jap gi lah. Tunggu bila dah free gila." Syabas Nabil, time anda free gila itu sudah diisi dengan waktu tidor anda. hahahaha. So i decided, that from now on, i will practice the EIGHT MINUTE RULE! What is 8minrule u tanya? ha ni dia:

Getting Things Done with The Eight Minute Rule

There’s a ton of stuff you don’t do when you could, and sogetting things done causes you stress.

Small stuff. Stuff that accumulates during the week, stresses you out to the point of flipping, when you embark on a frenzy of activity, getting things done, cleaning cars, getting to the dry-cleaners, writing your thank-you notes, before repeating the cycle over.

Boom and bust.

These bipolar bursts of activity rock the steady foundations of coasting along as the suave man-for-all-seasons you aspire to be.

(We’ll deal with the danger of aspirations another day.)

So here’s the problem:

You want to be the kind of host that can offer a gin and tonic to a friend that drops by at no notice, in an apartment free from piles of laundry and cat hair, and from a kitchen that isn’t doubling up as a petri dish.

But you can’t find the time to do the laundry and clean up the cat hair, and you always forget to buy tonic.

And here’s a couple of steps towards a solution:

Pick your tasks one at a time, and apply the eight-minute rule.

Most of the things that need doing around the house can be done in under ten minutes. That’s a really short period of time. If you have your snooze button set to ten minute intervals, you’ll appreciate just how little time that is.

BUT. It’s enough time to do LOADS of stuff:

Taking out the trash – 2 minutes
Loading the dishwasher – 4 minutes
Hoovering one room – 7 minutes
Ordering a crate of tonic water online – 4 minutes
Ironing two shirts – 8 minutes
Going around your bedroom, picking up every stray sock and t-shirt and chucking all in the laundry bin – 5 minutes
Paying five utility bills – 6 minutes
etc etc etc

If you’ve got young kids, eight minutes is about the maximum time you get to yourself anyway. Load the washing machine in your first eight minutes, and drink that gin and tonic in the second.

When you get home tonight, after boiling the kettle, and in the eight minutes before Eastenders starts, do something. It won’t take long (under eight minutes, in fact), you’ll experience the warm glow of achievement, and you’ll be one step closer to being the domestic goddess you aspire you to be.

There are a ton of tools that help you get things done. Start using them. They might just work."

Hati Ini terharu :)

2010-04-26T00:54:00.001+08:00

I found this when I was browsing Youtube. Ok fine. I was youtubing my name. But then, i found this!!
Someone covered my very first song that i wrote, Hati Ini. I was so excited campur terharu dowhh. And they did the original acoustic version instead of the radio version. This song means a lot to me, cos it was my very first song. They have really made my day, and give me more reason and inspired me to write more and more songs. Thanx guys :')

Dude, seriously

2010-04-18T02:26:00.000+08:00

I really need to change my blogging habits.

I only blog whenever i want, however i want.
But then, doing that, make me lazy to even blog at all.

Haih. Nabil nabil. The main reason why i created this blog is to see progress. Yes.
That's what it is. Tapi kalau tak update, mana progress nya dong. Dong. haha. klaka la. DONG.

Maybe i should start by changing the theme of my blog. Hitam ini sangat dull dan emo-ish.
Tapi saya malas untuk cari template, adjust coding and semua benda alah itu. issshhh rimas sungguh.
Ok lah. Here's a little update sejak my last post, ya.

I've recorded a new song, kira first single under Alibi Music label. It's pretty much "Stargate Ne-yo"
inspired, with the romantic-sad chords progression with some in-your face street beats, including some synth lines. I worked with Adeep TFC and Cat on the melody and lyrics, while Francis did the beats. I'm very happy with the song, finally after few years i came up with something I really wanted to do, a good up-beat R&B song that everyone can dance with.
It's different than what I've done before, though it has been a dream for me to do something like this, but people has been stopping me from doing this kind of genre back then sebab menurut diorang it's "not commercial". But the ones that u said suppose to be "commercial" tu pun tak ke mana, so F u. Now I'm doing it, no one's gonna stop me.

Pastu, few weeks ago i entered Worldstars Road to Hollywood. It was a last minute thing. Seriously, masa audition aku tak prepare apa langsung. But luckily I got through to the semi finals, and then to the final. But sadly, masa final, I had the worst sore throat (bukan alasan okaaay. but yeah, this is entirely my fault) of my career. So nope, i failed to get to Hollywood, but i guess it wasn't my rezeki. Shylla and Iz Sulaini dapat, and I'm so happy for them. They were awesome that night, in fact, all of them were great. Probably competition yang paling menakutkan skali ever entered because EVERYONE has very powerful vocals, quality jaaaaauh lebih dahsyat daripada the reality tv shows yang kita duk idang hari2.

But then, I was selected to represent Malaysia for Shanghai Asia New Singer Competition 2010, the one yang Datuk Siti and Jaclyn penah menang dulu, and will be held in Beijing. I pegi on the 28th of April, which is next week! So I only have less than two weeks left to prepare! Esok I'll be seeing Adnan Abu Hassan, so that he can help me polish my vocals before i go.

Panjang kan? Tersangatlah TL;DR (too long;don't read) ye? Inilah terjadi bila lamaaaa tak update. Skali update banyak nak mampus rupanya. Ye lah, saya bukan seperti Nada Rahman yang mampu update blognya bila2 dia nak. Ok dah2. Apa2 i will update, especially when I'm in Beijing :)

ttyl

Mom says "Don't talk to strangers,"

2010-01-26T00:38:00.000+08:00

But I did. Especially when i found this random website called "Chatroulette.com", where u can have a webcam chat with random strangers all over the world. So thats what me and afiv did last nyte, skipping from one stranger to another hoping to find a Zooey Deschanel-ish chick to have a conversation with, when most of the time all we found were perverted mofos showing their tiny bananas infront of the camera. But we found Korean chicks.

*notice afiv's trollface. kids, when u see him, RUN.

Umar pun try jugak:

*Umar. You's really handsome.

Twenty Ten! BERTUKARR!

2010-01-09T14:11:00.001+08:00

Happy New Year everyone! Hope it's not too late to wish everyone to have a very good year.
Yeap, it's time to make more resolutions (walaupun the last year's resolution tak complete tapi takpe postpone to this year).

This year's resolution mmg banyak if nak list, I don't think i want to list it all pun. Apart from I want write more songs, get a girlfriend, make more money, make new friends, be a better person, be a better this, be a better that. One thing i really wanted to do, is to...

TRANSFORM!!

I want to transform myself from this :

(that's not me...but kurus la i pun)

TO THIS!! :

ehhh not u, Mr.Prime. Althou that would be so cool, but i don't think its possible.

What i meant is.....THIS!

yeah, yeah i know i know, thats Zac Efron alrryte. I googled and he seemed to have almost the same body characteristics with mine, such as the height, the posture and his face shape. The only thing that I don't have are those freakin abs and freakin body tone that chicks drooled all over. F you, Zac Efron.

So yeah, i guess that's my motivation for now, hopefully 6 months from now, my body will turn out to be like that, and get a girlfren that looks like Vanessa Hudgens. But first, lemme grab some Big Mac...

On another note, here's a new video from women-beater, Chris Brown. I CAN TRANSFORM YA!

Until next time....Happy New Year!

Welcome Back, Mr.Bil.

2010-01-09T13:40:00.000+08:00

Naaaahhhh, i don't think i can leave this place.

Well, TumblrTown was cool and all.....but this is where i "escape".
So, hello again, people :)

I'm Moving to Tumblrtown

2009-12-10T08:19:00.000+08:00

yeah, it's gettin' pretty dull in here.

it's just too many texts and dark colors. saya mau pindah. i found tumblr. sgt colorful and full of positive vibes. saya suka. im gonna upload soo many pictures and maybe some of my sketches & artworks :)

the posts will always be here for u to browse. i see u at tumblr! :)

http://nabilzamanhuri.tumblr.com

Anti Cinta

2009-11-08T00:58:00.007+08:00

Semalam tgh syok2 tido di bawah selimut biru, sambil ditemani hujan, tibe terasa seolah-olah kepala diketuk-ketuk. Hatta, aku pun terbangun. I tgk around me, takde orang pun. Try tido balik, tetibe ada melodi aneh tapi agak menarik di telinga ditemani oleh ketukan di atas kepala mengikut rythm. I know its that time again. I just don't get it why bila dicari tak jumpa, but bile dah syok tido, pukul 4 pagi baru dia datang. oh well, i was excited to put this on paper, so i jumped from my toto grab my guitar and pen and start pre-record it on my handphone.

sambung tido, esok bile cek my notebook, ade bridge and a chorus line.

This song, i guess its called Anti-Cinta, sbb hook dia kat situ. It's about this person yang probably dah been thru a lot of pain during his past relationships, so he decided to take a break from "being in love" for awhile. But suddenly ade dis girl yang tetibe confess kat the guy, so he basically telling the girl that he's not interested on having any relationship for the time being, and hope she doesn't take it personally. Ntah pape la mamat tu.

I know the word "Anti-Cinta" mcm gile negative kan. But i think i wasnt talking about Love generally, cos love IS a good thing, and at some point love is the main reason we do what we do. So i guess im specifically telling a story about this paranoid character who's afraid to be in a relationship. So jgn fikir negatively la kot.

here's the song! Still rough raw mcm sandwich yang tak siap :)

Anti Cinta ROUGH - Nabil Zamanhuri

lyrics :

Kau pasti takkan percaya
Mendengar alasanku bila
Ku kata ku menghindar cinta

Namun perlu kau sedari
Bukannya aku membenci
Just please don't take it personally
It's not you..It's me.

Chorus
Dari pencinta-wanita, tapi kini diriku Anti Cinta
Kau ada hak untuk pilih yang lain kerna ku Anti Cinta
Tak perlulah kau membuang masa menungguku
Ku tak mungkin dapat memberikan cintaku
Dari pencinta-wanita, tapi kini diriku Anti Cinta

I dunno where to go from here. But I'll work something out :)

dare.to.dream
Nabil Zamanhuri

Anti Cinta by Nabil Zamanhuri is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Malaysia License.

How to write a song that breaks your heart.

2009-11-05T07:37:00.006+08:00

Bapak lama tak update. haha. but seriously, im not a regular blogger. I just write when i feel like writing.

Oh, and finally, my first ballad "Dari Jauh" was launched on the 8th October. Here are some of the pictures during the event :

berjoget tak hingat punya

When i started writing this song, I knew i want it to be a break-up song. I want it to be anthemic, that listeners can relate to it, and say "Hey, this song is about me."

So, i don't wanna do something with minor chords, u know, the typical "begging for her to come back" kind of songs. Nor i don't want it to have a lot of those hi-pitch long notes with a lot of modulation right in the middle of the song.

The song is about "letting go". So im trying achieve the feeling of cold sadness - it's like whispering to someone's ear while she's sleeping, telling her that u're going somewhere, and we might not gonna see each other again. At the intro of the song, u can hear this tapping sound as thou rain falls on your window. And as it went to the 2nd verse, u can hear the timpani, represents the thunder.

I worked extra hard on this song, cos this song means a lot to me. I have to say it's quite personal, but i know everyone might have gone through this.

The song didn't really make it, comercially thou. The radio stations didn't really play it. I'm not sure why, but I don't really care. I just gonna focus with what im doing. I posted it on my facebook and myspace, and my fans ordered it from me...some of them even posted it on youtube and blogs..they sent comments and say something like "lagu ni sedih gila, macam cerita pasal saya dulu", and "lagu ni memang sesuai untuk aku, ex aku baru je kawin..*sobs*", they tell me how much the song has touched them..to me, i have achieved exactly what i want from the song. To move people.

Well, sorry membebel panjang. Thing is, during this PC, the reporters suma tanya about the song, and i told them each and every detail. Tapi, yang keluar "NABIL kuat merajuk". So, the main story was about me and my so-called love life, dekat 18 perenggan duk cerita pasal "berpunya tak berpunya", the only thing they wrote about the song was "Dari Jauh, mengisahkan percintaan 2 insan".... I lol'd.

Alright then. Here is Dari Jauh,

Dari Jauh - Nabil Zamanhuri

here's the performance :)

dare.to.dream
NABIL ZAMANHURI

Uh 'ohh

2009-10-05T16:47:00.003+08:00

Practice.

Practice.

Practice.

Too much practice.

Now i have sore throat. And "Dari Jauh" showcase is in 2 days. The band is awesome but the singer sakit tekak. oh shi---

they say too much of a good thing can turn into something bad. demm.

doctor.

Use Somebody

2009-09-29T01:13:00.002+08:00

One random day. Bukak Youtube. See this :

Everytime i see his videos i feel so depress. How much practices do i need to do everyday, to have his voice? Daaaayyym u youtube singers. haha. This is my favourite Youtube singer of all time. Airto.

Showing Some Skin

2009-09-27T13:01:00.002+08:00

Haha, just messing around with some pre-made skins or blog templates. Don't worry, my blog will be back the way it is...just as soon after i try that emo-ish chick robot image for my background....

2009-09-10T01:25:00.004+08:00

Otak Kering (again) - New Song!

Sememangnya otakku ini takdelah basah sangat. Especially bile time2 nak cari idea, time tu la dia kering. Memang salah aku jugak kot. Expecting art to pop up. I think. I THINK. When u think too much of it, work by the rules, expecting too much from it, in the end sampai ke satu tahap they call it "writer's block". Instead, I patut ikut what Damian duk cakap "let the song grow la bro". I somehow jadi restless sebab nak siap cepat kot. haha. Teringat satu quote (yang juga merupakan quote favourite arwah Yasmin Ahmad):

"Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen." - Andrew Wyeth, an early 20th century American painter

So i thot, "u know wat, chill dulu." So i stopped working on the hook of the song that im working with Damian for awhile and starts listening to music. Diana Danielle pun ada mintak lagu jugak ni. Suprisingly, she's a good singer! So i start grabbing my guitar and see what i can come up for her. In the end i came up with a chorus. It sounds a bit different than what I've done before :

if u were mine.mp3 - Nabil Zamanhuri

possibly my first english number that i wrote. here's the lyrics:

If u were mine

When i see u cry,
Baby I'd die inside,
He was never really true to u,
I can see it in ur eyes..

Please tell me why
did u ever go for such ride,
Babygirl i would die for u
if only u were mine..

if only u were mine..

tak sure lagi if this song gonna make it for Diana Danielle's album or not. I just gonna submit this anyway. If not, I'mma do it for my album, cos i love it :D

2009-09-08T06:46:00.003+08:00

HILANG

Tahun ni memang ramai legends yang telah meninggalkan kita. Legend2 yang memang banyak bagi inspirasi kat aku, the reason Im doing what Im doing now.

Michael Jackon (atau Mikael? hanya Allah yang tahu)
Yasmin Ahmad
Ustaz Asri..

Mungkin ini petanda bahawa dunia hiburan akan dilanda rombakan atau evolusi (improvement atau downgrading, terpulanglah). Aku tak sure reaction dunia masa, John Lennon mati dulu, atau Elvis cos I wasn't born yet. Termasuk Allahyarham Tan Sri P.Ramlee dan Allahyarham Sudirman dulu.. But that's how the world works, i guess.. Pemergian bukan bererti kemusnahan, atau kehilangan. Delete and cancel is not the keyword here. Evolution, hopefully into something (if not better) post-legends. (sorry for the lack of a better word). From Elvis to Michael. From Tan Sri P.Ramlee to Sudirman. From Sudirman to Siti Nurhaliza.

But these legends will live through the future generations. They will always be references and inspirations for us, as u can see it through their works are mostly inspired by legends before them.

and Yasmin Ahmad will always be my inspiration in our local New Wave movies :

this one's my favourite..

2009-08-09T03:05:00.010+08:00

IT'S BEEN AWHILE..

yeah. the title says it all. It HAS been awhile since i updated my blog. And for today's post...is about the man who inspired me, who i grew up with, and the man that made me believe the sky is the limit... yeah. you guessed it right.

Michael Jackson.

this is when i like him the best. his "Thriller" era.

see, i'm not gonna say all the nice things about him, about what he did to the world, because everyone all over the world have done that, beautifully.

it's about how i remember him.

1993, i think it was around 8pm, or 9pm, a 6 year old boy was hanging out with her kakak at her neighbor's place.

The three of us, Kakak, me and Aliza (kot if i'm not mistaken her name was. Lepak in her parents room. Bukak TV, and I saw this man in a fully white suit, white tie and blue shiny shirt. He was in this big house, surrounded by guys in black suits and women in their cabaret dresses.

"Cite ape ni? Sape ni?"

"Maikel Jeksyen"

"Ohh. Kenape dia nyanyi-nyanyi?"

My sister ignored my last question. But my curiosity semakin membuak2. Cos i swear i saw his legs were barely touching the ground. He's floating in the air. With those striking socks in those shiny black shoes. And then he did this :

How the hell did he do dat. I keep on asking myself. i watched the movie till end. There were number of times when he walked in reverse (again, i ternganga tengok), he turned into a robot, jadi flying jet, beat the bad guys and fly into the sky. The kids seem to love him. And right after it ends, I'm starting to copy his moves, even thou tak berapa ingat sangat. I have to watch this again. I want to see him dance. Must ask Umi to buy the video tape for me.

"Umi, boleh tak belikan tape cerita orang nari2 semalam?"

"yang mana?"

"ala, yang pakai topi pastu nari2"

"Cuba tunjuk umi macamana dia buat?"

*spins around and kicks the air*

"Hahaha. Ok2, esok umi beli"

Next morning, my mum gave me the tape. Strange the cover of the tape shows that he was wearing a yellow spandex, with black pants. Apsal lain?

"Ni concert dia."

Oh. ok. I can't really complain. But I know it was the same guy. Put on the tape. The crowds were cheering. But there are still no signs of my new superhero. Waited. Waited. And then Bam! Fireworks, saw the man magically appeared from out of the fire. There he is. In his best form. Standing in proudly looking straight at the audiences that already went crazy. I was standing in front of the 14" Sanyo Color TV, striking the same pose as he was.

*drums*

I know this song, I heard it on the radio before. Jam! His legs moved so fast. My legs tried to move accordingly. He kicked with his right leg, i kicked with my left. He glided to his right, I glided to my left. He shouted. I shouted. He cried, i crouched and covered my eyes..

And here I am, 16 years later. Still dancing, making music, maybe not as big as Michael, but he inspired me to believe in my dreams, to never give up and to be DIFFERENT. Thank you, King Michael. Rest in peace.

(im looking for the video of me 6 year old dancing to michael jackson. nanti i upload)

2008-12-17T13:02:00.008+08:00

ARNAB TURNS 3D!!

Recently i ada assignment for my Computer Modelling and Animation class, to model and animate a character. And I've been developing this one character "Arnabill the Rabbit" since i was form 4. So i thot i wana see how would it look like if i turn it into 3D. haha.

This is what i did dulu masa form 4 :

Tolong jangan layan kejiwanganess dia please. Ni my very very very old work. haha

This is the one that i modeled :

Modeled and Rendered in 3Ds max. Buruk, i know. Masih amateur ok. haha

2008-11-17T01:50:00.004+08:00

LIVING IN MY HIGH-SCHOOL DREAM.

First of all, sorry lama gila bapak tak update the blog. Becos i seryesly tak expect people would actually found and read it. Sebab gua tak promote kot. But to those who bertandang n pay a visit, mekasihh. This blog obviously takde purpose. Just some mindless babbles about my life, hopefully progressing into something better.

About the title of this post, don't worry, it has nothing to do with girls, wet dreams, or anything involving teenage dreams during a period of hitting puberty. haha.

Ok, so currently, I'm working on a new single with Lah Ahmad, a former member of Voices of Euphonious (aka VE). So let me tell u this people, I've been following VE since R&B Hip Hop era baru nak start in our country. I think it was during Too Phat punya era kot, in 1999 to 2002. I was blown away when i heard their album with Ruffedge in Extreme Pleasure. The impact, to me, was as big as the time when Innuendo first came out. They are probably the reason why i want to sing.

So Lah Ahmad is definitely someone that i look up to.
I remembered, when i was form 1 to form 3, i was a (and still am) big fan of local urban scene. Too Phat, VE, Ruffedge, Innuendo, Teh Tarik Crew, Poetic Ammo, M.O.B, Phlowtron... u name it. I remembered, reading the booklets of Too Phat's "plan b" cd, VE Ruffedge's "Extreme Pleasure", Too Phat's project "Phat family"..and try to remember all the names that were involve in the production.

"izham omar"
"illegal - Sound engineer/arranger/producer/composer"
"eka shereen"
"positive tone"
"playtime studios"

POSITIVE TONE. thats where they start.
I remember looking at those two words, wishing i could be there one day, at least see how they work, meet all these brilliant people, and get inspired. These people made great music. AWESOME music. Masa tu baru aku sedar, that's what i want to do. Make music. Be one of them. Inspire people.

So there i was, about 3 days ago, working with the man that i look up to, Lah Ahmad, in Platinum Studios (formerly known as Playtime studios). Not only that, I met another man that inspires me musically (and ideologically) Malique Ibrahim, from Too Phat. You have no idea, NO IDEA at all, how that feels to finally meet all these great people and talk to them in the same night. At first macam segan jugak to tegur, knowing that he's the most respected person in Hip Hop, takut kena sound balik plak. haha. but woah, he is sangat baik wo. beliau adalah seorang yang sgt jujur and sgt stern dengan pendapatnya sendiri. He told me to be confident. "You've got talent bro, don't waste it.". I respect him a lot. And his latest album OK is brilliant. Seriously, its by far his best work. We manage to take few pictures right before i get back to work on the song. And yep, Illegal was there too! (will post the pictures later)

By the way, here's the song that I'm working on. This one is the rough version, recorded at Effy's studio, not the one in Platinum.

Dari Jauh (Rough Guide) - Nabil Zamanhuri

Follow your dreams :)

Magazine cover. hahaha

2008-09-21T21:30:00.001+08:00

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2008-08-26T16:54:00.009+08:00

COME WHAT MAY.

biar apa sahaja yang menghalang.
biar kudung tanganku dipotong mesin ABC.
biar panas membakar bak dalam hostel hari jumaat lepas balik masjid.
gua tetap berdiri di sini.

ok apa aku ngarut ni.
haha. dramatiknya intro.

Just got back from Sri Pentas. Tadi ade meeting dengan Michael D'Oliveiro (sambil melihat kad yang dia baru kasi tadi), Exec Producer of Gua.com.my.
About their plan to use ME as part of their future project. No, nothing dirty dun worry. So Khamis ni shooting. From pagi till malam. yay.

Wait. Khamis? KHAMIS?

shayt. Hari Jumaat gua ada FA punya CRIT kot. And ada assignment walk-cycle. Walk-Cycle tu apa? haaa..tak tak. bukan berjalan sambil berbasikal. Sebb that doesnt make any sense. Camne nak jalan atas basikal? hello. anybody there?

Walk-cycle assignment, adalah di mana, lecturer saya, Jijoe and frens, bagi satu karekter dan anda kene buat kerekter tu berjalan.
wow. Senangnya. Senang kepala atok hang.

On the same day, ade Crit. CRIT ya kawan2. bukan CIRIT.
Di mana mereka mahu melihat progress VFX saya. aduih. Lagi banyak lah sleepless nights ku ini. Dan esok kene antar Essay berdasarkan movie "Casablanca" itam putih yang saya masih belum tgk lagi, sebab haritu tak gi klas.

rumah atok ku sungguh techno. konsep Vfx saya. menggunakan 3Ds Max.

Isnin nexxt week, gua ada meeting ngan Caprice, antara rapper Malaysia yang sgt2 talented (sorry for the lack of a better word, he's brilliant). InsyaAllah, kami akan bercollabr8 dalam sebuah lagu. Tak sabar sungguh saya. By the way, do check out his music : http://amp.channelv.com/caprice

Dengan erti kata lain, gua sangat busy. sangat. bile nak cuti ni.

I need a girlfriend.

2008-08-18T07:14:00.003+08:00

I WROTE A NEW SONG.

I just made new song today. When im suppose to be working on my FA assignment.
Ah. F that. I love making music. Here's the song btw.

Selamanya (working title) - Nabil Zamanhuri

It's still work in progress. Supposed to be an old school soul thingy.
Something that Joss Stone or Musiq would do. kot la.
Melody for the verse main freestyle je. haha.
Planning to produce this for my vocal group Flowidduz.
No lyrics. Write for me :D

Selamanya (working title) by Nabil Zamanhuri is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Malaysia License.

2008-07-28T15:40:00.002+08:00

UNREALISTIC

To be. Or not to be.

I dont feel like going home tonite.
I hate it when i dream big,
then people came up to me and give me a slap of reality to my freakin face.

"be realistic," she said.

"u cant do that. u cant do this. not yet. not in 10 years from now."

then when?
if i dont start now, i dont think it will happen at all, even in the next 10 years.

judge me from my past.
afraid that i might do the same mistakes.
heh. More like "paranoid".

there's always a way.
Always.

if not,
Elvis wont be Elvis.

2008-07-25T13:09:00.004+08:00

JUST SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERYDAY

im pathetic.

2008-07-25T01:01:00.009+08:00

KU LIHAT LAYU DALAM MELAYU..

by : Malique Ibrahim (taken from album "Malique...OK")

Sesungguhnya,
tidak ada yang lebih menyayat,
dari melihat bangsaku dijajah.
tidak ada yang lebih menyedihkan,
dari membiarkan bangsa semakin hilang...

Aku lihat layu dalam melayu,
aku pasti bukan aku seorang sahaja yang nampak.
ada juga bercadang bertanya tuan punya,
tapi bercampur risau dengan tak tergamak,
nanti dikata tak bersyukur,
dikata tak sedar diri,
jadi aku menyendiri..memerhati..
dan akhirnya mengakui..yang kita sendiri,
membiarkan bunga raya melayu kekanan
dan dibiar bunga tak cantik mekar di kiri.

Aku lihat layu dalam melayu,
tanah air kita yang punya
kita siram, kita baja,
tapi angin api kita lupa.

Mereka merancang masa menjilat bangsa,
13 harimau bertukar menjadi mangsa,
kita lupa...nenek moyang kaya raya,
jangan sekali-kali digadai harta bendanya.

Ku lihat layu dalam melayu...

Takkan melayu hilang di dunia..
Iya...tapi apa guna tak hilang di dunia,
kalau kewujudan tidak dirasa..
petah berbahasa, kudrat tak berjasa..
orang berbudi, kita hanya tau merasa..

Selalu lari bila dirapat,
selalu malu bila soalan diaju;
Selalu segan memberi pendapat,
rela mengikut dari meneraju..

Belum nyanyi sudah bersorak,
suka berjanji dalam borak..
Bukan kata tak ada otak,
cuma tak berfikir di luar kotak..

Ku lihat layu dalam melayu...

Aku jadi sayu.
Bunga menangis, dia mendayu,
mahu jadi cantik tetapi ragu,
aku merayu..

Bangunlah semula hidup kembali
jangan tunggu matahari mati
cepatlah mekar sebelum terlerai
perjuangan kita belum selesai...

perjuangan kita belum selesai,
kerana hanya yang cekal dan tabah,
dapat membina mercu tanda bangsanya
yang berjaya....

2008-07-24T12:36:00.003+08:00

Just one of those unfinished songs that i wrote:
1) Dari Jauh

Tiada malam lena tidurku,
Hanya igauan mimpi yang pilu,
kerna setiap kali kupejamkan mata
ku hanya terlihat...dirimu.

Mengapa aku masih menanti,
harapan yang kian tidak pasti,
walau kusedar hakikatnya kau
takkan kembali..ke sisi.

Walau kau tidak perlukanku
Ku tetap mendoakan kebahagiaanmu
Tapi hanya satu yang kupinta
Izinkan ku menyintaimu dari jauh..

P/S: Corny. i know.

2008-07-15T14:39:00.002+08:00

practise praktis PRACTISE!!

AT LEAST :

One hour of singing a day.
One choreography a day. Learn a new one weekly.
One composed tune (verse or chorus) a day.
Learn One song on guitar a week.
Learn One song on piano a week.
One beats composition a day (Fruity Loops or Reason, or just human-beatbox)
Lyrics macamana?

One 3d object a day.
One drawing a day.
One photo a day.

One hour of jogging twice a week.
Gym sessions everyday.
Wait a minute, i don't have time for gyms.
OK tukar. Home-workout sessions, daily basis.

but u know as they say,
all that, the more the better.

and of course

5 times of prayers a day.

And one hell of a life im having.

2008-03-25T17:56:00.006+08:00

Gua dah bosan perform cara sama. Everytime naik stage nyanyi lagu sama. The same set of Hati Ini, Pria Terhebat (with tengah ade dance break), Pada Senyummu and kadang2 ade la selit lagu Bukan Untukku or Dipersimpangan Kenangan.

If im lucky, dapat la jugak perform lagu "like i love u" with dancers Floor Fever crew. Tapi nak bayar dancers tu haduihh....not complaining, but with the hasil that i get from shows, bayar dancers, tersangat lah sikitnya portion yang gua dapat. See, i dun care about the money, u know, as long as i can have great show, im happy. But how can we get a great show with a very low budget, pakai minus one and nyanyi sengsorang on stage?

Audience bosan kot. Im sure. They'll go like, "ohh man, another guy singer from another reality tv show". Camne diorang nak take me seriously if i keep on doing the same thing over and over again? Naik nyanyi turun. apakah??? Everyone can do that. EVRYONE.

Some singers can whale their voice for a whole day long, bile tarik tinggi sket, "wuishhh dahsyat nye ini worang"...but im not one of those singers. Im a performer. I cant just sing on stage pastu diri jer, that wont work.

I have to be different.

Ade few shows i did, i sang Pada Senyummu while lukis a caricature of a little girl that picked from the audience, and also when i sing Pria Terhebat, there's a break where i masukkan a part of Rock Your Body punye beatbox break and i dance to it. And then ade this one show at JB and Kulai, i bawak white rose and kasi an audience when i sing the part "mawarku...tahukah kau.." of the song "Kau Pergi Jua".

But itu suma tak cukup. Cliche. I want more.

I wish i can do something like Futuresex/Loveshow, where i own the stage, the band, the dancers, the lights, the audiences, and the whole goddamn show. Sing all my own songs. No covers. Im sick of singing covers. Now that's, a great show.

Maybe one day people will see what i can do and what im capable of. Maybe one day people will appreciate my efforts to give a great show, and respect me for it.

2008-03-19T08:15:00.000+08:00

Blog. Snoop Bloggy Blogg. Snoop Bloggy Blogg featuring Nate Blogg.

Sapeeelah yang mencipta blog. And kenapa dia panggil "BLOG"? Why not "ELOG"? We don't call e-mail as bmail kan?

Ok. Saya ngarut. The worst introduction for a blog. And it's my first post. And from my past experience, it myte be the last.

So why do i Blog even thou i tau it wont last more than 2 posts. If blogger.com still available the next 20 years, then there'll be a 3rd post kot. I duno.

Maybe Blog is an 'IN' thing nowadays. People upload their thoughts and feelings thru online. (god, this keyboard is sticky. jenama apakah ini? "TECOM"? apatu?) They sell stuffs thru blogs nowadays. Oh, tau Shopreina? Thats amira's blog jual baju. BAJU. wow, skrg takyah gi Topshop dah bleh browse for baju kan? Is there an online fitting room as well? oh here's the link to shopreina.

its 8.25 in the morning. And its RARE for me to get up this early (unless I tak tido at all). I wonder if Nasi Lemak mak cik klantan kat bawah bukak ke tak...oh. tak bukak. tengah cuti. lupa. haih, ini la yang tak best bile duk hostel mase cuti mid term. Kedai nasi lemak tak bukak. why am i staying in hostel sedangkan its cuti? Well, duk rumah pun bosan also. Kakak goes to work, Madihah skooling, Umi jaga kedai, Naufal, Ayah, Mommy at Taman Kosas. And i left my pc here in MMU, so i stay here la. I got vocal class at 2. or 3. My class usually on Monday at 3 at Platinum Studios, but postpne ke Today sebab Monday haritu hangout with my dad at Klcc....

.....yeah. teringat dat day mase i hangout at klcc. She didnt even look at me. Probably cos the boyfren was there. Or i dun matter at all. at ALL. haih. But she seems happy. Thats all that matters.