Understanding Malaysia law in the simplest ways

 The Malaysian lawyer blog.

If you are interested to know anything concerning law and how certain laws are applied in Malaysia, you can check out  https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com. However, it needs to be noted that the blog is entirely in Malay (due to its target audience). The purpose of this blog is to share some basic information about various laws and how it is applied in Malaysia. 

Why do you need the service of a lawyer in Malaysia? Why is it so important? You can read my quick explanation here :  https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com/2021/02/fungsi-peguam-2021.html

Divorce lawyers for non muslims in Malaysia. What are the process and procedures for divorce in Malaysia? Read my bit here: https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com/2020/11/proses-perceraian-bukan-islam.html

Divorce for non muslims in Malaysia. How do the Courts divide the matrimonial assets? You can read a very simple explanation here : https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com/2021/02/matrimonial-assets-perceraian-non-muslim.html

Have you been defamed or slandered? How do you take legal action against the slanderer? You can read my simple write up here : https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com/2020/10/bagaimana-untuk-memfailkan-saman.html

How about the copyrights law in Malaysia? You can read series of articled written on that topic here: https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com/2020/11/apa-itu-hakcipta.html 

I have also wrote a little bit on the process and procedure of division of muslim properties in Malaysia which you can read here : https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com/2020/12/pembahagian-secara-faraid.html 

What happens when you are being unlawfully dismissed from your job in Malaysia. Read my short and simple write up here : https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com/2020/10/kena-buang-kerja-dipecat-tanpa-sebab.html  

What you do if you're being bankrupted in Malaysia? What are the steps that you should consider to get out from your bankruptcy in Malaysia. Read here : https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com/2020/09/jatuh-bankrap-atau-muflis-apa-langkah.html

Home owners might want to know about latent defects. What are latent defects in Malaysia and can you sue your developer for that? Read it here : https://norhafeezlaw.blogspot.com/2020/10/kecacatan-tersembunyi-latent-defects.html

What Happened to R&B Male Vocal Groups?

I stumbled with an article written by Martin Fister. A good read.

R&B has always been the softer side of urban music, dealing with love and emotion, where hip-hop has always focused on political and street commentary. While the message of R&B has remained the same, the style of it has changed drastically over the last ten years.

Today, R&B makes extensive use of AutoTune, a technology that fits perfect pitch on artist vocals and allows vocal distortion. Going further, the ballad, which used to be the dominant form for R&B tracks, has been replaced by the club joint, popularized by artists like Chris Brown. And the most drastic change? There are no more R&B groups! Since its beginning, R&B has been defined by its vocal groups. The 1950s were packed with the street corner singing of Doo Wop groups like the Platters and the Flamingos. The banner was then taken up by The Temptations and The Four Tops in the 1960s and The O'Jays and The Spinners in the 1970s. The 1980s kept the sounds of groups alive with a wide variety of successes including The Tyme, Full Force, The Deele and The Force M.Ds.

The 1990s were defined by these groups, young men coming together for the love of the music. Just off the top of my head, I can quickly name: Riff, Guy, After 7, Entouch, Jodeci, Dru Hill, Playa, Profyle, Boyz II Men, All 4 One, Shai, Troop, Silk, H-Town, U.N.V., Hi-Five, Az Yet, Another Bad Creation, Bel Biv DeVoe, Mint Condition, Tony! Toni! Tone! And that's without even looking at artists that didn't dominate the charts. If I did this same thing today, I would have Day 26, a group formed on a reality TV show, and Pretty Ricky.

So I ask you, what happened to the R&B male vocal groups? Have young men and women forgotten what it means to sing together? In hopes of getting a better understanding of the question, I set out to ask the very artists for their opinions.

When asked about the group scene today, Anthony Fuller of Riff said, "Yea, we want to be able to give them singing and entertainment. A lot of things that's done now is basically entertainment. Even in the studios, a lot of things are programmed to where you sing one note and let the studio do the rest."

Following up, group mate Dwayne Jones said, "And you know, right now that's all you're hearing. Songs with the voice box and stuff like that, again, nothing wrong with that and that's cool. But what's actually missing is that nice three, four, five part harmony. Nice deep down soul in your gut type singing, you know we don't hear anybody begging anymore."

Both placed blame on the homogenizing sound of R&B caused by the AutoTune technology, and when you listen to the active groups today, you can see the presence. The sound of old features group harmonies, belting, pure singing. Today, it is hidden behind voice modifications and synthesizers. Seeking to find the blame for this change in music, I began to look for groups of old and find out their reasoning for taking time off or for breaking up.

According to Keith Mitchell of After 7, "It got frustrating pouring your heart and soul into a project and your record label drops the ball on records. So we lost confidence in the label and asked to be released. We didn't lose our record deal for all the public they should know that because it's a pretty unique situation and not many artists choose to walk away from labels but at the time, we did."

Expressing similar feelings, J.Poww of the group Universal Nubian Voices said, "Well after the second album, we were very disappointed with how the record was handled, as far as what singles were chosen, even the overall direction of the record. Had it been my choice there would have been a few more up-tempo, mid-tempo things and there would have been some other things that would have transpired as far as what would have been the first single. We left Maverick in 96 because of that. We weren't dropped."

From the various artists' opinions, it seems that the common thread was the labels. Artists find themselves forced into a niche or abused to the point where there music lost its soul. Their artistic expression is dictated by labels and the cause of these groups creation, the love of the music, is lost. However, these blames can't be put entirely on the labels. In the end, the labels are in the business to make money. Today, they see AutoTune based R&B music selling, and so they downplay the groups in order to sell more records. The consumers are causing the silence of R&B vocal groups as much as the labels. Until there's a proper demand for R&B groups, there won't be any interest from the labels in producing this kind of music again.

However, this leaves an interesting hole in the market. As Dwayne Jones from Riff said, "Growing up, we can go back a decade and say you know, Force MDs, Full Force. And then they can say, the Marvin Gayes and the Stevie Wonders, but coming up now in this century, that music is missing right now... there's a gap in between there. Because now, the kids, the only people who they actually know now is probably Chris Brown."

Today's market lacks the sound of real vocals to inspire another generation of kids to pursue music careers. While we as listeners can survive the dearth of R&B vocal groups today, can the industry survive it? Looking towards the future, R&B singer Case leaves us with an optimistic view, "Because I think music just goes around in a big circle. So I'm pretty sure it'll be back around to where it was. There were so many groups back then, and then it changed back to the solo artist and I figure it'll be back."

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/3105771

Shawn Stockman's Sing Off.

1- Final days of the fasting month. Most of my friends have already fled and I am still here in the office, reading blogs and trolling people right, left and center. In case I forgot, I would like to wish a prosperous celebration of Eid to everyone.  I will be celebrating Raya in KL this year, like every other year.

2- Have you watched Shawn Stockman's Sing Off? A singing competition featuring Acappella groups from all over the United States with Shawn Stockman, Ben Folds and Nicole Scherzinger (for season 1 and 2, Sara Bareillis will be taking her place for the third season) judging.

3- You wont be able to get the show here in Malaysia since no Malaysians are interested with an Acappella singing competition like Sing Off but you can still view the show via youtube. By the way, the third season will be starting on September 19th with 16 new groups competing for the championship. Cant freakin wait.

4- It is fascinating indeed to learn that one of the competing groups is called Urban Method. I seriously thought it was the Malaysian Urban Method. Remember that five piece RnB Hip Hop group that topped the charts with their hit single, Wajah Rahsia Hati? But this Urban Method is from Denver. Could Mahathir and co moved out of Malaysia and now based themselves in Colorado? What could have caused them to move out? Was it the dull Malaysian RnB scene? Haha. Unfortunately, this is a totally different group. Watch out for these cats.

5- The winner of the first season was a group called Nota and Committed championed the second. Nota played this percussive acappella (most probably due to their latino blood) which was not really my cup of tea while Committed was this gospel boys doing straight out RnB which was fun, until I thought that they can only do RnB. The harmonies were complex as fuck and individually, all the six singers got crazy vocal shits going on in their larynx especially the boombox guy. Well, after years of listening to african americans doing RnB and Acappella (read: BoyzIIMen, Azyet, All4One, Shai), it seems to me that there is nothing new and impressive with what Committed was doing.

6- For the second season, I was rooting for Street Corner Symphony, five white boys doing acappellas with all the rock vibes and shit. The group might not be vocally excellent and harmonically creative as Committed, but the capability to something extremely different but mainstream all at the same time, SCS deserved a standing ovation.   

Benign

Malaysian vocal groups or whats left of em anyway.

1- Malaysian urban vocal groups started way back, as early as the early 90s if you count Pancha Sitara out. I have to admit that I lacked the knowledge to write a proper thesis on the history of Malaysian vocal groups so I would not waste my time doing that.

2- As we all know, back in the states, the mighty goliath of a music called Rock was killed by Kurt Cobain and his seattle cohorts with a new music called grunge. In Malaysia, rock was killed by rap music. MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice wannabes were all over the place while the purists would resort to the more obscure NWA and Public Enemy.

3- Malaysian mainstream music scene was swarmed with rap groups from all over the place led by a trio of siblings calling themselves KRU. Then you got 4U2C, NICO, MSteen, Res2, Feminin and of course the more obscure Krash Kozz with their debut, New Jack The Street Beat which was released in 1993. While most of the acts concentrated with writing cheesy rhymes in malay, some of the above mentioned groups did produced songs centred around vocals and minimal harmony vocals. KRU for example produced an acappella song called Untukmu which was made famous by Feminin, most probably the first urban girl group from Malaysia.

4- Then enter Shades, the first mainstream vocal group to achieve success after years of honing their talent at the stairs of Central Market. Their acappella rendition of the classic, Malam, introduced acappella to a lot of new listeners in the 90s. Then there was KOOL. Remember them? A lot of people would associate them with dance music due to their hit song, Bebas, but if you would listen carefully to each of their songs in the debut, you would be surprised to learn that there were elements of new jack swing and RnB all over the place with complete 3 lines of harmonies on all of the songs. The group even added a fifth member to adhere to the discipline of harmony singing.

5- I believe it was during this time that more underground vocal groups started to emerge with Innuendo spearheading the movement. Vibe, Euphonious, SoulStreet, Surreal, Foreplay, Cest La Vie, Deep, Emberz of Soul, Quevox, Touchess and Signature just to name a few, swarmed the underground stages alongside other hiphop acts from Klang Valley.

6- The release of RuffEdge (formerly known as Vibe) and Voices of Ephonious (formerly known as Euphonious) split EP, Extreme Pleasure, reignited the interest in RnB vocal groups amongst the newer faces. The stage was swarmed once again with groups in the likes of Hearts of Mean, Soul Dinero, Flowwidus, First Edition, Quizziclez, Infinatez, Crescendo, Muzieclez, Quadrose, Siarra, Quest and Luscious, again just to name a few.

7- Then there was the death. I dont know how and I dont know why. The scene died.  

Benign 

Where have all the RnB groups gone?

1- Wow, it has been a while indeed since I last took interest in updating this blog. I was quite astounded to learn that this blog is still getting daily visitations. Well, to be honest, this blog was ignored. Why wouldnt it? The strong love and passion for RnB has long gone along with the vocal groups that came with it.  

2- It was only with my recent and you might say, rekindled fascination with vocal groups from the past that I thought about this blog. I have been browsing Youtube recently and stumbled with 112's hot sexy track, Peaches N Cream. Who could ever forget that bumpy bouncy track? The fat bass track with that fiesty opening riff brought me back to that one time when baggy pants, air force ones and sports gears roamed the scene. Damn, I missed those days.

3- Back in the days and that was like 5-6 years ago, I despised the type of RnB championed by groups like 112 and B2K. I dont know why but most probably due to the reason that the type of RnB beats that them cats were singing to, represented the next evolution of RnB when I was still stuck with the quiet storm, new jack swing style of the early 90s. It was a change that I was unwilling to accept. For me, Boyz II Men and AzYet (among others) were the true voice of RnB.

4- As times fly, I had to embrace the change and seeing the latest trend of modern music nowadays, I found myself desparately crooning for music from the likes of 112 and B2K to have been able to survive. 

5- As for the older RnB groups in the instance of Boyz II Men, AzYet and Silk, it is a fact that their days were long gone over. I guess, it is difficult to adapt to the changes in music. Most of their original fans were now in their late 30s and 40s. The younger fans were more fascinated with Justin Bieber, Mindless Behaviour and those type of bubble gum sound. Boyz II Men tried to modernize their sound with their last all original studio album, The Remedy but how many of us could even remember that album.

6- The talks of new albums by reunited acts like AzYet, Jodeci, Silk, Next, New Edition and BlackStreet ends with nothing. The only vocal group that managed to come out with a decent album was Dru Hill. Even Sisqo and crew found it hard to capture the market that they once conquered with classic tracks like 5 Step and We're Not Makin Love No More.

Benign

Gig Review - Resurrection:

Gig: Resurrection RnB Hip Hop

Tarikh: 20.2.2010
Tempat: Maison, Kuala Lumpur

Sebenarnya gig ini sudah lama dirancang, dan ura-ura untuk gig ni diadakan memang telah bermain ditelinga-telinga dan bibir-bibir mulus peminat-peminat RnB tempat sejak daripada tahun 2009 lagi. Pada tanggal 20.2.2010 bertempat di Maison Kuala Lumpur, ianya telah diadakan dengan jayanya. Saya pada saat-saat akhir telah mengambil keputusan untuk menyaksikan persembahan ini dan ianya satu keputusan yang tidak saya kesalkan.

Saya bersama Fazley Crescendo dan Mr.Roy telah bertolak dari ampang pada sekitar 4 petang dan bernasib baik kerana mendapat kekosongan tempat letak kereta di hadapan Maison. Dalam pukul 5, keadaan masih lagi tenang namun kelibat sahabat sahabat dari Hearts of Men, First Edition dan beberapa kumpulan lain sudah kelibat mundar mandir di venue gig. Saya mengambil peluang untuk bertegur sapa dengan sahabat-sahabat lama yang sememangnya sudah lama tidak bertemu mata dan suara.

Dalam pukul 6.30 petang, kebanyakan kawan-kawan lama sudah mula berkumpul dihadapan venue bertanya khabar dan bergambar dengan ceria dan hyperactive. Namun terdapat sedikit masalah yang mungkin akan menyebabkan gig tersebut tidak dapat dilansungkan. Semua menanti dengan sabar sambil mengambil gambar barang sekeping dua. Syai Infinatez dari SR Photography kelihatan sibuk kesana kemari dengan cornrow hodohnya (haha chill dude). Amir Infinatez juga turut kelihatan memberikan sokongan.

Infinatez ketika ditemuramah. Gambar ihsan SRPhotography & MESR Resources.

Pihak pengurusan akhirnya dapat menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi dengan pihak venue lalu gig pun bakal dimulakan walaupun agak terlalu lambat. Saya sendiri agak risau kerana melihatkan masa agak suntuk, adakah sempat untuk kumpulan yang bakal mengadakan persembahan yang terlalu banyak sempat mengadakan persembahan. Saya pasti, mungkin ada yang akan terkecewa.

Saya tidak mengingati kesemua kumpulan-kumpulan yang mengadakan persembahan jadi saya hanya akan mention kumpulan-kumpulan yang saya kenal sahaja. Teruja saya melihat sahabat-sahabat lama mengadakan persembahan bersama setelah sekian lama tidak berkongsi pentas. Hearts of Men, Soul, First Edition, Crescendo, Flowwiduz, Infinatez, Ruffedge dan VE sememangnya nama-nama yang tidak asing lagi untuk peminat-peminat RnB bawah tanah khususnya bagi saya sendiri sejak tahun 2004.

Infinatez mengadakan persembahan. Gambar ihsan SRPhotography & MESR Resources.

Infinatez hanya sempat menyanyikan sebuah lagu sahaja iaitu lagu Have I Never daripada kumpulan A Few Good Men. Persembahan mereka mendapat sokongan dan tepukan serta sorakan yang sangat gemuruh. Alvin telah terbang daripada Sabah untuk persembahan ini serta beberapa urusan beliau di Kuala Lumpur. Rafik Taib, Shah Aziz, Daniel Hashim dan Alvin Mahathir memberikan persembahan yang terbaik mereka pada malam itu. Saya dapat merasakan bahawa mereka benar benar melepaskan gian diatas pentas. Mungkin kerana agak lama tidak perform bersama dan mengadakan persembahan bersama rakan-rakan lama yang lain.

Saya masih mengingati ketika saya masih lagi bersama Infinatez sekitar 2004 hingga awal 2007, persembahan-persembahan begini boleh dikatakan kerap berlaku. Yang masih bermain difikiran adalah persembahan Infinatez, Soul Dinero, Hearts of Men dan Quizzicles untuk Fete De La Musique yang dianjurkan oleh HELP Institute serta persembahan oleh kumpulan-kumpulan yang sama di sebuah sekolah gadis gadis di kuala lumpur yang saya lupa nama sekolahnya. Yang paling meninggalkan kenangan adalah RnB Party yang diadakan di Planet Hollywood yang mengumpulkan hampir 10 kumpulan vokal RnB anjuran Mamal Flowwiduz.

Namun selepas tahun 2008, scene bawah tanah Rnb seolah-olah mati. Saya tidak tahu dimana silapnya. We were so strong back then. Entah lah, tetapi gig ini memang mengembalikan memori-memori lama bersama dengan these fellas. Saya berharap, gig seperti ini diperbanyakkan dan juga turut berharap agar muka-muka baru RnB boleh keluar dari sarang anda dan meriahkan kembali scene ini.

Walaupun banyak masalah yang berlaku, gig tersebut ditamatkan on a high note. Kudos.

Nor Hafeez Benign Nurul Hadi.

Dua Ribu Sepuluh:

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera. Nor Hafeez menulis untuk Blog Infinatez buat ke sekian kalinya setelah melihat terlalu lama blog ini terbiar tanpa sebarang warkah buat pembaca, itu pun sekiranya blog ini masih ada lagi para pembacanya.

Saya menulis bukan bagi pihak kumpulan Infinatez tetapi sekadar dari meja sendiri secara personal sebagai individu yang masih lagi berada didalam lingkungan anak-anak nakal infinatez dan juga sekutu sekutunya termasuk juga bekas-bekas anggota kumpulannya.

Persoalan yang mungkin bermain dibenak fikiran saudara dan saudari mungkin berbunyi: Adakah Infinatez masih lagi bernafas untuk tahun 2010? Persoalan tersebut akan cuba saya rungkaikan sebaik mungkin didalam perenggan-perenggan selepas ini.

Jawapannya, Ya. Infinatez masih lagi ada. Sejauh mana keadaan Infinatez dengan aktiviti sebagai sebuah kumpulan nyanyian? Itu tidak dapat saya pastikan. Yang saya tahu, Infinatez masih lagi belum berkubur. Infinatez masih lagi menerima undangan nyanyian, cuma mungkin tidak serancak dahulu.

Mereka kini lebih rancak digelanggang badminton di Wangsa Maju, itu saya pasti. Oh tidak, masing-masing bukannya mencuba nasib untuk menjadi pemain badminton untuk menebus maruah negara yang tercalar didalam kejuaraan piala Thomas baru baru ini. Tidak sama sekali. Mereka tidak mempunyai bakat didalam sukan tersebut apatah lagi seringkali gugup dan kecundang apabila berdepan dengan saya didalam setiap perlawanan.

Kepada yang masih lagi tidak tahu, Infinatez kini adalah: Danial Hashim, Shah Aziz, Rafiq Taib dan Alvin Mahathir. Saya yakin ramai juga telah mengetahui bahawa Andi Ariffin telah pun meninggalkan Infinatez untuk meneruskan perjuangan secara solo dan kini didalam proses untuk menerbitkan album solonya yang pertama.

Alvin Mahathir Yunus kini berada di kampung halamannya di Ranau, Sabah, masih meneruskan aktiviti nyanyian dan persembahan secara solo sebagai projek sampingannya disamping sesekali turun ke Kuala Lumpur untuk persembahan bersama Infinatez. Menggunakan nama Alvin MY, beliau telah berjaya melahirkan EP beliau yang pertama bertajuk Learning You beberapa bulan yang lalu. Oh ya, dia juga telah pun melangsungkan perkahwinan dengan gadis pilihan hatinya baru baru ini. Saya berdoa agar beliau dan pasangan dikurniakan anak seramai 5 orang untuk meneruskan perjuangan Infinatez dimasa depan kelak.

Shah Aziz pula kini sibuk dengan jemputan-jemputan sebagai penyanyi latar disamping mencipta lagu lagu untuk dijual kepada khalayak ramai dengan harga yang berpatutan. Yang penting, lagu lagunya jauh lebih murah daripada lagu lagu ciptaan Faizal Maas ataupun Pak Ngah. Beliau juga terlibat sebagai penerbit kepada beberapa kumpulan nasyid remaja urban yang meningkat maju seperti In Heart dan juga Kashfy. Terbaru, beliau akan terlibat dengan satu persembahan teater yang saya lupa tajuknya.

Rafiq Taib seperti biasa, masih sibuk menguruskan perniagaannya. Disamping menjadi mangsa kecederaan suka badminton yang memerlukan beliau berehat selama dua bulan sebelum ditewas dan dicederakan sekali lagi oleh saya, beliau juga terlibat sebagai pencipta lagu, penerbit serta jurulatih vokal bagi beberapa kumpulan nasyid disekitar lembah kelang. Beliau, apabila ditemui, masih lagi didalam keadaan ceria kerana baru sahaja menerima kehadiran anak saudara yang pertama didalam sejarah hidupnya.

Danial Hashim pula masih lagi boleh ditemui berkeliaran didalam ruang rakan maya Facebook. Beliau masih lagi menerima undangan nyanyian bersama rakan rakan dari kumpulan RnB tempatan Crescendo pimpinan saudara Irwan Iskandar dari kumpulan RnB terkenal Ruffedge. Sesekali beliau akan berada dipentas bersama dengan Infinatez bagi menjayakan undangan-undangan nyanyian disekitar lembah kelang. Namun beliau lebih banyak menghabiskan masanya sebagai pemain Play Station sepenuh masa.

Bagaimana dengan bekas bekas sekutu Infinatez yang lain? Seperti yang telah saya ceritakan diatas, Andi Ariffin kini sedang didalam persiapan untuk menerbitkan album sulungnya yang dijangka akan keluar tidak lama lagi disamping sibuk dengan kerjanya sebagai pencipta lagu dan penerbit. Hasil kerja beliau dapat dilihat didalam single pertama kumpulan vokal gadis-gadis iaitu Luscious, sekutu rapat Infinatez didalam Gangstar TV3 musim pertama untuk menentang The Lima dan kuncu kuncunya.

Syaiful Redzuan atau nama timang-timangan nya, Syai kini merupakan jurugambar freelance dan seringkali sibuk menguruskan AKAR bersama rakan rakan yang lain. AKAR merupakan aturcara bulanan yang memberi ruang kepada pengkarya-pengkarya seni bebas untuk mengenengahkan bakat mereka didalam seni yang termasuk nyanyian, pembacaan puisi dan sebagainya.

Amir Erwan pula kini sedang berusaha mencapai cita-citanya untuk menjadi pakar IT dan kini bekerja disuatu tempat yang sangat misteri sehingga saya sendiri tidak tahu dimana lokasi tempat kerja beliau. Bakal melangsungkan perkahwinannya tidak lama lagi dan semua yang membaca cerpen ini dijemput hadir.

saya rasa adalah mencukupi buat pembuka kata bagi blog infinatez 2010 ini. Semoga kita jumpa lagi didalam masa yang terdekat. Assalamualaikum.

Nor Hafeez Benign Nurul Hadi
Ampang.

Dari Meja Benign:

To my brothers of 2008, apa sahaja pilihan kalian, aku akan tetap menyokongmu dari bawah. Aku akan senyum dengan kejayaanmu. dan aku akan terus bersorak untuk mu semampu boleh. Capai cita-citamu, my brothers.

BENIGN
Infinatez circa 2004-2007

IIC Rawks!!!

Thanx IIC for the great show!! You juniors have done a good job!! Keep it up!!

Infinatez baru saja selesai membuat persembahan di IIC (Islamic International College). It was a great one. Layanan istimewa and makanan pun sedap ^_^. One of the best crowd we've performed so far. Thanx to Farah and friends for taking good care of us. Thanx to Mira and Eiya for inviting us in the first place. Thanx to the AJK's, you guys have certainly done a good job. We would really love to perform in IIC again. For those yang ada take pics with us (thank you very2 much) do keep in touch through myspace, friendster or facebook. Let us know if you post the pictures online ya. We got more pics tapi kena tanya Syai.

To Syai and Eizani, you guys were a big help for us!! Well of course ^_^

Alvin MY
Infinatez

Singles ^_^

Salam semua, Infinatez sudah siap proses rakaman lagu Paparazzi & Ada Masa. Hopefully we'll be releasing our single anytime soon ^_^

Untuk mendengar snnipets of our upcoming singles do visit http://amp.channelv.com/infinatez

Melaka

This was on JUNK magazine (Feb) "Malaysian band Infinatez, winner of the Gang Starz R&B reality show..." hahaha!!!

On our way to Adi's wedding in Melaka

Cute little Farah (adik kepada Adi the groom that nite) ^_^ We performed 5 songs that nite.

Jikalau tiada aral melintang, Sayang Kinabalu acapella akan berkumandang di radio Sabah sedikit masa lagi. Mungkin isnin minggu depan? Terima kasih byk2 kami ucapkan kepada abg Asmin Mudin ^_^

Teaser Songs

Salam semua ^_^

Anda boleh mendengar teaser songs Infinatez di website2 berikut:

http://amp.channelv.com/infinatez
http://myspace.com/infinatez

Beware: It's raw and rare ^_^

Ceritera Fahmie

Di sini kami Infinatez ingin mengambil kesempatan untuk mengucapkan selamat pengantin baru kepada orang kuat Infinatez selama 4 tahun penubuhannya encik abang fahmi dan isterinya kak alice setelah diijabkabulkan menjadi pasangan sumai isteri yang sah. Kami berdoa agar kedua-dua pengantin baru ini dimurahkan rezeki, diperbanyakkan zuriat dan dirahmati Allah sehingga ke anak cucu. Sesungguhnya pertemuan dua insan itu tersangat indah apatah lagi jika pertemuan itu disudahi dengan penyatuan yang diberkati. Selamat pengantin baru Abang Fahmi.

Abang fahmie juga telah meletakkan jawatannya sebagai pengurus Infinatez. Setelah hampir 4 tahun menggembeleng tenaga menjadi penggerak utama Infinatez, keputusan ini dibuat setelah difikir masak2. Kami percaya ianya merupakan permulaaan untuk beliau yg juga baru berumahtangga.Biarpun berat hati untuk melepaskan namun setiap yang bermula pasti ada kesudahannya. Kami menghormati keputusannya, kerana percaya dia akan terus membantu kami. 4 tahun bekerja bersama membuatkan persahabatan itu lebih bernilai dari segalanya.

Kami tetap anak2 nakal INF. As time goes by, we are still the same

Andy A. Merican
Infinatez

TV appearance

Oh yeah before i forgot last week Friday 11th , we appeared on NTV7's The Breakfast Show.

I received a call a day earlier asking us to come over and fill up the slot for that session. I straight away agreed and informed my fella brothers. I mean what the heck. Apart from all the shows and invitations that we got (none from TV3), its been awhile we have not been seeing our faces on TV. So it feels good to be back again.

We talked bout a couple of things, our plans and project for 2008. We even gave them a snipet of our next single 'paparazzi' . Right after that i kept on receiving tones of sms bout us that morning. It was a good promotion though. And for you who got up early and saw us, or accidently watched us, we appreciate you being such a morning person :)

Thank You NTV7. We love ya!!!

Andy A. Merican
Infinatez

Selamat Tahun Baru!!

Salam to all our readers ^_^

Infinatez would love to wish all of you a happy new year. May 2008 becomes a better year for all of us. Juga kepada umat muslimin dan muslimat, semoga Maal Hijrah kali ini menjadikan kita insan yang lebih bertakwa dan bersyukur dengan nikmat2 yang telah dikurniakan-Nya.

As for Infinatez, 2008 merupakan tahun yang kami nanti2kan. Byk perancangan yg kami sediakan utk tahun ini. Setelah terlibat dgn Gangstarz dan PRamlee The Musical pada tahun lepas, kami harapkan lebih kejayaan buat Infinatez dalam tahun ini.

InsyaAllah double single Infinatez akan dapat didengari oleh anda semua dalam bulan Februari nanti. Sebuah lagu upbeat in english, dan sebuah lagi lagu melayu. Kedua2 lagu ini adalah hasil ciptaan kami sendiri, begitu juga dgn hal2 penerbitannya. Rakaman dilakukan di sebuah studio yang terkenal dgn hasil sentuhannya yang memang menjadi ^_^ Harapnya lagu2 kami akan dapat diterima ramai. Juga ada sebuah special track khasnya utk orang2 di Sabah. Sebenarnya kami sendiri pun sudah tidak sabar utk lagu2 kami ini menemui anda semua!! Doakan yg terbaik utk kami ya.

Juga terima kasih kepada Layar Tanchap kerana memberikan kami peluang utk mempersembahkan kedua2 lagu baru kami tempoh hari. Pada acara tersebut yg berlangsung 4 Jan lepas, kami telah menyanyikan kedua2 lagu baru kami dgn iringan keyboardist/pianist Mr. Rafik Koncept (thank u ya ^_^ ur d best!!) Sememangnya Layar Tanchap ni mmg best. Kami berasa amat bertuah kerana dpt berkongsi pentas dgn Imran Ajmain, Najwa, Funky Doryz dan ramai lagi yg membuat persembahan malam itu (Alvin Infinatez tidak ketinggalan bermain gitar utk Imran dan Najwa). Utk membaca review tanchap lepas sila ke link ini - wookookoo.wordpress.com

Nanti akan ada lebih update ya ^_^

SELAMAT TAHUN BARU!!!

Alvin MY
Infinatez

Are You Ready??

Infinatez di Layar Tanchap

Salam semua. Minggu terakhir untuk 2007 ini merupakan antara yg tersibuk buat Infinatez dan juga INF sepanjang tahun ini. Ada sesi recording dan juga photoshoot bagi memastikan perjalanan seni Infinatez lebih teratur untuk tahun 2008. Kami sudah bersedia untuk melakukan yg lebih untuk 2008. InsyaAllah kami akan keluar dgn "Double Single" Infinatez awal tahun 2008.

Infinatez juga akan perform dgn kawan2 yg lain di Layar Tanchap 4 Januari 08 bertempat di Galeri Seni Shah Alam. Hari jumaat (malam) tu, klu xde plan eloklah kita sama2 bersantai di Layar Tanchap nanti.

Alvin MY
Infinatez

Ibu berangkat menunaikan Haji

Alhamdulillah, ibu telah pun bertolak untuk menunaikan haji tahun ini. Dan pagi tadi, saya telah menerima SMS darinya yang menyatakan dia telahpun selamat sampai. Alhamdulillah.

Kepada yang masih belum mengenali ibu, Ibu bukan sahaja bonda kepada saya tetapi bonda kepada sekalian Infinatez dan INF

Terima kasih kepada semua yang mendoakan keselamatan ibu saya. Terima kasih kerana mengunjungi dan menziarahi ibu sebelum dia bertolak. Terima kasih kepada semua yang menghantar sms kepada saya mahupun ibu. Terima kasih yang tak terhingga kepada mereka yg mengiringi ibu sehingga ke Kompleks Tabung Haji malam semalam.

InsyaAllah, ibu akan mendoakan anda semua terutama sekali yang telah memberi amanah dan segala doa untuk di bawa ke sana. Semoga mendapat haji yang mabrur

Salam dari saya
Andy A Merican

Infinatez in Sabah