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Bakakuk Album CD in stores all over Sabah

The release date of Bakakuk Album CD in stores all over Sabah is 14th November 2009!

• It is available at major record stores through out Sabah.
• The retail price of Bakakuk Album CD is rm29.90
• Free poster with ever purchase of the CD (while stocks last)
• Also available for purchase on Itunes
• Also available for purchase on Amazon.Com (United States Only)
  

For Press Kits
http://www.reverbnation.com/atama

For TrackList
http://www.tunecore.com/music/atama

For Preview
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=bakakuk&x=18&y=18


Seriously you got to own Atama's 2nd album Bakakuk. Antara sebabnya ialah:
1. You can move or shake your any part of your body while listening to it
2. To support our acts
3. It is a blend of hip hop, dance while also preserving sabah traditional sounds
4. Atama featured fellow sabahans Adolf, Carl, Gzell, Ivye, As Bow & Alvin MY in this album
5. To get to listen and understand his ideology in music and sound

For many reasons, I respect and admire this guy. I'm proud to also be part of this album. As a sign of support, do buy his album. He is indeed doing something fresh. Also look out to our gigs in November and December in facebook.

Alvin MY

Recording in KK, Performing in KL

My new song (which is a wedding song) is in progress and almost complete. The 1st version is in malay language. Above is Peter Poninting which is my friend and also my sound engineer. He did the music arrangement for my studio versions of "Learning You" and "Raya di Kinabalu". Will be working with him on more songs later on. I'll also be working with other talented musicians and producers soon, mostly from Sabah ^_^ Owh I said the new song is in malay language coz it will also be made in english, kadazandusun etc and it will hav an acoustic version and whatever things that I can imagine.

I arrived at LCCT last friday night (9oct). Most probably will be in KL till 21oct. I'll be performing at the MSM annual dinner this 17oct. Good news is I'll be performing with a live band and they are all my good buddies - Kay, Geaff, Leo and the gang!! You can expect songs like "No One Else Comes Close" and "Learning You" (this song will be quite diff from the recorded version - electric guitar feel) ^_^ Can't wait to perform!!

This is my buddy Medrian. I'm staying with him while I'm in KL. We were classmates, best friends and stayed at the same neighbourhood in Ranau since zaman dulu2 ^_^. You can meet him at Sg Wang's Bata shop ground floor (the shop is called "Famous Brand)" as he is the shop manager there. I've went to his store and I'm preety sure I'll be getting (buying) a couple of pairs there. Didn't bought any last friday night coz he was already closing the shop.

Lama sudah x makan ni bun since 4 months ago sy d KK. After supper last friday night we went to 7Eleven where I found this, lantas apalagi terus beli. It is not the best bun in the world but for the sake of lama x rasa sy pun beli. Mmg selalu beli ni dulu2 ^_^

Medrian's house is loaded with comic and art books. Woohoo!! Btw NBA season is coming up, another woohoo!!

Great Bossing My Friend ^_^

Writers block la ni now. I try to write with a purpose nowadays. So that people will also gain something good from reading this blog. So I want to tell you guys about a blog yang byk info2 berguna. The blogger's name is Bossing, well we call him Bossing. A lot of his writings I can apply in my life, mcm how to lose belly fat, how to get the audios from youtube videos and dia selalu update pasal event2 sabah tourism. So do check him out!! He is my friend and he is also a funny guy. Go Bossing!!

http://greatbosing.blogspot.com

Malaysia Day #1

Alvin MY - Raya di Kinabalu MV

Download the mp3 of "Raya di Kinabalu" (4MB)

Download the unofficial MV of "Raya di Kinabalu" (36MB)

Alvin MY, Felix Agus and Clarice Jon Matha @ TV1

This pic is so wrong haha!!

Show: Ronda Ronda Raya
Host: Khafie (Pilih Kasih)
Guest Artistes: Felix Agus, Alvin Infinatez & Clarice Jon Matha

Watch us at TV1, first day of Hari Raya, 12.05 noon!! Raya di Kinabalu!!

I'll be performing tommorow night at City Mall ^_^

"My Story" by Jonathan Tse
29th August, Saturday
8pm-930pm
Halo Cafe, City Mall, KK

Taken from My Story's blog>
"My Story #2 is happening on the 29th of August! This time we're featuring a totally new group of talents such as...

Kinabalu Kings (well known hip hop group in Sabah for their pioneering work and creativity), Alvin MY (from the vocal group Infinatez, collaborating with various local artiste such as Atama, Richardo and many others, and also working on a solo release), Teddy Chin (a saxaphone player, tutor, guitar shredder and good friend) and Sasuka (the rock band that will rock your world when you hear them rockin' Halo Cafe).

Bring along your friends to this exciting event. There's no cover charge, so just come and enjoy the music, vibe, food and people.

Sabah boleh-bah!"

I'll most probably be playing 3 songs which 2 will be my own compositions. It's gonna be just me and the guitar for 1 song, then for the other 2 songs Mark Paul Baklin will be helping me out on the keys so I could focus more on my singing (and memorizing lyrics ^_^). So see you there ya!!

Alvin MY - Album Update #1

I am now updating you guys about the journey of my first baby. It is clearly not a 1 night stand, heee ^_^. It will take some time for this one. So I've already released my 1st single "Learning You" and I'm very thankful that DJ Othoe is playing it daily since it's 1st debut @ Suria Pagi Kinabalu. Othoe you're da man!! I would also like to thank you the DJ's at sabahan.fm the online radio for also playing this song. A special thanx to Markie Kadus!! Actually the song is also available to listen at my myspace site and my amp channelv site. I can also see dbos-fm and budiey.com publishing my press release at their respective blogs which is really an honor to me. I couldn't have made it this far if it wasn't for the love and support from all my friends and family. I made it available to stream for free simply because I want to share it with you. I wrote, composed and produced the song by myself with the help from my friend aka sound engineer Peter Poninting of DEQ Studio.

So what will be my next move? I'm in the midst of recording my 2nd song, and will be released during this raya season, yeah it is a raya song. It was initially for an RTM programme, but I guess due to logistic problems they decided not to do the programme. So it's okay I'll just work on it. The sound of this raya song according to Peter is a bit jazzy and ada broadway-ish sound. The funny thing is I got the idea for the sound of this song when my kazen Azward was playing a tune by Lily Allen called "f**k y**" on youtube. So I'm not sure if my song ni direstui hahaha!! But despite the title I was actually attracted with the sound of the song so I applied it to my raya song. This song is among lagu yg paling cepat sy siapkan. I got the melody and lyrics straight away in 1 go. It was a friday around 10am. Then petang tu I went to the studio and told Peter how I visualize the song to be. Dengan sepantas kilat we did the full demo of the song, and now I think we just need 1 studio session or 2 the most to complete the recording side. Lagu raya usually hanya akan dipasang lebih kurang 1-2 weeks before raya so I'm crossing my fingers that I'll be able to finish it before that time and zoom send to radios and make it available online. Lagu raya biasa orang hantar awal but still better late sikit than never. In this song you'll get to listen to the "loosen" me. The lyrics are easy and my vocals will also be relaxed gitu. You guys just wait la ya, I've let few of my friends and family listen to it though ^_^ Klu ada rezeki and kesempatan I'll be recording the (probably DIY) video clip for this song time raya ke 3 d Kundasang nnt during our annual Suhaimin Bandaran's open house. So you might be in the video my friends hehe.

The official cover for my single "Learning You" will also be revealed soon and I'll start sending the song to other radio stations as well. As we know the Malaysian market demands malay songs, but in my album there will be malay and kadazandusun songs. Infact the raya song is in malay (campur sabahan slang siiikit la). To fully optimize Learning You, we might have an official video clip for it so if you know someone or maybe yourself, that you think can be the girl in my video do let me know by sending me a message at my Facebook wall. I'm Alvin Mahathir Yunus in FB. There might be an audition but we'll reserve that for later.

Minggu ni I'll be recording another song tapi this time it is not a lovey dovey song. It is still a ballad but the message is about life. I hope it will have some good effect on you as well.

This album is about love and life and it is dedicated to all of you. It is not finished yet but I'm visualizing it right now. I hope you are as excited as I am about this album as I am going to offer something different from what my fellow sabahan musician/artistes friends has showed you.

More updates coming soon. This is the making of Alvin MY's debut album. BBKK!!

To the late Brilliant Calvin Kabinchong

Before I continue with updates of what I have been doing, and also about the making of my upcoming album - I want the family of late Calvin Kabinchong to know that you had raise a great child. We all love him, but God loves him more. I hope all of you will be strong, I can only imagine the sorrowness that you're experiencing now, but I know the feeling of losing someone really close to you. Dear Calvin Kabinchong, may your soul rest in peace. He was 19 when he left us for a better place. You certainly will always remain in our heart.