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Less is more... but more is still more. Queries have been targeted towards musicians by both musicians and non-musicians: “Why do you need so many effect pedals? All you need is maybe 2 or 3 but 12?!” Well, finally, here at the snug and friendly Substation Gallery, pedal dealers from Singapore are here to show you why. The Art Of Gear Stomping is a showcase of different guitar pedal effects and the sounds they make, featuring brands such as Catalinbread, Z-Vex, George Dennis, MoogerFooger, Line 6, Visual Sound and Fulltone to name a few. Brought to you by the following dealers, City Music Pte. Ltd., MrMisse Electronics, WakeMeUpMusic, Fierce Design, Empty71 and JM Guitars, this inaugural event will showcase pedal modders and used gear.

Also for the very first time in Singapore, a clinic by our very own local musicians, Daniel Sasson (Electrico), Wendy Phua (Zhen), Linda Ong (Lunarin), Fuzz (Phorous and IF), Seng Woei Yuan (The Love Experiment), Muhammad Alkhatib (Astreal) and Nicholas Chan (MUON, The Death of Cinema and Astreal). These musicians will be displaying their effects and will show us why and how they incorporate the use of guitar effects in their music.

The convention takes place on Saturday 21 May 2005 from 1400hr to 2000hr at The Substation Gallery. Tickets is SGD2 per entry. TAGS is a collaboration by PLATFORM and MISSE Electronics and supported by Aging Youth Productions and the SUBSTATION. For more information, log onto www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com, www.mrmisse.com and www.substation.org.