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[Holiday Season Sale]

Just 2 days left!!!

Hey everyone, for anyone who’d like to get any of my albums or tracks, here’s 30% off any digital downloads & digitals album on http://azsamad.bandcamp.com (link in my profile) :) Offer is valid till end of this year, expires on Jan 1 2016. :) Just type the discount code: holidays when you check out! :) #music #musician #berklee #fingerstyleguitar #fingerstyle #acousticguitar #acousticmusic #malaysianmusic #lowdenguitars #kksound #percussive #dadgad #improvisation #art #craft #creativity #guitar #localmusic #indie #lokalah #lokalahmy #lokalahmalaysia #sale #musicsale

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Gay = not man enough? Anyone told you a lot of gays are more manly and gentleman than you? Ask the girls that know you. :) Let others write your lyrics next time.

Hi. Thanks for your comment. I'm not saying "gay = not manly". I agree with u. But funny enough that's the perception of the people here (at least here). That's why i put "they say" in the lyrics. Sorry if you're offended in any way. Peace.

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Here’s my new song called “Be A Man”. Enjoy!

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My thoughts on songwriting.

The more songs I write. The more I don't know myself.

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Storytelling through songs.

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Start off your year with good music! Catch Az’s performances this January 2016!

Kicking off 2016 with shows at @gaslightcafekl and @thebeemy! Jom? =)

Fri, Jan 8: Gaslight Cafe & Music, Plaza Damansara | Az & Kirsten | Open mic at 8pm, show at 9pm

Tues, Jan 19: Gaslight Cafe & Music, Plaza Damansara | Az & Kirsten | Open mic at 8pm, show at 9pm

Sat, Jan 23: The Bee, Publika | Az & Kirsten feat. Julian Chan @ Lot 36 | 9:30pm 

Sun, Jan 24: The Bee, Publika | Az Samad @ Moonshine Anniversary | 8:30pm

#performance #concert #fingerstyleguitar #music #creativity #guitar #localmusic #indie #acousticguitar #acousticmusic #malaysianmusic #lowdenguitars #kksound #percussive #dadgad #instamusic #instasong #thebeeMY #livemusic #gaslightcafe #fingerpicking #moonshinekl #lokalah #publika #publikakl #publikamy #julianchan @kirstenl8 @julianchansax

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How I spent my new year’s eve.

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The moral of the story: Write even if you think it’s shit.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax8Kk6DfaQI)

Lyrics & music by Idzwan Johar

Heaven has a way to show itself, From nothing there could grow everything, I’ve been down for far too long, And belonged to no song, Never thought I’d be so strong, When everything’s wrong,

I’ve been blind to see my own light, When all the answers lie deep inside, Nothing is all that I am, Still you think more of me, Things just fall into place, Just in time…

Hook: Mama’s prayers got me believing, In this love that can’t never die, The pain in my heart, They seem to fall apart, ‘Cos mama’s prayers got me standing.

Burn the pages of yesterday, But let the lessons all illuminate, There’s no need for signs, When you know who you are, Here I stand so tall, Embrace it all…

Repeat hook.

Bridge: Questions all are answered somehow, Who knew a little faith can do so much

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Some moments captured on the second night at Az's Songwriters Playground. Thanks, Aiman Mufti for the pics.

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Catch Az's Songwriters Playground on the 18th and 19th Dec at Alexis Ampang, 10pm! I'll be performing alongside Az and Amrita Soon. See ya!

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This is my original work. Here are the lyrics to it:

I feel love when you sing to me, You set me free and let me be, Who I am supposed to be.

My past makes sense ‘cause it leads me to you, Truth speaks to me with each of your words, They make a better man out of me.

So stay with me for awhile, I know nothing lasts, But I’m selfish enough to make us forever.

Stay with me for awhile, Please don’t die, ‘Cause I need you more than you’ll ever need me.

Faith comes to me in all the things you do, Make me see the God in me and then, everyone else I see.

You don’t know how you saved me, From myself and my misery, I can’t ever than you enough.

So stay with me for awhile, I know nothing lasts, But I’m selfish enough to make us forever.

Stay with me for awhile, Please don’t die, ‘Cause I need you more than you’ll ever need me.

You don’t see the light in yourself, And that’s what makes you beautiful to me, God’s lost one angel.

I hope you’ll remain a fool to this selfish bastard until the day he dies.

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Verse 1:

When the sun won’t come out,

And the rain starts to fall,

There’s this feeling inside,

That you’re trying to hide,

Giving up seems to be,

The only way that you see,

Don’t keep it all to yourself,

‘Cos we all need someone to talk to some time…

Chorus:

Count on me,

Whenever you need a friend,

Count on me,

I’ll give a helping hand,

Count on me,

To be there when no one will,

You can always count on me.

Verse 2: 

No one makes it alone,

Unless your heart’s made of stone,

Everyone needs someone,

No you’re not the only one,

Don’t keep it all to yourself,

‘Cos we all need someone to talk to some time…

Bridge:

Don’t let your pride get in the way,

I know it’s hard sometimes,

But you just gotta try,

Until we see who we are…

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A tribute to an Alzheimer patient and his wife. 

“Ingat”

Verse 1:

Bukan pintaku untuk melupakan dirimu,

Cuma takdir yang telah datang.

Jangan salahkanNya,

Apa yang terjadi mesti ada hikmahnya,

Memori hilang sekelip mata,

Putaran masa, pudar semua,

Tapi wajahmu ku kenal dalam mimpi...

Chorus:

Ku ingatmu dengan lagu ini,

Yang ku tuliskan untuk menemanimu bila ku tiada,

Ingatku di dalam doa mu,

Ampunkan segala dosa-dosa lepas yang telah ku lakukan.

Verse 2:

Sentuhanmu membawa rasa silam yang pernah ku alami,

Jangan kau risau, ku berada di sampingmu,

Walau mindaku jauh pergi,

Memori hilang sekelip mata,

Putaran masa, pudar semua,

Tapi wajahmu ku kenal dalam mimpi...

(Repeat chorus)

Bridge:

Sampai bila kita berulang lagi,

Ingin selalu ku ingat kita semula,

Kembalilah, kembalilah...

(Repeat chorus)

End.

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Inspired by Jesse Winchester’s sound, I wrote this song. Here’s the lyrics for it:

When you feel just right,

Let it go, now,

Don’t think twice.

In the moonlight I can see,

Your soul come shining through your brown eyes.

There’s no words that I can sing,

To let you know how much this feels like heaven...heaven,

In the war of  my life,

I died a million times to find you,

And I feel safe like a child,

When you touch me with your warmth,

There’s no words that I can sing,

To let you know how much this feels like heaven...heaven.

Oh I know this moment can’t last,

So I write a song about it,

To remind us when we’re old,

Or when we’re lost and in need to find the way back home...

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This is another song I composed called ‘Make’. Hope you like it!

“Make” (Lyrics & Music by Idzwan Johar)

Whenever a love feels just right, I’ll build a wall of defence, Made from my past and the future unknown, Funny how low the wall is now, As it slowly comes tumbling down.

‘Cos you make me don’t want to give up, Make me don’t want to give in, Make me believe in love, Bless you girl, bless you girl.

Your love is so real I get lost in you, Only to find myself, I don’t understand, but I feel what it means, Maybe this is what living is, Maybe this is what freedom is.

‘Cos you make me don’t want to give up, Make me don’t want to give in, Make me believe in love, Bless you girl, bless you girl.

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As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time. - E.B White - 

Verse 1:

When everything was simpler,

When the sun shone much brighter,

When time passed by much slower,

And the things we said meant something,

When the fire still burned,

When the faith we had was so strong,

When our hope was much more alive,

When our innocence remained longer,

Chorus:

The way we were,

It’s just the way we were,

The way we were,

It’s just the way we were,

It’s just the way we were,

Verse 2:

When life was such a blessing,

When children took time to grow,

When outside wasn’t inside,

And a touch meant so much more,

When songs revealed souls,

When happiness just can’t be bought,

When strong was stronger,

And kindest wasn’t gold.

Bridge:

Only time can tell what tomorrow brings,

Where we are, what we have is the present,

So let’s make it better than yesterday...