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Hello, is this the band? (HITTB) band was formed in Alor Star, Kedah, in late 2007. Band members today are Diana (Vocals),Fahmy (guitar), Shahfeeq (Drums), Hidhir (bass) - current bassist - Shah, Shazmir (lead guitar). The band original members are Fahmy, Shahfeeq and Shazmir. The first song the band put together was now known as "Letting You Go". They recorded tw o songs without vocals in January 2008 at Subhuman Production Studio in ALor Star (now moved to Bukit Antarabangsa KL), and later set up the band's Myspace account and uploaded both songs. The band wanted to find another bandmate. The band wanted a female singer for them. So the search started.


After the two songs were uploaded to Myspace and the band started to add people and advertise about their search, the band received good responses and few people were auditioned. Hidhir later joined the band and took Shazmir's position as bassist. Shazmir then moved to lead guitar. Later the band found their singer who currently studying in her 1st year at Multimedia University, where all the band members are currently studying too. Diana or well known as Dy decided to tryout and later joined HITTB and the band was complete.


The band's name was taken from their advertisement tagline in Myspace to search for a singer. "call now, and say - hello, is this the band?". In May 2008 the band recorded another two songs, one of it was "It's Not Rocket Science, It's About Us". In December 2008, HITTB recorded their first song with Dy, with their lecturer Mr Norman. Then the band recorded another two songs with her, "It's Not Rocket Science, It's About Us" and "Secret Admirer" in early January 2009.


After the band released the songs, they received overwhelming invites to play at gigs and shows all over Malaysia. Thanks to organizers like Bodysurf Records, Gegey Music, Sovereign Records and many more, the band now has a growing fanbase all over Malaysia. In August 2009, the band signed a record deal with Malaysia's indie label from East Coast, Gegey Music and they started recording their upcoming album at JD (Pop Shuvit) 21:05 studio in TTDI in October and expected to be released by Gegey Music in February 2010.
HITTB's music can be generally regarded as Pop Punk, Emo, and Rock. The band influences ranging from Paramore, Anberlin, We The Kings and many more.


Payung Teduh was created by two close friends that used most of their time in playing music at the canteen of FIB as well as providing background music for the Pagupon Theater of Indonesia University. These two close friends, Is and Comi, played their music anywhere from the canteen of FIB UI, hangout places inside the campus complex, to the lake side near UI’s Center Administration Building. Their togetherness in playing music has been supported by friends around them which then lead to the creation of a duo that eventually became the next big thing at UI.      

 

Payung Teduh was then born in late 2007 with their first formation, Is on vocal & guitar, and Comi on Double Bass. After playing duo for some time, it was necessary for them to improve their exploration in their music as well as improving their stage performance. In doing this, they recruited Cito as a drummer and Ivan as a guitalele player in 2010. Angin Pujaan Hujan was the first song that eventually known as the signature composition of Payung Teduh’s style of music. As time went by, they wrote new songs such as Kucari Kamu, Amy, Untuk Perempuan Yang Sedang Dalam Pelukan.  They also played songs written by a colleague/mentor Catur Ari Wibowo who is also a director of Pagupon Theater that wrote songs such as Resah, Cerita Tentang Gunung dan Laut. Amalia Putri, a good friend of them, also wrote songs like Malam and Tidurlah that were then added into their album. Payung Teduh then recorded these songs and released their first indie album in late 2010.  

 

In this first album, it can be said that the musical characteristic of Payung Teduh is like the music in the 60’s with a blend of keroncong and jazz music. Whenever they were asked what kind of musical genre that Payung Teduh played, it was up to the listeners to define what kind of genre that they played, in a sense that they won’t stop playing music in just one genre, but in many other genres while still maintaining the strong characteristic that they already have.

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