Patrick Lew Band Biography Circa 2009

Patrick Lew Band Biography (from May 2009 online):

I was born in 1985 in San Francisco, California. I am currently in college working on a BA degree in Philosophy and Music at the moment. My interests is mainly art and music, I am in fact as struggling local musician trying to make music, put it online and learn my ropes and odyssey for fame in the music industry. 

I am of Asian descent, meaning I am Taiwanese American. Though I don't speak my ethnic languages. I mainly play guitar as a musician and write songs and make my music on the computer and put it up online. I've been through a lot of good and bad in my lifetime. But again, it's all been worth it! After 24 years in my life, I am taking the time to do some evaulation to cleanse myself after years of turmoil. I think personally! I am living for today, but have a strong sense of missing the Nineties! It's true. But whatever.

Here's the deal! 

As an Asian American young man raised by a Chinese father and Taiwanese mother who worked hard jobs at hotels and we experienced our personal dramas and success stories to be where we are at today, I (Patrick Lew) was born in November 1985, and got super interested in MUSIC at age 6. I first played the violin and piano as musical instruments as a kid growing up in the Nineties with my 90's Nickelodeon and etc. I learned music and loved music growing up, went to a music school in Chinatown SF to learn piano. And played a lot of video games and watched hella wrestling like WWE. 

I also gone through a lot of personal hardships growing up as an Asian American male in reality and online on my computer. From bullies in school and community college! To haters insulting my music or me via Internet but! I am very proud of my Taiwanese culture and heritage and respect American Rock N' Roll music and its American pop culture from the 80's, 90's and early 2000s growing up. 

Patrick Lews Band, a portfolio of things I've done. 

Music is my ultimate passion. I bleed it, regardless what others say. Without my family, close friends and education. Not to mention my tiny, but supportive audience for Patrick Lew's Band. I would not be here today. Pretty much! 

NOTE: I am on Unsigned Band Web and other websites strictly to promote my music and get myself heard. Maybe some short-term opportunities along the way, but let's leave it to that! 

Does my band play live?
Yeah, I played sporadic gigs locally here in the Bay Area, mainly in San Francisco and Daly City. With my former projects and garage bands I used to play guitar in with schoolmates. Nowadays, I can't because of seriousness to finish college with a Bachelors Degree in Philosophy at CSU East Bay, my University. I also might need a backup band of live musicians to do music nowadays, due to lack of references and resources for musicians to play with me. I do however, record a lot of new music at home. Fiddle around with power chords on my guitar, and get an idea in my brain to create Hard Rock music on my laptop. 

HISTORY:
Patrick Lew has spent eight years locally in the Bay Area playing shows and recording in the studio. And maintaining their audience musically through the Internet on websites such as PureVolume, founded Dexter Rotten in mid-2008 after the implosion of Band of Asians. Before the formation of his new band and side-project, Lew was doing music in another side-project called It's Only Pretendo which was a solo adventure in remixing various Video Game soundtracks on FL Studio. 

Also Lew has been promoting his music online and played guitar and performed locally in the SF Bay Area with various Garage Bands since 2001. 

The existence of PLB was brought in the spotlight with various reports of Lew tinkering on new instrumentals and songwriting ideas in his home studio in Antioch, CA. In this project alone in the studio, Lew plays all the instruments and writes all the songs in the one-man band. Lew recently discussed reasons for Band of Asians breakup in interviews in blogs and indie music communities online that Bandalisms (also a real book on the sociology of rock bands) were the reason for the breakup. And that, he was displeased with how Band of Asians was treated in the music industry in terms of opportunity and ambitions to get famous. And that, he wanted to take time off of Rock And Roll music to finish college with a Philosophy BA at CSU East Bay. 

Patrick Lew Band was said to be a punk band with elements of 80's hair metal, which was the music and sound Lew wanted to achieve ambitiously and the music he wanted to create since childhood. The music was expected to be a mixture of Green Day and 80's hair metal bands like Skid Row and Motley Crue said Lew at the time. Except with less technical "shred" guitar solos and musical expertise in terms of playing guitar, and more focused the sociology punk elements of songwriting. As far as musical equipment is concerned, uses mainly modern recording technology such as computers and Cakewalk software to record the music and art. Along with Line6 guitar software amps such as TonePort GX. All of this musical equipment was purchased by Lew at a Guitar Center to give it a new sound. Lew uses Epiphone Les Paul guitars, Marshall JCM-800 amp and a few guitar FX pedals live to play the music onstage. 

Lew reportedly got a guitar lesson from a schoolmate at CSU East Bay and the University's music department, Jazz musician Brian Butts, to improve musically and technically as a guitar player. 

The band began recording sporadically in the studio, eventually posting sound clips of their new music on various websites such as Soundclick and Purevolume. The band however, intends to self-release most of their music digitally on the Internet through music websites for unknown and unheard bands and musicians. But plans on attempting to distribute their music through Rasputin Records. 

The identities of the musicians in Patrick Lew Band were recently still not revealed for whatever reason behind the music, but reclusively the band's musical and social-networking standing as musicians is basically a "garage band" of unheard musicians who's getting their music heard online through computers. But remain more low-key in the spotlight in reality in the music industry and Bay Area community and fields of independent music. 

Because being nearly virtually unknown in real-life and the mainstream world musically, with music websites like Soundclick and Purevolume nowadays bands can build a following and fan bases through promotion of their music via Internet in the postmodern world, and this is certainly one of those bands maintaining their music to a certain degree after the fallouts of chasing fame and fortune with the music industry and major record companies to become socialites during Lew's time in Band of Asians. While money and profits is not a necessary goal or ambition, they do care about being heard and attaining some success and fame through what they do. 

So what's next? Finish college. Promote their music continuously via Internet. Find success or fame and fortune in life and music. Record more new music. Play shows locally when needed. And fight the oppression from the institution! It's truly an appetite for reconstruction. And oh, get a record deal. 

NOTE: This band biography was published in May 2009.