hmmm.... y do i bother makin them? hahaz... i juz completely ignored this(well last after the clock strikes) year's resolutions :s....
i procrastinate too much....
starting to hate NS life... i makes you wanna do nuthin else but bum out whenever you have the free time... then again, i never liked it to begin with XD its a pretty strange feeling, being grateful and regretful for this extra time in SG....
i'm feel a little sad seeing as i have completely achieved nothing mentionable this year -.- and that the "borrowed time" i have from my plans is running out...
well.. for the sake of tradition XD
Resolutions:
- ORD (that's not exact a resolution now is it? XP)
- continue singing
-work towards gd gr8s in uni
-procrastinate less in matters other than NS stuff (*wink*)
eh.... can't think of anything else atm....
ideas to throw unto the table...
=> Preparing for Overseas Compeititions
- learn with the pieces designated with the intended message to be conveyed in mind....
- sing in open/big areas with lousy acoustics
=> Composing games?
-write at least 16 compositions that can function individually (and sound good) and at the same time be played simulataneously (and sound good).... not all of the 16 compositions need to play or start at the same time... else its a little crazy XD
some rules will have to be placed to make it fun though.....
-each composition muz be written to have at least 4 voices/parts
-the same voices/parts muz be used for all the compositions (else you can just rip apart an orchestra score XD)
-at any given point of time there muz be at least 2 compositions overlapping
-there must be a phrase of at least 8 bars where more than 6 compositions are overlapping
-compositions must not only overlap only at its start and end
i think this is plenty hard and near impossible.... but it'll be pretty cool if it can work out XD
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
choral stuff
you know when you are REALLLLYYYYY old when you suddenly feel a sense of responsibility to pass down what you know to others around you... -.-''' heck i'm not even sure when ppl wil even notice this considering how long i've left this blog alone..... lol
I think there isn't sufficient understanding on what it means to be a conductor... i believe all of us know that a conductor's main job is to provide artistic direction for the ensemble. However, what most of us fail to notice is that the conductor does that by trying his/her best to compromise between what the ensemble has given with what he/she believes the composition should be interpreted.
most people think that in preparing for a performance, their job ends with learning their notes, and at most just knowing the dynamics. Totally failing to notice how much this impedes the perfecting of the performance... and it is extremely irritating when you see it as one of the principal reasons why choirs cannot compete with orchestras.
What needs to be done here, is for us to develop a musical sense that is vital to musicians everywhere...
it is the ability to 'sense' musical directions that the composer fail to write on the score due to whatever reasons they have (be it the inability to express it or be it a mistake on the score). To the layman that knows little music theory, it can be seen as a gut feeling or intuition that tells you how a piece should be expressed even though such things are not necessarily written on the score....
I think that this time round, we've tried to build that sense amongst us using the carolling songs... though it has met with very little success... as much of the ideas spread during the practices gets completely ignored as we draw closer to the performance dates...
Though i do take heart that there are more individuals within our choir that are now able to actively participate in how they feel/think a piece should be interpreted as compared to before we started this project, and i sincerely hope it will contribute to at least a catergory winner in the coming compeitition that WE intends to participate....
I think there isn't sufficient understanding on what it means to be a conductor... i believe all of us know that a conductor's main job is to provide artistic direction for the ensemble. However, what most of us fail to notice is that the conductor does that by trying his/her best to compromise between what the ensemble has given with what he/she believes the composition should be interpreted.
most people think that in preparing for a performance, their job ends with learning their notes, and at most just knowing the dynamics. Totally failing to notice how much this impedes the perfecting of the performance... and it is extremely irritating when you see it as one of the principal reasons why choirs cannot compete with orchestras.
What needs to be done here, is for us to develop a musical sense that is vital to musicians everywhere...
it is the ability to 'sense' musical directions that the composer fail to write on the score due to whatever reasons they have (be it the inability to express it or be it a mistake on the score). To the layman that knows little music theory, it can be seen as a gut feeling or intuition that tells you how a piece should be expressed even though such things are not necessarily written on the score....
I think that this time round, we've tried to build that sense amongst us using the carolling songs... though it has met with very little success... as much of the ideas spread during the practices gets completely ignored as we draw closer to the performance dates...
Though i do take heart that there are more individuals within our choir that are now able to actively participate in how they feel/think a piece should be interpreted as compared to before we started this project, and i sincerely hope it will contribute to at least a catergory winner in the coming compeitition that WE intends to participate....
Sunday, August 17, 2008
0-o
went for my grandma's birthday dinner at a chinese restaurant called "zi ren" or literately translated.. "Natural"
look wad i found there ^^
wahaha...guess wad's its for XD
must say... they really take their "natural" theme quite far XD
you put your chopsticks on "her" waist XD
^^
hmm.... i suppose its fine to blog.... lol everybody seems happy with today's performance.... which is a good thing... :)
as for me... i'm a little disturbed by how the mc plus the song selection made us sound like some christian advocates, strongly promoting the bible and leading extremely "bible-like" lifestyles rather than juz the music.... well that's just me XD
i really dun noe how we sound.... hahaz.. can't hear a thing even though everybody's so near hahaz.. had to leave early so i didn't get to hear much comments :( , though its good to know our little plan of killing 2 birds with 1 stone worked beautifully XD
well... wad may be good to know for us performers.... i was looking at the MC and a few others while singing.... :) they were actually trying to sing along ^^ i think that's a good response XD
as for me... i'm a little disturbed by how the mc plus the song selection made us sound like some christian advocates, strongly promoting the bible and leading extremely "bible-like" lifestyles rather than juz the music.... well that's just me XD
i really dun noe how we sound.... hahaz.. can't hear a thing even though everybody's so near hahaz.. had to leave early so i didn't get to hear much comments :( , though its good to know our little plan of killing 2 birds with 1 stone worked beautifully XD
well... wad may be good to know for us performers.... i was looking at the MC and a few others while singing.... :) they were actually trying to sing along ^^ i think that's a good response XD
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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hmmm... current plan for after army.... 4 years studies in accountings in aussie... 6 years working in aussie for a chartered... hmmm.... australia's average choral standards (from waht i've heard) is quite low compared to ours.... i wonder if i can find a choir there that would allow me to further my singing.... hmmm.......
anyways... EVERYBODY is suddenly turning into photoshop professionals.... >.<>.< hahaz....
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Friday, March 21, 2008
hmm.....
"...the world of love is all about being partial and biased.
There's no such thing as "fair" and "unfair", "honourable" and "dishonourable"....
...if you're fighting with all your might for yourself.. isn't that noble, despite what others might think of you afterwards?
loving someone else's lover or stealing someone else's love..." ~something from Bokura ga Ita
..... i'm starting to wish someone told me that a whole lot earlier....
"do you know how to forget a love?
its by finding a new love, if that new love is true, you'll naturally forget your old love....
it is not by forgeting your old love that you can embrace new love, but it is by embracing new love that you may release your old love"
~something from Bokura ga Ita
hmm................................................................................................................
There's no such thing as "fair" and "unfair", "honourable" and "dishonourable"....
...if you're fighting with all your might for yourself.. isn't that noble, despite what others might think of you afterwards?
loving someone else's lover or stealing someone else's love..." ~something from Bokura ga Ita
..... i'm starting to wish someone told me that a whole lot earlier....
"do you know how to forget a love?
its by finding a new love, if that new love is true, you'll naturally forget your old love....
it is not by forgeting your old love that you can embrace new love, but it is by embracing new love that you may release your old love"
~something from Bokura ga Ita
hmm................................................................................................................
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
:)
y i'm posting so much today?? i'm bored XD hahaz... aniways.. i propose the following picture to be placed in WE's webbie in place of chiak yin's picture thereXD XD that's just about the wildest looking picture i can find XD picture muz fit our name :P
aniways.... on a more serious note... out webbie is up XD needs loads more work.. but its up XD
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i noe i've been saying that i'll save my comments about the concert till after the meeting.... but i feel strongly compelled to write about it now....
as to where this drive come from? hahaz.... recently a "girl"'s comments has caused quite a stir in my community... quite a number of blogs have shown great protest against the way she presented her opinions... so i'm here to add on to the numbers XD
i've held back my comments till now cause i wanted to be fair to her as well, and waited until i can get my hands on the recording of the nite she went.... though its interesting to see that now she has edited the comments she initially wrote... so i can no longer clearly verify if what i remember she wrote is INDEED what she meant....
anyways... i can she where she's coming from... feeling the concert is a little boring... its not the typical kind of show pop-culture chasing.... individuals would like to go...
Pieces were weird (which they claimed that some were supposed to sound weird)
I only love ONE song, and that was the encore song. I think..that was the only song sang with more passion and though it clashed a little at parts, the notes clashed more beautifully than that weird song
it would have been okay if she just stopped at "pieces were weird" nobody would fault her if she didn't like the song selection... but the (which they claimed that some were supposed to sound weird) part hahaz... that's inviting trouble.... being a person of well-versed in literature herself, she shld understand that writing sumthing like that would encompass other meanings... if she was some ah-lian, i believe the masses would be more forgiving.... ;)
anyways... the complete comments clearly show how little she understands the pieces of the time.. the pieces dun sound weird, and i've heard the recordings... we dun sound weird... :) i think prove of that is further shown on what she said later on on the same paragraph... the encore song "Gaudete" was the only song that we sang that nite that had chordial progressions similar to those heard in mainstream music...
But! I really don't know how they make it as a choir. Almost 60% of the people standing onstage sang without opening their mouth wide.
The basic technique to sing should be, to OPEN your mouth wide..right?How does the sound come out if you don't?
And a few of them could even keep their mouth shape the same throughout, even when it came to the climax parts. -___-". It seemed that only the guest performers and the NY batch of people were the only ones conscious about the fact that they have to OPEN their mouth to sing.. *sigh*
-.-''' ok... now she's playing singing expert now... i've yet to see a video of the nite's concert... so maybe she's right about the mouths... but saying people cannot make it based on that is a little.. far-fetched... sry to break it to you lady... but not everybody is the same.... you may need to open your mouth wide open just to get some decent sounding notes, but that may not be the case for everybody.... i can get great sounds and hit high "A"s and "B"s with my mouth half open mind you...
But! I really don't know how they make it as a choir.
And a few of them could even keep their mouth shape the same throughout, even when it came to the climax parts. -___-".
It seemed that only the guest performers and the NY batch of people were the only ones conscious about the fact that they have to OPEN their mouth to sing.. *sigh*
this one's from a more recent post of her's
Besides, it wasn't meant to insult or create any bad feelings.Respecting other people's perspectives is something that someone has obviously gotta learn how to deal with.
It was just some heartfelt thoughts that someone had to take it another way, and seemed to have taken offence to the things I've said. So be it then. It's so pointless to feel hurt and misunderstood once again
oka i had to go read her other blog entries -.- i do respect her opinion... at least i try to.. but when someone contradicts themselve so much its a little hard to give them due respect... on one post she is clearly hitting people with everything she can find... on the other she says its not meant to insult or create bad feelings -.-''' she must eithier have one of the lowest EQs around or sumthing... anyways you be the judge XD
as to where this drive come from? hahaz.... recently a "girl"'s comments has caused quite a stir in my community... quite a number of blogs have shown great protest against the way she presented her opinions... so i'm here to add on to the numbers XD
i've held back my comments till now cause i wanted to be fair to her as well, and waited until i can get my hands on the recording of the nite she went.... though its interesting to see that now she has edited the comments she initially wrote... so i can no longer clearly verify if what i remember she wrote is INDEED what she meant....
anyways... i can she where she's coming from... feeling the concert is a little boring... its not the typical kind of show pop-culture chasing.... individuals would like to go...
Pieces were weird (which they claimed that some were supposed to sound weird)
I only love ONE song, and that was the encore song. I think..that was the only song sang with more passion and though it clashed a little at parts, the notes clashed more beautifully than that weird song
it would have been okay if she just stopped at "pieces were weird" nobody would fault her if she didn't like the song selection... but the (which they claimed that some were supposed to sound weird) part hahaz... that's inviting trouble.... being a person of well-versed in literature herself, she shld understand that writing sumthing like that would encompass other meanings... if she was some ah-lian, i believe the masses would be more forgiving.... ;)
anyways... the complete comments clearly show how little she understands the pieces of the time.. the pieces dun sound weird, and i've heard the recordings... we dun sound weird... :) i think prove of that is further shown on what she said later on on the same paragraph... the encore song "Gaudete" was the only song that we sang that nite that had chordial progressions similar to those heard in mainstream music...
But! I really don't know how they make it as a choir. Almost 60% of the people standing onstage sang without opening their mouth wide.
The basic technique to sing should be, to OPEN your mouth wide..right?How does the sound come out if you don't?
And a few of them could even keep their mouth shape the same throughout, even when it came to the climax parts. -___-". It seemed that only the guest performers and the NY batch of people were the only ones conscious about the fact that they have to OPEN their mouth to sing.. *sigh*
-.-''' ok... now she's playing singing expert now... i've yet to see a video of the nite's concert... so maybe she's right about the mouths... but saying people cannot make it based on that is a little.. far-fetched... sry to break it to you lady... but not everybody is the same.... you may need to open your mouth wide open just to get some decent sounding notes, but that may not be the case for everybody.... i can get great sounds and hit high "A"s and "B"s with my mouth half open mind you...
But! I really don't know how they make it as a choir.
And a few of them could even keep their mouth shape the same throughout, even when it came to the climax parts. -___-".
It seemed that only the guest performers and the NY batch of people were the only ones conscious about the fact that they have to OPEN their mouth to sing.. *sigh*
this one's from a more recent post of her's
Besides, it wasn't meant to insult or create any bad feelings.Respecting other people's perspectives is something that someone has obviously gotta learn how to deal with.
It was just some heartfelt thoughts that someone had to take it another way, and seemed to have taken offence to the things I've said. So be it then. It's so pointless to feel hurt and misunderstood once again
oka i had to go read her other blog entries -.- i do respect her opinion... at least i try to.. but when someone contradicts themselve so much its a little hard to give them due respect... on one post she is clearly hitting people with everything she can find... on the other she says its not meant to insult or create bad feelings -.-''' she must eithier have one of the lowest EQs around or sumthing... anyways you be the judge XD
Monday, December 31, 2007
reaching the new year soon =X last post for the year!!
hahaz... 3/4 hour till the clock strikes 12.... will try to squeeze in one MAJOR post... encompassing most of my thoughts throughout this year XD
actually wad is in my mind now is just thoughts of this year's concert and all the comments i have about it.... but have to save those for the coming AGR XD.... soo.... on to other (non-choral) areas of my life....
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okay so there isn't much left if i take out choir... lol..... ( heh... sry lah.. brain abit dead from staying in army for about 1/2 a year now)
hmmm.... this year has been an interesting year.... i already forgot just about what happened from june backwards.... and barely remember things like from october back to june.... (like i said.... brain dead) hahaz....
things that i noticed about myself this year:
- i actually ask ALOT out of myself... and i dun even realise it.... until recently.... i just realised that nuthin is ever good enough if i did it myself.... it can ALWAYS BE BETTER....
- it is actually possible for me to love and not love a person at the same time (i now you're like 0-o now...) i dun noe how that's done... but it happened when i was training in SISPEC... I noe its no longer in reach, and i've already moved on... yet i still feel the pinch... i shld abstain from card-reading for a while... its messing me up.... or maybe i've never really forgotten about her even though its like 3-4 years?
- sub-consciously i place my abilities (EXCEPT physical abilities lol) in accordance to those around me... i never really noticed it until recently.... how well i perform, how good i am seem to always be related to how good the people around me are... no wonder i never felt as though i've given my absolute best.... somehow i need to break-through this behaviour of mine and see how far i can REALLY go.....
Questions in my mind rite now:
- do i really know what i wanna do, where i wanna go? i feel as though i'm just wandering around again... i'm losing the feeling of "its the journey not the destination that matters"....
-when will the 'financial crisis' be lifted? market faster become better... then maybe then i can ask about me wanting to learn professional singing....
Things i've tied down this year?
- I am me XD... i'm not going to change that.... regardless of how childish people think my actions are or how retarded they think i look.... this is what they are getting... as long as i deliever, who cares?
- i'll no longer lie to myself.... never again will i keep how i feel to myself, even if i think it might trouble her... this amount of regret is not worth it, and speculating her answer is just too painful... cards dun lie, but they confuse further..... :(
-----interesting notes----
well there is only one... this christmas sheena gave me a rubic cube, and my brother gave me this coaster puzzle thingy.... hmmm.... i'm sure there is some sort of underlaying msg here.... XP
anyways... that coaster puzzle thingy is a little bit cheat money.... it writes level 4 and its... pretty easy..... i solved it in like 1 hour... -.- i wonder how many levels are there? 100? XD
argh!! not much time left.... some quick resolutions for the new year
- somehow at least ask about getting professional vocal lessons
- somehow get driving license.... (and stop my mum from nagging XD)
- somehow break that "behaviour" of mine....
- gather up courage and try for mensa membership before i fly to aussie.... XD (although chances are veri veri veri veri slim >.<)
last but not least.....
wishing all of you guys (and gals) a year of never-ending smiles :)
actually wad is in my mind now is just thoughts of this year's concert and all the comments i have about it.... but have to save those for the coming AGR XD.... soo.... on to other (non-choral) areas of my life....
....
....
....
....
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okay so there isn't much left if i take out choir... lol..... ( heh... sry lah.. brain abit dead from staying in army for about 1/2 a year now)
hmmm.... this year has been an interesting year.... i already forgot just about what happened from june backwards.... and barely remember things like from october back to june.... (like i said.... brain dead) hahaz....
things that i noticed about myself this year:
- i actually ask ALOT out of myself... and i dun even realise it.... until recently.... i just realised that nuthin is ever good enough if i did it myself.... it can ALWAYS BE BETTER....
- it is actually possible for me to love and not love a person at the same time (i now you're like 0-o now...) i dun noe how that's done... but it happened when i was training in SISPEC... I noe its no longer in reach, and i've already moved on... yet i still feel the pinch... i shld abstain from card-reading for a while... its messing me up.... or maybe i've never really forgotten about her even though its like 3-4 years?
- sub-consciously i place my abilities (EXCEPT physical abilities lol) in accordance to those around me... i never really noticed it until recently.... how well i perform, how good i am seem to always be related to how good the people around me are... no wonder i never felt as though i've given my absolute best.... somehow i need to break-through this behaviour of mine and see how far i can REALLY go.....
Questions in my mind rite now:
- do i really know what i wanna do, where i wanna go? i feel as though i'm just wandering around again... i'm losing the feeling of "its the journey not the destination that matters"....
-when will the 'financial crisis' be lifted? market faster become better... then maybe then i can ask about me wanting to learn professional singing....
Things i've tied down this year?
- I am me XD... i'm not going to change that.... regardless of how childish people think my actions are or how retarded they think i look.... this is what they are getting... as long as i deliever, who cares?
- i'll no longer lie to myself.... never again will i keep how i feel to myself, even if i think it might trouble her... this amount of regret is not worth it, and speculating her answer is just too painful... cards dun lie, but they confuse further..... :(
-----interesting notes----
well there is only one... this christmas sheena gave me a rubic cube, and my brother gave me this coaster puzzle thingy.... hmmm.... i'm sure there is some sort of underlaying msg here.... XP
anyways... that coaster puzzle thingy is a little bit cheat money.... it writes level 4 and its... pretty easy..... i solved it in like 1 hour... -.- i wonder how many levels are there? 100? XD
argh!! not much time left.... some quick resolutions for the new year
- somehow at least ask about getting professional vocal lessons
- somehow get driving license.... (and stop my mum from nagging XD)
- somehow break that "behaviour" of mine....
- gather up courage and try for mensa membership before i fly to aussie.... XD (although chances are veri veri veri veri slim >.<)
last but not least.....
wishing all of you guys (and gals) a year of never-ending smiles :)
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