recording for arrangement

I just did a recording of my arrangement for Dr Tang's module few hrs ago with my friends.. Wa.. I must say I love them! They did inject feelings into my piece and can see they are very serious about it.. Funny thing is I recorded 3 times.. the 1st time tempo was the best, Allegro is fast enough coz I make them prac that speed before recording.. then subsequently I requested for more expressions which they really did beautifully.. and so my last recording has much more depth but the total recording time increased to nearly a min.! hahaha.. nvm lah given the short time frame, I'm already quite satisfied and touched by their performance. must be 知足常乐! Just nearly 2 hrs and it's done!

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It's a pity my recording is so amateurish.. the video recorder didnt capture, i suspect i turned the screw too tightly.. so I'm using my hand-held recording for presentation, which is captured on digital camera, low resolution visually but luckily the audio standard still quite ok.. I'm so sorry to the quintet that I couldnt capture their facial expressions and heart-warming performance on a better device.. haiz

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I have been keeping in mind what Dr Tang mentioned in class the other time.. he told us to write something nice, not too difficult that the insts. have to struggle to play it. You want musicians to be excited to play the piece, not forced, and audiences will love to hear it again. So, it does feel gd when musicians enjoy playing ur piece.. Of course not forgetting our harmony lessons last yr esp. on voice leadings and modulations which really served me well this time. hahaha hopefully i can start on another arrangement soon, but i do need to move away from my stereotypical structure of writing and improve on links btw. sections.

My next aim is to use the pop song jointly composed by jean, yif, joyce & me and re-arrange it for a chinese quintet.. see if it works out

It's funny isnt it.. pieces i write are so me.. and i always feel that u can see a person's personality judging by how he/she plays or write music.. my reserved self is so evident it seems, so i guess i have to learn to be more 'thick-skinned'

Workplace for the past 2 wks :D

Our one and only recorder video

should have recorded more right..haha.. pardon those 'shaky' moments

Interesting photos

who's the black figure zooming thru the crowd?
and this photo was taken at the month of the year! hee..















Here are some photos of semi-trucks whose trailers are decorated to look like the sides are missing and the products they are hauling are painted on the sides and back

Finally feeling slightly more relieved visually, after my physician gave me 6 needles.. the electrode ones are the best!

speaking in a math/music language..haha

This one was told by my math lecturer today:

There is this chinese mathematician who went to buy some tidbits. Apparently it was something unique and he wanted to leave some for his friend. But his friend was not in, so he left a message: Let you try (sq. root 2)

get what he mean?

hint: sq. root 2 is approx. 1.414
so, translating the message into chinese it becomes 让你尝一点试一试


And this one is hot from the oven (by me)

When someone says he wants to remain in D major, what does it mean?

hint: try translating D major into chinese

get it? :D

days marked by deadlines

sch work are piling up again.. or shld i say climaxing.. sometimes i dont even think i can finish them.. dont even have enough days to fit the work in. I hate to have to drag my tired body and overworked brain everyday to try and complete assignments and tuts, prepare for quizzes, tests and presentations. It's like an endless cycle every wk.. always caught btw. wanting do a better job and the list of other stuffs bugging my mind that calls to be completed by the following wk.. seriously suffering from the lack of sleep, i do like the feeling of sleep-walking to my bed, unbalanced and almost on the verge of falling every night!