Friday, August 18, 2006
FUSION COMMENTS.
well..
i didnt check my blog for 2 days.
wow. boy am i surprised to see the responses on my tagboard!
thanks dear friends!
however somehow,
at this point of time, if you guys were in my position,
u guys would know the inferiority within me.
its not im jealous or something. its just that...
well.. haha.
okay! lets blog bout today.
okay there was Fusion Workshop for the other 7groups who've not performed.
yuppp.
DAMN! i telll youuuuu...
group 11 was really SUPER today.
of all the 7 groups which performed today.
Group 11 was the ONLY group in which
more den half the music students STOOD UP and applauded!
group 11 compromised of 6 players,
- Vocalist
- Pianist or Keyboardist,
- Guitarist,
- Bass Guitarist,
- Drummer,- Hand Drummer.
i really have so many comments bout their group.
the only reason why they can put up such a near PERFECT performance,
is becos of these factors.
1) Individual Techniques and Creativity (20%)
2) GREAT COMBINATION of musicians (40%)
3) Teamwork (40%)
POINT 1)
yes! no doubt they're all VERY good musicians technically,
damn. the drummer's drum solo was really terrific!
so was the bassist's and guitarist's !
i've heard the bassist play before,
his slapping and hammering of the bass guitar,
was really..... errrr. ... just left me speechless larh!
syah(my guitarist) calls him the
BASS LEGEND. HAHA!
okay.. the guitarist was SUPERB TOO!
i think no other FOUNDATION student in Lasalle can play like him.
neither my
bro or
cousin jiajin can play like him.
the drummer was really good at filling in too!
his drum solo was like... damn niceee too.
however he looks pretty stiff from his arms onwards to his WHOLE upper body.
but his wrists are really powerful!
they even have a female vocalist who's a soprano.
as you can see, to be able to get into Lasalle doing Vocal,
must be of a certain standard. yuppp.
so actually their players are all superb!
including the indian fella who plays the hand drums,
and the pianist.
they all sure really know their stuffs,
technically and musically.
HOWEVER,
i just have to beg to differ.thats NOT the most important factor.
POINT 2)
this point is MUCH more important.
their group was of the RIGHT combination!
they had practically EVERY INSTRUMENT which is essentialin a rock band.
some groups are really badly balanced,like 3 pianists, 3 guitarists.or 2 violin, 1 saxophone, 2 music tech, 1 piano.
yeah..
this point is definitely MUCH more impt than the first one.
because EVEN if u can get me the BEST guitarist in the world,
but whats the point if this best guitarist doesnt has anyone to back him up?
POINT 3)
last factor i wanna talk about is teamwork,without teamwork, they wouldnt have jammed it so successfully!
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god..
yeah. my ex drummer Aaron who left my group,
he performed with the 2 people he teamed up with.
i was practically keeping quiet, and black face while he was performing larh.
its really pissing somehow.
just a msg from him that day saying "sorry guys, i left the group."
just a msg liddat, and nothing else.
din even bother explaining to us.
man..
oh wells.
if he thinks he's happy the way he is now,
oh well. god bless him.
his group did not bad. quite good i must say.
but i was shocked when many people agreed the way i do.
we all could PRACTICALLY see that.
yes, he's really really really good at drums.
he even PLAYS the drumset with feel.
and let me tell you, that stage of playin drums WITH FEEL.
playing drums so FREELY with no restrictions is really HARD to achieve.
but he has done it!
the only thing is, he's just TOO showy.
he always wans to overpower the other instruments.
there's really NO DOUBT that he's DAMN good.
but i dun like larh. proud showy musicians.
there's one thing he has gotta learn.
that HE CAN BE OUTSTANDING,
HE CAN BE SHOWY,
but he is NOTHING, if he goes on like this,
trying to steal limelight, and not work TOGETHER closely as a proper band.
geeee. he'll never progress.
god bless him.
oh wells.
i also started my MAIN STUDY today.
lasalle's abit disorganized larh.
they put me to the wrong instrument, guitar.
so for 3 weeks, i missed 3 main study lessons.
cos there was confusion going on.
anyway.
im doing Pop Piano as my main study.
my teacher is Belinda Foo.
surprisingly she knows Mr Tan too. LOL!
and has worked closely with Mr Tan when
they both played for the musical
Forbidden City, and Lao Jiu.
she also told me she had written songs for loadsa OLD TIME SINGERS,
like wang jie, and alot more old singers, but that was 1-2 decades back? lol.
and she was also the JUDGE of electone festival when Mr Tan's student was competing back in dont know which year.
yeah..
so she's rather cute larh.
same kinda character as Mr Tan.
abit childish abit cute cute one HAHAHAHA!
learned something today.
plural substitutions of chords today.
and of course a few others which
i've either learned from mr tan, or learned myself.
she also advised me, to try to APPEAL to go to LEVEL 1.
okay maybe this is confusing you.
for lasalle,
1st year (FOUNDATION)
2nd year (Level 1)
3rd year (Level 2 Bachelor year, Diploma)
4th year (Lever 3, Degree)
yuppp.
she said with my chord knowledge of pop music,
foundation is really wasting my time.
she also mentioned that she is also teaching some Level 1 students,
who are STRUGGLING with chords which im able to do well now.
yuppp, but however i dun feel confident to take up Level 1.
reason being, im afraid i'll miss out the basics in Foundation,
and also i may not be able to cope in Level 1...
yeah..
so i've decided, i'll not appeal, unless she highly recommends me!
alright....
after Fusion Workshop,
i had 3 hours of break, so i went PS with Jarrel.
surprisingly saw Mr Tan there!
Mr Tan says im really blessed to be able to have 2 really good teachers.
yeah.. i guess i really am.
i better work hard,
and not let them down. =]
i will work hard!!
oh wells. okay... im tired.. its 3.05am already!
good nites dear friends!
update again!
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