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Sunday, January 21, 2007
My future is fading
How do you stay so positive and hopeful, when at the back of your head you know that the future is impossible. Future after school i scary. A friend who is now graduated told me this "School was like a big shelter from the world, everything was taken care of. not much to worry apart for the school work. after school, the real world is so big and scary. you do not know what to do and where to go and whether or not you will survive. " after hearing that i was having second thoughts on studying overseas. Not sure if I can make it in world standards. Is my playing good enough? I have the desire to study but other things are stopping. The finance is the main problem and secondly the language. Sigh Sigh.... its starting to look more and more impossible.

I don't want to be stuck here in Singapore. not that its bad, I would like to get a better education on my instrument. and where better than the place of origins, Germany.

The impossible is possible....well no all the time.

CHOWS~


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Sunday, January 14, 2007
The good only do bad....
Somtimes you have good inspiration and want to work for a better good. but this "good" inspiration only does bad.

so is it good or bad.

sigh. confused...as usual.

I love Pulcinella Suite by Stravinsky man hahaahhaaa


CHOWS~


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Saturday, January 13, 2007
Auf Wiedersehen



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Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Mozart....EASY!!!!!!!.......NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
"hmmm...we should Mozart more often in our exams and orchestra....it is easier!"


Well the moment you think, my dear friend, you are GONE!!!!!! Mozart is so not easy. The difficulty is in the fact that you THink it is Easy. Mozart is simple and yet its simplicity is the one that makes it complex. Be the bass past or the wind part or the string part, all parts are complex and difficult in its own way.




Mozart easy?


No!!!


Was having a conversation with my friend, we concluded that...


"The most recent music (modern compositions) is not as difficult as those of the early days (Baroque and earlier). Musicians in those times were amazing, they were all very musical and get "Jazz" musician. Why jazz? well in those days you had to improvise alot of the music. sound easy? well not really. you also had to keep in mind the context of the piece, and the chord structure. Some early music is still very very difficult to play in today's context."


Not saying that modern music is easy or anything like that, it is just that each era in music history has its difficulties and its mastery in composition.



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  1. Silly comment by Mr.Vodka: "You sound like Pregnant Camels vomiting"
  2. Silly comment by Mr.Vodka: "You sound like Dead fishes in a Can"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!





CHOWS~



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Sunday, January 07, 2007
Prima donna

Just reached the limit of tolerating all the Prima Donnas of the ensemble. Lets see.... Well some Ppl already term themselves professional...WOW!!!!! so they start their "pro" action...like, Coming late. come without warming-up...oh yah forgot, professionals do not need to warm-up.

Then there are some where, they are so dame talented that they don't even need to attend rehearsals. Or even if they do, no need to sit in all the time. can relax and take your own breaks. Then I wonder what the HELL are you doing here man!!!!!

Joke: How many players does it take to turn one page of music on one stand..... answer at the end of this post.

There are others that are so intimidated by the better players, that they just pass silly comments like, "ah yah pro what...no need to practice mah..." (no comments) Jealousy.

Some one told me, don't "hum" the music... Well so far I have not miss counted major sections of music. At times i do get it wrong...but i am pretty sure the amount of mis-counting you make in one rehearsal, is the amount of mistakes I'll make in a lifetime. sorry. FACT.

Silly comment by Mr.Vodka: You sound like dead fish...(hahaha)...no worst, you sound like Cats vomiting dead fish... (laugh out uncontrollably).....Can you imagine that....hahahaha


Yup that was all that has happened and i feel better now. hahahaa


Chows~

































Answer to joke: Two Double bass players...HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!


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Saturday, January 06, 2007
Are you sure you want a Life with a Musician???
Was thinking about something weird this morning. I went out with a Friend and his date a few dates back. and this GF of his was like asking, "you all musician very busy one hor...?" I was like.."Urm...yah duh..." Then she goes on to say how she has so little time with her BF (my friend) Ha ha.


Well here was what i tot....

Things to consider before (even thinking of) Dating or consider spending your whole life with a Musician:
















Professional life....

when you ask a musician which is more important, rehearsal or spending time at home...mostly likely the answer will be ...Rehearsal. Well when you date or get married to a musician you have to consider the fact that, he/she will have something called rehearsals and it is something we take seriously. With that comes, long and sometimes late rehearsals. Why we take seriously, well its our job and at times, it is something that pays the bills.


After a long rehearsal, orchestra buddies, or anything of that sort, usually like to go for supper (something we do even at this young age in our music life). Yes supper is very important. why? well it is a time to bond and socialise. and at times talk about the music that they are playing. I would say some good musical decisions come for these laid back supper sessions.


In the morning probably he/she would practice their music and yes it will be noisy to those untrained ears of yours. A professional might practice for like two hours straight or even more. Depends weather you are practicing a Mahler symphony or a Strauss waltz.

Other then our "day job" we have to teach to earn more money and also share our knowledge. and yes it take us time too...

You see, it is not that your "partner" does not want to spend time with you, he/she has no choice. well that was a glimpse of a professional life and i can assure you in the student, conservatory, life is not very different. Some of my classmates have to go for full time classes, on top of that teach, outside engagements and commitments, and little or no social time.

The common phrase i hear from parents and also friends are, "Musicians have no life...whole day play music." well Music is our life and it is something we have chosen to do. All that i have listed....That's OUR LIFE. What we are doing is an Art form not something you can just read up at the local library. That is why we earn $50/hr and a regular person earns that same amount in a day or two days job.



What you have to deal with....
Here are somethings i you might encounter with your musician. Bad temper!!! yup that is the number one emotion you will face. Yes when we can't get something right, when we are late for rehearsal, when we forget to bring scores, bad conductors, bad ensemble, other people are late for rehearsal, OUT of TUNE, more rhythm, no musicality, stupidity...and many more reason can cause Bad Temper CAUTION.


Day dreaming is also another thing you will face. well not really day dreaming, more like thinking deeply about the music (applies more to composers). They may even tend to dose off but i a sure you they are still thinking.


Imaginary world. Yes to get a musical and beautiful music you need to develop a imaginary story line of the music. and sometimes it reflects on our everyday life. (speaking for experience and also know others that do it).


Compulsive actions....


Compulsive CD buying. Yup good money used to buy good music. absolute essential!!! No question asked.

Compulsive concert going. well we need to know the current standards of the world and also to hear different interpretations of other musicians. and the occasional great soloist, or conductor. or better still a POWER PACK ORCHESTRA or CHOIR!!!!!!!

Compulsive score buying. Yup we need score to play you see. we buy anything score. weather we can play or not...does not matter...just buy and keep. Worst, during a major sale ahahhahaa. Conductor scores, other instrument scores, old, new, nice looking ones, cheap and good, glamorous and ex....also buy.


Others...

other then the above mention details, we have a need to upgrade. upgrade our instruments and keep in the "current" trend. like... buying a new better instrument, buying a better part for your instrument, upgrading music software, buying Reeds and more reeds, buying new mouthpieces, a new piano perhaps ahhahaaaa.....Well all these cost lost of money you know. CAUTION!!!!!



Yup these are the few things i came up with to say "do consider who you date or Wed in the future. For better or for WORST!!!!!" hahhahaaa


My conclusion, a Musician should wed a Musician. Cause only then is there true understanding of both sides. problem is, when will the kids appear.... hahhaa most musician couples i know don't have kids...yet or don't intend to have any. sad.
Well there is a occasional movie, picnic, outings, dinner, travel etc... good things need time and hard work. We musician enjoy these activities only during a major holiday or when rehearsals are cancelled. ahahahahha (speaking from experience).

Well this is just a glimpse of a Musicians life...are you sure you want a Life with a Musician?? Pls understand why we are like that. haha.




Chows!


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Thursday, January 04, 2007
Old update
Well this is a sort of late entry. ahahhaa well mainly cause i got the pictures late ahahhaa. anyway heres the "poster" pic that was to be placed at Esplanade Concourse but can't cause our "boss" say dun wan ahahhaa....



Hahahaha nice right...Thanks to Miss Vogue for her effort hahahaa Look so dame cute lor... ahahahhaaaa enjoy....Zeppy looks cute hahahhaa


The next outing was our much awaited Voggie Food Tour 2006!!!! Well i'm lazy to put up all the pic, i'll just place to group photo hee hee....



Well everyone was here except Mimi (sick and also jet lag from his trip to HK), Clare (jet lag and also lazy to go out...idiot hahahhaa). Well Our Blonde is not here cause he went to repair his "toy" hahahaa. Anyway we had loads of fun and yes ate alot of food. Thanks Kitty for your expert food tracking radar of Tiong Bahru and China town. Thanks to Ping ping for the Satay Bee hoon....Thanks to Pignix and Ali for the pics. Thanks to all my classmates for a fun time that day and of course many more fun days to come... Wonder what will it be like when we leave school.....sigh.

well thats all for now...

CHOWS~



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Monday, January 01, 2007
HELLO 2007!!!!



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