There's several things I wanted to touch in this month...waitno. This week LAWL!
It's just too amusing, and AMAZING for me. =3
Simply one of the best experience <3
Now, let me start...
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:: Human Communication Presentation ::
I had HC Presentation this Thursday (24/11), so the whole week, including the weeks before that, I've been soooooooooo busy regarding the presentation AND the paperworks. But to be honest, I'm NOT worried at all.
Why?
1. I have the BEST TEAM of my whole life.
I'm not even KIDDING when I mentioned "Best Team". Team 5 compromise of me, Soon Ying Xi, Claudia Hwa, Ziyad, and Alvin. I'm very proud to say that I'm PROUD of every members in this group. They truly gave out all they had for the presentation. Though when we're preparing the paperwork and the slides, there's things going on here and there, but then at the end, everyone just BAM and it's just...perfect. <3
And the outcome...
2. I have NEVER had such a great Presentation in my WHOLE life.
I talked, like river flowing... I'm not thinking, I'm not stopping either! It just came, and there it happened! And the best part was, the slides were PERFECTLY prepared, and everyone were speechless by our presentation (yes, I DARE to say that! =D)
I have never been in such excitement for such a long time...
3. Even AFTER the presentation!
Yes. I am dedicated to write a blog-post for this memorable day, with my teammates. Helpful teammates... Seriously, it's been a long time--- no. I had NEVER had such great teammates before in my LIFE! I love all of them...maybe not the dudes. Since one smokes and another one didn't do much for the paperwork. Still... I respect for what they had done.
I'm just gonna give a shout-out to those honorable people here:
"THANK YOU YOU PEOPLE! YOU MADE MY LIFE WHOLE AGAIN! 8D"
4. Yeap. It was AWESHUM. <3
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:: Contemporary Festival ::
Ohgod. The 2-days consecutive music-orgasm day... nonono. Not JUST my ears, but my body and soul are FILLED with musics! And I came to respect a lot of people because of their performances... =3 If I must name one, it would be Rebecca, the drummer. Though I don't really like the way she hits it (compare to other drummers with... weird antics, I must say LAWL!), I definitely respect the skills she had and the improvisations/ideas she had in mind =3
That aside...
1. I learned DAMN lot from the workshops.
I don't know why there's so few people around the corner but... I dare to say that the ticket fees definitely WORTH IT. From all of these workshops, I realized that, though most of them said almost the same things... one needs to LEARN how to do so, is pretty hard and requires a lot of stuffs within one self.
Let's say... Learning how to "Listen to the others" and "Respect their spaces".
Don't get it? Lemme tell you.
Listen to the others - refers to listening to what the others are playing. The dynamics, the flow, how many bars, the harmony, etc. Now while listening closely, you can based on them, and do your thing. Especially when one's soloing, you NEED to know when they're playing on some special things that you can help to add in - especially for the rhythm sections, those cues are important.
Respect their spaces - You do your thing, but you DON'T overcross the line/boundary in the harmony. What does that means? It means that... (especially while one's soloing), you do NOT play louder than the other instruments, and you must know what you can do to compliment and help in building up, not to force or being the leader or the one that wants to outshine instead. That occurred quite often in bands, where each of them wanted to show their skills and whatsoevernot. But then, they forgot about this, and they tend to blast their techniques all over the places...which I don't approve, and I don't get the music flow thanks to that. :/ and it's a quite famous Western band that did it, which I am deeply DISAPPOINT.
I wrote SO MUCH and learned SO MUCH from these workshops. I wrote a total of... 4 pages FULL of shtuffs from listening to them. Normal class couldn't even make me write them down. But these workshops are just...aweshum.
Though, note to self - never listen to the others on WHICH workshop you should go. Because I kind of disappointed when I went to the Ensemble Workshop and I SO wanted to go for the Bass Workshop, which I can ask more questions... DAMN! >A< If there's another Bass-related workshop, I'M GOING DDDDDDD<
2. Gonzalo Rubalcaba is my Inspiration.
Ohhhhhhyesbabeh. I dare to say this. There's NEVER a single musician is able to inspire me, but his workshop, definitely could. (Speaking of this, I SHOULD go and listen to Kajiura Yuki's songs and all those Final Fantasy songs and... mmmhmmm, let's just make them inspire me more from musics themselves ;3)
He thought me a lot of shtuffs, though some I already knew subconsciously but still, they're good shtuffs. I wrote 3 pages for HIS words, and he inspired me in how my new song SHOULD be =3 (which I was pretty confuzzled and headache of that piece @w@)
I note down A LOT of words that he spoke. Like...
"If you think of the things you wanted, you will find times for them. But if you don't think of them, you won't even do it."
>>> I thought a lot regarding this... it's so true. When you think of the things you wanted to do, you will naturally fix a time for it. But if you don't think of them at all, you forget about them, and you won't even do it.
"Need to spend time at least 5 - 10 minutes together in a family."
>>> Morale support is important, and it's important to let your family to know what you're doing and stuffs. Though I personally don't do this pretty much (because... haha. <w<) but I DO agree with this statement. (Just that, I didn't do it. OTL|||)
"Little simple things give you a bright moment and give you energy/support to continue."
>>> A simple nod, a simple hug, an acknowledgement... They're not much, but they drive you further indeed. =3
"Listen to people around you."
>>> Listen to people's thoughts - each and everyone had different conclusion in their mind regarding one situation. That includes the things that you did, and produced. It's important to listen to people's comments about the things you've done - whether if they're acceptable in the community, or they're not. Of course, it's not about "follow what people wanted", it's just to listen, and to improve. If you don't listen, you cannot improve. (But of course, listen wasn't just using your ears - read those comments includes in this as well. XD)
"Love is what fix everything."
>>> It's true. When you have love, you know how to accept things. You open your heart out and listen to them, listen to yourself. And if there's love, there will be no war, no hate... yeah, you got it ;3
"Let the music to surprise you, surprise yourself of what you can do."
>>> Follow the flow of the music, and let yourself to follow the music as you play and improvise... let them lead your play, and surprise your own self =3
"Tell a story in a more unique way. Forget what you have done before, try new things."
>>> Everyone tells the same story, but how to make it more interesting and more unique? This phrase is pretty important <3
"Respect the space of each one, and cooperate/learn how to pay together. Acceptance is important."
>>> You can only respect someone when you start to accept them? Hmmm... Though I agree both of them are VERY important in playing as a group, since you need to respect their playing, and accept their playing, in order to function as a team.
"We need to listen to each other. [Cut] We rehearse without these (amplifiers)."
>>> Remember: Amplifiers are only to project and amplify the sounds of the instruments. Still, they don't control your original-volume as you play. And to play as a group so to harmonize the whole band, is to listen to each of them. Without amplifiers, you learn to listen using their own original volume. As you proceed, you're able to control your own dynamics/volumes to match the other one. This is a way to improve your band-playing as well. (VERY IMPORTANT! >D)
Yyyyeap. All of his words... definitely worth the original price of RM50--- no. I don't even THINK that should be the extent of it. It worth even MORE than that! If you want me to pay RM100, I would SO go for it =3
After all those workshops...
3. MY FIRST TIME OUTDOOR CONCERT!!!
I have NEVER been into an outdoor concert before... And it was just amazing! Seeing the crowds having fun... wow. The first day, I memang HOT LIKE MAD! That wasn't the extent of the outdoor concert...
4. My first-time experience of LASER-ART!!!
It was simply AWESHUM! I dare to say that I'm so touch by its beauty that I nearly cried for the first time seeing it <3
That was the first day, though...
5. Second day: MAH FIRST TIME UNDER THE RAIN CONCERT!
Ohyeahbabeh. SYOK BETUL! And it was really amusing that even though it's raining, people still gather around and have fun with the musics! 8D Damn proud of this concert itself wei! <3
6. I dare to say, this is my First-ever BEST CONCERT!
Ohyes. The players in this festival are all top-notch people. ESPECIALLY OUR OWN UCSI BAND. It was simply AMUAZING. I must emphasize again: AMUAAAAAAZINGGGGGG. And Frances is definitely AWESHUM! Through this concert, I once again held utmost respects to everyone playing up the stage there. And especially Mr. Juan Pablo. I simply adore his compositions! Though I dislike the fact that the teachers said that "Pop musics are JUNK musics", but I must understand that compare to those Latin musics, Pop musics are really NOTHING.
Still, I wanted to compose AWESHUM Pop Musics. >D
And seeing how Ms. Lee conducted in the stage makes me wanna to that too LAWL! XDDD
7. And I dare to say: Asians play BETTER than anyone else!
Yes, Westerners may sound better in vocals but... Instrument and band wise, I don't know why, I'm deeply moved by the Asians' bands. (Especially our school's band, once again 8D Though they compromise of different members for each songs but still, best of the best!)
But then hor, that vocalist in Asian Beats hor... Sorry lah, but I REALLY want to hor, beat the crap out of your and let the saxophone/trumpet to take your place lah. D< YOU SHUCKS. Let Frances sing your place! LET HER DO HER JOB! -shot-
I was wondering why Asians play better... was it because I'm bias? But I really don't get the feel when the westerner's band's playing it :/ Not only me, Kou felt the same as well. And also the others... hmmm. I wonder why. Was it because Asian players listen to more genres of musics? Hmmmmmmmmm. -thinks-
8. Still... IT'S AN AWESHUMSAUCE WEEKEND!!! 8DDDDDDDDDD
Though, I must note to self: When it's a Contemporary Music Fest, it's best to bring your LOVER instead of your best friend, because those romantic songs sounds just soooooooo awkward at that time, and especially when you and your best friend are FOREVER-ALONE-ING. =3=;;;
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Phew... After those things for the week, I'm... sick. XD
Must be because of the rain and the things I ate <w<
I should get some more rest... .w.
WHAI YOU BLEED RIGHT NOW?! WHAAAAAI ;A;
I TOMORROW EXAM WHAI YOU BLEED RIGHT NOW?! TAT
I just hope that my Drum Exam will be smoothly conducted ;3; -prays to the god-
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