well i know my update is abit slow ar... MD was like 17 dec and its 22 dec today haha. Finally MD is over, and that means no more sp band loooo. YAY! ok i know im being mean, but i really wanna have this long break. SP band is a really great band to be part of. I met so many friends, funny ones and weird ones. I will miss Sp band though, i think? After completing CATIA just now in school, i even automatically went to peep and the bandroom. Aiyo~~ means i still have feelings for it la. Anyway, hopefully this break would be a fruitful one, maybe can consider coming back after MD.
MD is over, and that means no more Leonard Tan! argh!!! i will die man. Will definitely miss him like nuts. He is probably the greatest conductor one could ever have. All his lame jokes ar... really damn lame ar... love all his dance steps on the podium and all his music stories! damn fascinating. After getting to know him, i feel that my music hobby has really taken a huge step forward le. Especially in Philwinds where we play crazy nut pieces? Music for Prague, 1812 Overture etc. Now im like more open, more exposed and get to know more repertoire in the realm of band music.
Third Symphony is a really great piece. Sp finally delivered it to the audience after months of pain and hardwork. i think thats one point all SPSBians should be proud of. Like what laoban says, not much tertiary institution band actually is able to perform it. good job guys. MD is over means MENDELSSOHN is OVER TOO! Wah... actually ar, the only piece im worried of is mendelssohn rather than the third symphony. and its finally over!
First time playing solo, or rather duet, is really a great great experience man. I remembered when i was sec 4 and i played the solo for Highlights from Chess and Disco Party 3, like nth eh? like no feeling? donno, its like solo ar? orh solo lor... -.- i think for me ar... the older i get the more nervous i will be. Even yiwei says "u will nervous one meh? cant tell" argh! crap! HAHA... Just wait till when play and 800 pairs of eyes are staring at u... ARGH!!!! Anyway experience not only with the solo playing, but the MEMORIZING too! so irritating la~~ i think i can remember math and physics formula easier eh. tsk tsk... so freaky! concert day rehearsel still have wrong notes and slips, really very scared!
But after everything really relieved, went around blog hopping. k i know very pervertic HAHA but i don care. Many ppl said the duet was GREAT! AWESOME! I HOPE I CAN BE LIKE THEM! HAHAH wah seh... feel like a star man! then got SPSBians wanna take pic with us, HAHA. okok indulge abit la... too high le. somemore got those ppl sitting in the first few rows felt very lousy after seeing us play. HAHA they show the " wah...stunted*" look. HAHA so funny.
aiya really very pro meh? maybe they haven seen pro-er ppl yet. we are like just, amteur? ppl say us pro makes me feel even more stress. pro? really don deserved to be called pro, look at ppl like ivan and chua, aiyo they are like way far from me man. maybe i will need another 10 20 years to catch up HAHA. nvm, im not a music student anyway, i'll take my time to learn. slow and steady :D
MD Pic Me and Lily haha!
with the arranger :) really owe it to yy for arranging the mendelssohn:D HAHA
With the joker wenshao... really will miss all his nonsense
With SL haha...
this is fangyu, abit weird weird but a good friend of mine:) damn nice to bully HAHA jkjk..
HAHA our student conductor, this is one guy i will remember always heez :)
With laoban~ hahaha love this pic...
Duet with mr tan :) gonna miss him like mad :( so sad de can
this is fidah HAHA raorfudah... wahahha
this is with jinkun and benjamin.. haha jinkun damn cute la... also quite a nice and funny guy :)
Sharing session again :D
i really wanna go berlin one day, hopefully have the money to catch one BPO concert at this place. OMG its like gorgeous man~ so beautiful. one pavilian in the middle of the forest. so cool. look at those germans, how they enjoy the music by BPO. got the firework stick thingy( i donno how to call that), and mini picinic, and sway with the waltz. ahhhh how i wish im a german native HAHA. I WANNA GO BERLIN!!!!!
haha okok thats all for today toodles :D
i think im missing u more and more
Ah Rong,
2:20 AM
yoohoo! haha
Sunday, December 14, 2008
omg its been ages i've blogged, and i literally meant ages haha. lazy la~ cant be blamed. there has been many projects over and im really really glad... especially the limyau one. HAHA lets see... since i last blogged, these are finally over: 1) YO concert 2) MST! 3) Philwinds concert 4) YO concert under limyau 5) My beloved bday :D:D:D
first and for most.. YO concert haha! quite alright.. but i think ivan must have hated me like nuts... he must have think " stupid jiarong! donno wat the hell is he playing man, in concert still play wrong stuffs... wat kinda sound is he producing man" aiyo die la... really ar my sound during the concert was disgusting.. thin and bright.. tsk tsk tsk haiz... and its the first time i heard the organ in use... wah~~~ so cool man... the sound so big and vibrant... haha!
MST!... MST!!!! argh come to think of it quite angry ar... but funny also haha... first test is APP... and i made one stupid mistake... forget find V3 for diesel cycle.. aiyo~~~ so stupid la... LAV also, didn't put -ve sign for ans... aiyo~~ the most pathetic one is still AEIS HAHA... that one hopeless la so i don care anyway.. sometimes its so frustrating and annoying that u actually get marks deducted for carelessness. meaning u get penalise by something that u actually know how to do... argh! so irritating~~~~~~~~~~~HAHAHAHA
and philwinds concert... wow cool man... love music for prague.. HAHA first time i actually like modern work. i used to think that modern works are for brainless ppl, because modern work has no meaning! thats when i was younger, much more naive. seriously la... modern work like got no melody one lor.. listen le also blur.. "huh? wat the hell is that?" but music for prague is damn powerful piece lor.. really, every band should play, but its freaking difficult la...not straight forward at all.
after playing in philwinds and YO, really felt that i'v grown up, more matured in terms of musical sense. i've opened up myself to more things outside the box. not just fantasy variations and armenian dances. those are the hot pieces in secondary schools. in actual fact, there are many many works for wind band that are really great, pieces philwinds performed are seriously great music. like everyone always complain, philwinds repertoire are all those 'weird weird' pieces cuz no one ever heard of them b4. but nonetheless, it really make a mark in the local music scene. at least such works are introduced to the audience.
now i felt so inspired by laoban la... really feel like doing music. especially when im such a fan of youtube, where u can find loads of precious and valuable videos of great conductors and ensembles playing great work haha. really feel like being a conductor. imgaine waving my baton in front of band for concert, like how limyau does, wah.... so cool.
talking abt him, he is really a cool guy, i love his conducting so different yet precise. but 1 complain, his rehearsels are freaky!!!!!!! omg those penetrating stares of his can really kill.. scary... one word to describe it all... but at least i got to play under him, great experience. i've heard many ppl saying him as a very sarcastic and strict person, now i realise, its freaking true. when he first walk in and approach the podium, u can sense the black dark aura floating around him... and the aura just slowly drifts towards u.. argh~~~~~~~~ oh well its over :D haha... and the chorus was ggreat! cool chorus... so nice to have a 250 strong choir singing behind u... big and nice sound...
HAHA yesterday was 13 dec!!!!!!!!! my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!! happy birthday to me :D:D im like finally 18? finally can watch m18 movies..wohohoho but damn sad la... no one to celebrate with... haiz... tiffany even said i have no life.. argh~~~ not like i wan one leh. bday still must go for lesson. haiz... have lesson still nvm u know, wats more interesting is! my lesson suppose to be at 6, i reached at 6 and i saw chua. at that point i knew something wrong liao.. damn wah!!! i can feel the whole world of sianness dropping upon myself... he also having lesson -,- his suppose to be at 5 but push push push until 6. therefore mine at 7. but then ar... in the end become mine at 7 50! nnp -.- so i told laoshi just play 1 studies and go home liao HAHA... 1 hr become half hour lesson..twice le u know! so irritating. reach home at 9 30 to have my dinner... haiz wat a nice bday haha...
anyway if anyone knows where to get the dvd for this PLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS TELL ME!!!!
"every wrong note i played is a death sentence" i really like this cool line... this shows how great is berlin phil :D ahhh berlin phil is like every musician's dream man.. dreaming~~~
i guess thats all after ages of hibernation:D heez heez tata
i miss u...hopefully u can really keep ur promise
Ah Rong,
7:16 AM
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Koh Jia Rong
18 years old
Plays the clarinet
Philharmonic Winds
SYO
SPband
Dip in Aeronautical Engineering
