tiring week.. but fun at the end
jamming in the house?! way cool!
i love the puppy!
ok. got pretty stress out this wk... prob it's a build up from last wk.. hehe
anyway sch's still great..
Tony is such a nice guy! he's our rhythm basics EW teacher n the jazz ensemble i/c.. he's been rather patient with me and didnt scream at me! haha but ya i feel more encouraged when he's ard...despite the super zai ppl ard in sch.. not to forget to mention Steve..he's pretty encouraging all the time to everyone so i dun feel stressed out when i see him. mike is so scary.. i always screw up whenever he's ard.. this is bad.. maybe i shd get him to be my tutor for a quarter n stress myself totally! well see how...my teacher Dave went out of town on a tour in europeso Matt took over the private lesson.. he's so awesome.. i think we have same teaching methods n patience.. keke but of coz i didnt mention i teach in SG.. he's also encouraging n gave some exercises for me to work on... techniques! must ganbatte... btw Matt is joe morello's student! so envious!
there was a clinic/performance in sch... Bryan Baker Quartet.. bryan is a LAMA grad n he's super shen lo! his drummer is chao zai! had a chit chat session w the drummer n he taught us abit of frame drum technique.. the music they play is free form music... which means no structure.. they r cool!!! there's a sax/bass clar player. he's WoW... it was pretty cool when he did a rhythm by tapping on the keys n not playing. (miked up of coz)
after the clinic, me roberto n gabor headed down to baked potato to check wil kennedy n the quintet out! gabor has a great car with a GPS system which speaks many diff languages! so cool.. he got the GPS in hungary n it's got US map! wil is awesome! he's a lefty so the setup is different... he's so musical in his playing n the whole band has a great energy all the time. band leader is the vibraphonist/piano player.. he's great in his vibes techniques from the angle i can see(blocked by sax n guitar player) i must reach tt kind of playing FAST! mike said tt my playing is very musical and he cant wait to see how i play after i overcome my technical difficulties. tt's pretty much how he phrase tt.. haha well it's pretty encouraging but if u wan to see it in another way, it just means u r not there yet. sigh sorry im pretty much a pessimistic here cant blame me for tt. i know i must ganbatte but i feel kinda lost where shd i start from. watever it is, ya ganbatte! well how i played in school this wk is really so terrible so i feel bad too. i dun even play like this back in SG! hmm.. maybe i just need to join a community band to feel more balanced.. i cant focus on 1 thing all the time.. i need to do multiple things.. just like how i survive NUS-- studying a major n a minor, playing tons of music in symphonic bands n in guitar club, teaching, involved in running nusws/musart, work in sch occasionally.
anyway sat was another practice day...had the half burritos from last nite as lunch.. yummy.. hanged in sch til 5pm.. Andrew invited me to go for a party organised by his teacher(lynn i think).. hee great view along the way... kinda reminded me of italy but it's more brownish over here.. not so green or snowy mountains.. hee nice overview of the cities/towns.. his teacher's house is awesome! big living room w equipments... drums, baby grand piano, guitars, bass guitar, amps(the hubby, Kevin built it himself!) the amps were great... if interested to hear the sound let me know k.. hehe there's a pool in the backyard... great place! nice quiet town. everyone knows everyone.. all the kids in the town r practically her piano students.. win lo.. i love the decos in the house.. very classy n with much taste.. pretty much my style ;P they had a big puppy and he's so jumpy n excited! hahha really energetic coz he's been going in n out of house thru out the nite.. the food were all very yummy n mainly done by the couple themselves! i love the steak(forgot the name for it), the salad, ham with crackers, beer, etc *slurp* we found a nice n quiet table beside the pool to enjoy the food.. then gradually i realised tt the guests are mainly musicians! how cool is tt! hahaha she must have great 人缘 for the great turn out of the party.. then the music began! the musicians took turn to play n jam! so mindblowing! there's this instru(i duno the name) tt it's designed by tt guy itself! it's bass n guitar combined as one n he used tapping to play the 2 parts at the same time(u wun have the chance to pluck the strings!) so zai!!! too bad no pics on tt coz i didnt bring the cam along w me til like much later went back to andrew's car to get it.. tt instru is heavy n costs like 2.5k... -_-'' but real cool! hopefully some day these ppl can go down SG. took to this guy on n off at the party.. he seems to be alone and i duno even know his name! he's a guitarist.. shd have gotten his number or namecard who knows 1 day we can jam together.. but too late anyway.. he really resembles a musician i saw in SG while working for Tama..cant rem but shd be a drummer.. oh dear, they might be relatives! haha never mind.. if i have the chance to see him again i would love to tok more to him.. been toking w andrew thru out the nite mainly.. duno anyone there ma..
more pics coming up too! stay tuned! ;)
i love the puppy!
ok. got pretty stress out this wk... prob it's a build up from last wk.. hehe
anyway sch's still great..
Tony is such a nice guy! he's our rhythm basics EW teacher n the jazz ensemble i/c.. he's been rather patient with me and didnt scream at me! haha but ya i feel more encouraged when he's ard...despite the super zai ppl ard in sch.. not to forget to mention Steve..he's pretty encouraging all the time to everyone so i dun feel stressed out when i see him. mike is so scary.. i always screw up whenever he's ard.. this is bad.. maybe i shd get him to be my tutor for a quarter n stress myself totally! well see how...my teacher Dave went out of town on a tour in europeso Matt took over the private lesson.. he's so awesome.. i think we have same teaching methods n patience.. keke but of coz i didnt mention i teach in SG.. he's also encouraging n gave some exercises for me to work on... techniques! must ganbatte... btw Matt is joe morello's student! so envious!
there was a clinic/performance in sch... Bryan Baker Quartet.. bryan is a LAMA grad n he's super shen lo! his drummer is chao zai! had a chit chat session w the drummer n he taught us abit of frame drum technique.. the music they play is free form music... which means no structure.. they r cool!!! there's a sax/bass clar player. he's WoW... it was pretty cool when he did a rhythm by tapping on the keys n not playing. (miked up of coz)
after the clinic, me roberto n gabor headed down to baked potato to check wil kennedy n the quintet out! gabor has a great car with a GPS system which speaks many diff languages! so cool.. he got the GPS in hungary n it's got US map! wil is awesome! he's a lefty so the setup is different... he's so musical in his playing n the whole band has a great energy all the time. band leader is the vibraphonist/piano player.. he's great in his vibes techniques from the angle i can see(blocked by sax n guitar player) i must reach tt kind of playing FAST! mike said tt my playing is very musical and he cant wait to see how i play after i overcome my technical difficulties. tt's pretty much how he phrase tt.. haha well it's pretty encouraging but if u wan to see it in another way, it just means u r not there yet. sigh sorry im pretty much a pessimistic here cant blame me for tt. i know i must ganbatte but i feel kinda lost where shd i start from. watever it is, ya ganbatte! well how i played in school this wk is really so terrible so i feel bad too. i dun even play like this back in SG! hmm.. maybe i just need to join a community band to feel more balanced.. i cant focus on 1 thing all the time.. i need to do multiple things.. just like how i survive NUS-- studying a major n a minor, playing tons of music in symphonic bands n in guitar club, teaching, involved in running nusws/musart, work in sch occasionally.
anyway sat was another practice day...had the half burritos from last nite as lunch.. yummy.. hanged in sch til 5pm.. Andrew invited me to go for a party organised by his teacher(lynn i think).. hee great view along the way... kinda reminded me of italy but it's more brownish over here.. not so green or snowy mountains.. hee nice overview of the cities/towns.. his teacher's house is awesome! big living room w equipments... drums, baby grand piano, guitars, bass guitar, amps(the hubby, Kevin built it himself!) the amps were great... if interested to hear the sound let me know k.. hehe there's a pool in the backyard... great place! nice quiet town. everyone knows everyone.. all the kids in the town r practically her piano students.. win lo.. i love the decos in the house.. very classy n with much taste.. pretty much my style ;P they had a big puppy and he's so jumpy n excited! hahha really energetic coz he's been going in n out of house thru out the nite.. the food were all very yummy n mainly done by the couple themselves! i love the steak(forgot the name for it), the salad, ham with crackers, beer, etc *slurp* we found a nice n quiet table beside the pool to enjoy the food.. then gradually i realised tt the guests are mainly musicians! how cool is tt! hahaha she must have great 人缘 for the great turn out of the party.. then the music began! the musicians took turn to play n jam! so mindblowing! there's this instru(i duno the name) tt it's designed by tt guy itself! it's bass n guitar combined as one n he used tapping to play the 2 parts at the same time(u wun have the chance to pluck the strings!) so zai!!! too bad no pics on tt coz i didnt bring the cam along w me til like much later went back to andrew's car to get it.. tt instru is heavy n costs like 2.5k... -_-'' but real cool! hopefully some day these ppl can go down SG. took to this guy on n off at the party.. he seems to be alone and i duno even know his name! he's a guitarist.. shd have gotten his number or namecard who knows 1 day we can jam together.. but too late anyway.. he really resembles a musician i saw in SG while working for Tama..cant rem but shd be a drummer.. oh dear, they might be relatives! haha never mind.. if i have the chance to see him again i would love to tok more to him.. been toking w andrew thru out the nite mainly.. duno anyone there ma..
more pics coming up too! stay tuned! ;)
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