Sunday, July 17, 2005
1 more week to Graduation performances.
The pressure is mounting up even higher as only ONE week remains till the graduation performances. The various groups have been filmed and their performances reviewed as "terrible" even if they were good - to heighten the standard.
I've come to realise that some people in DMAT are not taking time to rehearse seriously and me and some of my team have gotten real fed-up over this. There's a time to be serious and a time to have fun - and now that the time to be serious demands more than the time to have fun - I feel that we should be willing to sacrifice our time (shopping, playing pool, etc). Slacking in polytechnic (even if it is the 1st year) is not my cup of tea. I've learnt enough from my 'O' Level results - even though they were quite good... I could've did better.
Mr Eric Wei has been training with my main group (performing "At The Beginning" and "Xi Shui Chang Liu") over our vocals. For the next final week, I will focus on training my team in dynamics and pitching. Hopefully, we can bring our performance up to an adequate standard.
As for my a capella group, the last week is crucial. We need to brush up in our timing and pitching - it's not currently presentable. Our dynamics and articulation also have to be more pronounced.
My Final Fantasy group's main problems are dynamics and timing. I hope our rehearsal tomorrow will clear out a bit of these problems. You would have noticed by now that many groups have problems with keeping to a constant rhythm - it's something that even professional performers struggle with. Few people can perform in perfect time.
Pieces I'm practising now are Theme of Love and Bittersweet Romance (both from Final Fantasy). Both are relatively simple - I just need to work on memorising them.
7:09 am *
Sunday, July 17, 2005
1 more week to Graduation performances.
The pressure is mounting up even higher as only ONE week remains till the graduation performances. The various groups have been filmed and their performances reviewed as "terrible" even if they were good - to heighten the standard.
I've come to realise that some people in DMAT are not taking time to rehearse seriously and me and some of my team have gotten real fed-up over this. There's a time to be serious and a time to have fun - and now that the time to be serious demands more than the time to have fun - I feel that we should be willing to sacrifice our time (shopping, playing pool, etc). Slacking in polytechnic (even if it is the 1st year) is not my cup of tea. I've learnt enough from my 'O' Level results - even though they were quite good... I could've did better.
Mr Eric Wei has been training with my main group (performing "At The Beginning" and "Xi Shui Chang Liu") over our vocals. For the next final week, I will focus on training my team in dynamics and pitching. Hopefully, we can bring our performance up to an adequate standard.
As for my a capella group, the last week is crucial. We need to brush up in our timing and pitching - it's not currently presentable. Our dynamics and articulation also have to be more pronounced.
My Final Fantasy group's main problems are dynamics and timing. I hope our rehearsal tomorrow will clear out a bit of these problems. You would have noticed by now that many groups have problems with keeping to a constant rhythm - it's something that even professional performers struggle with. Few people can perform in perfect time.
Pieces I'm practising now are Theme of Love and Bittersweet Romance (both from Final Fantasy). Both are relatively simple - I just need to work on memorising them.
7:09 am *
- Name: niwdehot
- Location: Singapore
Music has always been an integral part of Edwin’s life since the tender age of 4. The top graduate from the pioneer batch of the Diploma in Music & Audio Technology (Singapore Polytechnic), Edwin achieved the Media Development Authority Gold Medal (Course Medal) & DBS Bank Award.
An avid performer, Edwin plays at corporate and private functions, cafes, weddings, musicals, and community and charity events throughout the year. In Singapore Polytechnic’s “Superstar: The Pop Musical” (2006), he took on multiple roles of Cast Member (Chorus), Rehearsal Pianist and Baritone Section Leader. Edwin was also the second keyboardist in the incidental music band of Young NTUC’s May Day 2007 musical, “A Labour of Love”. He has appeared regularly at music festivals (Singapore Street Festival 2009, MoonFest @ Esplanade 2009) and charity events (Charity Fiesta 2006 @ South West, Music For Hope 2008, Blackout @ Emily 2009).
His artistic passion continues to grow, as does his hope to inspire others through his expressive music.
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My Goals:
-Long Term: To become well-trained in all aspects of music
-Medium Term: To improve my sight-reading and keyboard skills to another level
-Short Term: To brush up on my basic music theory after stopping for 5 years+
Special Skill Set:
Improvisation, Playing-by-ear
Repertoire includes (to be updated):
*Pending (practice in progress)
Electone Organ pieces:
Piano pieces:
Piano/choral arrangements:
(They Long To Be) Close To You - Burt Bacharach
Walk On A Rainbow Trail - Berta & Sonja Poorman
Laudate Dominum - Sherri Porterfield
When You Believe - Stephen Schwartz
*Joyful, Joyful - Beethoven (arr. Mervyn Warren)
*Because He Lives - Sally DeFord
Original compositions:
Vivid Dreams (theme: hope)
And any other tune/piece that I know well (play-by-ear)...
This performance journal was created as part of an ongoing assignment of the DMAT module "Performance".
