Monday, August 15, 2005
Impromptu Improvisation
Wei Jie on flute, Ryu on guitar and me on keyboard. We had to improvise over one of our strong chord progression backing tracks. It turned out - honestly - rather horribly though, with a guitar that was not tuned. I did not perform my improvisation part well - I guess I was dead-beat since it was nearing the end of the day. But since it was an impromptu on-the-spot affair, it wasn't so bad that we did at least play some notes coherently.
Got up to page 10-11 (thereabouts) of Uranus... about 5 more to go! The reason why I'm going much slower than expected is because I don't have the time to focus only on Uranus - I still have another piece (Jupiter) and also my scales to practise... amidst assignments and studying for the technological part of music (REMT).
12:48 pm *
Monday, August 15, 2005
Impromptu Improvisation
Wei Jie on flute, Ryu on guitar and me on keyboard. We had to improvise over one of our strong chord progression backing tracks. It turned out - honestly - rather horribly though, with a guitar that was not tuned. I did not perform my improvisation part well - I guess I was dead-beat since it was nearing the end of the day. But since it was an impromptu on-the-spot affair, it wasn't so bad that we did at least play some notes coherently.
Got up to page 10-11 (thereabouts) of Uranus... about 5 more to go! The reason why I'm going much slower than expected is because I don't have the time to focus only on Uranus - I still have another piece (Jupiter) and also my scales to practise... amidst assignments and studying for the technological part of music (REMT).
12:48 pm *
- 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".
