.Thursday, October 10, 2013 ' 9:37 PM Y
& I'm waiting
Happy Birthday~~
Hehe, dedicated post to 리시안.
Happy birthday! :)
19 years old... Hope you become more sensible and not worry about too many little things in life.
Hope you become less gullible, especially when your family is far away from you now.
Despite so, hope you stay as innocent and optimistic about life.
It was a blessing to have met you.
You make me realise a lot of other things that I wouldn't have thought of or felt in a way.
Learning as much as you learn from me. :)
Please stay safe and happy.
and remember, believe. :)
새이축하합니다!~ 사랑해!~
너는위한 노래..
.Tuesday, October 8, 2013 ' 9:44 PM Y
& I'm waiting
生日快乐
"有一些事情發生 有一些起起伏伏 但我們四個一直都沒有放棄 我們會証明給你們看
我很開心我們四個都沒有分開 而且我們感情愈來愈好"
看了这期娱百，听了那番话，想起喜欢上你们的那过程。
因为友情说难不难，说容易也不容易，但只要肯坚持，会比亲兄弟还亲。。
们还是一样坚持着自己的梦想，而我依然徘徊着。
我不曾忘记你们过，还是相信那句话：一日F迷，终身F迷。
我还是会默默的支持你们，等你们再次出发！
加油，希望从此越来越好。
生日快乐，三位10月的寿星 :)
現實的考驗 我們說好一起面對 不管多久多遠絕對不喊累
期待 彼此更美好的明天 我們說好誰也不放棄誰..
.Tuesday, October 1, 2013 ' 10:14 AM Y
& I'm waiting
Conduct Us
I had always thought of how we could publicise Harmoc to everyone, be it for concert, CCA exhibition/orientation or open house.
Simply sitting in formation and playing a piece wasn't enough (not that we had really tried it out) - The sounds of harmonicas are simply too soft and people won't stop by to listen. They just think, oh, it's harmonica.
If there must be a reason why we are continuing this Ensemble, it is to show people that we love this instrument, this ensemble, this music. But we are not doing enough to showcase this music. In fact, Harmonica Ensemble has always been underrated. For our concert in 2012, I tried to market the ensemble as one that people have not heard before (it's a fact). Little have known how a Harmonica Ensemble works, the types of harmonicas we play, and simply how we sound like.
Then, I came across this event shared by someone on FB,
http://improveverywhere.com/2013/09/24/conduct-us/
The full story is on the link above.
Basically, this ensemble sat on the streets of New York, with the conductor stand that says "CONDUCT US".
Being the first wasn't easy, but people eventually took turns to walk up and start conducting.
It was interesting, seeing people who have never conducted before, or even without any musical background waving the baton, the ensemble following and creating different versions of the piece.
(Even though what the ensemble can mostly do was to follow the tempo and variations in sound volume)
Lixian and I were discussing how hard it would be to do this on the streets of Singapore with all the legal restrictions in place. And it would be harder for Singaporeans to stop their feet, listen, or even walk up to the conductor stand. (although I believe there are people spontaneous enough to do so)
Then I woke up today (dreaming about harmoc?) and thought about this again. And it came to me how great a publicity stunt this was.
If our juniors are able to follow random conductors, pick an interesting piece that people know (say, Por una Cabeza - I personally like this piece a lot), set this up in school, how many students would stop by to listen and conduct?
The thing about school is, they can just set it up before morning assembly in the quad and they don't have to apply for permits. And there are more active students to help start the conducting off.
Imagine this at CCA orientation, open house or even publicising for concert.
"Come to our concert and conduct us again" - It would definitely be an interactive concert, something that involves the audience instead of making them sit in their seats throughout the 2 hours.
That said, it is up to our juniors to plan for their own concert.
And hopefully, Singapore's art scene will evolve into this someday.