Superman vs Frankenstein

I recently attended this performance at the MPO in KLCC last sunday

The songs were well played. However, I wished they had done a little more of the Phantom of the Opera piece in the beginning. It was a nice attempt by the organist, though.

Controversy at the Olympics

As a fencer, the Semifinal Match between S.Korea's Shin and Germany's Heidemann was a farce
Shin should've won, fair and square, since she has priority and Heidemann didn't get a valid hit in to finish the tiebreaker at the last second.
The last second was up, and Shin should've won,
but instead the judges called for an additional second (without just cause)
and Heidemann took her chance and bagged a hit,
snatching Shin's victory.

Despite an appeal, Shin's illegal defeat was the authorities' final decision.
If its any consolation, Heidemann lost her next round.

Blazing past prestissimo

Latest report:

AVE MARIA: MARKED IMPROVEMENT

VIVA LA VIDA: STILL BEING BUTCHERED

ETC: PRE-BUTCHERED STATE

right, in more detail, I've progressed rapidly
The notes start to sound coherent
I've improved consistency and accuracy

However, bow control has remained a problem
same with dynamics and rhythm
speed is an issue...too fast and i skid
too slow and i slaughter something inhuman.

One day, I will consider myself accomplished when i can play
Bach's Fugue and Toccata
and
Yiruma's R.F.I.Y.

<<blindfolded>>

String Maestro is back

Music is an essential facet of life
thus, it must go on.

I admit, it is not easy to continue writing music
A daunting task, but one I strive to perfect
Because To Those Who Were Given More, More is asked of Them

To me is bequeathed the music, thus i write

the sadness
the pain
the joys
the agonies
the heartbreaks

of the life i see around me

there is no better music
than heart music.


However, dear (and undear) readers
I have not come to resurrect the composer
but to bury him.

I have taken up a new instrument
I'll let you guess what it is, for now
I won't be composing, I'll be performing
and until I can get Mardia (yups, I named her Mardia)
to sound as good as Melia ( my 1st classical guitar)
and Triste (my 2nd classical guitar),
I won't be composing till then.

Right now, I'll be butchering the Ave Maria.

Rest and Recreation

These few weeks have rested me a tremendous lot
But, I'm walking into a musical block yet again
I've got no music coming to me, no flow of inspiration.
Sorry, Bob, the birds have flown
There's no flogging this dead horse anymore
but hope upon hope, tis pointless to assume
that suddenly up and about music around me flow
i fear the composer's dead, or at worst, slumbering
its the 1st time i saw the composition questions in the past year papers
and blanked out.
the only ones that doesn't bore me are the orchestral scores
and Corelli, i curse you and your trio sonatas,
they're already bad enough without having to torment me with figured bass

I want my music to be grand!
maybe a string quartet.
but not brass. i loathe brass.
too boastful and pushy.
maybe woodwind? but ah, the clarinets, how they bother me
with their pithy transpositions.
I suppose I'll remain
the Master of Strings.

Progress

This holidays has seen me compose....about 5% of a song
inspired by a phantom long thought vanished.
No, it lives on in my music.

I have a new angel of music now.
Gone are the days of writing trite and naive melodies
A new source of inspiration heralds a new flavor
more richness...more complexity
and a somewhat sombre and REAL feel to it.

Another is completed!

Sorry for late announcement, but I've finished a few more pieces.
One's a cello solo, another's a flute solo, i think...
its so long ago, i don't remember if i mentioned it before...
anyway, here's an inventory!

1 piano sonata
1/3 violin sonata
1 violin solo
1 cello solo
1 flute solo
a few mixed instrument ensembles
and a few unfinished pieces
all in all, 12 different pieces.

I hope this year is another year of inspiration!
XD