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its one week holiday yeah... would be a sin if i dun come up with anything.... actually i am not too sure why i am in a composition mood also... maybe cuz its valentines' day... and love fills the air....

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An Lian (Secretly in Love)
http://download.server3.come2store.com/wongxinwei/anlian.mp3
Description:
This song is about a guy who unknowingly falls in love with a girl.... during junior college days... however never had a chance to know her..... or even talk to her.... many years later they got to know each other... by fate or by chance.... but no one knows what the future holds for them....
Lyrics:
http://download.server3.come2store.com/wongxinwei/anlian.doc
Comments:
I discover this cool chord progression combination by random playing... it is unusual compared to what i usually play.... and i tot it fits the pop rock kind of song perfectly... would be nice if can be integrated with a full band... drums base electric guitar... in terms of playing... i am not used to playing so fast~ so adding the vocal variations.. it became a v challenging song to record once thru without editting.... i did about 15 over times...

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Wei Ni Zhao Mi (Crazy for you)
http://download.server3.come2store.com/wongxinwei/wei%20ni%20zhao%20mi.mp3
Description:
This song can be interpreted as an imagination from the guy's perspective or something that did happened.... With doubts about love, the guy eventually professses his love to the girl on Valentines' day with a splendid surprise at her home.... As both of them takes a stroll in the park under the glittering starry skies, he reaches out and holds her hand. Courtship love is no longer a mystery for both of them~
Lyrics:
http://download.server3.come2store.com/wongxinwei/weinizhaomi.doc
Comments:
Jazz guitar is obviously beyond my ability now. Special thanks to Cheeshan for music accompaniment and coming with this wonderful jazz riff. With that i exercised my imagination to fill in the lyrics and melody.

Hope you like them!!

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i have just recieved the video files for our open mic performance on fri... if u have a high bandwidth can consider downloading... the video links will expire in 1 week... so act fast~

ai hen jian dan
http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2DLU1MKO47A270T4N5RDYZQZ0J

tong hua
http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=158FJG59N71IC3Q33LF9ZP193U
http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1REXZ1Q37EJOM16V9MBWS9HXCH

Enjoy~ ;)

Posted by Xin Wei at 7:53 am | Permalink | Comments

The week has been a rather fufilling one for me....

Had rehearsals for SPL on Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat... that is almost everyday..... but on top of that i managed to find time to jam at Cheez's place... and played guitar... and went to perform for a open mic performance organised by our friends.... featuring the theme valentine...

Visit www.pie-spoilt.blogspot.com to find out more about what plays i am doing.... and what roles i am playing~ :) haha

I know i am just trying to console myself... but i managed to get myself to sit in library on wed afternoon to study... and tt was it... simply not enough.... yeah?

Invited the PUB scholars gang over to my place for dinner tonight... all of them are sooo nice.... we just kept helping each other... full of initiative.... cracked jokes and kept laughing.... they also did the entire cleaning up... my table ended up being the cleanest it had been for the last few weeks~ Knowing that these are the people that I may work with in future... i feel elated~ :)

The open mic event on Fri was terrific!! There was a sort of a mini-competition for the best performance..... our group (though not intended to be) won it~ got vouchers for chinatown restaurant and a box of really lovely choclates~ The items are as follows:

1. YangWen - Lovers' Concerto
2. YangWen & Xin Wei - Ni Zui Zhen Gui
3. Xin Wei - Ai Hen Jian Dan
4 Jingkai & Xin Wei - Tong Hua

Here are some pictures:

Yangwen performing lovers' concerto with Jingkai


Jingkai (my singing cum guitarist partner) and me...


The sumptous chocolate buffet prepared by angela and shining...


So glad to have a chance to sing mandarin pop here in london! :)

Oh ya.. I managed to cook chicken rice... not perfect... but definitely shiok~!



One of the few blues bar in london~ went there last sunday.... my first encounter will pure blues music....


arghh.. i am sooo sleepy... there is still rehearsal tml... its sunday... gotta wake up early tml~ sigh sigh... nite nite

Posted by Xin Wei at 7:52 am | Permalink | Comments

it mid term break! just another about 6 weeks to end of school... then only left with exams.... and year 2 is over~

enjoying my hot cup of caramel chocolate.... to me... a hot drink always reminds me how fortunate i am... to be alive... enjoying quite a comfortable life... with food n shelter.... things that we often may take for granted.....

auditions this week was alright.... the guy (weng yu) that was supposed to pick me up to his place was 1hr late cuz he needed to send a friend to hospital..... he said that he did not have my number with him... well.... i just hoped that he would inform me earlier... but i think there is no need to get angry with him....

the purpose of this audition is to see how we can improvise the songs.... given a more comfortable setting and the opportunity to see our own recordings..... and then work to improve it.... for about 3 hours we worked on improving the 3 songs..... wu neng wei li, katrina, xin xiang yu...

to my surprise, weng told me that he is quite interested in my falsetto voice and hope that i will realise its potential.... he wanted me to work towards those vocal falsetto variations that david tao often does.... he says that i have a clear falsetto voice and i seemed to make it easy.... my personal experience is that my falsetto doesnt blend well with my ''real voice'' cuz my voice is more basey.... and on stage falsetto is harder to control cuz 1 must remain v relaxed.... guess its lots of work ahead for me...

my feeling is that i won't be chosen la... cuz my english singing sux and the market here is all abt english music.... but i have indeed learnt a lot and been inspired by weng.... he introduced me to many singers.... altho he doesn't sing or play instruments much... but he is like a walking pop music library... haha.... he treated me later to lebanese food.. and all we talked abt was music.....

i hope one day can upgrade my recording facilities to make better demos... :)

cooking! last few weeks has been quite fun trying out new stuff to cook.... steam fish, fish porridge, chicken rice!! i try hard to recall how my mum does steam fish... and it actually works!! taste of home!! :)

rehearsals for the plays are intensifying too.... but so far has been having lots of fun.... working together with sporeans..... cracking jokes just like home..... suaning each other... using a myriad mix of languages.... eg hokkien... haha

after some thought, i bought this play piano by ear book from foyles bookstore..... for £13... not cheap... but it is a very interesting book which discusses all about chords... in a music language that i can understand better.... i hate deciphering scores.... the book is interesting and cute!!! it is written by a full time pianist tt plays in bars/hotels/function for abt 30,40 years... he makes all the chords come out alive like real characters!! so glad to have bought the book....

thanks for all the well wishes ppl! every message means a lot to me! so in return... shall let u guys see the audition videos...

http://download.venus.come2store.com/wongxinwei/wengauditions/LI4.AVI

http://download.venus.come2store.com/wongxinwei/wengauditions/KAT2.AVI

http://download.venus.come2store.com/wongxinwei/wengauditions/XIN2.AVI

have a great weekend everyone!!!

Posted by Xin Wei at 7:51 am | Permalink | Comments