Learning an instrument
yesterday, ronald and wee chuan came over to my place to practise for a teachers' day perf on this friday... they came to ask me for comments regarding the arrangement of the whole song... think i am not really used 'telling ppl wat to do'... most of the time, i think there are so many ways to express a song... think it is subjective wat makes a good perf... in my opinion, there is no perfect performance objectively... it can only be perfect subjectively....
after the "qi dian" perf, bazang said this... "everyone's satisfaction is counted by the effort they put in"... i tot this was very true.... personally i felt very attached to the whole event and have a great sense of relief tt everything went well.... i was on a 'high'... but guess not everyone feels the same...
in the broad sense... the more u give.. the more u shall recieve... in more ways than one...
i am impressed with ronald's passion for music... in a matter of weeks, his keyboard skills improved by leaps (in fact he bought a keyboard 2 days after our perf).... he always ask me abt how to improve his vocals... his desire to excel really touches me at times... i regret tt i cldnt offer him as much as he desired to learn... this also means tt there is a lot for me to learn too... singing and teaching singing is really 2 different things... i cldnt identify what exercises are necessary to correct his problems.....
weechuan is pretty gifted on the guitar... he only started learning guitar for about 2 years plus and he is already quite adept to fingerstyles playing.... i.e familiar with the scales.... for instance, after so long, i cld only play 'one set' of scales for C on the guitar, weechuan cld play 5 sets... have to buck up man... also, i think he is more steady in strumming than me....
i think learning an instrument is really about continuous practice. there is no substitute for that. and next, you have to truly believe in yourself that you possess the potential....
ur voice is ur natural musical instrument!
after the "qi dian" perf, bazang said this... "everyone's satisfaction is counted by the effort they put in"... i tot this was very true.... personally i felt very attached to the whole event and have a great sense of relief tt everything went well.... i was on a 'high'... but guess not everyone feels the same...
in the broad sense... the more u give.. the more u shall recieve... in more ways than one...
i am impressed with ronald's passion for music... in a matter of weeks, his keyboard skills improved by leaps (in fact he bought a keyboard 2 days after our perf).... he always ask me abt how to improve his vocals... his desire to excel really touches me at times... i regret tt i cldnt offer him as much as he desired to learn... this also means tt there is a lot for me to learn too... singing and teaching singing is really 2 different things... i cldnt identify what exercises are necessary to correct his problems.....
weechuan is pretty gifted on the guitar... he only started learning guitar for about 2 years plus and he is already quite adept to fingerstyles playing.... i.e familiar with the scales.... for instance, after so long, i cld only play 'one set' of scales for C on the guitar, weechuan cld play 5 sets... have to buck up man... also, i think he is more steady in strumming than me....
i think learning an instrument is really about continuous practice. there is no substitute for that. and next, you have to truly believe in yourself that you possess the potential....
ur voice is ur natural musical instrument!
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