*-* My Music Diary *-*

## : Saturday, September 10, 2005.

performed a piece of Bach's composition yesterday during Performance Lesson. We got to rehearse until 3.15pm. So, my group ( Lydia, TianHwee and Jas) went to Studio A and practiced. It was alright during the practice time. We increased the tempo to 90 because it's rrly boring when the tempo is slow. 3 keyboardist and 1 recorder player.
When it comes to performing, I was quite well intially but when i wanted to repeat the piece again, i played the wrong note, so i quickly get back to the right note and continue playing. Tim R says we did quite well.

## : Saturday, September 10, 2005.

## : Wednesday, August 31, 2005.

just finished our Performance today. Our item was the 2nd one. So it started quite early. Had rehearsal at 3.30pm. It did not turn out well and we were wasting quite a lot time. When it was our turn up the stage, there was feedback when the vocals were singing. It was quite irritating but we carried on performing. Quite afraid that it will affect our whole performance and grades.

## : Wednesday, August 31, 2005.

## : Saturday, August 27, 2005.

had practice yesterday during performance lesson..was being filmed by Jimmy. He wrote down comments and pointed out our mistakes.. that was good.wasn't really good at bass yet. I kept playing wrong chords.. Tian Hwee was asked to do improvisation on her pads. the vocals were asked to sing louder, more audible. The recorder was asked not to play when the vocals were singing. I had to play louder on my bass.

## : Saturday, August 27, 2005.

## : Saturday, August 20, 2005.

had our first group practice yesterday. Didn't do much because everybody wasn't sure what to do. So after deciding we came up with - Weijie piano, TianHwee pads, Lydia and Ryu singing, Zigang recorder and mi playing bass guitar. It's weird without guitar but no one wants to play it. First time playing bass, so not very sure what to play luckily Clef and Royston offered to teach me. We will be performing Right Here Waiting For you. Quite an old English song.
Noticed that for this performance, quite a few people tried to do new stuffs instead of their major instrument. Like Joyce, Puay Chin will be singing, Qiu Tsia will be playing the piano, Hazel drumming, Lydia singing, Me playing bass.

## : Saturday, August 20, 2005.

## : Saturday, August 13, 2005.

had improvisation yesterday...grouped with Clef and Lydia..we used Clef's backing track...overall was okie..I was not very good at improvisation..in fact..yesterday was the first time i improvised. Clef was really good at it as he started improvising two years ago because of his work. Clef and i played the piano while Lydia played on the recorder.

## : Saturday, August 13, 2005.

## : Tuesday, August 02, 2005.

Had our Graduation Performance last Wednesday. It was lucky that it didn't rain. I came in the afternoon as I was in the afternoon slot. We had our vocal training at the cafe near the Plaza and sang the songs that we were be performing for a few times. My throat wasn't in a good state that day so had to take a break from more singing. Listened to other groups' performances, they were quite good, especially Esther's item. I liked her voice. Was quite nervous as the lecturers were sitting on the 2nd floor and busying writing down comments, also with the video filming us.
When it was our turn, had a little problem as there were not enough microphones and we started singing without me having a mic. I wasn't really tensed after I saw Meihui below the stage singing with us. It's kind of encouraging.

## : Tuesday, August 02, 2005.

## : Thursday, July 21, 2005.

Had our last few practices during MIDI lesson in the Control Room C. Again, some members were not there. So, we only sang a few times and slacked there. We wanted to improve our pieces by adding dynamics but didn't know how to go about doing it. Discussed about our dresscode too. Finalised that everyone in my group wear long pants or jeans with bright T-shirt, because we do not want to wear dull colour T-shirts on that day.

Yesterday, we had our practice in Studio A. Wee Kiat was nice, he conducted a vocal training. Taught us how to use diaphragm to sing and how to hold our breath longer.

## : Thursday, July 21, 2005.