Monday, April 20, 2009
HELLO- just some random thoughts
hihi ppl!
i guess we are all very encouraged by today's practice as it was really one of the good ones... we could really feel the emotions running with e sound. well, press on for syf, and lets make our rehearsals even better! i believe that there's no limit to how good we can potentially sound, provided everyone puts in our 110%, heart and soul into it. i believe that there will be this practice soon in which all will go well, and we really feel confident of ourselves. i cant wait for the day to come, and i cant wait for the excitement to go on stage and give my best.
i know this musical journey with my batch, e j2s was definitely not a smooth one, with so many incidents, problems and all, but at the end of the day, its possibly this last stretch that is the one we will remember the most. i hope, or rather, im sure that we would walk of the stage feeling proud to have performed the best 2 pieces of music in our entire band life. we have definitely come a long way from e start...... twins, west side story, flower power, takashimaya performance, american riversongs, sightreading pirates of e carribbean so many times and never playing it, PERTH, albany, CTs, exam break, festival winds (think powerpoint shirt...) band camp, CCA day, performing arts day, signups, a lot like jazz, last band camp which ended a few days ago.... haha... these memories which brought joy, tears, anguish and a whole palatte of other emotions and experiences to us we will never forget. i would also like add an observation/fact: from e start, till now, there definitely have been improvements, in both our playing standards and attitudes. WELL, at e end, lets not be bothered by the negatives or past setbacks, but instead press on for this last stretch of the journey and hopefully have this final magical performance together as a batch.
and soon, the j1s will take over and the j2s will step down. and after stepping down, despite all the ups and downs, theres no denying that i will miss my batchmates, as well as the times i spent in band. but yea... theres always SAB right? haha.
oh yeah, and jiayou for e j1s, and as you guys may have started on e right note, i hope complacency will not be a problem, as in music, there is an inifinity to standard. dont take comfort in the fact that you are better than someone, but instead push yourself to beat your own standards.
anyways,
let us all have one common direction,
a BURNING DESIRE TO PLAY THE BEST EL CAMINO REAL AND OVERTURE 2 IN OUR LIVES AS MUSICAIANS.
in closing, let me say something (esp to my batchmates) that i have always said
IT'S NOT HOW WE START, ITS HOW WE END. just enjoy e music!
--by the person who says its not how we start, its how we end.
haha and sorry im no lit student, and im not very good at phrasing artistic sentences or anything fancy so please forgive me for any incoherence in my statements...
haha but you get the general meaning dont you? dont you? haha!
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