.Wednesday, December 31, 2008 ' 9:10 PM Y
music is my life.
last day of 2008.. few hours more to 2009.
didnt get to know you goons (LOL) til we're sec3, and we're super proud of you all, now that you all are coping quite well without us. you all improved a lot since the last time we saw you people, and at least we know that saxophone section wont fall. but there's always room for improvement! i wont go to all the technical details la. must really practice hard for syf okay? by setting an example, other sections will see how hardworking you guys are, and they'll also start to work hard, and then syf time we'll get that silver the dumb judges took away from us!
2009 also means people like mel, adelin, qianyu and gina are in upper sec now. UPPER SEC. (: palit and lingchao wont be there forever, you guys need to step up and take abit of responsibility now. make it a point to practice and teach the new sec1s diligently! adelin, cannot be playful le. although you've become less playful over the years :D
during syf, you'll find yourself having butterflies in your stomach, and you'll actually break into cold sweat. once you heard the bands before you, you'll start to wonder whether you can get that silver. the singapore conference hall is quite cold btw. but if youve really done your homework and do what mr tan or even palit ask you all to do, you'll be fine!
remember, when youre on stage,
play as if youre the best player in the world.but when youre practising,
play as if youre the worst.remember your scales and appregios and intervals and techniques.
practice them, having a solid foundation will be useful later.
practice tonal quality and pour emotion into your sound, characterizing them (this is something eugene managed to do but not me, hahaa. so thats why i wna practice, but no tenor zz)
no matter how good your techniques are, they wouldnt be good if you dont have a good tone and sound. just listen to the sax solos i posted on this blog. eugene's sound can match them, hands down. wenlong and mel, practice til you have the tone quality of eugene. gina and khidhir, dont practise til you get my tone, it sucks haha
point is, be diligent! do it for us! we are the SAX section, we ROCK YEAH
