batch dinner tomorrow any1 xD


seeing that we have chosen this piece to play for investiture, i figured it would be helpful to know how it is supposed to sound like when played very well, so that we can all work towards that, even with the limited amount of players we have.

so, here it is, Army of the Nile, played by some senior Japanese Alumni band.




I wonder if ever there would be such a player in band?





Hey guys,

Josiah here. Hey well this is our batch blog after all, so I was thinking we could have some fun stuff other than talking about all the competitions and stress and all.

So in the spirit of fun and relaxation, I shall post some youtube clips here.


(This guy playing is David Childs, who is like quite super pro...)

Well maybe you guys would be saying that this is quite suaning and stressful, so to make all of us feel like pros, watch this:


(This guy, on the other hand, cannot play something recognizable for his life...)

Well that's all for today bye!


You should not blame the acoustics,

From what I gather, it was a theatre, not a performance hall, and the acoustics with have facilitated projection instead of resonance, which isn't a bad thing. Sure you felt like the soloist in the concerto with your inability to hear anyone else. But given the rather surprising grade given, I would say that the acoustics that day wouldn't have been very bad after all if you sat in the audience.

Pity we didn't beat RGS, or we would have a rather strong rebuttal if anyone tried to say we were not as good as them.

Still, they can't exactly say we were exactly worse than them, now can they?


ahem. the results are out.


Click on image to see the percentage scores. Picture added (without permission from Ernest) by Lin Jin.

We got Silver, with a score of 82%. (same as RGS) which i think is absolutely wonderful, considering how the music we played seemed to be so screwed up.

Quotes from people:

"Acoustics here SUCK!"

"Aiya dance part C play half way then WIAK the note out wrong..."

"Why you play so soft!!?"

"High bronze or low silver, if we're lucky." (This was from the sec 4s)

Regarding the last quote, yes, we were lucky. If one judge had been in a bad mood due to whatever reason that day, he could have just taken a couple of marks off our score, and whoops, there goes our silver. We were treading on very thin ice that day people. And just to make sure that this doesn't happen during SYF next year, we have to

a)Practise
b)Practise more
c)Come for practise (most important one)

But, i must admit it wasn't totally our fault that we got this result. for one, our performance area was totally new to us, we didn't get the chance to rehearse beforehand. second, the theatre's acoustics weren't exactly very good. i, sitting in the back couldn't really hear the clairs in the front or the percs at the side very well. this probably meant why some people weren't playing together with the others, simply because they couldn't hear the others. third, most of us were just stressed out. and under that kind of pressure, making mistakes is understandable.

i would also like to say that all that extra practise we had a week before really paid off, so please rethink all the griping that you might have done before this. secondly, although mr. oura said we weren't aiming for gold, i think that we have the potential to do much better than what we have just achieved, and considering that we will be taking over soon, it's time to unlock that potential in preperation for next year. remember that 17 consecutive gold streak? we don't want to be infamous for being the batch that broke it.

so all in all guys, you've done really well, you've put in alot of effort, and this is what we have achieved together as a band. hope to do better/as well as this next year.

good luck. (we'll need it.)

-Ernest


hey johnson speaking here =]. for all those who actually went to watch cadenza XI today (basically ernest brandon kirk josiah yifan and me) you'd have heard the practical standards of RGSSB (inclusive of sec4 batch this year la) and i muz admit there's this significant gap between us and them. there were really a lot of quality in them and i think i can now understand better why mr. oura always gets frustrated with us during the pracs...... i mean, if we stand in his position and look at NTU, RJCSB and RGSSB then we will realize we are lacking a lot in practical standards..... our attendace have been pretty good for this year as compared to last year (where a lot of ppl simply didnt bother and pon all the way) but prac standard will have to improve if we are to retain the Gold streak record, not to mention gettin GWH next year :D:D:D. i had also been worrying about this scary trend that SEEMS to be happening in our band: each year the seniors get a bit lousier/dont knwo how to teach properly and the sec1s taught become lousier, so as time passes by the standards drop and drop and drop.......of course, this may juz be an illusion but i'm sue everyone would agree with this concern. nonetheless, let's work hard and not let mr. oura down, he's the best we've got after all :D:D:D we need to learn to appreciate him amidst his scoldings (and insults ><). Jiayous everyone! =] (for both academic-->CCTS up next few weeks and band--> SIBF!!!!!)


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eh dudes just some thoughts on the band festival thingy yesterday. if you were there and heard nanyang girls and commonwealth.. i guess you would know where we actually stand. and it issin't very high.

oh yeah... just some comments... if you happen to be playing a different part from someone else, sound different. tonewise and everything.. cuz like say when i heard the nycb saxes they all sounded the same (well can't blame the fact that they are all using the same saxophone make execpt for their solo, who didn't sound very different either). for those who went to rjc's concert its something like jeremy using a different tone to stand out from everyone else. so yeah... if you part is different, close to a solo, stand out, not with loudness, and not with some weird tone. just make it distinctive... someone correct me if im wrong

and.. TRUMPETS WORK HARDER!! hahah those bands there ytd (with the inclusion of the pri sch bands) probably could play better! hahahha no lah jk.. but at least for the sec schs and jc they honestly played better. clear articulation, nice tone, blah blah blah

n to the rest of rimb, JIAYOU LOL.


long time no see for me xD. decided to write an entry regarding kirk's email. as you all know SIBF is like week 5 so we REALLY need to practise harder for our GOLD. then there is investiture and REACT around the corner, not mentioning the CIP performance for linjin's VWO. and all these obviously need PPL to attend the practices. i'm appealing to all of us once again to try to attend all practices cuz from now on till next friday the majority part of band prac will be concert, unlike wednesday and friday. hence it'll be very beneficial to our playing with all the instructions and advices that mr. oura will be giving out during concert prac. lastly, we need to decided on our last batch piece. i know patrick's trying to arrange a piece for us, as well as kirk going back to rosyth to get another score for us. all others are welcome and we'll try them out to see which one we can play and sounds nice =]. seeya all!


investiture song. oh yeah the piece i mentioned. hang on i load a youtube vid

cello replace with... NONE OTHER THEN ME(: no lah i take if pple dun want. anyone wanna take? either clar or sax

sorry its not an accordian - its a bandoneon. anyways, that (or however you spell that) solo who want? either someone flute or trumpet.

and thanks for confusing me. its called liBERtango and not liBREtango.




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