My Wish

Classical music field is competitive. It is very hard to get a job in this field. A music student has to be good enough to enter to the professional world.

I had a bad lesson yesterday. I did not perform well. My teacher always ask me to play a single line of rhythm accurately and repeat it for 3 times. If I can play it perfectly in a row for 3 times, I can move forward to another line of rhythm. This is to nurture my consistency of playing the same rhythm over and over. Since percussion is the inner engine and heart beat of an orchestra, the scoring for percussion section is always repetitive. I need to upgrade my consistency of playing to play well in an orchestra. Honestly, I really follow his way to practice. But, according to him, I am being too good to myself. I let myself go on to practice another line without achieving perfection in the previous line of rhythm. Althought I repeated the same rhythm for 3 times without a rhythm mistake, I did not focus on the dynamics markings. In that 3 times, I did 3 different levels of dynamics instead of playing them all same.

I found out that I am not good in doing something repetitive since very young. As I'm quite an emotional person, I always act according to my emotion. From today onwards, I want myself to be more aware on my own playing especially when I am practicing. I know that my concentration is good. I will use full concentration in my practice to achieve CONSISTENCY! The battle between Consistency and Emotional has started!

Musical Movie Review - The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Joel Schumacher, is based upon the novel “Le Fantome De L’Opera” by Gaston Leroux. It was originally produced for the stage by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The Phantom of the Opera basically talks about a complicated love relationship between the Opera Ghost (Gerard Butler), Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum) and Raoul Chagny (Patrick Wilson). The setting of the movie takes place at the Paris Opera House during the late nineteenth century.

The mesmerising music by Andrew Lloyd Webber has enhanced this movie. Moreover, the superb singing skills by the three lead actors and actress really brought life to it. Every songs in this movie is impressive. The Phantom of the Opera was nominated for the 77th Annual Academy Awards and the 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards. It is regarded as one of the best movies in 2004.



My favourite song and scene of the movie ^.^ (All I Ask of You)