Dancer In The Dark

Gut wrenching. Heartbreaking. This is what i can say about this movie after watching it.. And i dare say it's my most favorite movie of all time... words just cant describe how wonderful it is.. it is also a part musical.. there's some singing in it.. and dancing.. but the songs are nice.. as they're written by bjork herself.. Directed by Lars Von Trier.. And the lead role is held by Bjork.. this is a must watch movie.. one of the best... enjoy...

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

Listen to your heart.... :'(....

Disco Disco

Last but not least, another nice song from FIFA 08... By Simian Mobile Disco... i like this song.. it's called 'I Believe'... the beats are nice.. and so are the vocals... do note, that this song is not a remix.. =).. here's the video..

Fever Fever

I had fever for the past few days... but i feel far better this morning.. hehe.. anyways.. this blog isn't about my fever... but about another song from FIFA 08... it's by Melody Club.. the name of the song is Fever Fever... this is quite catchy too... and it ain't german! haha... =p.. here's the video... =)

A German Song

I play alot of games.. and one of my favorites is the FIFA series.. in FIFA 08 they had a great playlist, with songs from all over the continent... here's one of them which appealed to me... a german song... haha... hard to understand their language, i have to admit... but the song is catchy.. here's the video... =p

Damn you Lucas Arts!!!

Well.. been awhile since i last posted anything here.. almost a week.. been a busy week for me... And i'm up early and i have nothing to do.. so i post this... =D.. 

Lucas Arts.. The company that made the Star Wars game.. all their games have been nice... especially Knights of The Old Republic I and II... now.. the have released a new game... which is almost as good as KoTOR I and II i think... Star Wars : The Force Unleashed.. why am i condemning Lucas Arts? They won't be releasing the game on the PC!! WTF!!!!...... that is so wrong!!! PC is like far better than any consoles out there... i remember one of the reasons they gave for not releasing it was that the PC won't be able to handle the physics and graphics... My ass... hey console makers, your consoles are too weak to even run crysis.. so screw you Lucas Arts!

Relieve

Today had performance studies class... luckily, i was able to play the newly transposed autumn leaves properly... i'm glad that i can adapt without much difficulty... it just takes practice, patience, and commitment... =).. my heart can finally rest knowing that i can play all 4 of my assessment pieces without much trouble... i hope i can get by the final big one on the 3oth... =)...

30

Wow.. time really flies.. 30 months already... really happy... =) =) =)

true love will stand the test of time and distance... 

Back in Johor

Well, i'm back at johor for this weekend.. today had no theory class.. =).. anyways... still no rest for me... the autumn leaves song has been transposed into another key... so have to re practice.. sighs... not easy... but it's good in a way... coz i get to familiarize myself with more of these new chords... =D... tomorrow will be a busy day for me... morning have to follow dad to office.. in the evening, got band practice from 4 to 7... with my ex school mates... have been some time since we last played together... then after that, maybe go watch liverpool vs manchester united... go liverpool!... haha.... well... till here... gotta go practice some more... =p

The Conundrum of Chords

Chords. I've been seeing them for 17 years, and they never cease to amaze me... As i was classically trained, the only chords i knew of was a simple Major and Minor chord.. I was surprised to find out there were a lot more actually.. I've taken my time to study them and understand them to the best way possible as knowledge of the chords are very important in contemporary music... and today, i am proud to say that i have understood the chords and the way they shape up, and their connection to other chords...

For simplicity's sake, I'm going to use the C key as my platform to demonstrate my understanding of the chords...

C Major (C Maj) chord. It consists of a tonic triad of notes, which is C, E, G.

C Minor (Cm) chord. It consists of a tonic triad of notes, but in the minor key of C. Therefore, the notes in the chord is C, Eb, G.

C Augmented Triad (C+/C aug) chord. Basically, it consists of the C Maj chord, but the 5 th note(G)  is augmented. NOTES - C, E, G#.

C Suspended 4th (C sus4) chord. It consists of the C Maj chord, but the 4th note (F) is played instead of the 3rd (E). NOTES -  C, F,G.

C Diminished Triad (Co/C dim) chord. It consists of the C Maj chord. Since it's a diminished chord, the 3rd (E) and 5th (G) notes are flatten. NOTES - C, Eb, Gb.

C Major 6th (C6) chord. It consists of the C Maj chord, played with the major 6th note (A). 

NOTES - C, E, G, A.

C Minor 6th (Cm6) chord. It consists of the Cm chord, played with the major 6th note (A).

NOTES - C, Eb, G, A.

C Major 7th (Cmaj7) chord. It consists of the C Maj chord, played with a major 7th note (B).

NOTES  - C, E, G, B.

C Minor 7th (Cm7) chord. It consists of the Cm chord, played with a minor 7th note (Bb).

NOTES - C, Eb, G, Bb.

C Dominant 7th (C7) chord. It consists of the C Maj chord, played with a flatten 7th note (Bb).

NOTES - C, E, G, Bb.

C Dominant 7th sus 4 (C7 sus4) chord. It consists of C7 chord, played with a suspended 4th (F instead of E). NOTES - C, F, G, Bb.

C Dominant 7th Augmented 5th (C7+5) chord. It consists of C7 chord, played with an augmented 5th note (G#). NOTES - C, E, G#, Bb.

C Dominant 7th Flattened 5th (C7-5) chord. It consists of C7 chord, played with a flattened 5th note (Gb). NOTES - C, E, Gb, Bb.

C Diminished 7th (C dim7) chord. It consists of C dim chord, played with a diminished 7th note (Bbb). NOTES - C, Eb, Gb, Bbb.

C Minor 7th Flattened 5th (Cm7-5) chord. It consists of Cm7 chord, played with a flattened 5th note (Gb). NOTES - C, Eb, Gb, Bb.

C Minor-Major 7th (Cmmaj7) chord. it consists of Cm chord, played with a major 7th note (B).

NOTES - C, Eb, G, B.

C Major 9th (C maj9) chord. It consists of C Maj7 chord, played with a major 9th note (D). 

NOTES - C, E, G, B, D.

C Minor 9th (Cm9) chord. It consists of Cm7 chord, played with a major 9th note (D).

NOTES - C, Eb, G, Bb, D.

C Dominant 9 (C9) chord. It consists of C7 chord, played with a major 9th note (D).

NOTES - C, E, G, Bb, D.

C 9th Augmented 5th (C9+5) chord. It consists of C9 chord, played together with an augmented 5th note (G#). NOTES - C, E, G#, Bb, D.

C 9th Flattened 5th (C9-5) chord. It consists of C9 chord, played together with a flattened 5th note (Gb). NOTES - C, E, Gb, Bb, D.

C 9th Add 6th (C9/6) chord. It consists of C9 chord, played together with a major 6th note (A). 

NOTES - C, E, G, A, Bb, D.

C Major 11th (C Maj11) chord. It consists of C9 chord, played together with a major 11th note (F). NOTES - C, E, G, B, D, F.

C Minor 11th (Cm11) chord. It consists of Cm9 chord, played together with a major 11th note (F). NOTES - C, Eb, G, Bb, D, F.

C Dominant 11th (C11) chord. It consists of C9 chord, played together with a major 11th note (F). NOTES - C, E, G, Bb, D, F.

C 11th Flattened 9th (C11-9) chord. It consists of C11 chord, played together with a flattened 9th note (Db). NOTES - C, E, G, Bb, Db, F.

C Major 13th (C Maj13) chord. It consists of C Maj 11 chord, played together with a major 13th note (A). NOTES - C, E, G, B, D, F, A.

C Minor 13th (Cm13) chord. It consists of Cm11 chord, played together with a major 13th note (A). NOTES - C, Eb, G, Bb, D, F, A.

C Dominant 13 (C13) chord. It consists of C11 chord, played together with a major 13th note (A). NOTES - C, E, G, Bb, D, F, A.

C 13th Flattened 9th (C13-9) chord. It consists of C13 chord, played together with a flattened 9th (Db). NOTES - C, E, G, Bb, Db, F, A.

***Always remember that the highest note in 9th, 11th, and 13th chords must always be the tension note! 

eg: C13 - C, E, G, Bb, D, F, A

    C11- C, E, G, Bb, D, F

   C9- C, E, G, Bb, D

C13--- A = TENSION  NOTE 

C11---F = TENSION NOTE

C9---D = TENSION NOTE ***

5 Songs

Well, after today's class, a lot of thoughts linger in my head.. which keeps me awake till now.. it has been finalized that we'll be playing a total of 5 songs... they are Autumn Leaves, Ain't No Sunshine, Route 66, Blaze of Glory, and Terima Kasih Cinta... each of us will be assessed on two songs... me, it'll be the autumn leaves and terima kasih cinta.... it looks like i have to improve on my chord rhythms for autumn leaves and chord voicing for my terima kasih cinta... besides that, i dont expect any trouble... hehe... we'll be assessed on our final performance... it'll be held at the recital hall... nervous... just thinking about it already made my palms sweat! god... gotta control... focus....

Krall Live!!

Plenary hall... it will be held on the 2I was going thru the newspaper this morning and came across something that i never thought was going to happen.. Diana Krall will be performing live in Malaysia!! She'll be performing at the KLCC on the 2nd of october... at around 2030 hrs... ticket prices are from RM 288, RM 588, and RM 888... i can't wait to go see her perform! i'm gonna do what i can to get that VVIP seat... haha... looking forward to it! =)

Sleepy Morning

Morning.. here i sit outside my class.. feeling very sleepy and tired... yesterday i stayed at my aunt's with my mom at kepong.. so this morning we had to wake up very early coz she has to go to work... and i was dead asleep... after bathe i continued sleeping in the car... then aunt dropped us off at the mall... my uncle treated us to buffet breakfast at Legend Hotel... i didn't eat much though.. some fruits... some bread... hehe... then after that i had to take the lrt to somewhere 'near' my college... 15 minutes walk... darn... so tired... then when i arrived at coll... they ask me go office... have to re-register for my FCM... aiyo... so mafan!... had to fill in that damn form again... write like wanna write essay le... after that, here i am... sitting outside my class... waiting for it to class.. in like another hour... 'yay'...

1st Time!

Morning! Here i sit in McDonald's.. just finished my class... hehe... McD is just beside my college.. very convenient.. not because of the food... but because of the free wifi... which is fast! hehe... today i woke up late... coz last night i stayed in hotel with my family and i stayed up playing with my midi keyboard, finishing up a pop ballad song.. =p... i dare say that my interest and passion in music now is as huge as it was years back... sleepless nights with music... god i missed that.. now I'm going thru it again... music is... it's simply wonderful... =)... anyways... since i woke up late... i was late for my class! haha... my pika did call me to wake me up... only then i woke up... haha... so i bathed.... and dad send me by car... but then... we got lost! haha... darn... had to make like 3 detours to get back to the right road... kl road so confusing!! =P... lucky i got to class like 10 minutes late... we learnt our final chapter today.. cadences... hehe... perfect, imperfect, plagal, and interrupted... haha... so technical... but you think i care? haha... not abit... coz it's music... =)... the very essence of my soul.. i feel that i'm back to where i belong after many years of deviation... =)

Boring Weekend

Here i am, just back from my aunt's place in Kepong.. i actually went there coz i thought i was going to genting with my parents and cousins.. but i lost my mood... things got pretty boring... so.. i headed back to my apartment while they continued on to genting... i did see some interesting things though over the weekend.. i saw a cat festival over at the mall.. damn.. saw loads of cute cats... i wish i could've taken one! =P... but besides that, nothing much interesting...