tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54078521880490912652011-08-09T09:06:47.266-07:00Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-81698065657251528152010-11-11T21:05:00.000-08:002010-11-13T02:37:01.039-08:00Wow, truthfully speaking. I do not think anybody will miss this blog anymore.<div><br /></div><div>Since the last entry was 2008, people will and would consider this blog dead.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyways getting to the point.</div><div><br /></div><div>Have you had an experience whereby there is a normally fast song, the longer you hear it, eventually the song will appear slower to you.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was a little scary at first because the initial tempo will appear warped in some case because, or what I think is. My ears and brain were trained to pick up certain notes or patterns and anticipate them, so it's like seeing into the future.</div><div><br /></div><div>But somehow, it does not apply for me and piano.</div><div>I wonder why...</div><div><br /></div><div>Slow songs are of no problem.</div><div><br /></div><div>But fast songs are a problem for me.</div><div>For example.</div><div><br /></div><div>There is a song that I am learning now, Sinister Sundown.</div><div>So far, most of the songs that I am learning isn't giving me much trouble, save for Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Curse you Franz Liszt).</div><div><br /></div><div>But the Sinister Sundown song is a different breed of monster altogether.</div><div>Even though I may get the notes down.</div><div>Playing it is another thing.</div><div><br /></div><div>My brain tells me it is the right tempo, yet in actuality...</div><div>I am 3 times slower...</div><div><br /></div><div>Alright.</div><div>Time to hone my skills yet again.</div><div>Improving on my dexterity and finger accuracy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Signing off!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-8169806565725152815?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-80964924377552113612008-08-25T08:05:00.000-07:002008-08-25T08:13:02.863-07:00Well well well...<br /><br />Long have I not posted in this chronicle..<br /><br />At least I have today to take a little break and stay a little late to refresh this blog, not as if I want to find excuse not to do it as usual.<br /><br />Well, so far my compositions are quite stagnant.<br />Compositions are hard to do. Even harder than the General Paper essays that you have to churn out during exams. Trust me. Even during the actual examinations, I have difficulties coming up with inspiration.<br /><br />Song generation are quite easy, I hum it..<br />Being along have its advantages, I hum to myself. A lot of times, I made catchy songs, but the irony is that after 2 hours. My memory is like a selective steel trap.<br />I forgot about the melody I was supposed to remember..<br /><br />So...<br />Now I was relegated to practising piano to not turn my skills rusty. Planning on what to do after 'A' Levels is to regain my lost direction of music.<br /><br />Junior College has the power to suck out the souls of people literally, with all the litany of characters you encounter, its a small wonder that you still have your sanity.<br /><br />Okay..<br />I gotta go now.<br />Ciao.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-8096492437755211361?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-18997126548936332892008-06-21T04:36:00.000-07:002008-06-21T04:43:56.120-07:00Sigh...<br />Lucky that I haven't mellow quite as much as I thought...<br />So far, during the holidays...<br />I have practice only a grand total of... 1 times...<br /><br />Thats a lot?????<br /><br />Sigh...<br /><br />That is it...<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-1899712654893633289?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-17073415341605020872008-05-11T07:06:00.000-07:002008-05-11T07:20:29.424-07:00Here are the pieces that I have been trying to compose. And frankly..<br />All have not been completed.<br /><br />These are the two of the planned pieces that I am going to integrate into my Symphonic Poem 'Friendship'.<br /><br />1st Movement: The Walk of the Endless Path<br />Completion Rate: 15%<br />Status: Searching for Inspiration<br />Comments: Sounds awfully like Pirates of the Caribbean...<br /><br />2nd Movement: Waltz of the Rain<br />Completion Rate: 10%<br />Status: Tinkering on the piano.<br />Comments: Still wondering how to create a flowing music with left hand not banging and not sounding chordal, motif is defined already. Trying to do some repetition and the canon style integration.<br /><br />3rd- 5th Movement: .....<br />Completion Rate: 0%<br />Comments: Aieeee!!!! Still not enough inspiration!!!<br /><br />Due to the slow rate I am completing the pieces, I have a hard time to even playing the piano.<br />So..<br />I expect the pieces That I have listed to be done by the end of next year.<br /><br />Now, let me see the etudes that Tay Yi said..<br />Should be able to play them..<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-1707341534160502087?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-28628767029349037852008-04-27T01:13:00.000-07:002008-04-27T02:47:34.042-07:00Yesterday was the final day of my piano lesson.<br />Hopefully until the day when my 'A' Levels ended.<br /><br />However my pieces plan will still go on, albeit in an easier pace than ever before...<br /><br />So now...<br />What I am learning now?<br /><br />Well. To perfect my Eternal Harvest and start on One Winged Angel piano version and Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony.<br /><br />Yes.<br />Now gaming music is not confined to bleeps and bloops.<br />They are the modern works of art.<br />Unlike classical music where there is more technical and modern where it is Even more technical and more feeling infused.<br /><br />A hard genre indeed.<br />It is akin to the modified Romantic period music.<br /><br /><br />Okie..<br /><br />What I wish for..<br />My own house and a Steinway and Sons Grand Piano.<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-2862876702934903785?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-58760525817641428942008-04-04T05:18:00.000-07:002008-04-04T05:59:44.058-07:00Having dreams are good, especially impossible dreams.<br /><br />But no my friend, dreams are not unachievable.<br />I am determined to get to my goals.<br /><br />So far.<br />Completed The Eternal Harvest, much to my chagrin of my parents.<br />Who viewed my piano pieces like lesser melodies.<br />They wanted it to sound peaceful...<br /><br />Ok.<br />Maybe I can fulfil their wishes.<br />Put in more time to practise piano.<br /><br />Ok.<br />Gotta go.<br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-5876052581764142894?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-86748378158299329682008-03-25T07:01:00.000-07:002008-03-25T07:10:14.485-07:00Increasingly hard to find time to practice on the piano nowadays.<br />I can't believe how am I going to survive...(Hold on... Not that dramatic)<br /><br />My mom pleaded with me NOT to listen to the iPod when I study.<br />After about 45 minutes I think I have cold turkey syndrome, you know the ones that drug offenders have?<br />Yes.<br />I was so cranky and upset. I also don't know where did that came from.<br />It also happens during the General Paper class today.<br /><br />The silence is killing me!<br />Yet I abhor random noises.<br />Something must be wrong with me....<br /><br />Anyways.<br />Just now, got scolded by my father for playing piano late in the night.<br />Yet he later turned against his word by asking me to play louder as it is his favorite song!<br />What a hypocrite!<br /><br />Returning to the basics seems good for me.<br />Bach Two-part Invention seems like a good choice for me.<br /><br />The two-part invention is actually a single hand each plays a different melody. Yet it blends together.<br />Although in actuality is not like that.....<br /><br />If anyone of you want to know, I will gladly explain it to you.<br />Richard Claydermann!<br />You the man!! He is not even the top tiered artiste. Yet he still manage to win the hearts of other audience.<br /><br />I hope I can captivate audiences unlike any others.<br /><br />Ok.<br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-8674837815829932968?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-50989149168122207822008-03-13T22:52:00.001-07:002008-03-20T21:12:06.208-07:00Basically, I have decided like other blogs, to number each and every post starting from now.<br /><br />I have chosen "note" because it represents the basic thing on a piano score need to be played.<br /><br />And also it serves the other meaning of telling me to take notice of my past and learn from it.<br /><br />Feelings,<br />Ah.<br />It was lost for me.<br />I could not find it yet, not now...<br /><br />I am too committed to other things.<br />Like want to find a suitable blogskin for this ugly blog.<br />Need to beautify it more right?<br /><br />Feelings after the exams were slowly trickling back to me, I have realized no matter how hard you play or how fast you play.<br />If you can enjoy the song, and can able to show it to all.<br />You already won the audience over.<br /><br />Now this generation is coming to a close.<br />Classical Music is taking the back seat now.<br />New forms of music are coming into play.<br /><br />This is a fresh start and I am going to make my dreams come true in one way or another.<br /><br />Signing off.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-5098914916812220782?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-17403520250917930902008-03-05T05:16:00.000-08:002008-03-05T05:50:21.971-08:00Today,<br /><br />It is just the normal day for me.<br /><br />But I have just completed the Golden Saucer.<br /><br />When I said completed, I do not mean mastering it.<br /><br />To me mastering a piece is like perfecting an art, need constant care, throwing away "sketches".<br /><br />I still have to perfect my 'unique feeling' to each individual pieces, give it the zing that not even a recording can capture.<br /><br />Meanwhile,<br />I am starting on the Eternal Harvest,<br />with a plethora of running and fast notes, it proves a challenge to me to step up to higher levels of playing.<br /><br />But bit by bit.<br />Getting closer to the dream that I want to be.<br />A video-game music composer.<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-1740352025091793090?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-60287757643285483882008-02-24T06:15:00.001-08:002008-02-24T06:41:39.053-08:00My piano style is evident.<br /><br />Talent although is inbred in everybody is different in levels.<br />I cannot say that my talent level is extremely high, nor can I say it is low.<br />But I know..<br />I have lack of time...<br /><br />I need to practise 9 pieces for the annual presentation every end of the year.<br /><br />I admit, but I have learnt how to play pieces in the shortest time possible without sacrificing my performance...<br /><br />Hmm, what else to learn in piano!!! I want to learn more things...<br />Maybe it is a signal for me to go overseas.<br />I could not learn anything more here...<br /><br />Competing with other performers, although is very prestige, it is of no importance to me.<br />This trivial competition will result in although positive challenge and the drive to be better.<br />There are some things left better unsaid.<br /><br />Now, the songs I am learning are all game music.<br />I think people feel that is very unprofessional and who does game music anyways.<br />But game music is gaining importance.<br /><br />I feel that game music is full of emotions and feelings.<br />I can 'see' the heart and soul poured inside.<br /><br />Although I have never played certain games before.<br />The music tells the story.<br /><br />That is why I refuse to play classical music or romantic period music for that matter.<br />Cause I see no point blurring your fingers to cause pain in your ears.<br /><br />Unless you can enlighten me on how classical music is nice like most modern compositions do.<br /><br />keep up with the times yo!<br /><br />Pieces completed<br />1. Besaid Island<br /><br />Pieces doing now<br />1. The Eternal Harvest<br />2. Golden Saucer<br />3. Fighting (Yes! I have progressed after long hiatu of other songs)<br />4. Hungarian Rhapsody (My ex-student requested it so i guess I shouldn't dash his dreams)<br /><br />Pieces to be played;<br />1. You are not alone<br />2. Ami<br />3. The Great War<br /><br />Ok..<br />That is about it...<br />I gotta go!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-6028775764328548388?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-11403283578319244302008-02-01T04:02:00.000-08:002008-02-01T04:07:20.830-08:00Finding time to play the piano is such a hard time...<br /><br />I better seriously consider to play in school if I really want to improve drastically...<br /><br />I know my piano teacher is gonna kill me if I kept delaying the exam pieces because I really do not feel it is up to my standard...<br />Meaning that I could not play as well as before without the time commitment I have put in before...<br /><br />Homework has taken its foothold here....<br /><br />At least I can find time to do piano theory homework...<br /><br />Speaking of piano theory homeworks...<br />I have just gotten my own piano exam results...<br /><br />I got a 72. Meaning a low pass in my standards and my teacher's standard...<br /><br />JC really has killed my piano skills...<br /><br />OK..<br />I gotta go..<br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-1140328357831924430?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-35108411389666733662007-12-26T20:30:00.000-08:002007-12-29T23:06:48.276-08:00Ok...<br /><br />Now lets review this year in total for music.<br /><br /><br />Firstly!<br /><br />I would like to thank my Piano Teacher Mdm Lim Puay San.<br />She has guided me for all these years and really really encourages me.<br /><br />Like.<br />She is even better than any other teachers I have encountered out there.<br />The second one is Ms Lee Lilian or Mdm Lee.<br /><br />The toughie this year I have encountered is the Grade 7 ABRSM Piano Practical..<br /><br />As it was 'conveniently' set during the starting of the Junior College school term...<br /><br />I was desperately trying to fit into the mindset of the exam and yet the pressure of the "ORIENTATION CAMP" was still fresh stuck to my mind...<br /><br />The worst part was.<br /><br />THE EXAMINER himself..<br />He was a tall and stout guy.<br />An opera singer.<br /><br />And he was very very tough to please...<br /><br />He scrutinized every single mistake I made and blew it up.<br />But.<br />It was a Grade 7 exam..<br /><br />I would expect no less from him...<br /><br />So.<br />As fates smiles on me.<br />I passed.<br /><br />Barely.<br /><br /><br />And this year is the record LOWEST number of songs I have learnt in this year.<br /><br />Granted now all of the songs are from Final Fantasy.<br /><br />They are tough and not to be trifled with.<br /><br /><br />So..<br />Now I am learning the Golden Saucer from Final Fantasy 7 and One exam piece.<br /><br /><br />Ok.<br />I gotta go.<br /><br />Signing off!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-3510841138966673366?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-56528373885675612312007-12-14T02:24:00.000-08:002007-12-14T02:47:31.388-08:00I finally finished the Besaid island of FFX (the Song! Damnit!!)<br /><br />Now I am moving up on to the FFVII songs..<br />I think...<br /><br />Tomorrow is gruelling..<br />2 hours of piano lessons..<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-5652837388567561231?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-20686264048290657962007-12-03T21:02:00.000-08:002007-12-03T21:15:50.519-08:00I have now moved on to the Besaid Island theme from Final fantasy X.<br /><br />Although I have heard the song before, I want to play it as it fits my feelings in this current mood.<br /><br />Anyways.<br />My teacher also wanted me to play another exam pieces and all these is due this Friday...<br /><br />Oh well..<br />Lotsa time to burn anyway..<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-2068626404829065796?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-20147032216280078072007-11-09T20:47:00.001-08:002007-11-09T20:50:07.894-08:00Finally!!!!<br /><br />I got a theme to think about!!!<br />I now.<br />Need a proper manuscript paper to get it down in flesh...<br /><br />I have already memorized the theme hard already.<br /><br />I now gotta add the flesh and all the good stuff in.<br /><br />i guess this song will be published.<br /><br />If I can find a publisher by January.<br /><br />I need to work at Smile Please Co.!!!!<br /><br />So.<br />I gotta go now..<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-2014703221628007807?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-2296545756020285572007-11-07T08:09:00.001-08:002007-11-07T08:12:15.679-08:00I was zoning out on my piano chair either yesterday or today when I suddenly thought of..<br /><br /><br />Lets go back to the songs that I could not play previously!!!<br /><br />Maybe I can play them again!!!<br /><br />So I looked back and saw my Final Fantasy VII Piano Collections..<br /><br />Yup.<br />Guessed It..<br /><br />I started playing it again..<br />From the top this time round...<br /><br />I felt that..<br />I can do everything...<br />I will do it..<br /><br />Strange it only apply to piano work..<br />But school work..<br />There is no motivation for me to study..<br /><br />I didn't even know when or where the motivation comes from...<br /><br /><br />It scares me to even know this...<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-229654575602028557?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-91423798570181291252007-10-28T05:15:00.000-07:002007-10-28T05:16:29.277-07:00I am trying composing for the 1st time round!!<br /><br /><br />Now I am trying to find a theme..<br />But in Singapore..<br /><br />It is damn difficult to do so..<br /><br />So anyone who is willing to share their feelings..<br /><br />Please tell me what are your ideas!!!<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-9142379857018129125?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-13815473415303828302007-10-16T02:35:00.001-07:002007-10-16T02:49:46.198-07:00Woohoo..<br />Finally a song to add into my repertoire. and it is not exam pieces..<br /><br /><br />I tried my best to finish.<br />And Yes!!<br />it shows results..<br /><br />Haha.<br />signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-1381547341530382830?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-57831762720438335372007-09-24T07:32:00.000-07:002007-09-24T07:33:22.389-07:00I am really gonna need a lot practise after promotional exams...<br /><br />My Hungarian Rhapsody could not even play properly..<br /><br />But.<br />exams are exams..<br /><br />They take higher priority...<br />So..<br /><br />I gotta go now..<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-5783176272043833537?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-68046763523735475112007-09-01T22:34:00.001-07:002007-09-01T22:50:38.226-07:00Listen to music...<br />What can I offer????<br /><br /><br />My father was telling me that there is no future in pursuing a musical career....<br /><br />As if there is any future in our lives....<br /><br />Anyways.<br />Now is the holidays!!!!<br /><br />NOW.<br />I am gonna aim to finish my Final Fantasy VI Piano Collection then, Start on the Final fantasy VII.<br /><br />But alas...<br />After exams, <br />Its the promotionals...<br /><br />Gotta study harder to play...<br /><br />Signing off!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-6804676352373547511?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-16337837277137639892007-08-19T07:31:00.000-07:002007-08-19T07:36:24.713-07:00My style of playing piano is kinda emotional...<br /><br />I need visuals to able to 'see' on in the context hear what the piece is telling me..<br /><br />So my style is very drastic...<br />It also depends on my mood...<br /><br />Sometimes I am very tired.(This applies nowadays...)<br />I will really have no energy to play..<br /><br />But you can compare my style to be bold and dramatic...<br />Such as the music from Shadow of the Colossus.<br /><br />My style of playing also encompasses slow songs with it my forte..<br /><br />I feel that I can control the mood better with slow songs..<br />I do not fare well with fast songs..<br /><br />To play well means to practise a lot of times...<br /><br />Such as the song from Final Fantasy VII<br />Fighting...<br /><br />I fought all the way to the third bar.<br /><br />In 3 months..<br /><br />Shocking I should say...<br /><br />Ok..<br />I gotta go!!!<br /><br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-1633783727713763989?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-76933483261078569542007-07-16T07:34:00.000-07:002007-07-16T07:36:08.835-07:00Hmph...<br /><br />No time these few weeks to squeeze in piano work...<br /><br />Am I getting too lazy...<br />Here I was typing this blog post while I can use this valuable time to play piano..<br /><br />And the deadline is this Saturday...<br /><br />I need to finish a song!!!<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-7693348326107856954?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-27406112307306535742007-07-06T08:15:00.001-07:002007-07-06T08:24:03.639-07:00Now..<br /><br />I am taking a break from Final Fantasy songs....<br /><br />After enjoying playing the Spinach Rag(Final Fantasy VI)<br /><br />I realized that it has a haunting similarity to The Entertainer....<br /><br /><br />Ok.<br />I will still go on practising on my Hungarian Rhapsody...<br /><br />But the second song will be the Entertainer...<br /><br /><br />I need to pass up my scales...<br /><br />My fingers still hurt...<br /><br />Oh...<br /><br />It is bleeding.....<br /><br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-2740611230730653574?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-34621674976660899112007-06-28T19:18:00.000-07:002007-06-28T19:25:07.926-07:00Goodness!!!<br /><br />I have forgotten how to do my grade 7 theory question 1 and 3!!!!<br /><br /><br />What am I supposed to do?<br />Signing off!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-3462167497666089911?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-55510087692428120232007-06-21T06:44:00.000-07:002007-06-21T06:50:32.079-07:00Ohh yeah...<br /><br />Now...<br />I have that time to sit down and blog about music for a change...<br /><br />The chronicle of Play! concert is in my main blog....<br /><br />I elevated it there so everyone(hopefully) will see it....<br /><br />So...<br />What am i learning now?<br />One may guess that I am still stuck at Hungarian Rhapsody...<br /><br />YES!<br />I am still stuck in it...<br /><br />I couldn't bear to tell my teacher this as...<br />Now I am also focusing on my exam pieces...<br /><br />Exam Pieces...<br />Hungarian Rhapsody.<br />Final Fantasy VI Piano Collections....<br /><br />Where do it end??<br />I need to complete them all and also balance my studying time...<br /><br />Gotta go...<br /><br />Signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-5551008769242812023?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-51701879517480290932007-05-24T18:53:00.000-07:002007-05-24T19:29:49.869-07:00Finally!!!<br /><br />I get to the second page of the Hungarian rhapsody without mistakes...<br /><br />You know that the PLAY! concert..<br />It sold out...<br /><br />I was so lucky to get the tickets beforehand..<br /><br /><br />Woo..<br /><br /><br />I gotta go!!<br />Signing off!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-5170187951748029093?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-74103702234561377102007-05-21T04:53:00.001-07:002007-05-21T05:00:51.580-07:00Hey guys!!!<br /><br />I have a lot of things to do during holidays..<br /><br />Firstly...<br /><br />I have to complete the Final Fantasy V Piano Collections..<br />So I have to start on the much awaited Final Fantasy VI Piano Collections..<br />Plus..<br />I still have to further refine my Wedding March in time for next week in time for my cousin's wedding...<br /><br />I still have the Hungarian Rhapsody to do...<br />That piece I have learn only a page..<br /><br />That is how difficult it is!!!<br /><br />I have to continue to master it....<br /><br />Ok.<br />I gotta go!!<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-7410370223456137710?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-39574784120288817852007-05-17T07:58:00.000-07:002007-05-17T07:59:39.037-07:00Playing piano...<br />Used to be so regular..<br /><br />Now reduced to this...<br /><br />What a shame...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-3957478412028881785?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-53890543402608157042007-05-05T18:54:00.000-07:002007-05-05T19:07:27.831-07:00It is such a short weekend but I think I had done nothing...<br /><br />I did not have enough time to practise the piano, let alone study...<br /><br />I need the Ipod to better study..<br />Blocking out external voices (e.g My dad..)<br /><br />I also did not know why I did not have a drive to practise anymore...<br />But I try my best...<br /><br />Signing off..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-5389054340260815704?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-76593713718312407122007-04-30T20:02:00.000-07:002007-04-30T20:06:42.636-07:00I am so very very slack in my piano studies and now..<br /><br />I am back...<br /><br />I now studies the second part of the Wedding March..<br />Ok...<br />Now I am playing it right now...<br /><br />Gotta go...<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-7659371371831240712?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-74431532891855746392007-04-23T07:42:00.000-07:002007-04-23T07:46:40.313-07:00Ok..<br />I shall be brief.<br /><br />Overall it is very very nice..<br /><br />I love the music..<br /><br />The gunshots.<br />the chandelier and the humour..<br /><br />ALL OF THEM Were nice!!!<br /><br />But.<br />TO get the whole feeling attend the concert..<br />Priceless...<br /><br /><br />Signing off..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-7443153289185574639?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-28243331817593460562007-04-15T07:21:00.000-07:002007-04-15T07:24:08.801-07:00Ok...<br />I maybe putting the piano pieces on hold...<br /><br />NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!<br /><br />Why the hell I did that?<br />I gotta find time to stuff in the learning part...<br />I think I better bring some of my pieces over to school to practise....<br />Ok I gotta go..<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-2824333181759346056?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-33400163357210715312007-04-10T06:49:00.000-07:002007-04-10T07:00:24.323-07:00I AM BEEN SO SLACKING IN MY PIANO DEPARTMENT!!!!<br /><br />I did not have anything on my hands to play!!!!<br /><br />AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br /><br />stressed stressed<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-3340016335721071531?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-36294273922837126622007-03-30T04:47:00.000-07:002007-03-30T04:55:13.864-07:00Almost ready now...<br />Last 4 lines..<br /><br />I think I will be done this week and able to move on to new songs such as the Wedding March or the other Final Fantasy V song...<br /><br />Now.<br />Recently I was introduced by Jonathan to a composer called Franz Liszt.<br />He composed the popular song "Hungarian Rhapsody No.2"...<br /><br />Ok..<br />It is a bit addictive..<br />Although it is a very difficult song..<br />I tried it...<br /><br />Wow...<br /><br />Signing off..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-3629427392283712662?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-45566990224418547112007-03-24T09:34:00.000-07:002007-03-24T09:36:42.921-07:00I almost finished this "Harvest" piece.<br /><br />It is about 87% complete and the good news..<br />I managed to get 90% of the chorus part right!!!<br /><br />I am so tired after playing...<br /><br />Must be lack of sugar..<br /><br />Nah..<br />Couldn't be it...<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-4556699022441854711?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-87961285738556558632007-03-22T02:44:00.000-07:002007-03-22T02:52:05.455-07:00Ok...<br /><br />Now I really got a greater foothold on this piece..<br />SO I am going to move on to the other parts...<br /><br />In other news.<br /><br />I just must find a suitable piece for Tommy..<br /><br />Because I need to expose him to other pieces other than Exam Pieces..<br />Which will of course make him bored..<br /><br />SO I tried Canon in D..<br /><br />Ah..<br />Yes..<br />A Classic..<br />I borrowed one version from RuoXuan..<br /><br />Turns out to be a Fan-Arrangement..<br /><br />WHich is proven to be too erhm..<br />Painful to the ears..<br /><br />So I am now finding one on the Internet..<br /><br />Gotta keep looking..<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-8796128573855655863?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-41533363874617893482007-03-18T04:58:00.000-07:002007-03-18T06:10:28.988-07:00Hey y'all!!<br /><br />Finally I managed to squeeze a teeny little bit out of the piece and make it sound presentable..<br /><br />Haiz...<br />It is not like me to do that...<br /><br />AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!<br /><br /><br />Actually.<br />I managed to complete 78% of the piece..<br /><br />I will do a review of it when I am done with the piece..<br /><br /><br />OK...<br /><br /><br />Lets see...<br /><br />Today I have a lesson with Tommy and Irene...<br /><br />But I came a bit too early I fear...<br /><br />I have to wait for them to make their way home...<br /><br />So I waited from 2.pm till 3.15p.m...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You know right...<br />It is very tiring and I was being sapped of all energy when I attend a lesson..<br /><br />I gave it my all and my mental capability...<br />I had to hold them together...<br />I have to exert control over myself and think carefully what to teach...<br /><br />If they did not practise I have to drill them and make them do it...<br /><br />I cannot afford to waste any more lesson times as exams are drawing near and I still have a "JC" problem to deal with...<br /><br />K.<br />Blame me for not going to the 1st 3 mths...<br />Very tired now...<br /><br />Ok Bye..<br /><br />Signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-4153336387461789348?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-30479064742898522252007-03-16T20:57:00.000-07:002007-03-16T21:01:40.660-07:00Well.<br />Well.<br />Well.<br /><br />My piano teacher agreed to help me next week for the pieces..<br /><br />Meanwhile we finally got to theory...<br /><br />It was about a few months ago when I last touch the theory books..<br />(Yesh.. BOOKS.. MORE THAN 1)..<br /><br />I totally forgotten every single thing...<br /><br />Ok I gotta listen more carefully to the pieces now...<br /><br />BYE!!<br /><br />Signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-3047906474289852225?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-57908989145406340932007-03-14T05:26:00.000-07:002007-03-14T05:54:39.951-07:00Shoot...<br /><br />I actually screwed up on this one...<br /><br />I cannot even play the triplets..<br />...<br /><br />AAAA!!!<br />Need more practice.<br /><br />But really?<br />Do I need to waste a lot of time pondering and sulking over this piece huh???<br /><br /><br />Haiz...<br /><br />Signing off..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-5790898914540634093?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-714851012513402852007-03-13T08:40:00.000-07:002007-03-13T08:59:42.650-07:00Yeah yeah...<br /><br />No Tag board here...<br />Stop complaining!!!<br /><br />Yes You could still tag at my main blog ya?<br /><br />So..<br />I just finished my piano lesson today with both Tommy and Irene..<br /><br />SO EXHAUSTING!!!<br /><br />I gave it all I got..<br />Yet...<br />With more and more lessons with them I tend less to stumble with my words and gain more confidence in teaching them..<br /><br />SO Yup...<br />I must make them pass their piano exam!!!<br /><br />Ok...<br /><br />From my piano ballads book..<br /><br />I am learning Colors of the Wind by Vanessa Williams...<br /><br />Yeah...<br />That is about it..<br /><br />It is basically a piano version..<br />So it must be accompanied by a vocalist to be a complete version..<br />DUH...<br /><br />So I better start looking at all of the notes!!<br /><br />Signing off!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-71485101251340285?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407852188049091265.post-86543828550872949702007-03-12T20:07:00.000-07:002007-03-12T20:22:01.324-07:00It is a simple song that is comprises of triplets...<br />However it is difficult to get the feel right...<br /><br />It is fun and lilting theme and and based off jazzy tunes...<br /><br />Now about 1/4 through..<br /><br />Oh yeah...<br />I will post my thoughts about these pieces and the journey about learning each and every pieces in this blog...<br /><br /><br />Rather sad huh?<br />Wrong..<br />I adore it.<br />So I even divert from my main blog to this..<br />Expect to even see more blogs in the future...<br /><br />Such as GAMES Blog.<br />Study Blog.<br />coming up soon.<br /><br />Signing off<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5407852188049091265-8654382855087294970?l=music-for-the-ears.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Goh....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15464011343616534747noreply@blogger.com0