Tuesday, March 31, 2009
КВН
I found some KVN videos on youtube, I laughed so much. It's this humour show that I used to watch in high school. It's awesome, but you can't watch it if you don't speak Russian :P. It's untranslatable.
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Aleksandra
I was practicing this song (I posted the link before), and I just wrote out which fingers I should use where, since my sheet music didn't say that. I got so excited that I didn't even notice it was already 10:30 PM. Guess I really should go buy headphones so that I can practice late at night. That's the beauty of an electronic instrument, you can plug in headphones... if you own a pair, that is :P. Of course, I own several pairs, but I don't have a converter for the piano jack, and my brother tells me I can get a whole new set of headphones, with a jack, so I'll do that.
It's so nice to have an electric piano, I am so lucky. I wouldn't have been able to take music classes if I didn't have one.
It's so nice to have an electric piano, I am so lucky. I wouldn't have been able to take music classes if I didn't have one.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
What If...
What if you could go back in time... would you go? If you could change something, would you want to?
I was watching a short film that raised this question, and it made me wonder the same about my own life.
I guess there are things that I regret a little, but of all the things that I wish went differently, I don't think I'd want to go back and try to fix them. For some things, I wish the outcomes were different, but even if I were to go back and try to change something, I don't think I'd act any differently than I already did. So for me, at this point in my life, there is no good reason to go back and to try and change something.
I'd like to change some things about myself, but it's not something to do with the past, it's more like things I'd like to work on to become a better person. And that I have to do in the present, and in the future, not in the past.
It's interesting, I think if someone asked me the same question five years ago, I think I'd answer that I do want to go back and change things.
I was watching a short film that raised this question, and it made me wonder the same about my own life.
I guess there are things that I regret a little, but of all the things that I wish went differently, I don't think I'd want to go back and try to fix them. For some things, I wish the outcomes were different, but even if I were to go back and try to change something, I don't think I'd act any differently than I already did. So for me, at this point in my life, there is no good reason to go back and to try and change something.
I'd like to change some things about myself, but it's not something to do with the past, it's more like things I'd like to work on to become a better person. And that I have to do in the present, and in the future, not in the past.
It's interesting, I think if someone asked me the same question five years ago, I think I'd answer that I do want to go back and change things.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Colours
I found this on DA this morning, and wanted to share. I think it's a photo manipulation, not a drawing, but in any case, I really like the colours.
Evening Sun by ^archanN on deviantART
Evening Sun by ^archanN on deviantART
Friday
Thank goodness it's Friday. I actually survived this crazy week, and today is going to be a light day, I only have to teach half of my classes.
Man, this really was one hell of an insane week, maybe the busiest I've been yet.
Man, this really was one hell of an insane week, maybe the busiest I've been yet.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Romance
Here is a beautiful romance (music) from an old Russian film. I came across it while searching for something on youtube that was related to "Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears".
I am so brain-dead, I am going straight to bed. I had a lot of fun this weekend, having my friend over, going to Nagoya, going to karaoke, and then going to my friend's house for the piano lesson, and ending up staying over. I got a lot of help with the sheet music for the song I want to learn to play (I blogged about in the previous post). It will take a lot of practice, and I don't know if I can do it in 3 weeks, but maybe. My friend re-wrote the whole thing into chords, so all I have to do is practice playing these chords and the notes from the chords as the arpeggio. It will be a lot easier than playing the full melody. It was amazing to watch my friend re-writing it last night... but we stayed up till 3 in the morning doing it, so yeah, and of course I had work today, and we practiced a bit in the morning, so I am really sleep-deprived now. It's only 9 PM, but I am going to bed. I feel pretty dead. I had 5 coffees today too, to last me through work.
I am so brain-dead, I am going straight to bed. I had a lot of fun this weekend, having my friend over, going to Nagoya, going to karaoke, and then going to my friend's house for the piano lesson, and ending up staying over. I got a lot of help with the sheet music for the song I want to learn to play (I blogged about in the previous post). It will take a lot of practice, and I don't know if I can do it in 3 weeks, but maybe. My friend re-wrote the whole thing into chords, so all I have to do is practice playing these chords and the notes from the chords as the arpeggio. It will be a lot easier than playing the full melody. It was amazing to watch my friend re-writing it last night... but we stayed up till 3 in the morning doing it, so yeah, and of course I had work today, and we practiced a bit in the morning, so I am really sleep-deprived now. It's only 9 PM, but I am going to bed. I feel pretty dead. I had 5 coffees today too, to last me through work.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Music Lounge
Next month is the music Lounge for the Mikawa area. I am going to go of course, and I really want to participate too. But then it's kind of difficult since the song I want to sing is Russian, so unless I find an instrumental recording for it, I'll have to play the music myself. I think that's what other people will be doing.
I have the sheet music for the piano, and I also have the guitar score (but obviously the guitar is not an option for me).
Technically I can ask some of my friends to play for me. One of my friends plays the guitar, and another plays the piano... But I don't want to trouble other people, especially since they haven't heard the song, and maybe they won't like it. It takes time to practice too, and I think my friends are busy too, so I want to try playing myself.
Today I will ask my friend Eri to help me learn how to play it.
~ I don't know if I can do it in three weeks, but maybe I can. I guess I'll find out, eh.
I want to play "Aleksandra" from the "Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears" movie.
It's this one:
Don't ask me why it has a Chinese translation.
I have a music lesson with Eri today, so I can't wait to see what she says. Haha, she might say I won't be able to learn it in 3 weeks, and all things considering, it's quite possible I won't, but I am going to practice hard.
I have the sheet music for the piano, and I also have the guitar score (but obviously the guitar is not an option for me).
Technically I can ask some of my friends to play for me. One of my friends plays the guitar, and another plays the piano... But I don't want to trouble other people, especially since they haven't heard the song, and maybe they won't like it. It takes time to practice too, and I think my friends are busy too, so I want to try playing myself.
Today I will ask my friend Eri to help me learn how to play it.
~ I don't know if I can do it in three weeks, but maybe I can. I guess I'll find out, eh.
I want to play "Aleksandra" from the "Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears" movie.
It's this one:
Don't ask me why it has a Chinese translation.
I have a music lesson with Eri today, so I can't wait to see what she says. Haha, she might say I won't be able to learn it in 3 weeks, and all things considering, it's quite possible I won't, but I am going to practice hard.
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