MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!


May all your wishes come true!!!!
Treasure this holiday with family and friends and I wish you a very prosperous
NEW YEAR!!!

-Daniel

11:59 PM
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Magic Number #1: 80


If attendance of band does not meet 80% by end of January, MR TAN will cut players from the band. by the way, practices are 3 per week in jan, so its 12 in total not counting extra sectionals.Do the maths very carefully people..


Magic Number # 2: 29


If after MR TAN cuts players from the band and the remaining is lesser than 29 members,we WILL withdraw from SYF. and right now we have 47 members,sooo dont think that u are less important to the band.



*Remember this
The strength of the band lies in its weakest player
So if we want to buck up, make sure that everyone practices together.There's no such thing as " my SL will cover my mistakes".Believe me,those judges got very good hearing.


-Daniel

9:59 PM
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Hey folks!!
New blogskin!!!haha
thanks to Carol




I've got nothing to do so shall comment a bit LOL.
SYF Venue:Singapore Conference Hall
The acoustics at SCH is not that good. Our sound won't be able to "ring" that much around the hall. So its very important that we hold the notes for full value. Every note counts in our score,so we must do our best to play every single note to its true value e.g 4 counts must be played 4 counts etc.

Tonality
Do you know what produces that warm,sweet sounding sound from your instruments? Yeah.it is the warm air that we blow out. However, our lungs take a while to warm up the air that we breathe in.To allow for this time lapse, we must breathe at least 2 counts before each bar.


Tuning
The amount of time we have to tune off the stage:5 minutes
The amount of time we have to tune on stage: 8 seconds
It is absolutely critical that we know how tune properly,and fast!!
How to do it is very simple: all u have to do is to sound exactly the same as the person next to you. If u hear a wavy,wavy sound and not a stable one that means u are out of tune or the person next to you is. We have to achieve one stable sound within 8 seconds. While tuning,u are allowed to adjust tuning slide,whatever it takes.Always have a tuner in front of you during combined practices. Request for a tuner from any of the QMs.


Emotion(or some ppl call it passion)
Remember Mr Tan mentioned some time ago that we need to move our body as a way to build up band spirit? I think our band spirit is lacking. I don't think we're united when we play as a band. I know moving our body looks weird from an audience point of view but it is essential in keeping in tempo.For example,when entering into a bar,what we can do is to move our instruments up a bit to show that we are entering together,as a band and not individuals.
We are NOT a one-man-show,we are a symphonic band.and PHSSB stand up as one.


Over-Reliance on Seniors
I hate to say this but to you juniors out there.It won't be long before my batch step down and the next batch take over. Its 4 more months until we step down.Sec3s, U NEED TO STEP UP.STOP RELYING ON AND HIDING BEHIND YOUR SENIORS. Most of the time I can hear the juniors(not specifically sec3s,can be other batches as well) asking the seniors these questions:
"Eh,which bar are we at?"
"Tuning orh,flat must push the valve in or out?"
"I dont know when got band practice cos SL never tell me?"
For goodness sake,I'm tired of these things happening around band.U must stand up for yourself.
Our ex-band major mentioned: what is preventing us from getting that coveted SILVER is the cycle of over reliance on seniors. Every batch,except for the senior batch,never stand up for itself.That is the reason why our band never sounded like we had 47 members.We always sound like we only have 20+ members.For goodness' sake, juniors, its time to stop hiding behind your seniors' back!!

P.S
all the bolded stuff are not threats or scoldings,I just want to highlight the most important things to u guys.




That's all from me
Peace out,
Daniel

9:37 PM
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Hey band members.
Just letting you all know that we have one more week of practice then band is closed until next year.

To tell you the truth,I am NOT HAPPY with the current progress of the band. I think that the hours that we have put in for sectionals are down the drain cos some ppl choose to slack and fool around. I'm shocked that some of u DON'T EVEN WARM UP before playing. Warming up is an essential part of playing with a good tone. I dont see why most you are not committing any of yr time doing simple warm-up for at least 30mins. Doing lip slurs and long notes for 1/2h should be gd enough for yr lips to be ready to play.

I think we still have a lot of room to improve.Remember,our soundcheck at Singapore Conference Hall is at 29th Jan. From my point of view, our choice piece is only 60% to Silver. Set piece 50%. So,we still have a lot of things to catch up in the new year.

Anyway,here is a website that can help u guys understand the instruments u are playing.
http://sgbandfusion.com/
Their forum is very helpful to me so I thought I can share it wif u.
To go to the forum,u must first register(dont worry its FOC)



Cheers,
Daniel

7:25 PM
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