Sunday, May 10, 2009 / 10:54 AM
Weather: sunny 11th May 2009 Music: -Its like 1.55am in the morning, apparently suffering from throat infection and flu, so apparently im feeling groggy and might start talking rubbish. so, if anything is detected in this post that is wrong, pls leave a note in my tag board k. Time lag in my post but,Silver. Everything that we've worked so hard for, everything that we've done. Its there. We gave our best shot, the scene of after playing, when everyone came out, majority was smiling, majority felt that we've done our best. Went to the toilet with matthew, and saw linsheng, and apparently, linsheng felt that we did our normal standard, and it was quite exciting. And i was hoping for at least a gold, or even more. Everyone was excited, everyone was so scared, waiting under baited breath. And when the results were released, I guess, it gave the hall a shock. I saw the saxophonists crying, then i saw xy and c crying, then, bh, m, and eventually to my row, mainly all the girls were crying. and the guys, well, practically everyone was sianned. Somewhat, on the way back to the bus. Theres only 1 word that kept on repeating in my mind. that is, "why"millions of thoughts were gushing through my mind, like what the heck went wrong. From where i was sitting on stage, The set piece sounded as usual all right, our section did well i guess. And c! you're in tune! from the recording it is in tune(:. so, I dont know. our section's rich tone, intonation and technique was shown i guess. Other sections did well too, the choice piece. was, woa, i kindda felt it was more than all right, from the crytal singing tones given from the sax quatet, to the rich and colourful tones that the 1st oboe and 1st flute was giving, to the showcasing of the double tongueing from the band at 254, to the showcasing of the togetherness of the runs of the winds at 278, to the pitching of impossible notes at 300 by the trombones and horns, to the tuned bottles with the wonderful techniques of the marimba and xylophone, then showcasing almost all the sections at the fugue part, before finishing off with a grand finale. Personally when i came out, i was smiling. I thought things were more than all right, and there wont be a repeat of the scenes that happened in 07 syf with hsc. So, i dont know, when the results were announced. I was just duper tired/sianned. First i was thinking of the pw results, then now. So, i dont know. Right now, its still the same why why why. You give your best, you know that you gave your best. but the results just dont come.):. Luck? perhaps i think i need it more than ever this year. Its lacking. But i pray that it'll come back to me. hahaha. maybe shall start keeping clover leaves and opals by my side from now on.(:. Anyhow, I listened to the recordings again and again and again. Spotted a lot of minor mistakes along the way. But, im not so sure on whether we were pin pointed on all that. Tone wise, the band was there. Innotonation wise, the band was there. Technique wise, the band was there. Feelings/expression wise, the band was there. So, what exactly when wrong? So right now, Im just gonna wait. Wait for the judges comments to return before saying anything. At leastI wanna know a justifiable reason first on why the results before saying anymore things. And of course, it is indeed heartening/sweet to see all the comments on bandfusion. Everyone there seems to have liked the performance put up during SYF by our band. and well, like 95% of the people there are like fighting for us. -TJC was really very good. From the opening of extreme till very last bit. they did very well for a Junior College band with consideration of the difficulty of their choice piece, "extreme makeover". Really they did very well. All the running and others. Really good.Personally I am not sure how come TJC will get such results (a silver?) but to me they worth AT LEAST A GOLD, although I expected a better outcome (honours) -PS: to those who have not heard Extreme makeover before and went for SYF today, the back part for Extreme is difficult and messy by itself (it is written that way), with all the cannon or fugue (different instruments come in at different timing while the previous instrument that came in still playing the whole melodic phrase). I said this caused I heard people saying they sound messy with different instruments come in late and all over the place at that fugue part. To all TPJC and TJC band members, you all have done your very best. It doesn't matter how the 6 judges think, you all have done a good job and of course, to alot of band conductors and audience, you all do deserve better award. -No2 was TJC.Their tutti sound was really wow! thick, great harmony and rich tone.If there is a difficulity of music in judging criteria , TJC scored a point.I like the choice of music, I don't think the conductor choose this music if he is the type just care the result of the SYF.He wanted to play music to express something, that is why he had chosen this music.bravo! -My ranking of the schools today -1) TJC2) RJC3) ACJC4) CJC5) TPJC6) NJC7) MJC.... the restI felt TJC, ACJC, and TPJC deserved better results too. TJ's extreme makeover was really exciting and kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire performanceso, yeah lor, till now, even lin sheng is baffled by how the hell we got silver. And no matter how much everyone loves our music, it wont change the award no longer. its there, forever. and like, i guess we cant totally blame the judges also la. cos, i guess, they're there for an obvious reason, to judge. Perhaps we were lacking in something. But still, i dont know what. I wanna wait for the comments before saying anything.But then again, If you guys want the recordings can ask from me online, or rather you can hear it for yourself--> http://www.mediafire.com/?tmmm54dtzyt. So, hear it, and if possible give the comments k. But also, thank you so much linsheng for always being there for the band. Its like the best of the best, and i've never have had a better band instructor other than mr and mrs chua. Thanks, and the alumni for always coming down. and kj, A for the smses and support. The rest of the alumni of the 07-08 batch, T, Ws, etc for all the help. wang laoshi! for all the help in the seciton sound. and everyone else of TJCSB. TJCSB ROCKS. and TJCSBFS ROCKS too. omg, yes, nvm. prelude. the last notes. yes. things will rock.well, im logging off man, feeling damn tired. Boy its been long since i slept so late.and lucky for me, tmr's a school hol.-jErMI guess, fate has given me its answer.
