Next-Generation Blog + Last post??

halo..
I just visited the blog... just for fun... then I realised tht some of you still visit the blog.

thts cool....

Btw, i dunno if i wanna continue posting, as the GEM 08 has their blog already...

here's the link

It has been a nice experience maintaining this blog since last year, and i hope tht those who visit could benefit from the lessons/stuff tht I post...

yea

'J2s Last Day' Photos

They are HERE

CCA no more

Well J2s, we got no more CCA, but I hope ur passion for guitar will always burn forever. I hope u will continue exploring this beautiful instrument and be a better musician. Continue learning and practising and enjoy the journey!!

Well, I think this song is kinda appropriate for this occasion



This is how to play it.. pretty simple just C G Am Em F C F G... If u dun want to pluck u can strum , just like the first video

CIP was Fun!

CIP was fun!! We performed quite well, and the games was quite successful too... not bad for a first try... too bad it will be the last too... Thanks to all who participated in one way or another... those who planned the games, those who practiced and performed, and the emcee, and not forgetting ZY who was in charge... you all have done well and I hope u all feel good after serving the residents at Orange Valley. I hope u all did the CIP not just to get the CIP hours but also to make the residents there happy....yea

Okay, Aaron sent me this video 2 weeks ago n now I gonna show it to you all...It's a video about our lives....

TJC Concert Photos

TJ concert was fun!!! We played well and made audiences clap along wif the song we played. NICE!
Thanks to all performers, u all hav worked hard.
Thanks to the audiences for ur support.

Here's the photos fo tht day

CIP songs

YoYo

For our next CIP, we'll be playing for the 'silver generations' ;-]
Therefore, we have to pick songs that they might know (old songs)
just last week, I went for a CIP at an old folks home at simei. We were supposed to befriend the oldies there. Coz I got no better topics, I started talking about music, and then I found out some of the oldies' favourite music!!

Basically, they like all those chinese old love songs, those karaoke type ones
Then for english songs, they might like bands like the beatles, rolling stones, or artists like Elvis Presley. So we gotta perform songs from these kinda artists to them if we want to make some sense there....

So after some browsing around in Youtube, and after some searches like ' best oldies songs of the 60s' using Google, I've found some songs that we can perform. They might be old, but they are nice!!!

Yesterday- The beatles
This song is a must know. A classic that will not be forgotten

Note that u can use 3 guitars playing this: one for the lead( playing the melody), one play chords, one play bass ( I like the bass!!!)


Hey Jude - The Beatles
Nice lah!


The Police - Every Breath You Take
a realli nice song with interesting bass line. This song is the youngest among all previous songs (1983), but I still put it here coz it's so nice!!


Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon

okay

Actually all these songs can be played using 3 guitars(or more). You just need to decide who play what( for example, pick one player be lead, one be rythm, one be bass) so tht u can focus on playing ur own parts. The problem might be to figure out the parts if u can't find the tab online.

If tht happen, pls contact someone who can n willing to help. U can come to me too n I will help as much as I can.

practice practice

Yo TJ performers... 2 more weeks to practice... preserve...
now with ur niibori guitars at home, u can focus on perfecting those parts tht u couldn't master yet. Use metronome to make sure tht u play in correct timing. Link to online metronome can be found under ' links ' .

Now, i'll show u both songs, just so tht u all can feel the mood of the songs...

Ballade

Words tht came to mind : 'Fatherly love'?(coz Paul de Senneville composed the song as a tribute to his newborn daughter Adeline)

Third man theme

Words tht came to mind : fun? lazy? old cartoon? clowns jumping around?

MUST HEAR!!

First, MUSE's new live performance album, the HAARP live from Wembley stadium. I just bought the DVD yesterday and it was awesome!! This is one of the track, named ' new born'. If u want more, go buy the original DVD, it won't disappoint!!!


Second,Charice Pempengco, a great singer from Philippines. This one I know from Danny when we chat. She's so young yet her voice is so powerfull. Crazy one ah... Here's she singing ' You'll never walk alone' for you all Liverpool fans ( I'm not but the song is nice anyway...)

J2 stuffs

Yo....
Last Friday I was walking around Level 4 perimeter during guitar practise, n found out that most of the J2 bands have started practising for our CIP. That is verry nice, continue the good job yeah!! Continue practising so that u all can realli brighten up other ppl's day, hopefully the ppl u gonna visit will have fun together wif u all.

and for the TJ performers, I think the Ballad recording was nice, unfortunately the classroom's speakers are not good enough to play 'good quality lower frequency sound'.... sad sad sad.... we still need to polish up some parts though, especially the fast parts and tremolo...

And for the prime section, come on u all can do it. remember wad they say 'victory belongs to the most perservering'. Practise hard and ask around if unsure of anything. We r all in this together.

For next week

oops sorry i forgot to update yesterday...

Okay, there will be guitar session next week.For J2s, TJ performers will be practising, then the rest will plan for CIP.For The CIP, we will be performing for the sick in hospital. We r supposed to brighten up their day with our wonderful playing. So, please start thinking of songs tht can make people happy. Dun pick so many emo songs, k?

For J1s, our student conductors are currently planning for ur first lesson

Block Test

Hmm... wad to put ah?
Ya... Good luck J2s

If U're stressed, just listen to this song n just relax, forget all ur studies for a while

Orientation photos

The photos are HERE.

Happy March holiday to all...
For J2s , happy studying and good luck for block test!!
then, performers, dun forget to practice!!! Gotta show em what MJC Guitar Ensemble can do, Okay!!

Orientation again!!

Yea... O2 has just ended. As u all might know, the recruitment drive was quite messed up because MJ decided to do it before the 'Campfire'. The result was that many ppl went home first without visiting the booths, ours included. For those of you who was not there, here's what happened :
-Our BOOTH was located strategically below our BEAUTIFUL BANNER!!
-Some of our guys walked around the school with our guitars and sing some random song... IT WORKED!!! ;-)
In the end, we managed to get 40+ ppl to be the next batch of GEM. Hopefully they will do well....

Okay, Aiman just told me this good idea to link your blogs into this blog. This way, we can, maybe, bond closer (I hope this works....) . We get more hits n u get more hits too...So, those of you who are interested in this idea and would like ur blog to be linked, please shout or send me an e-mail (febriyan@hotmail.com ,NO SPAM PLS!!)

Oh ya, good luck for next week orientation!! PLS think of games

Pop songs

Hey...
I heard Darren taught you some simple chords last wednesday.
Please practice them.
Check out the chords of your favourite songs at the net. There is endless resources out there........ Check out the links.... at the right hand side
Then when you know the chords, try to play and sing along.
For the start, just strum down all the time, just try n follow the beat.
As u get used to the beat, n when ur left hand can change chord fast enough, try some simple strumming pattern, like (d,d,u,u,d,u). This way, u can improve.
It might be hard to start at first, but trust me, it gonna be fun when u start improving, coz u gonna want to improve more.

Also, I wanna tell u tht our new banner is done!!!


I just wanna thank all of you who took part in the process of making this banner- the designing, choosing n buying materials, drawing n painting.
U guys r great n it was nice working wif u all!!

New Banner

Yo!!!
We gonna paint our new banner nexk week!!
The design is similar to the desktop background that i posted a few week ago...
If you have previous experience painting banner, we would like your help!!!
Contact the exco ASAP.....

CNY

Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!
Had fun, didn't you??
As for myself, we got super heavy dinner these few days.....
Makan - makan, yeah!!

Okay...
For the ensemble, we know that CNY was most probably our last performance for the school, but don't lose heart !! We can still play for the others thru CIP n stuff...
Then the desktop background, it is actually for our new banner, so any suggestions for improvements will be listened and apprecciated...

Okay...
Once again, happy CNY!!
May u be blessed with hapiness and prosperity and good results and more passion towards music and GEM!!! ;-]

....Gong Xi, Gong Xi, Gong Xi Nu....Yeap!!! Gong Xi, Gong Xi, Gong Xi Nu!!....

Good job, everyone!!

I think CNY performance was good. It was not flawless, but it was good!!! ;-]
We got warm applause frm the audiences, and tht was nice...
Our effort practising for months was paid off by a good performance... not bad eh?
Let's do more of that when we have the chance!!

Here's our photos, presented by Mr.JJ

To thank all of you, here's a little something from me
New GEM desktop background, YAY!!
(To download, click on the pics. U will b directed to photobucket. Download frm there)

CNY is SOON

It's next week!!!
Possibly our last performance for the school, guys!!
Let's do it ....
Let's show them that we can play well...
We can't possibly sux all the way.
Dun screw up like the rehearsal at the hall, coz that kinda performance was not worth watching.
I mean it.
Dun disgrace ourselves with bad performance.
From now on, treat every practice as if u r performing in the hall.
We have to focus when Chee Ching is conducting. He has worked hard.
Just imagine urself being him... He need everyone's cooperation.
Please focus, so that u will not be so groggy in the hall when performing.
N on the real day, just relax(concentrate though!!). treat it like a combined practice session.

We can do this.
Everyone is important in this.
Let's do this!!!

This is only my own view though
But i hope u all r wif me
ok?

Road Race

Road race was kinda fun... right?
As expected, canoeing ppl won the sports group and ODAC for the club sections.
Guitar didn't get any medals, but still......... we appreciate the determination and preseverance that our runners gave.... THANKS

Sorry no photo....

Okay, let's change subject
As you all know, JAE is coming and we need good publicity for this one. So if u have any publicity-related ideas,( banner design. poster design,etc ) PLEASE SHARE!! Tell the publicity EXCO (thts me and Sherm).

Now for the guitar related stuff...
I'm not very sure what to put... coz i dunno if u all have benefited from the previous posts... so I need feedback... what kinda thing u want me to put (USE THE SHOUTBOX NOW!!!!)

Somebody please shout!!! I want a vibrant n happening blog here(i hope u do too)!!

Hi J1s

Hi... JC fun or not?
Here's the photo album for the orientation

For the J2s,pls remember tht there will be test nx week

Nice start

Firstly....Job well done for the Thirdman theme!! Keep it up guys... dun forget we gonna play with CO also.... Practice gonna be tough, but if we keep progressing like yesterday, I believe that it will be fun.
Okay.

I just wanna know, is there any additional stuff u wanna hav here? Then I can try get for all of you. Or is there any nice song u wanna share wif the rest? Just shout!!(just like mr. arv shown right there..) ;)

For now, I will just stick with the usual stuff...
another song to learn: When You Say Nothing At All

For this song, it's nicer to pluck, but you can strum if you like....
Chords here
For the C, it will be nicer to use Cadd 9(X32033)

Happy New Year 2008 !!!

Yo yo yo... I am back updating this website after a kinda long break...

Yea, firstly, i just wanna say, 2008 gonna be tough.. but remember...
'victory belongs to the most persevering!!'hehe

Okay, back to guitar stuff... I noticed that even though all of u have joined guitar for about 1 year now, some of you still can not play chords. :-(
So, today I gonna suggest a really simple song: Chasing Cars
The chords are really easy, just strum down all the way, it will sound okay..
N u can also ask ur fren to play the background melody. Playing guitar together IS fun!!

Okay... now for the rest, let's listen to the piece that Mr.JJ is learning now: Angelina by Tommy Emmanuel

This song is actually made by Tommy for his daughter Angelina. Nice eh?