SUI SUI

1. Malaguena(Piano)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuQQxZ7TXaY&feature=related

Really good rendition, but still prefer the orchrestral version done by Berlin Phil Orch.

2. Totoro(Passage of wind)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVqslsmV0M&feature=related

Very good inspiration for the melody players!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1EP9NuyHqY&feature=related

Cello version...

3. Princess Mononoke Suite(Orchestral)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRpFXTvMQw8&feature=related

Quite different from the Wind Band version, must say the central percussion section is very good! =)

4. Laputa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sASc4wrJRWE&feature=related

Suite for Trumpet solo I guess. A little too regal to me.

How will I die?

How will I die? Your Result: You will die while having sex.   Your last moments in this life will be enjoyable indeed...hopefully. Do not fear sex. Try not to become celibate as a way of escaping death. You cannot run from destiny.
You will die in a car accident.
You will die in your sleep.
You will die while saving someone's life.
You will die in a nuclear holocaust.
You will die from a terminal illness.
You will die of boredom.
You will be murdered.
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驱魔序曲

No wonder they changed the name to Cairnhill Guitar Ensemble. If it remains as Singapore Niibori Guitar Ensemble, I think no future for guitar ensemble in Singapore already.

Wah piang ooi... like that also dare to perform, even with some professionals within. They sounded bad but that's besides the point. More importantly, about 30 to 50 people just heard what a guitar ensemble sounds like, and I do hope the first impressions don't last. Sheesh...

I think the ensemble leader is mad. Haven't they heard any ensemble or orchestra before? What the hell... timing wrong, chord wrong, close to zero cohesion also dare to perform. I almost didn't recognise Io Che! Their intro was absolutely horrifying. Needless to say, musicality is out of the door. Listen to this shit a few more times, and your mind with wilt in despair for music.

I expected something mediocre, not horrendous.

utterly....

Luckily I didn't go. or rather, luckily for them, I didn't go.
Perhaps I might just laugh out before Mel did, or pop them the question.

"Did you just perform an overture for exorcism?"

Simple Gifts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qy8wjuXwOE

Start from 1:23 min

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come round right.

'Tis the gift to be loved and that love to return,
'Tis the gift to be taught and a richer gift to learn,
And when we expect of o-thers what we try to live each day,
Then we'll all live together and we'll all learn to say,

'Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be,
'Tis the gift to think of others not to only think of "me",
And when we hear what others really think and really feel,
Then we'll all live together with a love that is real.