Good morning folks, it is an hour or so till I leave for the final haven rehearsal before the show actually starts tonight and indeed (one must always use indeed for purposes of finality) it has been a helluva experience, albeit one that will not last for much longer as I am subjected to a host of presentations and whatnot once the run's over. Notice how I'm conforming to whining about work like the rest of the world? Mmmhm.
Being a show musician is an incredible feeling, and although sometimes I'd wonder whether I'd prefer being on stage rather than below in a pit, I don't think I've enjoyed playing the Sax so much since I was in band. Perhaps it's the flexibility of the songs, the changing tempos and cues, or how what comes out of the pit results in the whole mood or atmosphere of the entire work being altered or enhanced. Or maybe it's because I don't belong in a symphonic band..
Whatever the reason may be, being a show musician has let me love making music, and before this turns into one of those pseudo poignant soliloquys with a spotlight on my face I think that's the most important, loving what you do. And maybe that's why a career in theater or performing arts may not seem such a distant thought away. Sure the hours are long, the work is demanding and more often than not you can't find solid income, but each performance, each time you step on stage or into an orchestral pit, there has to be a level of passion and interest that you can't do without if your work wishes to be treated with the least amount of quality. Technically you don't have to be passionate while doing accounts, removing a root canal or experimenting on lab rats, and this is why involvement in the Arts is but a voluntary exercise, and if you feel forced to do what you do, then the exit's that way my friend.
So after haven I think besides working on my Sax, I may be going for Bass lessons with Colin, the professional bassist playing for haven, who listens to Symphony X, plays the flute and is currently performing for Caberet the Musical. Sweeett. I wanna play Bass because it's always good to learn a new instrument, and bass is teh sex. And I think learning an instrument of this ilk will expand my ability, in the words of Mr Bukit Batok of the Mr Singapore contest, "to music of all genre". Yes. Indeed.
But if I ever make music my career though, I think it might only be on a freelance basis, yes and I will be a freelance bassist. har. But seriously, I wish prehaps that I started learning music from young, and honestly, playing or learning music might be tedious, but the rewards far outweigh all the theory lessons you have to haul your ass to. Sigh, if not for IB I would go all out to learn music at a Higher Level (eh sounds vaguely familar) and maybe form a band or some schitz like that.
And on a final note (pun not intended) before I scoot of to school, if I could have anything in the world, excluding world peace and good looks, anything at all...
I wanna have perfect pitch. sobs.
Delivered at 9:43 AM;
KENNETH
Name:Slumber
Born:16th August
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Him.K.anglo-chinese.music for the passionate.marvel.gunners.
Orange.debate.
long bus rides armed with an eye and a pod.74.
philosophizing.dystopia.
coffee.Rove.Health.Famary.
Buddies.
writing.1984.
expression.Italian food.
journeys.teh-peng.
stream of consciousness.
witty play on words.musing.
accents.the heartrands.performing.
being a closet connossieur.
a point of view.vigorous
interaction with spherical objects.
irony&pathos.yum.
JS.spirit.a girl that would smile