Mr Nonami is really a good conductor... (dunno if better conductors come with less hair)...
well, nonami is humorous. he has a good way of introducing himself. his full name is mitsuo nonami (光雄 野波). he said that he has a few names. some call him nanomi, or no money (nomani), etc. he accepts all these names except "tsu nami".
he's not quite tall, and quite plump. he got a bit of white moustache. looks quite cute =)
he likes char kuey teow. always draw parallels to music.
eg. different types of music appeals differently to different types of audience. just like different stalls selling different types of char kuey teow appeals differently to different types of people. they all depend on the taste and liking of audience. (is that a quote?)
got learn a lot from him. some quotes (i rephrased some of them, cuz cannot rmb exact quotes):
- bring ourselves down to the same level as the audiences, to let them understand our music
- their (the audience's) happiness is our (the musicians') happiness
- must have an image of the music in ur head b4 u play
- fortes and pianos are not abt volume, but more on how u express the sound for the audience to feel
- there's no right and wrong to a sound. how nice it is depends on what the audience think.
- u use certain techniques to express better sound for audience to feel.
he really knows how to make audience feel good. great musician he is.
well, after the workshop, we clean outdoor bandroom, sambil do stock check. lionel do stock check, i help to clean. halfway, a-leng remind me n walter to take mutes for swppcc. forgot to take for luther... harmon mute a-leng got so no worry... we tidy bandroom and arrange tables and instru to neater position. got one big hole in center.
after that 12 hungry bandits and 1 poor old man go BTP (bukit timah plaza) pizza hut makan. got 6 people take his car (1 in front: liang sai, and 5 @back: me, bx, edwin, jason, walter... so squeezy...). in btp, wait 5 minits for the workers to arrange tables for 13 ppl. ordered 2 sets of student meal: 2 pizza, 1 coke, i mushroom chicken soup... nice.
then go beautyworld irc pool billiards n lan game centre. no play lah. just join others who came. bought 1 black shirt for swppcc. pure black business shirts r hard to come by. tuesday went carefour & jusco but found none. otherwise is RM600+!
swppcc prac as usual. darence leng got go 载 guang han. the tuba guy. he's in army. a-leng also treat us to drink @ foodcourt outside ppcc. i drank milo ice.
prac'd merry widow, titanic, princess monoke. got one girl, sharon, from phil youth come n prac w us. she quite good. better than me. duh...
finish liao follow aba to wat tangyuan. was nice. saw a-leng. bought ticket to phil wind n boston brass concert.
Today will be doing homework n play music. nothing interesting. cheers =)
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