did a solo job this time. thankfully there were tons of great ppl to support me ie house capt leonard chloe and the gang of great players. Arranged based on musicality, not popularity. oh well except gaga.
got 3rd. sort of improved from last year's 4th. However, the acoustics did work terribly against us. wonder why it was so bad even though i spent around 4-5h trying to tweak the mikes. Oh well :)
MR first. well deserved indeed. if i had spent more time refining the piece, might have come closer to equalling their awesome piece. but im just not that good enough. and BW best arrangement. u really have to give it to hongrui for impressing everyone with that medley of great themes and best of all, there was some evidence of linkage. Best arrangement truly well deserved indeed.
and how do i feel abt mine? personally it sounded rather good on sibelius, but in real life there were many problems. I've faced all kinds of criticisms about my playing/musicianship/style in these long years (mostly well deserved), but ive still to come to terms with what gooi said about my arrangement. rather demeaning mini- this and mini-that. It's rather true I guess, and i felt it was rather reflective of the arrangement i guess. heh i shld prob just accept this and move on to the next arrangement. with is gonna be an awesome octet/ whatever ucall a nine ppl grp for chamber concert. haha this time im gonna have the best arranger in rj zhiyi to help me. hurray.
gaga/britney/clarkson/ I WANT HEY JUDE and dunnno? any suggestions?
this time, Im really out to write a mini-medley. for 9-10 awesome players.
ps i realised i got 38/145 for my category in OCBC. 1h7min40secs, average speed 35.47kph. Not bad i guess for almost one month of not training (not even riding argh!!) to do musicfest; but really gave it my all that day. wei rong smoked the course in my hummer MTB though, only 2 min behind me. shld improve by 5 min if he gets a road bike. woohoo!