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Cirkus | DirtyLoops
I’m not usually this obsessive over certain artists. I’m obsessive about music, for sure, but never individual, select artists.
And then there’s this band, who I’m pretty sure would be what happened when the universe decided that a new Stevie Wonder needed to pop up (with unbelievable keyboard skills), with a bassist who has surely, as one comment put it, sold his soul for soul, with a crazy drummer who just ties everything together oh goodness. It’s like you tried to put ’80s funk and jazz and melded it into this glorious new electronic old school mess.
The keyboard licks in this and the bass and the voice and the way they make such a mundane song so addictive is insane. I cannot say enough about this band except that you will see more of their covers very shortly on this tumblr and they will be on reply for another month on my iPod.
Oh, and speaking of which, all but their most recent covers can be downloaded here for free.
Wonder what song that is!
I’m competing in an Eisteddfod in five weeks with Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude, a 2 minute song with semiquavers at crotchet=160bpm. To non-musicians this literally translates as ‘TOO FREAKING FAST’. I started sight reading the piece exactly 2.5 months ago.
Still today, I don’t know exactly what…
piece doesn’t require that much strength. let your body weight and arm weight do the work. on the bass notes that gotta be accented, just drop the arm on them. lots of slow practice for accuracy, coordination. practice with different rhythms, and keep the arms relaxed when playing. that’s the secret to the speed.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your advice :D I’ll make sure to remember this when I practise from now on :)
Revolutionary Etude Music Rant
I’m competing in an Eisteddfod in five weeks with Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude, a 2 minute song with semiquavers at crotchet=160bpm. To non-musicians this literally translates as ‘TOO FREAKING FAST’. I started sight reading the piece exactly 2.5 months ago.
Still today, I don’t know exactly what I was thinking back then, but I was absolutely enamoured with all of Chopin’s piano works, and had just stole a Christmas concert with Chopin’s Nocturne Op 9 No 2 (I think Telstra uses this as hold music… Which sucks because it’s way too good for that) and Merry Go Round of Life (Theme to Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle), which made me think I was partially capable of the Revolutionary Etude.
I have worked out that if the hours I spent learning this song were all put together, I would’ve sat at the piano for around 1.4 weeks straight learning this piece. So without further ado here lie the reasons why I was wrong, and why I still bother with this piece of raw emotion.
I was wrong because:
- I lack the required technical skill, though I’ve been playing piano 9 years
- I’m not physically strong enough to belt out this piece, the only dynamic variation is between F, FF, FFF
- It’s extremely fast, I consider myself to have good co-ordination, but it’s not good enough for this piece
- This is concert pianist material! It holds a place in many great concert pianists’ repertoires. I’m not one of them =\
- I am used to challenging myself, you do not grow without having a goal that is a little out-of-reach. This one was too far out-of-reach, it was unrealistic.
- I cannot achieve the left/right hand balance
Why I still bother practising it for 3 hours a day, everyday:
- I genuinely like how this piece sounds, I like the emotions Chopin is trying to convey with the minor scale, this song is a great release of emotions and stress.
- It’s amazing. I’ve never played any song this professional before, and people in the family like it.
- I would let so many people down if I chickened out.
Now I’m going to get off Tumblr and practise for my third hour for today XD I shouldn’t procrastinate this much, but I need a break from the song every so often.
They’re called Voca People and they cover the history of musical genres in five minutes. Dude.
GUISE
SAVE ME
oh my fkhdfsjadfasdk’sdf;dsas
FFFFFFOAO!!!!!!!!
CLICKED REBLOG BEFORE IT FINISHED PLAYING :D
If there’s a place that I could be
Then I’d be another memory
Can I be the only hope for you?
Because you’re the only hope for me
And if we can’t find where we belong
We’ll have to make it on our own
Face all the pain and take it on
Because the only hope for me is you alone
Move your body when the sunlight dies
Everybody hide your body from the scarecrow
Everybody hide
Move your body when the sunlight dies
Everybody hide your body from the scarecrow
Everybody hide
A-ne-ma-ne-coo-re-ra-we, a-ne-ma-ne-coo-re-a,
A-ne-ma-ne-coo-re-ra-we-a-ka-la
A-ne-ma-ne-coo-re-a-we-a-ka-la (a-ya-do-wa-ye-)
A-ne-ma-ne-coo-re-ra-we-a-ka-la (a-ya-do-wa-ye-)
A—ya-do-wa-ye
A—ya-do-wa-ye-e-
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep
and dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
Rippin’ my heart was so easy, so easy
Launch your assault now, take it easy
Raise your weapon, raise your weapon
One word and it’s over
Rippin’ through like a missile
Rippin’ through my heart
Rob me of this love
Raise your weapon, raise your weapon… And it’s over
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