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Monday, May 23, 2005

in case u guys hav been really curious 2 wat piano piece
i've been tryin 2 play 4 years
but can never go beyond e first 8 bars

it basically sums up who i am

it's frm the OST of Long Vacation(1996) starring
Kimura Takuya and Yamaguchi Tomoko (super hot 30+ year old woman! EDITED correction! she's 41 this year! how many years ago did i watch tat show man!
i've a thing 4 older, mature women. someone who's outta fads, trends but into more serious issues - lik havin e younger man help her achieve e ever elusive "O"? kiddin kidding... OK! BACK 2 THE TOPIC!)

how it sums up who i am?

it's lik somethin u always wish 2 do but can't get abt doin it

lik my sis said
i'm fickled-minded
i can nv get my act together on ONE issue
y do i wana do so many?

sigh...

e only constant in my life in terms of active constant self-improvement
is my singing
n tat
i tik
is really...
quite contemptuous...
CLOSE YOUR EARS!

i really love tat simple tune...
i must play it wif a certain mastery...
e funny thing i do DO some things constantly

4 eg.
scales r based on e pattern of
WWHWWW
W=whole step
H=half step

so based on that pattern
i fiddle on my organ (e real one not anythin else.... ANYWAY)
by goin frm C- C`
i also do the basic chords on it lik
1-3-5
1-b3-5
1-3-5-6
1-3-5-7
1-3-5-b7
1-b3-5-7
etc
after i go up e each scale
it helped my hearing n pitchin a lot when i was doin it
but i've stopped it til now
meaning frm b4 taiwan til now
e organ is gatherin dust...
so my hearing also deterioted 2 normal lvls

i tik i should jus continue doin it on my free time
plus on top of tat
my concubine Yamaguchi Yamaha (alto sax)
n my first wife Cyndi Chateau (sop sax, the last names r e brand names)
(yes yes i name my saxes)

Cyndi always kills me wif her high notes
but e weird wobbles on low notes can make me cringe
Yamaguchi also gets down low poorly but she's e whole package

hence, my lil japanese babe has made me more ambitious
i've increased e mouth piece 2 e nex size
n reeds, nex lvl of hardness

result is another mouth cramp
cos i've not "blown" her in a long time
n the resultant changes would also mean more
mouth control, strength n suction power (4 ur education
this "science" we use with our mouths on our saxes or blowable instruments
is call embrouchure)

i don't wana do e normal organ playin cos
4 one reason apart frm laziness
i find it very fake
a bunch of generated sounds can't beat e real thing man...

ok ok...
back 2 2nd round of Close to you...
hope u find some meaning in the song as u hear it n read my blog