Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Disturbato
Christ, I haven’t been blogging for almost a month… it’s time to release all the feelings that I have been penting up since the last post… I’ve been too busy writing the musical score to even do anything.
This morning I shot off an arrangement of the Beatles’ “Yesterday” for Kenny’s MDC a cappella group, consisting of two tenors, two baritones and two basses. I wrote at very high speed, and finished it in about three and a half hours, including the dynamics and articulation. Thank god I have the complete (ensemble) scores of the Beatles’ songs – as they are played in the recordings. Early this morning (about 1am) I listened to my father’s Beatles’ CD and followed the score as the songs progressed. I’m beginning to admire their music – every piece has its own twist and turn. Even the orchestration is so unique. There’s beautiful writing for the brass in “Penny Lane” and “Yellow Submarine”. The only thing that irked me was “Hey Jude” because the “Da, da, da” part went on for five minutes and became too tedious.
The lyrics of their songs are just plain simple. Amazing how they write great poems, some that tell a story, like Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine and Penny Lane. Thank goodness, I have had enough of “I love you, you love me” sort of songs, and this is a fresh perspective that awoken me even in the ungodly hours of the day.
With due respect, I arranged “Yesterday” as the lyrics showed it – forceful, mournful, regretful, self-bitterness. I really hope it works – my first time writing for purely-voice. The musical has only given me the experience of writing for voice with instruments, which I shower more attention on the orchestration. ¶ 2/24/2004 11:08:00 pm
Christ, I haven’t been blogging for almost a month… it’s time to release all the feelings that I have been penting up since the last post… I’ve been too busy writing the musical score to even do anything.
This morning I shot off an arrangement of the Beatles’ “Yesterday” for Kenny’s MDC a cappella group, consisting of two tenors, two baritones and two basses. I wrote at very high speed, and finished it in about three and a half hours, including the dynamics and articulation. Thank god I have the complete (ensemble) scores of the Beatles’ songs – as they are played in the recordings. Early this morning (about 1am) I listened to my father’s Beatles’ CD and followed the score as the songs progressed. I’m beginning to admire their music – every piece has its own twist and turn. Even the orchestration is so unique. There’s beautiful writing for the brass in “Penny Lane” and “Yellow Submarine”. The only thing that irked me was “Hey Jude” because the “Da, da, da” part went on for five minutes and became too tedious.
The lyrics of their songs are just plain simple. Amazing how they write great poems, some that tell a story, like Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine and Penny Lane. Thank goodness, I have had enough of “I love you, you love me” sort of songs, and this is a fresh perspective that awoken me even in the ungodly hours of the day.
With due respect, I arranged “Yesterday” as the lyrics showed it – forceful, mournful, regretful, self-bitterness. I really hope it works – my first time writing for purely-voice. The musical has only given me the experience of writing for voice with instruments, which I shower more attention on the orchestration. ¶ 2/24/2004 11:08:00 pm
