May 24th, 2009 by Reb
This week I’ve only got two recordings for Sharon.
#1
#2 And now,
For the ultimate THE ENTERTAINER (aka. the ice-cream track song)
This must be the funniest song for kids to play =) Check it out, don’t be asking me for ice-cream!
Enjoy~~~
May 21st, 2009 by Reb
[Drum roll]
TODAY, LittleMusicNote marks its one month since its first post on April 20th 2009.
Thanks for all the support and great ideas from a special someone. Also for the plugins, wordpress/iphone theme, and all those crazy technical stuff that I’m not good at =)
And especially thank the Lord for giving me this wonderful site to write about Music — one of the greatest gift He has given me.
Let my words and music be a blessing.
Let all nations praise Your name.
My Heart, Your Home – Dwelling Place
Come and make my heart Your home
Come and be everything I am and all I know
Search me through and through
‘Till my heart becomes a home for You
CHORUS
A home for You, Lord
A home for You, Lord
Let everything I do open up
A door for You to come through
And that my heart would be a place
Where You want to be…
CHORUS
You are my portion, filling up everything
You are the fortune, that’s causing my heart to sing
That it’s amazing…
That You could make Yourself at home with me
May 21st, 2009 by Reb
Here are the newest recordings for my lovely students.
Jodi [UPDATED]
Tammy (There are 2 inside one recording)
Have fun and enjoying playing =)
May 21st, 2009 by Reb
#3. River Flows in You – Yiruma
And now, for the one song that you have to listen and learn! Again, this is one of my favorite piece on the piano.
Download the complete River Flows in You in .pdf format.
May 19th, 2009 by Reb
This is the 2nd post in the “Listen and Play” Series.
#2. Kiss the Rain — Yiruma (Album “From the Yellow Room”)
Here’s the one I promised to post. I shouldn’t have to say too much about this one, it speaks for itself =)
This is one of the most widely played piece on the piano for quite some time now.
For those of you that writes/plays your own music by ear, I envy you. However, I believe this is from the original sheet music of Yiruma’s album.
Enjoy =)
[Listen] Kiss the Rain — Yiruma
Download the complete Kiss the Rain sheet music in .pdf format
May 18th, 2009 by Reb
Welcome to the “Listen and Play” series. I’ve always enjoyed collecting sheet music from different sources. Recently, I’ve fell for this incredible musician’s piano works — Yiruma. So I’ve collected a bunch of his music in .pdf format. Now I will be sharing these with all of you out there, along with the other music sheets I’ve collected over the years.
I believe it’s always important to listen to a piece before going ahead to play it, no matter what instrument you play.
So I’ll be posting the .mp3, first page of the music along with download link of the actual sheet music together to get you a good sense of the song. The first page of the sheet music is to give you the idea of the difficulty of the song, and the mp3 is so you can always come back and listen to the recording while practicing!
I’ll be updating the “Listen and Play” SheetMusic category, so come back for more! =)
#1 Love Me — Yiruma (”First Love” Album)
This has been my all time favorite along with Kiss the Rain, which I will be uploading in later posts.
Hope his music will move you the same way it moved me =)
Love Me — Yiruma
Download the complete Love Me in .pdf format.
May 18th, 2009 by Reb
Throughout history, art has had many features in implicating different aspects of society. One of the important roles of art in society is its ability in transforming the audiences. This can be seen in many art disciplines, such as dance, music, visual art etc.
When traditional ballet’s role started to shift in Western culture, much is changed in its rigid formality. The representation of female’s image and status shifted from vulnerable, dependent and emotional to independent and self-constructive shown in modern dances. This change has brought to society the need to reform and reshape the ideas of female images in society. Similarly, music has the same application towards its audiences.
When Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring first premiered in 1913, it received a huge amount of controversial feedbacks. The traditional ballet form was radically changed by this piece, where dancers were no longer following the rigid form of ballet. Instead, they danced by stumping their feet, throwing arms up and down and so on. The graceful gestures of traditional ballet is no longer presented by this early piece of 20th century art work. On top of that, the audiences at that time were not used to hearing music in this form, and the timbre it uses is completely new for the listeners of that era. As time passed, people started to accept this kind of music, and the notion of noise become more and more popular as musicians start to be interested in this movement of new music. Other disciplines and artists also has a role in transforming the audiences, such as the painting of Jackson Pollock, and works by Marcel Duchamp, all plays a part in changing the inherence of traditional art.
Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. (1919) Which phonetically means:
“elle a chaud au cul” or “She’s got a hot ass.”
This is one of the famous works of Marcel Duchamp. Imagine what it is like if we are still living in the Dada movement. What do you think of the radical change of art throughout history?
May 14th, 2009 by Reb
Another week have passed. And here are the newest recordings for my lovely piano students.
I hope you guys have a great practice this week!
Jodi [UPDATED]
Tammy
May 11th, 2009 by Jon
RadioSure – an awesome radio streaming application for windows; It contains the most popular radio station around the world. You can listen and record any songs on the fly. Most important of all, you can find radio stations for all the continents.
Here are some of the features:
Try it out, you will definately be amazed!
Download the app here [windows only]
May 10th, 2009 by Reb
Corrinne May, born January 19, 1973. She is s a Singaporean singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles.
Corrinne May majored in mass communications and English literature at the National University of Singapore. Later, she left Singapore to further her music education at the Berklee College of Music, where she majored in songwriting and film scoring. In order to pursue her dreams in music, she moved to Los Angeles in 1999. Here is a example of someone who has followed her dream in becoming a successful songwriter and music producer.
Some of you who watches Taiwanese drama might know her by her song “Journey” in Love at the Dolphin Bay a few years back. In September 2004, Corrinne May became the first (and only) artist singing exclusively in English, to be signed by the record label Forward Music in Taiwan, which distributes her music to Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and China.
Corrinne has been playing the piano since the age of 5, and is also proficient with the guitar. On 11 February 2005, The Straits Times interviewed May, who related that being a devout Catholic, “much of her music has been inspired by her relationship with God”. I think that might be what struck me while listening to her music — the similarity of voice that came from above.
This was the only song on my iPod that is sung by Corrinne, but it is more than enough to hear the talent and passion she has towards music.
Fly Away
Visit her website to listen to more of her songs and learn more about Corrinne May =)
If you are interested in learning more about her life, you can also visit her blog. See for yourself what a songwriter’s life is all about.
http://corrinnemay.blogspot.com/
The Latest news is, Corrinne and her husband Kavin were expecting their first baby in late April 2009. So she has taken a break from touring for the time being.
Congratz!!
Follow your dream. You will never know where it might lead you to.
