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My music performance experiences last October #2

The next music performance was held in my company’s main lobby, where I was asked to play some Mandarin songs while the other group played some English songs. It was more of a relaxed one, comparing who the audience were.

Some of my experiences and preparations I had were:

- Since these are the songs I always play and sing at home, the chords and lyrics were easier for me.

 
- Whenever I touch my piano, I always go through some of these songs repeatly, ready to use it anytime.

 
- As this was a solo performance, I never really played together with the other band. They too never seen what I was gonna play.

 
- I picked 4 songs, 2 of which were from Jay Chou, and the other 2 for the sake of other older generation, as i suppose they only know some of the “popular” or “classic” songs ?

 
- There were no score sheets, no nothing. Just me, a slightly OK keyboard, a centrally connected microphone, and my voice. Basically I have chosen songs of a easier to remember chords. Now I know why in Jay Chou’s concert, he picked those songs for his piano singing too, due to easy to remember nature.

 
- For the singing of lyrics, I have long already memorize them, though I had some difficulties with some words. Anyway, chords were more important because humans hear them very well.

 
-Finally on the actual day, I had a chance to try the keyboard, the sound system check, a run through of my songs once (I really enjoyed the first part because while I was testing out the sound check, as it was lunch time, many of my colleagues had a glimpse of what I had for them.)

 
- That run through all of the chords in the songs, and any other errors. Well after that I had about 2 hours break and I had ran out of voice! Perhaps due to poor warm ups, I sang straight away. Oh yeah, I’ve too chosen songs that were easy to sing.

 
- Ok on the actual performance, there were so many factors that were different from playing at home.

 
1. The microphone wasn’t sensitive, so I had to stay as close as possible to the microphone.

 
2. The pedal of the stupid keyboard kept moving, so I had a 80% time sustaining the notes, where 20% of the time I had to press the key to hold the note.

 
3. I adjusted the microphone slightly to the right, and my keys were playing near to the left!

 
4. I had a very funny chair height and a keyboard with books at the bottom. Which means I am almost standing upright to sing.

 
5. The microphone was unable to be held at an angle as it was too heavy. Instead, it was rested on top of the keyboard’s score stand, and then the angle of the microphone head pointed in a strange angle. So I have to project my voice downwards.
 
 

Well disasters… but I guess I did it pretty well, after practising so hard at home, the results wasn’t that bad. I was lucky I had a good voice that carried it through.

I hope my experiences are fruitful for those who are preparing themselves for performance too.

下次音乐表演是在我公司的主要大厅，在那里我被要求参加一些国语歌曲，而另一组发挥一些英文歌曲。这是更宽松的一个，比较谁是观众。

我的一些经验和我的准备工作是：
-由于这些歌曲我总是弹琴唱歌在家，和弦和歌词是对我来说更容易。

-每当我谈谈我的钢琴，我总是通过一些重复的歌曲，准备随时使用。

-由于这是一个独奏，我从来没有真正发挥与其他波段。他们也从来没见过什么，我一定发挥。

-我挑四首歌曲，其中2人来自周杰伦， 2为其他老一代，因为我猜想，他们只知道一些“热门”或“经典”的歌曲？

-目前还没有评分表，没有什么。只要我稍微确定的键盘，中央连接麦克风和我的声音。基本上我已经选择了歌曲的容易记住和弦。现在我知道为什么在周杰伦的演唱会，他挑选那些歌曲的钢琴唱太多，因为很容易记住的性质。

-对于歌唱的歌词，我早就已经记住他们，但我遇到了一些困难与一些话。不管怎么说，有和声更加重要，因为人类听到他们的声音非常好。

，最后的实际一天，我有机会尝试键盘，音响系统检查，一个贯穿我的歌曲一次（我真的很享受的第一部分，因为当我在测试健全检查，因为这是午餐时间，我的许多同事已经看到我了他们。 ）

-贯穿所有的和弦中的歌曲，以及任何其他的错误。之后，我已大约2小时的时间休息，我有失控的声音！也许因为穷人温暖起伏，我马上唱。噢是的，我已经太多选择的歌曲，很容易唱。

-确定的实际表现，有这么多因素，不同于在主场作战。

1 。麦克风不敏感，所以我不得不留在尽可能靠近麦克风。

2 。踏板的愚蠢的键盘保持运动，所以我有80 ％的时间维持注意到，那里20 ％的时间我有新闻的关键举行的说明。

3 。做着调整麦克风轻微的权利，我的钥匙附近玩耍的左侧！

4 。我有一个非常有趣椅子的高度和键盘的书籍在底部。这意味着我几乎站立直立唱歌。

5 。麦克风无法举行，一个角度，因为它过于沉重。相反，它是依赖于上方的键盘的评分立场，然后的角度指出麦克风头在一个陌生的角度。所以，我有项目我的声音调低。

以及灾害…但我想我没有很好，在如此艰苦执业在家里，结果并不糟糕。我很幸运，我有一个很好的声音，通过开展。

我希望我的经验是富有成果的那些谁正在准备自己的表现了。

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My music performance experiences last October #1

Last October, I had 2 performances, one where I did as a piano accompaniment with a band with some very nice girl singers and one I had in in my company’s anniversary, where I play and sing in front of many happily eating audiences.
 

 
Prior to these performances, I would like to share some experiences.

The one where I did the piano accompaniment, I did that in front of crows of about 500, in a concert hall. http://www.singwithpiano.com/2008/10/photos-from-my-music-performance/.

They were graudates of a long distance school in Singapore, which was their graduation ceremony. The songs were meant to be entertaining, as the last item after prize and certification presentation.

I was very worried of making a mistake, as it was very easy to be heard, with that good sound acoustic of that hall with the 2 microphones very close to the piano strings.

What I did to prepare myself for 2 songs:

- I had about 4 weeks to prepare and finalize the songs. First I had to mae sure the girls can sing the key that we are gonna play.

 
- Then I had to come out with the chords, and all thanks to the band’s guitarist where he wrote some of the chords, merging with mine.

 
- I had to think of an Intro http://www.singwithpiano.com/2008/10/self-composed-introduction-for/, because the organizer wants one.

 
- I was so stressed when they had book the piano for $250/day for 2 days, which I merely used it for less than 30 mins.

 
- Once the piano chords and singers part were finalize, I started my full concentration on memorizing the parts and chords. Because in the song there’s a change in key to a higher one, I wil need to transpose up 1 key, which means I have 2 sets of chords to memorize. Not forgetting there’s only piano and guitar for one of the songs.

 
- During the actual rehearsal, I had played the wrong chords on 2 occasions(oops!) and it was in a relaxed state. I couldn’t really hear the speakers and the sound of the hall, because all I could hear was from the piano itself, so I didn’t know how it felt like to listen from the audience seat.

 
-For that whole period, I played and repeated the 2 songs almost 200 hundred times! In spite of that, it was all hard work.
 

 
On the actual day, everything went smoothly and after all it’s all music.

I hope my experiences are fruitful for those who are preparing themselves for performance too.

去年10月，我曾第2表演，一个在我作为一个钢琴伴奏与乐队的一些很不错的女孩和一名歌手我在我在公司的周年，我在那里弹琴唱歌前的许多观众愉快地进食。

之前，这些表演，我想分享一些经验。

一，我没有钢琴伴奏，我没有在前面的乌鸦的大约500名，在音乐厅举行。 http://www.singwithpiano.com/2008/10/photos-from-my-music-performance/ 。

他们graudates的长途学校在新加坡，这是他们的毕业典礼。该歌曲是为了得到娱乐，作为最后一个项目后，奖金和证书格式。

我非常担心的决策是错误，因为它很容易被听到，与良好的声音声的大厅2麦克风非常接近钢琴琴弦。

我就是这样做的准备自己的2首歌曲：
-我有大约4周的准备和完成的歌曲。首先，我不得不湄确保女孩可以唱的关键，我们一定发挥。

-然后，我不得不出来与和弦，并感谢所有乐队的吉他手在他写的一些和弦，合并地雷。

-我想一个简介 http://www.singwithpiano.com/2008/10/self-composed-introduction-for，因为组织者希望之一。

-我是如此强调，当他们的钢琴书为2 50/day2天，我只是用它不到3 0分钟。

-一旦钢琴和弦和歌手参加了最后，我开始全力集中于记忆的部件和和弦。因为在这首歌有变化，关键更高，我需要织了1转的关键，这意味着我有2套和弦背诵。不要忘记，只有钢琴和吉他的一个歌曲。

-在实际排练，我发挥了错误的和弦2次（哎呀！ ） ，它是在轻松的状态。我不能听到的发言和健全的大厅，因为所有我能听到来自钢琴本身，所以我不知道如何感觉喜欢听观众席位。

为这整个期间，我发挥和反复的2首歌曲近200个100倍！尽管如此，这是所有辛勤工作。

实际一天，一切都进展顺利，毕竟这是所有的音乐。

我希望我的经验是富有成果的那些谁正在准备自己的表现了。

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