2010年10月15日星期五
A thought about R&B music
Since I have studied classical music for so many years, I have to say I like it the most. However, beside classical music, the genre which I particularly enjoy is R&B. R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, dance, and pop music. It originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music. The reason why I do like R&B music is that it is about soul, and most songs are around heartbreak,love, and life. Although it seems R&B music is all about sad or gloomy, the rhythm of R&B music is extremely relax. None like rap, most people like to relate R&B to rap music, they are actually different. Sometimes rap songs have no thought in lyrics, singers just wanna make them rhymed. Compare with R&B music, it has a lot of thought about life and love. And what is more of making the R&B music interested is that some R&B songs are improvised. The singers just sing what they are thinking in that moment. This is really cool!! Check the song in Dan Ying's blog, I always feel comfortable when I listen to it.
2010年8月30日星期一
What does music means to me?
I have played the piano for 14 years so far. In these years, I have gone through success, loss and confusion. It could be said that music is becoming a part of my life.
I was born in an ordinary family; my parents were working as writer and artist. Indeed, my mother is a singer in the department, so she has influenced me in music, and I became loving music very much since I was a little kid. At that time, a lot of children were learning piano. At the beginning of learning the piano, my parents need to sit by my side and watch me while I was practicing. I actually did not like to play at first. In my childhood, I was very negative. Sitting down behind the piano and practicing seriously for a few hours was like a nightmare to me. I would like to go outside to play just like the other kids did. If my parents did not persist in forcing me to practice, I think I would already given up for learning the piano.
I made a decision when I was 10 years old. I wanted to be a pianist. At that moment, I did not realize that how much effort I should make. And also my parents should support me if I really want to do piano as my career. Fortunately, I gained a great support from my parents to enter the Shenzhen Arts School.
After finishing my high school study. I clearly know that if I want to be professional, I should be patient and put more effort. I used to think that I was a quiet good pianist and have obtained many honors. However, I finally discovered that there are millions of pianists in the world who are better than me. So, I chose to go to the conservatory to be more professional and international.
My last piano teacher Professor Dan used to say that music reminds him that he is still alive. I believe that I will get to his level some day in the future.
I was born in an ordinary family; my parents were working as writer and artist. Indeed, my mother is a singer in the department, so she has influenced me in music, and I became loving music very much since I was a little kid. At that time, a lot of children were learning piano. At the beginning of learning the piano, my parents need to sit by my side and watch me while I was practicing. I actually did not like to play at first. In my childhood, I was very negative. Sitting down behind the piano and practicing seriously for a few hours was like a nightmare to me. I would like to go outside to play just like the other kids did. If my parents did not persist in forcing me to practice, I think I would already given up for learning the piano.
I made a decision when I was 10 years old. I wanted to be a pianist. At that moment, I did not realize that how much effort I should make. And also my parents should support me if I really want to do piano as my career. Fortunately, I gained a great support from my parents to enter the Shenzhen Arts School.
After finishing my high school study. I clearly know that if I want to be professional, I should be patient and put more effort. I used to think that I was a quiet good pianist and have obtained many honors. However, I finally discovered that there are millions of pianists in the world who are better than me. So, I chose to go to the conservatory to be more professional and international.
My last piano teacher Professor Dan used to say that music reminds him that he is still alive. I believe that I will get to his level some day in the future.
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