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Sunday, October 14, 2007
*ahhhhhh The reasons why i like Panic! At The Disco. Vaenisaa once said that she think they're weird... Yeah, they are. :D Its undeniable. And yet, i still like their music. Why? Anyone care to enlighten the subject? To refresh your minds, let me show you a picture of the Panic! boys.  from left to right: Ryan Ross, Brendon Urie, Jon Walker, Spencer Smith* it took me 20 minutes to find out Who's who. I'm terrible, ain't I? Reasons why i like Panic! At The Disco: 1. Their music is unique, and catches my ear. (Not eye, this is music we're talking about) 2. I am a little biase in this subject because they're signed on Decaydance, Pete's record label. =P 3. Their image is quite unique. Hohohoho, can't you see from the picture above? 4. Their videos are interesting.. (Take a look at Lying is The Most Fun Thing A Girl Can Do Without Taking Her Clothes Off. People in fish tanks? Very different than the rest. Hemmingway's dream can't even beat that.) + When i mentioned Hemmingway's dream, i meant the Fall Out Boy's video, The Take Over, The Breaks Over. Where Patrick plays a guitar with a meat ...board? Okay. There's only... Four reasons why i like P!ATD. Its very, very little comparing to reasons why i like FOB and GC. Of course, who can forget, Mozart. Heh. If you don't like Mozart, i can always replace him with Vivaldi, Beethoven, even Debussy. (That bitch) For those good-for-nothings out there who doesn't know classic music and ONLY knows pop, rock, korean, techno, blah. This is a little crash course on he fathers of all music. Which is how operas, arias, pop, rock, heavy metal, funk, trance, techno, asian music originates from. You effin no-good music fans, be glad i'm sharing my information with you. its starts off with the Middle Ages (800-1400) Voices sung in of course, Latin. In unison. Kinda like Gragorian chant and a bunch of guys in brown robes. Think of a white male gospel. in Robes, with bald heads. (Exactly, you've guessed. monks.) then the Renaissance (1400-1600) Giovanni Da Palestina (1525-1594) the Pope's pet Songs for voices alone, no instruents are played. He explored the harmonies that resulted from singing several simultaneous independant melodies. Don't understand? You lazy butts out there, grab a dictionary and check the meanings! the Barouque era (1600-1750) Famous musicians Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Correlli The ochestra was actually formed! (Only 10-40 people) Classical era (1750-1820) Famous musicians: Hadyn, Mozart, Beethoven Piano gradually replaced the harpsichord as the main keyboard media and concertos were written for it. Romantic period (1820-1900) Famous musicians: Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Wagner, Tchaikovsky More importance were focused on the a. emotional expression (Hence the name) b. the manner in which the ochestral instruments were used. Musical forms became less important. 20th Century/Modern (1900-Present) The style of music was varied and the more imporatant style were the 'Impressionism' and 'Neo-Classicism'. Unusual rhythm, sound, melody are common features in this era. Famous musicians Debussy (that effin composer...), Bartok, Stravinsky, Ravel, Rakhmaninov Composers of this era avoided the traditioncal musical forms. If used, these forms were greatly changed. Which is why is **** them early 20th century composers. Their music is just difficult to play.. My own opinions on these composers: Bach: His music is loud, very expressive. His works are always Inventions...I hate it. :D Mozart: His music is really runny. Classical music, after all. He wrote Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star at the age of 5. Not the simple tune. The difficult one. Hard to believe? Call him a musical genius then. Unfotunately, this musical wizard died at a very young age. Ironically, because he was over-stressed, ill, and poor. Chopin: He is pronounced SHO-PAN not CHOP-IN. His music is really good, but really hard to play. The only people that i know that can pull off Chopin pieces perfectly is my piano teacher, Scott Chung and his sister, Kelly Chung. Scott is like a piano magician. His playing is close to flawless. Or am i just blind with awe? Either ways, he's still good. I can't play Chopin. I'm a lousy player. One of my personal favourite songs is the Nocturne in C-sharp Minor. Search it up on the Net and take a listen. Its really nice. Beethoven: Ahh. The person who wrote Fur Elise. Need any more explanation. A fun fact: He's actually partially deaf. Towards his death, he was totally deaf. One might wonder, how does this composer compose when he is deaf? The answer is: He knows all the sounds of the piano back to front, front to back. Even when he can't hear the sounds he plays on the piano, he can hear them in his head. Amazing, huh? Tchaikovsky: The fella who wrote The Nutcracker music. Thats all i can say about him. Vivaldi: the Four Seasons fella. Rimsky-Korsakov: Remember Maksim, whose MOST famous song is 'The Flight of The Bumblebee'? This composer wrote that. Thought it was Maksim's own song? Think again. Debussy: Finally we come to this guy. This guy, he's a great composer. I don't like him because, his music is close to un-playable. Training myself for solid 1 month didn't get me anywhere close to barely passing. Its that hard. Even my sister shares this opinion. But its on a different song. The Golliwog's Cakewalk. Hah. Like my simple crash course? Love it more. Now you are equipped with the most BASIC of classical music. Should anyone question you, you can anwser their questions, at times, leaving them even stumped. Its getting really late here so, this is Wei Yng, the laziest person on Earth. Until the next post, goodbye! 1:28 AM
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