jcrys26 music sketches

Finally, I completed Coursera-Berklee's Modern Musician's specialization courses in March this year! This used to be my ultimate goal of signing up Coursera last year, but now it's my first goal in Coursera. I am having the next capstone project to start next month started already for my next specialization courses. :) I am not sure if I want to put this as lengthy as it could be or... But, it's my song writing journey... Anyway... Milestone 1 : Create a New Original Song Your song must have at least three sections and include a verse, chorus, and bridge or other form element. There must be at least two lyric verses. EVALUATION CRITERIA Fellow students will evaluate your assignment based on the criteria below. Use them as a checklist in reviewing your own work. - The written song is presented legibly with lyrics and chord symbols. - The song includes at least three form elements, including verse, chorus, and bridge or other form element. - Lyric phrasing ...

偶爾覺得，人生總是重複著，日復日，夜復夜，然後心裡會產生一種恐懼感，人生，就這樣了嗎？ 弄這段音樂的當兒，好像是寫著人生。偶爾有起伏，就算是起伏，也是重複的。然後，平淡的，也一直重複著。無止境的重複著。那種畫面，你想像到嗎？

這首歌，從去年四月開始寫。就只有開端，而且melody最後也只用了那個時候寫的第一句。 那天，在累積的參加了幾次婚宴後，和朋友說了心事，說自己也想談戀愛了。或許跟那些婚姻沒關係，或許會是因為年紀不小了，或許是真的寂寞了。我還記得，當時和朋友說，可能這個“想戀愛”心情一個星期後會消失了。 然後，回到家後，就翻開了創作本，看到這首未完的歌，就花了幾個小時完成它。因為覺得它太短了，於是隔天加長了，成了現在最終版本。 其實，在趕著新的assignment。歌是寫好了，現在進入所謂的production階段。可是，每次寫歌，就是停在這樣vanilla的階段，就沒有下文了。於是，一直無法繼續。最後決定預期什麼都做不到，不如錄下這首歌發表。:P 要錄的時候，要給檔案給名字的時候，就愣了一下。這首歌該叫什麼呢？整首歌的中心點，沒有。想表達的東東，太多了。突然間，心裡就響起“現在以後，我終於寂寞，啦啦啦”。那“啦啦啦”是什麼啦？不管啦，就先放“feeling lonely“。 錄完後，要弄成影片了，怎麼辦？ 現在以後，我終於寂寞，看到別人談情說愛，我盡量不回頭。 整段歌詞出來了。可是，我就在title的frame裡，輸入了“現在以後，終於寂寞”。上傳到YouTube時，就把歌名輸入為“終於寂寞”。 直到上傳後，還想不起整首歌，還有誰唱那首“現在以後”。一直到谷歌後，方記起童安格的歌。那首歌還真的是當年的經典歌曲之一。OK，主角不是那首歌，是這首“終於寂寞”。

This is my second "complete" song in English. Anyway, this is my 5th week and 6th week assignment. I have completed my course! Guess I will get my overall result in December. :) It was actually 3.8 km, based on some what true story. And this is the 3rd song about it. Anyway, I found it weird to sing 3.8 km. Though 1.8 miles sound weird as well, but not sound as as so mathematically as 3.8 km gua . ^^ 1.8 miles is not exactly same as 3.8 km too, just an "estimated" value. Week 5 was on creating a new song, considering the idea "propagation", rhyme scheme, rhythm of the song, and the melody, full flow of a song writing! Frankly, I didn't actually do the adjusting the note for stability/instability. In fact, my original solution to get the song done on last Wednesday night (within the few hours) by using one of my other song's melody to fit into the lyrics. Anyway, finally the melody flows into my mind right after I played guitar on the same chord...

Just completed my 4th assignment on a song writing course on Wednesday night. I was supposed to use my assignment 3 submission, to identify the stressed and unstressed syllables in this assignment. However, I got quite low mark for that, and after reading the comments from peer, I think I really didn't do well. So, I decided to redo a new lyrics. Assignment 3 was to have a stable verse and an unstable chorus by using rhyme scheme. So, started from scratch again. Started with "Hot sun in the afternoon, I'll know I'll see you soon." That was for the rhyme purpose for stable verse. :D Was thinking of, shall I make it a love song? Nah... too lame. Then, think of my a few bad moments of the week, I decided to turn the lyrics into this. OK, I didn't follow the suggested tools, like boxes of progression and stuffs to construct this but, alas, time was ticking and I have to complete this before deadline. Here's the lyrics. Verse : Chorus : The chor...

2010年尾或2011年初寫的詞。原詞並不完整，然後一直擱置到今天。心血來潮，想開始完成它。最後，從這不完整的詞，抽出幾個字，重複。 記得那個時候，是看了一部電影而很想寫下這個500年的故事。那是一個會讓淚水裝滿整個胸口，然後哽咽著。噢，那部戲名叫做《劍雨》。 然後，開始感嘆愛情，可歌、可泣，卻不可愛。 於是，為了這可歌可泣的愛情，乾杯。

這段音樂是這樣來的。 我在筆記本裡寫了這三行字。 寫一首我愛你 唱一首我愛你 哼一首我愛你 然後，很鬱悶地把這段音樂從鍵盤上敲了出來。然後就一直在鍵盤上摸索著，希望可以找到一個比較合適的方式呈現。 這個練了很久，還是練不好的鋼琴版。鋼琴版有穿插多一句melody line。其實這個嘗試了幾種鋼琴裡的音色來練習。最後選擇了這個grand piano來呈現。影片裡講起黑洞，源自於最近上完一趟Astrotech的網上課程而有感而發的。 一個就是這個吶喊版的。因為鋼琴一直練不好，於是嘗試用唱的方式來呈現。結果每每唱一遍，內心的鬱悶好像就唱出來了，覺得有種輕鬆的感覺。從硬盤裡剛好看見一堆倒反的照片，就弄個凌亂式的影像來配合這個吶喊版的。 Melody complete on 10th June 2014.我的KPI。