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Thursday, April 2, 2009
THANK YOU!
Hello everyone. Its been a long journey and we finally got the gold with honors. Thank you very much, my dearest Saxophonists, for putting up with me and attending my sectionals, I really thank all of you for taking the effort to come down and practicing hard under my supervision. You have been a great section. As you can see, our effort has been paid off with the GWH award and I hope that you are happy with it, we are victoriously and honorably, a golden, saxy, naughty, playful, fun-loving, musical, great saxophone section, I love you! Thank you also to the secondary 2s who took a heavy load of our backs by attending to the needs of the secondary 1s and educating them to be the future of the band. The GWH would never be earned without all your background supporting. I love you! Thank you to the lower windies who support the entire band by playing very "exciting and interesting" scores which sum up to the support and foundation the entire band rests upon to produce music. I love you all too!! Just remember to practice hard, follow the scores and make a difference when you're supposed to. With great power comes great responsibility, and the early bird always catches the worm. So, all in all, THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH FOR BEING GREAT MUSICIANS. I LOVE YOU! May the angel of music look down upon you, THE SL
Yours Wonderfully.sji-saxes at 7:32 PM Sunday, March 29, 2009
Hello. This is one of the picture from the saxtion outing taken by the 'professional' cameraman, Sir Dom XD Heres the Saxes '2010: 
Yours Wonderfully.ºŽâínŭ̺ at 11:49 AM Friday, March 27, 2009
hi
i had the best section outing during the holidays espically with wallace and dominic and karthik and of course the SJI saxes haha Lets hope for a better one tmr:)
Yours Wonderfully.sji-saxes at 5:01 PM Friday, March 13, 2009
Our Music
hey, zuriel here... I would want to talk about what we have been doing for the past few weeks on our standard of music. For where i can see it i see that we are all putting in our effort even if we are not showing it much, but its the willingness to actually put in the effort! I also want to talk about our music yesterday on thursday... Jericho: We overall did it well and we kept in tempo, we also remembered important parts and did it well. But some parts we were rushing at the end part R and we need to be more conscious of out timing. Overture No. 1: This song we always play with a lot of confidence and strength, indeed this is good but when we do this we may tend to rush a little and get out of tempo. USE YOUR EARS AND LISTEN! dont just listen to yourself and hv the attitude that if u are in tempo, tats it. Listen to the rest of the band, perhaps its easier to listen to the person beside to you playing the same part so try and tune to him. But actually this song we do it quite impressively! I also want to bring up the issue on sectionals... during sectionals when SL or any one of us are conducting, it oes not matter who conducts (cause hes the conductor) so must still show respect and listen to him. We tend to talk a lot when the conductor cuts and when he wants to move on, we are talking away already. SO lets try and improve our discipline, we can joke, but at the right times. If we can do this i really call this good... like tat we are happy and the conductor does not get frustrated, so in the end everybody gains. We are overall on track and improving every parade, so if we continue i am sure we will taste victory!!! Zuriel
Yours Wonderfully.sji-saxes at 7:28 PM Wednesday, March 11, 2009
11.03.09
Hi guys, I'd like to talk about this week's sectionals and our exchange on Saturday, 6th March. Okay. I came late as usual for sectionals, but this week's one was kind of special, because we had combined sectionals with the other sections. I think that this is very important, especially as it is nearing to SYFs already. Like what Mr Tan had said, we have to be sensitive and be aware of what other sections are playing. Playing with the clarinets and flutes will help us in creating a better wind band, being more sensitive to each others. I think future sectionals should be like such, as it would benefit not only the poeple in our section but also those from the other sections. There was a slight improvement in the sectionals. And I felt that I personally learnt that I have to be aware of the other sections, especially those that play the same part as us. NEXT: 6th MARCH BAND EXCHANGE. The band exchange was okay, I guess. However, some people are quite busy-body to know the other people in the other band such as I would say that our performance was excellent during the exchange. I personally didn't feel very nervous as compared to the Serangoon exchange. I think from the 2 exchanges, we would have learnt something from the other bands and hoped that we apply these things into our playing, such as proper balancing and pitching. Okay. Besides these two there's also another thing I would like to say. I think everyone in the section knows about it la. But I'll just say it again. For fun :) The order of the bands were released, and we are.. FOURTH DAY, FIRST BAND. I think it is an advantage to us, just like what Mr Tan said, we would have a fresh mind and perform at our best. However the proper balancing is still required and ultimately it is the balanced sound that the judges are looking for. Hopefully we would perform at our best and achieve our main goal! :) That's it from me. Bye. Zainul
Yours Wonderfully.ºŽâínŭ̺ at 9:14 PM Monday, March 9, 2009
yo mansheviks found it finally
Yours Wonderfully.sji-saxes at 10:27 PM Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sectionals Today
Alright, since its my turn to post on the blog, i shall talk about today's sectional. Although TA is coming soon, that does not mean we should slack off from music. Note that band is like one of the CCA that is not standing down for TA. Thats means we should practise even more. Today we had sectionals in the storeroom, it is a new environment for all of us and I can say the sound there seems nicer but yet its not nice. Although we have been making vast improvement, there are still tiny parts here and there that still need to work on. Overall may seem nice, but if these little things are not solved, how can we improve even more? Our attitude during sectionals is also important. We should have some basic self-discipline during sectionals. I can see that today the conduct is not really good. I do not want to name names but yes, we should really listen to Wallace speaking... He may joke wif us everytime, but thats just his style of teaching us. Everyone has a different way of doing things. Today, people can make unnecessary noise when Wallace is talking/giving advice. Some even playing their own music or rather NOISE.... What is this? Imagine u in Wallace's shoes, do u think u will like it? U speaking to some bunch of blocks that not listening to u?? He may not show he's pissed, but its obvious enuf isnt it? Why cant we just sit down and practise hard to at least 1 hour str8... when its time to joke we joke, if not there is also time for serious. The reason why our section can be so strong is that we have a proper sectionals. Ever since after Dom's batch, sectionals discipline has been droping alot.... This should not be happening... We are from the Saxophone section, be proud to carry 1... We should always have the basic discipline in us.... So how about a deal saxes? We all listen and focus during sectionals and whens theres a break, thats the time to joke alright? Other then that, we should concentrate and play only when Wallace asked us to... If u really nid to, theres no harm in asking Wallace for permission if u could try out some part... At least he wun get to frustrated.... TA coming soon, rmb to study too.... Have fun.. Samuel =)
Yours Wonderfully.sji-saxes at 10:08 PM |