Saturday, January 31, 2009

這年頭的小孩越來越搞不清楚狀況了.

寫個email找伴奏也不清不楚, 看老半天也不知道她上課時間到底時什麼時候; 回了信來, 發現時間不合, 又理所當然的說要我幫他找伴奏. 搞屁, 只因為我是你認識的pianist, 所以要幫你找? 這是什麼道理.(而且還不只一個人這樣? 我頭上是有貼好人卡嗎?) 要人家幫忙, 不要視為理所當然啊.

幫人家介紹, 是要擔責任的. 因為身在其中, 更知道好伴奏的重要性, 這中介人的角色不就媒婆沒兩樣? 哪天兩個人處不好, 炸彈會丟回我頭上的. 雖然有某種程度的social retard, 可是這道理我還懂. 想直接翻桌然後回信說"甘我屁事." wait, 阿人家看不懂中文......其實也不會生氣, 就奇蒙子不爽, 默默的點了回信, "哪裡哪裡有pianist list, 自己去找來打電話嘿.. "

所以腦殘無國界啊.
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大概有兩三個人跑來說, "我認識的人這學期在你教的班上耶." 不講還好, 一講我就知道以後可以跟誰聊天/告狀了. 最妙的是有人轉述本人奉行的教學方針, 不練琴沒關係, 笑笑的把你當掉. 聽到的學生當場變臉....哇哈哈哈, 我要繼續維持邪惡助教的形象到學期末!
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看完茶花女, 恩, Alfredo 的角色設定就是個還沒長大而且搞不清楚自己想要什麼的笨蛋. (又一句話落落長, 要戒這壞習慣.)

Friday, January 23, 2009

finalized

這學期的行事曆初訂下了. 結論是T,R 會大爆炸. 今天一天下來, 真有種吃不消的感覺. 一早先教個三小時的課, 下午緊接著三小時的作品研討, meeting, 兩餐之間的距離是 8:00am ---> 6:oo pm. 唔, 果真是沒午餐咧. 下禮拜三場音樂會的彩排都要開始, 我想天天都會過的很刺激了.

今年照樣教兩班, 大二的人數少, 也比較上軌道, 整班下來只需要盯一隻小鬼就好了. 大一那班真的是人來瘋. 人數滿不說, 還可以自嗨到無以付加. 明明就是英文版的Yamaha, 都開宗明義講了我會當人, 為什麼你們還可以這麼開心? 三不五時就要重申秩序, 對抗滿屋子咭呱且正在彈琴的小鬼, 真的是救倫喔.

所以我應該來講超無聊的和絃進行, 把大家通通搞睡著說不定會比較好? 不過下午在走廊上遇到以前班上的學生, 看她很開心的跑過來跟我道謝, 一邊講著這學期的新計畫, 突然覺得更要把學生教好才是. Should I believe in karma?
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第一週快要結束, 喉嚨是爆的, 但耳朵是滿的. 聽了很多場好的音樂會哪! =)
睡醒了就趕著去練琴吧!

Sunday, January 18, 2009

有些文章

為什麼有種, 一看標題我就知道是致入性行銷的文章?
是我老了嗎?

Friday, January 16, 2009

好書

Alex Ross: The Rest is Noise
summary + video

(look at all works/books he cited!)

Thursday, January 15, 2009

be strong

當不只一個人"留意"我的時間, 就只能不斷的說不.

學期初大家在排課表, 我就是那幸運人拿到了黃金時段. 沒辦法,又不是我決定不用早起, 教課時間還接在一起. 整個早上教完課, 下午還可以去上別堂必修課. 因為卡到必修, 每個人都想修課, 所有衝堂的人就開始打我的主意了.

"能不能換時間?";"因為我要上那堂課"; ㄟ等等, 那我咧? 我也要上啊. 這一切都是老闆隨性排出的課表, 只能說我真的是太幸福, 剛好跟我自己的計畫符合. 我知道大家都有困難, 但是很現實的是, 誰要來幫我? 說"不"說久了, 也是很煩人的.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

possible way to transfer recorded files from MD to PC

我是電器白痴啊啊啊啊啊.... 看到第一句話我就傻眼了.
就用烏龜的精神一步一步走吧.... -___-.
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Hi-MD users, please read this thread:

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=6330

p.s. You cannot upload recordings from a NetMD or non Hi-MD device with a Hi-MD recorder unless you own a MZ-RH1.

NetMD + Older MD unit users, please read this:

You cannot upload through USB. Well, all hope isn't lost. If you want to upload live recordings made on your Minidisc unit, there are ways you can upload, albeit realtime, that can produce satisfying results.
The analogue upload method:

* Note that this is also the only way to transfer audio from an MD / MDLP disc to your computer from any MD / MDLP / netMD portable.
* Connect your HiMD to your computer using a 3.5mm stereo male-to-male cable going from your headphone output to the sound card's line input [NOT the mic input]
* Turn off all processing on the MD unit, including AVLS, EQ, and virtual surround if your unit supports it
* Set the volume control to 25/30 [note that european/UK models will put out a much weaker signal, and turning the volume up high will only cause the unit to limit or compress the signal]
* Set the record levels on your computer so that the loudest passages in your recording do not exceed the record meter's [in whichever application you're using - Audacity is a good choice] maximum level. It's a good idea to leave at least 6dB of room above the loudest parts you can easily find, just in case. You can normalise the recording in your editor later if need be, but you can't undo distortion from improperly set levels.
* Start recording in whichever editor your prefer on the computer, and press play on the unit
* Stop recording when it's done

Another way to upload is to purchase a sound card with a DIGITAL input and a Minidisc deck or bookshelf with digital out. You can then upload digitally, albeit realtime with a toslink to miniplug digital cable, using the same methods described above. Unfortunately, there is NO inexpensive way to upload faster than realtime for non - Hi-MD units.
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Regards,

Christopher MacManus
Administrator,
Minidisc Community Forums + ATRACLife Colloquium
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also read this

Friday, January 02, 2009

Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (c.1947)
work for voice and orchestra.The text is taken from a 1938 short prose piece from James Agee’s essay "Knoxville" and the introduction to his Pulitzer Prize-winning posthumous novel, A Death in the Family.

wiki intro
Pro Art rogram note
another Program note by Jed Gaylin (see full text here)

Leontyne Price "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" 1/2


Leontyne Price "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" 2/2

John Dowland: Come again



Valeria Mignaco, soprano & Alfonso Marin, lute
Recorded live at Sint-Pieterskerk / Leuven / Belgium
www.lutevoice.com

剛剛聽了幾首"曲子", 下巴掉下來了. what a......
我需要一些好聲音來拯救我的耳朵.

John Dowland: Flow, my tears

Andreas Scholl sings "Flow, my tears" (by John Dowland).


Flow my teares fall from your springs,
Exilde for ever: Let me morne
Where nights black bird hir sad infamy sings,
There let me live forlorne.

Downe vaine lights shine you no more,
No nights are dark enough for those
That in dispaire their last fortunes deplore,
Light doth but shame disclose.

Never may my woes be relieved,
Since pittie is fled,
And teares, and sighes, and grones
My wearie days of all joyes have deprived.

From the highest spire of contentment,
My fortune is throwne,
And feare, and griefe, and paine
For my deserts, are my hopes since hope is gone.

Hark you shadowes that in darnesse dwell,
Learn to contemne light,
Happy that in hell
Feele not the worlds despite